Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - 202 1 Summer Solar Taboos 202 1 Introduction to Summer Solar Taboos

202 1 Summer Solar Taboos 202 1 Introduction to Summer Solar Taboos

1, avoid taking a bath in cold water in summer. Taking a bath in cold water is the favorite way for many young and middle-aged men to cool off, but the weather is hot in summer, and people's pores and muscles are in a state of venting. Therefore, cold air can easily invade the human body, leading to the loss of yang. There are visible symptoms such as cold hands and feet, hamstring twitching, blurred vision in both eyes, and even unexplained fever syndrome. At the same time, even if you take a hot bath, you should pay attention to shelter from the wind after taking a bath, especially for children.

2. Avoid drinking tea on an empty stomach in summer. Excessive drinking of tea, especially on an empty stomach, can easily lead to consumption of yang. If you are a salty person, the salty taste will cause tea to enter the kidney, extinguish the kidney yang of the lower jiao, and make people prone to joint pain due to hand and foot pain, and diarrhea, impotence, dysmenorrhea and other diseases due to deficiency and cold of the lower jiao. Therefore, drinking tea in summer should be two or three cups after meals, and stop drinking immediately when you are hungry.

3, Xiao Xia is taboo to sit on the wood. There is also a folk saying: "Don't sit on stones in winter, and don't sit on trees in summer." Statement. After the summer heat, the temperature is high and the humidity is high. Wood placed in the open air for a long time, such as chairs and stools, is exposed to rain, contains more water, and the surface looks dry. But when it is exposed to the sun and the temperature rises, it will emit moisture. Sitting on it for a long time will induce hemorrhoids, rheumatism, arthritis and other diseases. Therefore, especially middle-aged and elderly people, we must be careful not to sit on the wood placed in the open air for a long time.

4. Avoid overwork in summer and pay attention to the combination of work and rest. Slight summer heat is the most vigorous time of human yang, "nourishing yang in spring and summer". Pay attention to the combination of work and rest to protect the yang of the human body. Although it is not the hottest season in a year, it is followed by the hottest season in a year. There is a folk saying that "it is a little summer and a big summer, and it is cooked and eaten".

5, the summer solar terms should not be impetuous, so pay attention to calm down. It is hot in summer, and people are easily upset, tired and weak. In self-maintenance and exercise, we should take care of the heart yang according to the five internal organs and the heart in summer, and keep calm to ensure the vigorous heart function, so as to conform to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer".