Seasonal Nutrition at the Beginning of Summer

According to traditional Chinese medicine, people should follow the changes in weather at the turn of spring and summer, focusing on the heart. The heart is a yang organ and the main yang qi. The heart's yang energy drives blood circulation and maintains one's vital activities. The heart's yang-heat qi not only maintains its own physiological functions, but also has a warming effect on the whole body, the body's water metabolism, sweat regulation, etc., are inseparable from the heart yang's important role.

Early summer, the elderly gas and blood easily stagnant, blood easily blocked, every morning you can eat a little green onion, drink a small amount of wine, to promote the circulation of gas and blood, the heart of the veins without obstruction, you can prevent the occurrence of heart disease. After the summer, the weather is gradually turning hot, the diet should be light, should be easy to digest, rich in vitamins of food, fish and meat and greasy spicy food to eat less. After the summer diet principle is "spring and summer Yang", Yang focusing on the heart, the heart can drink more milk, eat more soy products, chicken, lean meat, etc., both supplemental nutrients, but also play a strong role in the heart. Usually eat more vegetables, fruits and coarse grains, can increase the supply of fiber, vitamin B, C, can play a role in preventing atherosclerosis. In short, the season of summer to raise the heart, in preparation for the summer heat, so that the body's internal organs function normally, in order to achieve the "vitality is sufficient, the evil can not be dry," the realm.

Before and after the summer, the average temperature in most parts of China at 18 ℃ to 20 ℃, it is "a hundred red and purple fight Fangfei" of a good time. Astronomy experts reminded that after the summer, the weather turned hot, traditional Chinese medicine, "summer is easy to hurt the gas", "summer is easy to enter the heart". Therefore, at this time of the year, people should pay attention to the spiritual conditioning, strengthen the maintenance of the heart, especially the elderly to consciously spiritual conditioning, to maintain a clear and happy state of mind, avoid great sadness, so as not to be sad, hurt the body, hurt the spirit.

"Su Wen - four gas regulating God's theory" said: "summer March, this is called tomato show; heaven and earth gas exchange, everything is real". Summer March refers to from the beginning of summer to the beginning of the fall, including the beginning of summer, small full, mango, summer solstice, small summer, large Department of the six seasons. Summer, small full in the lunar calendar before and after the fourth month, called Meng Xia (the beginning of summer), the weather is getting hot, plants flourish, this season is conducive to the physiological activities of the heart, people in the intersection of the festival, so it should be smooth. Therefore, in the whole summer health care should pay attention to the special care of the heart. The origin and flow of medicine," said: "the heart is the Lord of the body, organs and all organs are at the command of the heart, so the monarch. The heart hides God, so for the use of God." In Chinese medicine literature, the heart is interpreted as the heart of flesh and blood and the heart of God. Flesh and blood heart refers to the substantial heart; the divine heart refers to the function of receiving and reflecting external things, consciousness, thinking, emotions and other activities. Introduction to Medicine" says: "The heart of flesh and blood is shaped like an unbloomed lotus flower, living under the lungs and on the liver is also. The heart of God ...... dominates all things, the virtual spirit is not obscured is also."

The physiological function of the heart: the main blood, the main spirit. The heart masters the blood and veins including both the master blood and the master vein. Blood refers to blood, and vein refers to the veins, also known as meridians, which are the channels through which blood runs. The heart and the veins are connected to form a closed system and become the hub of blood circulation. The heart beats constantly, pushing the blood to circulate endlessly in the veins of the whole body, becoming the driving force of blood circulation. The nutrients carried by the blood can nourish the whole body so that the five viscera and six bowels, limbs, muscles, skin and hair and the whole body are nourished to maintain their normal physiological functions. The normal function of the heart, the pulse is gentle and powerful, rhythmic uniformity, the color of the face red and glossy; if the heart lesions, there will be blood flow is not smooth, the pulse tube is empty and see the color of the face, the pulse is weak and feeble, the stagnation of qi and blood, blood obstruction and see the lips and tongue purple, the anterior region of the heart suffocating and tingling, the pulse junction, generation, or promote, astringent.

The main spirit of the heart, both the heart is the main deity, there is called the heart hides the god. The so-called God, Chinese medicine has a broad and narrow sense of it. The broad sense of God, refers to the entire human body life activities of the external manifestations, which covers the human body's image, color, eyes, speech, response, physical activity posture, etc.; and the narrow sense of God, that is, the heart of the spirit of the Lord of the gods, refers to the spirit of the people, consciousness, thinking activities. The formation of Shen is considered in Zangxiang science as the material basis for the constitution of the human body and the maintenance of its vital activities, as well as the material basis for the production of Shen. God is born from the innate essence and qi, and when the embryo is formed, the God of life is also created. In the process of human growth and development, God relies on the nourishment of the essence of water and grain, as the "Spiritual Pivot - Pingren Jiegu" said: "God, the essence of water and grain also." The heart masters Shen Zhi to get physiological work also contains two aspects. First, under normal circumstances, the heart of the Divine receive and reflect the objective external things, spiritual, consciousness, thinking activities; Second, the heart of the Divine for the body's life activities of the master, in the viscera in the primary position, the five viscera and six bowels in the heart of the unified command, in order to carry out the normal activities of unity and coordination.

The physiological characteristics of the heart show: First, the heart is a Yang organ and the main Yang Qi. That is to say, the heart for the sun in the sun, the heart of the yang can promote blood circulation, maintain human life activities, so that the vitality, so the metaphor for the person's "day". Medicine is really easy" said: "cover the human and heaven and earth, the day, people also have the day, the father of the sun, the sun also". The heart's yang-heat gas, not only maintains its own physiological functions, but also has a warming effect on the whole body. "The heart is a fire organ, candlelight everything," so where the spleen and stomach of the putrefaction and transportation, the trial of the warmth of the sun transpiration, as well as the body's water metabolism, sweat regulation, etc., are inseparable from the important role of the heart Yang; Second, the heart and summer gas should be connected. That is, people and nature is a unified whole, the natural world of the four seasons of yin and yang changes, and the human body's five functional activities are interrelated and mutually compatible. The heart is connected to the summer qi, which means that the heart yang in the summer is the most vigorous, the strongest function.

The summer season is often thin, even if the health of the people should also be careful to prevent external infections, once the disease can not be easily used sweating agent, so as to avoid sweating more sad. The elderly should pay attention to avoid stagnation of blood and qi, in order to prevent heart attacks. Therefore, the season of summer, the mood should be open, leisurely and happy, do not be overjoyed and sad. Early in the morning can eat a little onion, dinner should drink a small amount of red wine, in order to unimpeded qi and blood. Specifically in the dietary regimen, we should be low-fat, low-salt, multi-dimensional, light-based.

Seasonal seasonal words health "Lixia" and "Xiaoman"

May 5th Lixia, May 21st Xiaoman. People are accustomed to the summer as a significant rise in temperature, the heat will come, thunderstorms increase, crops into the peak season of growth of an important festival. Fan Chengda, a poet of the Song Dynasty, said in his poem "Village Dwelling": "Green mountains and white rivers are full of green, and the rain is like smoke in the sound of Zigui. The countryside in April, fewer people, picking silkworms and inserting fields." In folklore, there are summer weighing, eating eggs, drinking tea and other customs.　From the perspective of health, after the summer, the human body should comply with the changes in the weather, focusing on nourishing the heart. Chinese medicine believes that the heart of the five organs corresponds to the summer, "the heart is the Lord of the body, the organs and all the bones are at the mercy of the heart, so it is the monarch." "The heart is the main god, for the use of the gods." When the summer temperature rises, exacerbating people's nervousness, it is very easy to irritability, heart fire, good temper. Modern medical research has found that people's psychological, emotional and physical can be through the nerve and endocrine system and immune system interconnected, each other. Therefore, at this time is not only the mood fluctuations, the body's immune function is also relatively low, living, eating a little improper, will occur a variety of diseases, thus affecting health. Especially the elderly, by angry angry caused by myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia, elevated blood pressure is not uncommon. Therefore, in the "summer" season to do a good job of spiritual health, to do quiet, smile and open mouth, self-regulation, control anger and calm. Painting, calligraphy, listening to music, chess, planting flowers, fishing, etc. can regulate the spirit, maintain a relaxed mood. Lotus leaf phoenix breast:

[Ingredients] 2 fresh lotus leaves, 30 grams of ham, 250 grams of chicken, 50 grams of mushrooms, cornstarch 12 grams of salt, sugar, chicken oil, wine, green onions, ginger, pepper, monosodium glutamate, sesame seed, sesame oil, each appropriate amount.

[practice] chicken, mushrooms are cut into thin slices, ham cut into 10 slices, green onion cut into short sections, ginger cut into thin slices, lotus leaves washed, slightly scalded with boiling water, remove the stalks, cut into 10 triangles spare.

Mushrooms with boiling water blanch through the fish, with cool water to cool, the chicken, mushrooms together into the plate with salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar, pepper, wine, sesame oil, chicken oil, cornstarch, green onion section, ginger stirred evenly, and then placed in 10 pieces of triangular lotus leaves, and then add a piece of ham, wrapped into a rectangular packet, yards placed in the plate, on the steamer for about 2 hours, if placed in a pressure cooker for only 15 minutes! Steam for about 2 hours, or 15 minutes in a pressure cooker. After steaming, turn the original plate into another clean plate and unwrap the packets for serving.

[Effect] It nourishes the heart and elevates the spleen. It can be used as a common tonic, especially in summer.

Fish grass mixed with lettuce:

[Ingredients] 50 grams of fish grass, 250 grams of lettuce, garlic, green onion 10 grams each, ginger, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, each appropriate amount.

[practice] fishweed remove impurities old roots, wash and cut, blanch with boiling water and fish out, add salt stir marinade to be used. Lettuce peeled and leafed, rinsed, cut into 1 inch long thick silk, salted and drained for use. Wash green onion, ginger and garlic and cut into chopped green onion, minced ginger and garlic. Lettuce shredded, fish grass on the plate, add soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, vinegar, green onion, ginger, garlic rice, mix well, drizzled with sesame oil is ready.

[Efficacy] Clearing heat and detoxification, diuresis and expectorant. It is good for lung-heat cough, phlegm and sticky, yellow urine, heat and pain.

Cinnamon congee:

[Ingredients] 25 grams of cinnamon, 100 grams of round-grained rice, a little sugar.

[practice] will be cinnamon with round-grained rice **** into the pot, add the right amount of water, boiled into porridge, seasoned sugar into.

[efficacy] nourish the heart and spleen, nourish the blood and tranquilize the mind. Particularly suitable for labor injury to the heart and spleen, overthinking, body weakness, forgetfulness and loss of anxiety, menstrual tonic and so on.

Note: Drinking cinnamon porridge avoid drinking alcohol, strong tea, coffee and other things.

About May 5 of the Gregorian calendar, for the summer. At this time is the busy season for farmers. There are "summer three dynasty hoeing all over the ground", "rain hit the summer, there is water to wash the rake", "summer is not rain, plow and rake high hanging" of the farmers' proverbs. Song Fan Chengda "village that is" poem cloud: "green all over the mountain original white full of Sichuan, Zi Gui sound rain like smoke. The countryside in April, fewer people, picking the silkworms and inserting the field."

Summer is also a traditional folk festival, in the mushroom Xixi area have to do "summer cake", eat tofu custom, said to eat tofu is not afraid of the rain, not afraid of red bee stings. Sichuan, Iwatan mountainous areas to eat bamboo shoots, locust beans. Said to eat bamboo shoots foot bone hard, good climbing. Also eat green plums, burn green tea, in order to prevent "moths summer".

Summer, so that the cattle also over the festival, without bamboo whip cattle, to give the cattle to eat fresh grass. Feed egg wine, eat cattle ginseng - pearl lotus.

Lixia day interesting custom with a big scale weighing people light, don't fat and thin, said that after weighing people will not moth summer. Sichuan mountain people this day avoid sitting on the threshold, said after sitting on the feet will often be sore.

Eating thin food in the summer can reduce summer heat and nourish the stomach

Summer, is the first summer season, said the warm spring has ended, the hot summer is about to begin.

Because of the summer heat and sweat, the body loses more water, the spleen and stomach digestion function is poor, so more into the dilute food is an important method of summer diet. Such as morning and evening meals eat porridge, lunchtime soup, so that both the thirst, cool, and can nourish the body. Add some lotus leaves when cooking porridge, called lotus leaf porridge, taste fragrant, slightly bitter porridge, can wake up the spleen and stomach, have to eliminate summer heat, stomach and intestines, the role of the body to quench thirst. In the porridge with some mung beans or single mung bean soup, there are summer heat, thirst, detoxification, diuretic and other effects.

Summer nutritional consumption is greater, and the hot weather affects the human appetite, in addition to pay attention to the diet clean and light-based, but also pay attention to replenish some nutrients.

1, supplement adequate vitamins, such as eating more such as tomatoes, peppers, winter melon, watermelon, prunes, melons, peaches, pears and other fresh fruits and vegetables

2, supplemental water and inorganic salts, in particular, pay attention to the supplementation of potassium, beans or soy products, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, etc., are a good source of potassium. Eat more heat and humidity foods, such as watermelon, bitter melon, peach, umeboshi, strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, etc. have a better role in eliminating summer heat

3, moderate amount of supplemental protein, such as fish, lean meat, eggs, milk and beans, etc. are the best high-quality protein.