Post Date April, 15 2023
Summer is the most sunny season, and the changeable climate and humid and hot air provide a hotbed for the breeding and transmission of germs; The increased consumption of the body weakens the resistance. While doing a good job of heatstroke prevention and cooling, we should pay more attention to the prevention and health care of summer diseases.
Drink plenty of water in summer
Drink more water, and warm water is better. Drink seven or eight glasses of boiled water every day. The body should keep water and replenish water at any time. Water plays a vital role in the body and maintains the normal physiological functions of the body. Water is an indispensable and important part of the human body. Organs, muscles, blood, hair, bones and teeth all contain water. There will be more water loss in summer. If you do not replenish water in time, it will seriously affect health, easily dry skin, increase wrinkles, and accelerate human aging. In addition, mineral water, cold tea, milk and apple juice are ideal thirst quenching drinks.
Do not exercise too much in summer
The amount of exercise in summer should not be too large, nor should it be too intense. It should be moderate exercise with a little sweat, so as not to damage the heart and yin due to excessive exercise and sweat. For those who still insist on physical exercise in summer, they can choose to practice Taijiquan, natural health exercises, and Taijiquan with both dynamic and static movements. They can combine hardness and softness, moderate opening and closing, and undulating, and their body shape is not biased. The positive qi is in the body, and the wind and evil are inviolable. They are consistent with the natural yin and yang ebb and flow, which can be regarded as one of the best mental exercises in summer. Natural health exercises have both physical and mental health, and are especially beneficial to physical and mental health.
Many people think that the Taijiquan routine is complex and difficult to learn. In fact, the routine only represents the form, and the simple standing pile action is quite exquisite. The eyes are closed slightly, the feet are naturally standing, the body is straight, the knees are slightly bent, the mind is calm and calm, the upper and lower virtual, and the feet take root. Beginners can learn simple moves step by step from standing on the stake. The important thing is to cooperate with breathing. Slow, deep, long and even breathing can not only eliminate worries, but also maintain the tiny blood vessels and meridians of the heart. Compared with Taijiquan, natural health exercises have fewer rules. As long as you adhere to gentle exercise, the body will naturally play a role in conditioning.
Drinking more red bean and barley soup in summer can eliminate the cold and dampness of the body and diuresis.
The diet in summer should be low in fat, salt, vitamins and light. People sweat a lot and have a bad appetite. They can use all kinds of nutrition and health Congee to appetizer and recuperate. Such as eating Congee in the morning and evening, and drinking soup at lunch, which can not only stimulate saliva and quench thirst, cool and relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. When cooking Congee, add some lotus leaves (called Congee with lotus leaves). The taste is fragrant, and the Congee has a slightly bitter taste. It can refresh the spleen and appetizer, and has the functions of dispelling summer heat, nourishing the stomach and intestines, and promoting fluid and thirst. When cooking Congee, add some mung beans or simply use mung beans to cook soup, which has the functions of relieving heat and thirst, clearing heat and detoxification, producing fluid and diuresis, etc. Soak dried lentils and cook them together with rice to form Congee, which can clear the heat and remove dampness, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. In addition, red bean Congee, mint Congee, tremella Congee, kudzu root porridge and balsam pear Congee are all good food in summer.
(Intern editor: Lin Yanjuan)
