Many people lose their appetite in the hot summer. If you think that the loss of appetite is only caused by the hot weather, it is wrong. If you don’t eat well in the summer, how can you talk about a good body? Summer conditioning of the spleen and stomach, from a few points under the heavy hand.
A, first to the spleen and stomach cold
The symptoms of anorexia during the hot summer, mostly related to the spleen and stomach cold. Many people will have questions: hot days, where the cold? It is because of the heat that we often eat cold drinks and drink ice water, and as a result, the function of the spleen and stomach becomes abnormal. Therefore, to improve the phenomenon of anorexia in summer, the first thing you should do is to get rid of the cold of the spleen and stomach.
1.How to get rid of the coldness of the spleen and stomach
Many foods have the effect of driving away the cold and warming the stomach, and there is nothing more common than ginger. There are many ways to eat ginger, you can make ginger soup, make ginger porridge, put some ginger in stir-fry, stew meat, fried fish with ginger, you can also add some ginger when making stuffing.
2, drive the cold powerful medicinal meal – ginger red dates porridge
15 grams of ginger, 5 red dates, 100 grams of round-grained rice. The ginger washed and peeled, cut into ginger julienne, red dates washed and de-nucleated, round-grained rice clean; put round-grained rice into a pot, add 1000 ml of water and boil, add ginger, red dates, simmer into porridge over low heat. Twice a day, take it warm in the morning and evening.
This porridge has a good therapeutic effect on summer anorexia. In this porridge, ginger is a good medicine to warm the stomach and disperse cold. Therefore, cooking porridge with ginger does have a more desirable effect of warming the lungs and stomach and dispersing cold. Red dates have the effect of nourishing the qi and strengthening the spleen, and can be used to treat the weakness of the spleen and stomach caused by lethargy and weakness, scanty food and loose stools. The beauty effect of red dates is also first-class because they are a good medicine for the spleen and stomach.
The actual “heat for heat” method of appetite
The actual summertime syndrome is gradually showing up as summer approaches. Poor appetite, see what food are not appetizing, for this seasonal anorexia, “heat for heat” is a good conditioning method. Rub your face and body with a hot towel every day; scald your feet with hot water every day; drink more hot tea and porridge to boost your spleen and Yang. In addition, you can drink some hot porridge and soup to help boost your appetite.
Drink congee to nourish the stomach
Congee is warm, light, fragrant, sticky and other characteristics, easy to digest and absorb, and can protect the gastric mucosa. Especially when the porridge is boiled with a layer of sticky material floating on top, known as “rice oil” in Chinese medicine, which has a tonic effect and can be compared to ginseng soup.
1, lentil porridge: 200 grams of rice, 100 grams of white lentils, add the right amount of water, cooked into a porridge.
Efficacy: lentil porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and dampness and eliminating summer heat to stop diarrhea. Suitable for summer heat stroke caused by vomiting and diarrhea, loss of appetite and other diseases.
2, barley porridge: 200 grams of rice, 100 grams of barley, add the right amount of water, cooked into a porridge.
Efficacy: barley has the effect of strengthening the spleen and eliminating paralysis, diuresis and dampness. Suitable for appetite loss, diarrhea, edema and skin flat warts and other conditions.
3, loofah porridge: loofah 100 grams, 200 grams of rice, 5 grams of lard, 3 grams of salt, add the right amount of water, cooked into a porridge.
Efficacy: loofah porridge has the effect of clearing heat, phlegm, cool blood detoxification. It is suitable for body heat and thirst, phlegm and cough, hemorrhoids, furuncles, lactation, carbuncles and other diseases.
Third, press the Zhongkui point to relieve loss of appetite
On the back of the hand, at the end of the proximal phalanx of the middle finger, there is an acupuncture point — Zhong Kui point (on the tip of the middle finger bone), which can be massaged to increase appetite, strengthen the spleen and benefit qi.
Use the thumb of one hand to press the middle finger of the other side of the middle kui point, the strength to local slight pain is appropriate, press 3 minutes after the same method of the other hand point press the middle finger of the other side of the middle kui point, 2 times a day, can alleviate the loss of appetite in summer.