Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - When is the hot summer day?

When is the hot summer day?

In a blink of an eye, it is the annual summer solar term. Summer solar term is one of the 24 solar terms. What day is summer? Let's take a look!

What day is summer?

The summer heat of 20 18 is Saturday, July 7th, 20 18.

The date of summer is usually between July 7th and 8th every year. At this time, the sun revolves around the longitude 105 degrees, and the weather begins to get hot at the first 1 1 of the 24 solar terms.

What does a great summer mean?

Hot means hot.

During the high temperature in summer, the sun is located at longitude 120, which is about 30 days away from the summer solstice. In dog days, summer is close to the middle. At this time, enough heat is absorbed near the ground and radiated through the ground, even in the morning and evening, the outdoor temperature will not be very cold.

Suggestion: During the summer solar term, it is the hottest period of the year, so we should do a good job in summer vacation every day.

What to eat for health in summer?

Eat lychees

Summer is a good time to eat litchi, especially in Fujian, which is a good time to produce litchi in large quantities. In the eyes of local people, eating litchi in summer is the same as eating ginseng, which can help keep fit in summer.

Eat fairy grass

In Guangdong, China, there is a diet habit of eating Xiancao in summer. Xiancao is a processed product of Xiancao, which has a good effect of relieving summer heat. Generally made into fairy grass, it is a common summer dessert, suitable for all ages.

Eat cold salad

In summer, when the temperature is high, people are weak and tired, and their daily appetite will not be very good. You can eat some cold salad to help increase your appetite, especially in summer, when the weather is very hot. Eating some cold salad can also cool off the heat and be good for your health.

Drink old duck soup

Old ducks are cold and can be eaten in summer. It is a good tonic in summer. There is a proverb called "Old duck soup supplements in summer", which is about the health function of drinking old duck soup in summer.

Suggestion: In summer, you can add lotus root, wax gourd, Gordon Euryale seed and coix seed to the old duck soup, which is very healthy for relieving summer heat and eliminating dampness.

Drink ginger tea

During the hot summer, many places have the tradition of drying ginger and drinking ginger tea. Because the weather is hot and humid in summer, there will be a lot of moisture in the body, so drinking ginger tea in summer can help the body eliminate moisture.

tea

After the summer heat, the temperature will become very hot. At this time, many places in China have the eating habit of drinking Fuzhuan tea. The main raw materials of Fu tea are honeysuckle, Prunella vulgaris and licorice, which have the effect of cooling and relieving summer heat.

Drink winter melon and lotus leaf soup

Guangdong has always had a tradition of making soup. Drinking wax gourd lotus leaf tea in summer is a necessary solar term habit. In other areas, there is a wave of winter melon and lotus leaf soup every summer, which is also a health-keeping effect of eliminating summer heat and dampness.

What do you do for fitness in summer?

Sleep more

During the hot summer, it has entered the dog days. It's very hot at this time. If you don't get enough sleep, you will feel weak all day. Therefore, stay up less at night and sleep more. On the premise of ensuring adequate sleep, you will be in good spirits all day.

Do more exercises

Although the weather is very hot during the summer heat, you shouldn't miss the physical exercise you should do. It is relatively cool in the morning and evening during the hot summer, so you may wish to go out for exercise in the morning and evening. After a long time, you not only have good physical fitness, but also can be perfectly shaped.

Drink plenty of water

In the summer solar term, the weather is very hot. At this time, it is necessary to replenish a lot of water for the body to avoid discomfort such as water shortage caused by excessive water loss. Moreover, when drinking water in summer, you can put some heat-clearing foods in the water to help your body reduce fire, such as green tea and mint.

Eat less cold food.

During the summer heat, the temperature is very hot. Many people will eat a lot of cold food, such as ice cream and iced drinks, to help their bodies cool down. At this time, the body surface temperature is very high. Eating cold food will cause strong stomach contraction, which is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, it is suggested to eat less cold food during the summer heat.

Three stages of the great summer heat

When rotten grass is firefly, when the soil is hot and humid, when it rains cats and dogs.

Rotten grass is a firefly: summer is the time when fireflies lay eggs, and a large number of fireflies can be seen at this time of year.

Wet summer: At this time, the weather becomes very sultry, but the air is very humid.

When it rains heavily: there are often thunderstorms in the midsummer heat, and each thunderstorm can reduce the heat.

Climatic characteristics of summer solar terms

high-temperature

Generally speaking, the summer solar term is the period with the most sunshine and the highest temperature in a year, the period with the most abundant rainfall, the most common thunderstorm and the most concentrated days with high temperature above 30℃ in western South China, and the period with the most frequent occurrence of high temperature above 35℃ in eastern South China.

The end of July to the beginning of August is the active period of the western Pacific subtropical high, which often occupies the eastern part of China. When it is strong, it can be controlled westward to the eastern part of southwest China, such as eastern Sichuan and Chongqing. Similarly, in summer, many areas of Chinese mainland are often controlled by continental high, which is also caused by subsidence and warming. Part of the cloudy and hot ground bakes the air to keep the temperature high.

Generally speaking, the number of people suffering from heatstroke increases obviously on hot days when the daily maximum temperature is higher than 35℃. When the maximum temperature is above 37℃, the number of heatstroke will increase sharply, especially in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River under the control of subtropical high. The sun is like fire, the wind is small and the humidity is high, which makes people feel sultry.

Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing along the Yangtze River have 17 ~ 34 days of "hot days" and 3 ~ 14 days of "hot days" every year on average. In addition, in Guixi, Jiangxi, Hengyang, Hunan, Kaixian, Sichuan and other places, the average annual "high temperature day" is more than 40 days, and the whole middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is a big "stove".

tornado

The summer heat is also the season with the most thunderstorms. There is a proverb that says, "Without a drop of lightning in the east, the west can't walk", which means that if there is lightning in the east in summer afternoon, it won't rain here. If lightning is in the west, it will come soon, and it is too late to hide. People often refer to the thunderstorm in summer afternoon as "northwest rain" and describe it as "northwest rain, falling on the driveway", "summer rain over the ridge" and "summer rain over the cow's back", which vividly shows that thunderstorms often rain here and sunny there.

Guide to healthy eating in hot summer

Summer diet conditioning is based on summer climate characteristics. Because of the hot climate in summer, it is easy to hurt body fluid and consume gas, so porridge can often be used to nourish the body. Huangdi Neijing has the saying that "medicine can be removed and food can follow" and "grains, meat, fruits and vegetables can be eaten and nourished".

Medicinal porridge

Li Shizhen, a famous doctor, highly praised the health care function of medicated porridge. He said: "Eat a big bowl of porridge every day. If you are hungry, it will be ready when you are full of energy. The tonic is not fine, but it is extremely soft and greasy, which is compatible with the stomach. It is also the most wonderful diet. " Medicinal porridge is suitable for the elderly, children and people with weak spleen and stomach function. Therefore, the ancients said that "porridge is the best in the world" and "two rice meals are better than a big bag of ginseng and astragalus".

"Six Books on Medicine" praised: "Japonica rice porridge is used in Kundan biochemical cultivation, and glutinous rice porridge is a wonderful product for warming stomach and nourishing qi". It can be seen that porridge is important to people. Medicinal porridge is beneficial to human body, but it is not omnipotent. According to everyone's different physique and diseases, we should choose the right medicine and cook porridge to achieve satisfactory results.

drink water

In summer, water is also an indispensable substance for human body. Due to the hot weather, the human body's water evaporates and consumes too fast, so it needs to be replenished in time. It is best to drink boiled water at ordinary times. You can also use mung bean water, chrysanthemum tea and other summer medicinal teas. If you sweat a lot, you can use sugar, salt water, tea and other appropriate supplements of salt and minerals to maintain the electrolyte balance of the body and avoid dehydration.

In midsummer, yang heat drops, fumigation accumulates, water vapor rises, and moisture is full, so in this season, there are more people who feel damp and evil. In traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is a yin evil, which tends to be downward, heavy and sticky, easily deterring qi movement and damaging Yang Qi. Dietotherapy and medicated diet should clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

How to prevent heatstroke in summer?

Prevent heatstroke

Try not to go out in hot weather, do not do outdoor physical exercise or engage in manual labor.

Prevention of emotional heatstroke

During the summer heat, people are prone to "liver fire", which often leads to inexplicable upset, listlessness, loss of appetite and other problems, also known as "emotional heatstroke". Emotional heatstroke is very harmful to summer health and physical and mental health, especially to the elderly and infirm. Because of emotional disorder, it will cause myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia, elevated blood pressure and even sudden death. Remind patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases to avoid extreme emotions such as anger and anxiety, and try to be "calm and natural".

Matters needing attention in heat preservation

The amount of exercise should not be large.

Patients with chronic diseases in dog days, especially middle-aged and elderly people, are much more likely to have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents than young people. Middle-aged and elderly people should exercise in the high temperature in midsummer to avoid excessive physical exercise.

Ventilation and ventilation

Attention should be paid to opening the window for ventilation and heatstroke prevention, protecting the mind, calming the mood and ensuring full energy.