How to maintain health on a hot day when the "Great Summer" is coming?

City Express News In a few days, we will usher in the hottest "Great Summer" among the 24 solar terms. How to maintain health in the "great summer" day? Fang Xian, the attending physician of Chinese Medicine Department of Hangzhou Xixi Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University School of Medicine, believes that the best way to keep fit in summer is to develop good living habits, supplemented by proper diet and aftercare, and improve the discomfort caused by summer heat, paying special attention to the following points:

1. Prevent heatstroke. Dr. Fang said that in summer, we should try to avoid direct sunlight, wear a sun hat when going out, apply a layer of sunscreen skin care products to the skin when necessary, pay attention to indoor ventilation and cooling, replenish water in time, and ensure adequate sleep. At ordinary times, you can also keep some heatstroke prevention drugs, such as Huoxiang Zhengqi Pill and Ren Dan.

Pay attention to your daily life. It is best not to be topless in midsummer. In addition, camping is not recommended, which may easily lead to headache, abdominal pain and joint discomfort. For workaholics and people who stay up late, it is necessary to rest as soon as possible and reduce nightlife, so as to better achieve the health care effect of cooling off summer heat.

3. Think about diet. During the summer solar term, Dr. Fang suggested that the diet should focus on clearing heat, and choose foods that benefit qi and clear heat, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach. Clear food includes mung beans, lilies, cucumbers, bean sprouts, duck meat and so on. Foods for invigorating qi and relieving summer heat include mushrooms, laver, watermelon, tomatoes and so on. Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Radix Pseudostellariae and Radix Astragali can also be selected. Foods that strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach include adzuki bean, coix seed and pumpkin. Generally speaking, summer diet should be light and balanced. Don't overeat, pay attention to food hygiene and reduce intestinal infection.

"For those patients with chronic diseases who attack every winter, it is advisable to use the dog days to treat winter diseases in summer."