According to Chinese medicine, health care should follow the changes of yin and yang of the four seasons in order for the human body to remain healthy for a long time. According to the basic theory of Chinese medicine, summer is fire in the four seasons, and the heart is also fire in the five elements. The evil of summer heat is prone to heartbreak and can lead to heart disease. This leads to restlessness, irritability and rapid heartbeat, which increases the burden on the heart and induces disease. In addition, sweat for the heart of the liquid, sweating too much in summer, it is easy to damage the heart, so summer health care is important to nourish the heart. The afternoon refers to 11 to 13 o’clock, when the yin and Yang are long and the heart is strongest. Hot summer days, long days and short nights, while physical exertion is very large, nap at noon, is the best way to nourish the heart and nourish the soul, to play a role not played by the general time to sleep, people with heart disease should be particularly careful, pay attention to rest to protect the heart. Napping is generally appropriate to half an hour to an hour, it is not easy to take too long, office workers who can not nap at noon, you can lean back in a chair, listen to music or close your eyes, you can also play the effect of heart care. Regulate the emotions Chinese medicine believes that “the heart collects the gods”, meaning that the heart controls the emotions of people. The heart has the function of dominating all the physiological activities and mental consciousness thinking activities of the five organs and six internal organs, the body and organs. The heart must first stabilize and calm down, so that people will live a long life. When the heart is restless, you can listen to some soothing light music, you can also listen to some piano music. Contemporary famous piano music performers are Richard Clayderman, Bantry, etc., of which Bantry’s music is soft and gentle, soothing and quiet. The main masterpieces are “Early Morning”, “First Snow”, “Moonlight” and so on. It can be listened to when you are irritable and can nourish your mind. Diet and care In summer, people’s heart fire is strong, gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function is reduced, the diet should be mainly light. Try to eat less food to help fire, to avoid mouth ulcers, acne, constipation and other diseases. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus seeds are sweet, astringent, flat, and belong to the spleen, kidney and heart meridians, and have the function of tonifying the spleen, stopping diarrhea, benefiting the kidney and astringent essence, and nourishing the heart and calming the mind. Here we recommend a lotus seeds barley gravy porridge. Ingredients: 50 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of barley, 20 grams of gravy, 50 grams of glutinous rice. Wash lotus seeds, barley, gravy and glutinous rice with water, put them in a large bowl, add the right amount of water, put them in an electric stewing pot, stew overnight in water, serve the next day, add honey or rock sugar to taste. You can also put it directly on the fire, boil it and then turn to light heat and cook for 1 hour. It is important to note that this porridge should not be eaten when you have a cold or fever, and diabetics should not eat it. Acupuncture point massage Laogong is a large point on the pericardium meridian. The word Laogong can be interpreted as a palace for rest after exertion. This point is located in the palm of the hand, when the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones between the 3rd metacarpal bone off the middle finger tip when clenching the fist and flexing the fingers. Massage this point can clear the heart fire, calm the mind. Massage, you can use the thumbs of both hands to press each other, or the top of both hands on the corner of the table press, each time pressed for about 3 minutes. When emotionally excited, sweaty palms, you may want to press the Laogong point to calm the mood, long-term persistence can also strengthen the heart.