1, wait: the overall climatic characteristics of this festival, including the origin of this festival, the meaning, the three candidates, folklore and other content. “Summer, hot, also, on the heat in the division into size, the beginning of the month for the small, the middle of the month for the big, today, the heat is still big.” At this time the sun is at 120 degrees of yellow longitude, the sun is extremely strong, the ground has accumulated more radiant heat, when the middle of the volts before and after, it is the hottest season of the year, the degree of heat is more than the small summer, so it is known as the great summer. China’s ancient summer is divided into three Hou: “the first wait for the rotting grass for fireflies; the second wait for the earth moist muggy; the third Hou heavy rain when traveling.” There are more than 2,000 kinds of fireflies in the world, divided into aquatic and terrestrial two kinds, terrestrial fireflies lay their eggs on dry grass, during the Great Summer, the fireflies oviposited and came out, so the ancients mistakenly thought that fireflies were turned into decayed grass; at this time, the weather began to become sultry hot, and the land was very humid; from time to time there were big thunderstorms, which made the heat and humidity weakened, and the weather began to be over to the beginning of the Autumn Festival. The folk customs of the Great Summer Festival are mainly reflected in the aspect of food, and the folk dietary customs of this season are roughly divided into two kinds: one is to eat cool food to eliminate the summer heat. For example, there is a proverb circulating in southeastern Guangdong Province that says: “If you eat fairy grass during the summer in June, you will live like a fairy and will not grow old. And China’s Taiwan has in the summer eating pineapple custom, because this time of year the pineapple is the most delicious, and has the role of fire. In contrast, some places people are used to eat hot food in the summer. For example, people in Putian, Fujian Province, to eat lychee, mutton and rice bad to “over the summer”. Xiangzhong, Xiangbei has a traditional method of tonic, is to eat chicken in the summer. Southeast Hunan also has the custom of eating ginger in the summer. 2, the body: the changes in the human body, including changes in yin and yang of the human body, different physical people prone to diseases. The summer festival is in the middle of the ambush before and after, when the weather is hot and humid, in this hot and rainy season, many people will appear around the body fatigue, dizziness, chest tightness, shortness of breath, thirst and nausea, etc., this is because of the summer heat injuries to the human body’s fluids, which appeared in the “heatstroke” symptoms. This kind of weather, should not eat too cold food, otherwise cold and heat excitation, easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort. Before and after the summer l0 days or so, the weather is often hot, humid, the body feels hot. In this weather, people are susceptible to a variety of diseases, such as headache, dizziness, fatigue, diarrhea and so on. Anorexia is often seen in children; some people are also prone to sudden heart attacks and high blood pressure. Extreme temperatures on the human physiology and psychology will bring all sorts of unfavorable, and even cause cramps and heat stroke and other acute diseases. 3, treatment: for the common diseases of this season, how to prevent and treat. At this time of year, in order to prevent heatstroke, in addition to maintaining an optimistic mind, the public should also pay attention to eat more food containing potassium. Health care often have “winter disease summer treatment”, so for those chronic diseases that attack in winter, such as chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchial asthma, diarrhea, rheumatism paralysis and other Yang deficiency, this season is the best time to treat. Friends with the above chronic diseases, especially in the summer health should be carefully regulated, focus on prevention and treatment. Chronic bronchitis, for example, can be used internally and externally, the specific method: internal service to warm the kidney and yang Jin Gui Kidney Qi Pills, Zuo Gui Pills, etc., the second time a day, each time a pill, and even served for a month. External compresses can use 20 grams of white mesothelium, 15 grams of yuan hu, 12 grams of fine heart, Gan Sui 10 grams, with finely ground, with ginger paste, divided into six, each time to take a share of the spread in the diameter of about 5 centimeters of greaseproof paper or plastic film, affixed to the back of the lungs, the heart, diaphragm Yu Yu points, or affixed to the bilateral lungs Yu, Bailao, anointed with the vitals points, with adhesive tape to fix. General paste 4-6 hours, such as burning pain can be removed in advance, the local itch or warm comfort can be posted for a few more hours. It is important to note that each vodka day (three vodka days in summer) once, three times a year, three consecutive years, can enhance the body’s non-specific immunity, reduce the body’s allergic state. This combination of internal and external treatment can effectively eradicate or relieve symptoms. 4, food: this section of the dietary regimen should pay attention to the problem, can be specific examples. Summer, the use of dietary nutritional role of health and longevity, is to reduce disease, prevent aging effective guarantee. Summer diet is based on the climatic characteristics of the summer days, due to the summer heat, easy to injure the gas consumption, so you can often use medicinal porridge to nourish the body. Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” has “medicine to go, food to follow”, “grain, meat, fruit and vegetables, food and nutrition to the end of the” argument. The famous physician Li Shizhen especially respected medicinal porridge health, he said: “Daily food porridge a big bowl, empty stomach virtual, grain gas will be made, the complement is not fine, but also very soft and greasy, with the stomach and intestines, the most wonderful diet.” Congee is suitable for the elderly, children, weak spleen and stomach. Therefore, the ancients said, “the world’s first complementary thing is porridge”, “daily food two rice, like ginseng astragalus a big package. Six books of medicine” praise: “Japonica porridge for the capital of biochemical Yukun Dan, glutinous rice porridge for the warmth of the stomach gas wonderful products”. Visible porridge is important for people. Although the congee is beneficial to the human body, can not be generalized, according to each person’s different physique, disease, selection of appropriate drugs, formulated into porridge to achieve satisfactory results. Diet, should be a light diet, to maintain a sufficient amount of protein, eat duck, tofu, pigeon meat, etc., this kind of food is beneficial to qi spleen, appetizing, conducive to digestion; eat more winter melon, mustard, watermelon rind, leafy vegetables, etc.; appropriate to eat some summer fruits, such as pears, watermelon, etc., but can not be overdone. At the same time, it is appropriate to drink more tonic, summer, appetizing soup, such as horse hooves, barley, American ginseng stewed lean meat or pigeon soup, add a small amount of pericarp or ginger; drink more green beans, red beans in sugar water, sugar water in the green beans, red beans and a half, plus pericarp, ginger, a little, the right amount of rock sugar. Warm food is not advisable to eat, such as dog meat, mutton, red ginseng, deer antler, etc., these things are more appropriate to eat after the fall and winter, so as not to cause some diseases. 5, residence: this season, living, mental, exercise and other attention. Avoid exposure to the scorching sun, where the field work, walking, should wear a hat or hold a parasol, carry enough drinking water and sunscreen skin care products heatstroke medicines. Pay attention to indoor cooling, electric fan or air conditioning from the real indispensable, but to the wind speed is more appropriate. The air conditioning temperature is not too low, preferably not lower than 26.C. Sleep should be sufficient to ensure a full 7 hours of sleep, and it is best to have a proper nap time. Chinese medicine has a “heaven and man corresponding” health doctrine, that is, the human body’s spiritual psychology, mentality and emotion will be with the natural and seasonal climate changes and subtle changes, climate change will cause physiological and mental emotional changes. Summer heat, people are prone to “liver fire”, will produce distracted, listless, disorganized thinking, loss of appetite, impatience and anxiety and other abnormal behavior. This is “emotional heatstroke” caused by. Summer health and physical and mental health is very harmful, especially the elderly and frail, due to emotional disorders can cause myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia and increased blood pressure, and even cause sudden death. 6, strokes: can introduce suitable for this seasonal health strokes. Swimming is the most suitable fitness exercise in summer. The summer heat, the summer heat is difficult to eliminate, swimming can be fun, cool to cool, but also allows people to get exercise. But be careful not to just eat a full meal on the swim, so as not to expand the blood vessels on the surface of the body, the gastrointestinal blood is relatively reduced and affect the digestive function. Do not swim on an empty stomach, to prevent the body’s energy supply exceeds demand, so that the brain blood sugar shortage, causing dizziness, limb weakness, or even fainting. The best time to swim is about one hour after meals. It is not advisable to swim for a long time under the scorching sun, and it is best to avoid the particularly strong sunlight at noon, in order to prevent heatstroke. Before swimming, you should do a good job of limbs, torso various types of joints and muscle groups of the preparatory activities, and then pour cool water on the face, chest and other parts of the slowly adapt to the water temperature water temperature, do not rush into the water, in order to prevent the occurrence of cramps. Sweat more after strenuous exercise, should not swim immediately. At this time, physical fatigue, muscle reaction is slow, such as immediately into the water. Easy to produce due to uncoordinated movements caused by choking, but also open sweat glands and capillaries contracted sharply, muscle spasms. 7, make up: this festival of different physique of the people have what method of supplementation. Before and after this festival, high temperature and sultry, and thunderstorms, easy to hold moisture. The summer dampness of the gas to take advantage of the weakness, it is easy to make people hurt the gas, the human body feels very weak. Therefore, this time is most likely to occur heat stroke. Nutrition to clear the summer heat, strengthen the spleen and stomach, the best diet to light, nourishing food. For normal people or those who are slightly weak, it is advisable to clear the tonic. The long summer heat is often “no disease, three false”. In addition to timely supplementation of water, but also should always eat some beneficial food to enhance the body, so that the evil of dampness and heat can not take advantage of the opportunity. Chen Yan said, the so-called “clear complement”, is to consume sweet and cool moisturizing products, tonic body damage to the gas yin, this method avoids both warm and dry tonic medicine, but also to avoid the bitter cold of the medicine to injure the stomach, complementary and not dry, clear and not cold, both eliminating the heat, but also to enhance the physique. For chronic patients or yang qi deficiency should be warm tonic, this method of tonic is only suitable for people suffering from chronic diseases and the body of yang qi deficiency, often cold hands and feet, fear of cold and other yang deficiency people. For normal people need to be cautious, so as to avoid sore throat, toothache, fever and other inflammatory conditions. 8, square: can introduce two or three kinds of dietary therapy for this season, including the formula, production methods, health effects. Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” has “medicine to go, food to follow”, “grain, meat, fruit and vegetables, food and nutrition to the end of the” exposition. Li Shizhen, a famous medical doctor, believes that porridge is compatible with the stomach and intestines, the most wonderful diet. Six books of medicine,” said: “Japonica porridge for the capital of biochemical Yukun Dan, glutinous rice porridge for the warmth of the stomach gas wonderful products.” Although the congee for the elderly, children, spleen and stomach function of the weak are suitable, but Chinese medicine, wet for the Yin evil, its nature tends to be down, heavy turbid viscous, easy to block the gas, damage to the Yang Qi, the summer season therapeutic diet should be to clear the heat for the summer. Lotus leaf porridge: 50 grams of fresh lotus leaves, 200 grams of round-grained rice. Practice: wash the lotus leaves, cut off the tip. Japonica rice with water to cook porridge, lotus leaves covered in japonica rice, porridge boiled, remove the lotus leaves, add appropriate amount of sugar in the porridge can be eaten. Daily morning and evening warm food. Functions: clear summer dampness, rising sun to stop bleeding. Job’s tears soybean porridge: Job’s tears 20 grams, 30 grams of adzuki beans, 100 grams of rice, water. Practice: Job’s tears, red beans soaked in cold water for 2 hours, rice washed, add the right amount of water, with cooking into porridge. Function: Strengthen the spleen and seepage of dampness, clear heat and eliminate summer heat.