Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - What do you mean by steaming and boiling?

What do you mean by steaming and boiling?

After entering the summer solar term, the weather will be more sultry, and the "sauna day" mode will increase in various places. People will steam above and cook below, just like in a steamer.

Big summer and small summer, a lot of rain, hot and humid weather, just like cooking on the stove. "Summer heat" is different from "heat" and means "boiling". The ancients couldn't live without humidity, which made people feel like they were in a steamer.

It's a little summer and a big summer, and the "dog days" are the days with the highest temperature in a year. It's humid and sultry, and it's at this time that people call it "bitter summer".

Pay attention to increasing nutrition this season, and the food should be light and easy to digest. We should eat less greasy and spicy food, drink less and smoke less. In addition, we should make psychological adjustment, calm our mind, calm our nerves, avoid impatience and calm our anger.