Summer in the five elements of Chinese medicine in the “fire”, fire is easy to injure the fluid depletion, so that the human body yin fluid depletion and the emergence of heartburn, thirst and drinking, dizziness, dizziness, mouth and tongue sores, skin rashes and other symptoms. Summer and more wet, thus causing head and body heavy, chest tightness, poor appetite, diarrhea and other symptoms. Therefore, summer health should be clear and tonic, refers to the hot days to clear and tonic, strengthen the spleen, dispel heat and dampness as the principle. At the same time, some of the winter often or particularly serious disease, its pathogenic factors often arise in the summer, just due to the hot weather, high temperatures at that time did not have an immediate attack and latent in the body, once in the winter when the weather is cold will be attacked or turn serious. As early as in the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine”, it is recorded: “summer gas should be, the way to raise long. Against it is sadness, fall for ^ malaria, winter solstice serious disease”. Therefore, summer health, improve the physical discomfort caused by the weather, to prevent the occurrence of winter diseases, it is particularly important. 1, gastrointestinal guards: “sterilization” vegetables in summer, is a human disease, especially intestinal infectious disease season, should eat more with “sterilization” effect of onion and garlic vegetables. These vegetables, rich in plant broad-spectrum bactericides, a variety of cocci, bacilli, fungi, viruses have killing and inhibiting effects, can prevent disease. Cool summer heat sweating more, eat more vinegar, can improve the concentration of stomach acid, help digestion and absorption, promote appetite. Vinegar also has a strong ability to inhibit bacteria, staphylococcus and other germs can be killed in a short time. Typhoid, dysentery and other intestinal infectious diseases have a preventive effect. Summer people are easy to fatigue, sleepiness and discomfort, eat more vinegar, will soon be relieved of fatigue, maintain abundant energy. 2, summer health food: cool bitter vegetables summer is the most important factor affecting the human body is the poison of summer damp. Eat some cool vegetables, is conducive to the production of fluids to quench thirst, in addition to the annoyance of summer heat, heat diarrhea, detoxification and laxative. These vegetables are rich in alkaloids, amino acids, bitters, vitamins and minerals that have the function of eliminating summer heat, reducing heat, removing vexation, refreshing the mind and strengthening the stomach. Hot days can be appropriate to eat some bitter melon, bitter vegetables, as well as beer, tea, coffee, cocoa and other bitter foods. The alkaloids contained in bitter foods have pharmacological effects such as eliminating heat, promoting blood circulation, and relaxing blood vessels. Bitter food through its complementary qi and kidney, spleen and dampness effect, not only can clear the mind in addition to annoyance, brain refreshing, and can enhance appetite, spleen and stomach, to achieve the purpose of balancing the function of the body. 3, family drinks: tomato soup and hot tea summer drinking tomato soup can get nutrients, but also can make up for the water, two birds with one stone. Tomato soup (boiled to be cooled before drinking), containing lycopene has a certain anti-prostate cancer and heart protection effect, the most suitable for men. Summer can not be separated from the beverage, the first choice is not a variety of cold products, nor beer or coffee, but very common hot tea. Tea is rich in potassium (per 100 grams of tea in the average content of potassium were 10.7 mg of green tea, black tea 24.1 mg), both thirst and relieve fatigue. 4, eat duck in summer with many benefits Do not think that summer is only appropriate to eat light food, can say that the summer can also be complementary, the key is to choose the right supplements. More recommended food for duck, not only rich in protein and other nutrients that people need in the summer, but also to prevent and cure diseases. The mystery is that duck is a waterfowl, cold sex, from the Chinese medicine “hot cold” principle of treatment, especially suitable for the body has heat, fire people to eat, such as low fever, weakness, less food, dry stools and edema, etc., most often seen in summer. Duck and ham, sea cucumber stew, stewed duck juice good complementary Yin of the five organs; duck with glutinous rice porridge, have stomach, blood, the function of the body after the disease is very beneficial; duck and kelp stew, can soften blood vessels, lower blood pressure, can prevent and cure arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart disease; duck and bamboo shoots stew, can cure bleeding hemorrhoids. 5, summer eating fruits have to pay attention to summer sweating more, with the sweat loss of potassium ions are also more, easy to cause low blood potassium phenomenon, causing tiredness, dizziness, headache, loss of appetite and other symptoms. Therefore, don’t forget to make up for potassium in summer diet, the most effective way to prevent potassium deficiency is to eat more potassium-containing foods, fresh vegetables and fruits contain more potassium, so you can eat some strawberries, apricots, lychees, peaches, plums and other fruits with high potassium content in hot days as appropriate; vegetables in the bok choy, green onions, celery, beans and so on, which are also rich in potassium. Tea also contains more potassium, hot days more tea, both can eliminate the summer heat, but also can make up for potassium, can be said to be two in one. Summer food: summer day health, should choose to have a light yin nourishing effect of food, such as duck, carp, shrimp, lean meat, mushrooms, mushrooms, fungus, barley and so on. In addition, you can also eat some mung bean porridge, lentil porridge, lotus leaf porridge, mint porridge and other “summer porridge”, there is a certain effect of summer heat. 1, can “sterilize” onion and garlic vegetables: garlic, onions, leeks, scallions, shallots, garlic, etc., which is the most prominent role of garlic, the best raw food. 2, summer cool vegetables: bitter melon, lettuce, celery, dandelion, lotus seed, squash, cucumber, melon, watermelon, melon, tomato, eggplant, lettuce, asparagus, lily, etc., are available. 3, summer cold fruits: summer fruits are mostly cold, such as pear, melon, watermelon, pear, banana, kiwi fruit, mango, persimmon, water chestnut, melon, pomelo and so on. Suitable for people with solid heat constitution. 4, summer warm fruits: lychee, peach, longan, guava, cherry, coconut, durian, apricot and so on. Suitable for cold body people.