Summer is suitable for nourishing the heart.
Summer is the main season of the heart, the heart qi is most vigorous in summer, and at the same time, the heart is the most vulnerable organ, and heart diseases are most likely to occur in this season. Summer is the main qi of summer, which is the result of fire and heat, and occurs uniquely in summer. According to Chinese medicine, summer is the season when yang energy reaches its peak, and the heart belongs to yang, so it is most crucial to take good care of the heart in summer.
Summer is a yang evil, and its nature is ascending and dispersing, so it is easy to deplete the qi and hurt the fluids. With the arrival of summer, the temperature is getting higher and higher, the coupling (pores) open and sweat, sweat is the liquid of the heart, too much sweat is easy to damage the heart fluid, people are very easy to irritability, temper will also become irritable, which is very unfavorable to the heart.
Therefore, we should pay attention to the heart in summer, pay attention to a light diet, timely supplementation of water, maintain a relaxed mood, avoid exposure to the sun, overwork and so on.