How to keep healthy, turn qi into fluid, eliminate dampness and get rid of annoyance in summer solar terms?

Summer solar terms are around "middling", which is the time when summer heat prevails. Hot weather is easy to consume the body's qi, blood and body fluids, so there is a saying that there is no disease in summer.

Old people, children and people with weak health are more difficult to resist heat, and are prone to dizziness, palpitation, chest tightness, sweating and other symptoms. At this time, it is very necessary to turn qi into fluid in time to supplement the loss of qi, blood and body fluid in the body to improve symptoms.

Li Shizhen, a doctor in the Ming Dynasty, said, "Porridge and stomach are the best food." It means that drinking porridge can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, promote fluid production and tonify deficiency.

It is suitable to drink lotus leaf mung bean porridge, coix seed lily porridge and chrysanthemum porridge in summer, which can not only benefit qi and promote fluid production, but also clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Old people, children and people with weak spleen and stomach function can also put some yam and poria cocos when cooking porridge, which will have better effect on strengthening the spleen and stomach.

In addition, the daily diet should pay attention to eat more light and nourishing food, such as lotus root, honey, jujube, eggs, fungus, soybean milk and so on.

Eliminating dampness and annoyance

In summer, the temperature is high and humidity is high, and there are many sultry sauna days. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness is a kind of yin evil, its nature tends to decline, and it is heavy and turbid, which inhibits qi activity. If the qi in the chest is not developed, people will be bored easily. At this time, fresh Pogostemon leaves can be used.

Peppermint leaves, Eupatorium odoratum, wormwood leaves, etc. Boil it in water for bathing. These plants have a fragrant smell, which can not only wake up the mind, but also dispel dampness and relieve exterior symptoms. However, people with allergies should use it with caution.

At the same time, eating bitter foods such as bitter gourd and bitter vegetables in summer can not only stimulate appetite, but also refresh people's minds and make people feel relaxed, thus playing a role in eliminating dampness and annoyance.