Lifestyle and health
In the hot summer season, people are easily irritable, and they need to cultivate themselves and maintain a peaceful state of mind in terms of emotion.
Now the heatstroke prevention and cooling conditions are much higher than before, whether it is at home, shopping malls, or offices, there is sufficient air conditioning, air conditioning, and electric fans are necessary.
As the saying goes, “Sheltering from the wind on a summer night is like avoiding an arrow”, and the “Theory of Regency News” also says: “Do not lie under the stars and moon, and then fall asleep to make people fan the wind to cool off. ”
When sleeping, avoid catching a cold, do not sleep at the outlet of the fan or air conditioner, and do not sleep on the floor. Otherwise, mild cases include cold, diarrhea, bone and joint pain, and even facial paralysis.
Eat and drink health
In the dog days when the sun is blazing and the temperature is soaring, the diet should be light.
A light diet is not only vegetarian, but a combination of meat and vegetables.
You can eat duck meat, crucian carp, lean meat, coix seeds, white fungus, mushrooms, etc.
In the summer season, you can eat more watermelon, gourd, loofah, winter melon and so on to relieve the heat.
Among them, watermelon is known as “natural white tiger soup” and is an indispensable fruit in the hot summer.
Usually, you can also use lotus seeds, seeds, lotus leaves, red beans, white lentils, etc. to make soup or porridge, which has the effect of dissolving dampness and is suitable for summer consumption.
01Huoxiang Peilan tea
3 grams of peilan leaves and Huoxiang, brewed with boiling water instead of tea, can clear heat and relieve heat.
02Lotus seeds, lotus leaves, japonica rice porridge
50 grams of lotus seeds, 100 grams of japonica rice, a fresh lotus leaf, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the lotus seeds, lotus leaves, and japonica rice, put them in a casserole together, add an appropriate amount of water, boil them over a fire, and then continue to cook them over a simmer until the beans and rice are cooked and rotten, and add an appropriate amount of rock sugar.
03Three-bean drink
From the “World Medical Prescription”, it can invigorate blood and detoxify, prevent and treat “Tianxing rash and pox”, and drinking it in summer also has the effect of dispelling heat and relieving fever.
20 grams of mung beans, red beans, and black beans, 5 grams of raw licorice, soak in water for 1 hour, boil for another hour, and add an appropriate amount of rock sugar according to each person’s taste.
04Azuki bean chiller
250 grams of red adzuki beans, soak overnight and boil soft, beat into bean paste, add an appropriate amount of sugar, 10 grams of agar, soak soft and steam, boil the bean paste and agar with an appropriate amount of water, stir into a uniform paste while cooking, and turn off the fire. Put it in a container, let it cool, put it in the refrigerator to solidify, take it out and cut it into cakes.
05and stomach substitute tea
6 grams of tangerine peel, 9 grams of Shenqu, 9 grams of malt, 9 grams of red poria, decoction of tea. The source of this drink is the Guangxu Dynasty medical case of “Qing Palace Medical Case”, and the main treatment is that the wet drink is slightly unfinished, the stomach is not harmonious, and the chest is sometimes full.
Exercise for health
The weather is getting hotter and hotter after a little heat, so it’s best not to go out in the middle of the day. Some people say that summer is a good time to sweat and lose weight, and some people mistakenly think that sauna and wrapping plastic wrap to promote local sweating can lose weight, but these views are actually wrong.
Sweating is not only not the same as fat loss, but frequent and heavy sweating is actually a waste of energy and damages the body’s righteousness.
“There is no disease in summer”, the summer is hot, the human body is already sweating a lot, consumes a lot, is easy to deplete vitality, and loses fluid, so you should avoid excessive sweating due to a lot of exercise. You can do more gentle exercises, such as walking, yoga, etc.
01Divine Gate
On the volar side of the wrist joint, the end of the little finger extends to feel a protruding round bone, and the depression under the round bone is pressed with a feeling of soreness.
Shenmen can relieve fire and remove troubles, calm the mind and calm the nerves, and is an important acupuncture point for treating the heart disturbed by evil.
Operation method: Use your fingertips to pinch the acupuncture points vertically until there is a feeling of soreness, swelling and slight pain. Every morning and evening, pinch and press the left and right wrists for 1~3 minutes, first left and then right.
02Lao Palace
Make a fist with a hole under the tip of your middle finger. There is a soreness when pressing.
Lao Gong acupoint can clear the heart and release heat, and it is the key point for the treatment of heat stroke, heartache and boredom.
Operation: Use the thumb and fingertips to pinch the acupuncture points vertically until there is a feeling of soreness or slight pain. Every morning and evening, pinch and press for 1~3 minutes with the left and right hands, first left and then right.