Summer refers to the six solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar, namely, April, May and June. It begins in the summer of the lunar calendar and ends in the autumn. Summer is actually a good time to keep fit. If we can keep fit scientifically in this season, we can make our body healthier and sick young.

Point 1: invigorating spleen and removing dampness

Damp evil is a major evil in summer, coupled with the low function of spleen and stomach in summer, people often feel bad appetite, easily diarrhea, white greasy tongue coating and other symptoms, so they should often take the substance of invigorating the spleen and eliminating dampness. Generally, we choose the products of invigorating spleen, aromatizing dampness and diffusing dampness, such as Huoxiang, lotus seeds, Peilan, etc.

Point 2: heat clearing and heat relieving

In summer, the temperature is high, the heat is evil, and the heart fire of human body is strong. Therefore, some medicines with the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying and clearing heart fire are commonly used, such as chrysanthemum, mint, honeysuckle, forsythia, lotus leaf and so on.

Point 3: nourishing lung and kidney

According to the law of five elements, Chinese medicine believes that in summer, the heart fire is exuberant and the lung gold and kidney water are deficient, so we should pay attention to nourishing the Yin of lung and kidney. Choose wolfberry, raw land, lily, mulberry and sour pulmonary gas medicine, such as Schisandra chinensis, to prevent sweating too much, consumption of body gas.

Point 4: Summer treatment of winter diseases

Summer health preservation can not avoid winter disease and summer treatment. The so-called treatment of winter diseases in summer, that is, in summer, the body and the outside Yang Qi are flourishing, and some winter-prone diseases are treated with internal Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture and moxibustion and other external treatment methods. If fresh sesame flowers are often used to rub the frostbite area, it can prevent winter chilblain; paste ointment on acupoints, it can treat winter asthma and rhinitis.

Point 5: Avoid staying up late for a long time

The most vigorous period of body Yang is from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. If you haven't fallen asleep at this time and are still staying up late, it will affect the generation of body Yang and the health of liver. Therefore, we should pay attention not to stay up late in summer, it is better to fall asleep before 11 o'clock.

Point 6: Avoid overeating

In summer, the body's Yang Qi is outside, Yin Qi is inside, the secretion of gastric juice is relatively reduced, the digestive function is low, so avoid overeating and cold drinks. In addition, don't eat more cold drinks after sweating, especially for some patients with chronic diseases, so it is more important to choose cold drinks. If coronary heart disease, asthma, chronic tracheitis, should not eat frozen food; gastric ulcer, gastric acid excessive, should not use more sour cold drinks; diabetes, should not use sugary drinks.

Not only ice watermelon and wifi, but also more exercise in summer~

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