May 5, the summer, “Dou pointing southeast, dimension for the summer, all things have grown up here, so the name of the summer.” The Book of Rites – Lunar Decree says that at this time, “mayflies are singing, earthworms are emerging, grains are growing, and bitter vegetables are showing.” After the beginning of summer, everything grows and grows, heaven and earth are intertwined, Yang energy has begun to flourish, while Yin energy is weak, and the hot summer is coming. According to Chinese medicine, “The heart is the essence of life, and the change of the gods; its flower is in the face, its fullness is in the blood, and it is the sun of the yang, which is connected to the summer qi.” Therefore, the heart corresponds to summer, which means that in summer, heart yang is the most vigorous, and also reminds people to follow the weather changes in the spring and summer, and pay attention to the maintenance of the heart. Sleep at night and get up early, do not be tired of the sun, so that the will is not angry. After summer, the day is long and the night is short, so you can sleep later and get up earlier, in order to comply with the changes of Yang and Yin deficiency. In summer, people’s yang vaporizes outside and the pores of the couples open, so they should sweat and let out the heat. You should not just stay in the air-conditioned room or eat a lot of cold drinks to make the sweat hole closed and no sweat, so that the respiratory system in the fall will be a problem. At the same time in order to prevent sleep deprivation, must be “summer snooze”, is to increase the lunch break. After summer, noon 1 to 3 points when the highest temperature, easy to sweat, very easy to fatigue, dizziness and sleep, so to “summer snooze”. Nap time varies from person to person, generally to 0.5 to 1 hour is appropriate, so you can also maintain a relaxed mood. Spring more acid, summer more bitter, autumn more pungent, winter more salty good medicine bitter mouth, modern scientific research has proved that bitter food is rich in amino acids, vitamins, alkaloids, bitter quality, trace elements, etc., for health benefits. Bitter foods contain vitamin B17, the natural enemy of cancer cells, which can fight against tumors. Japanese researchers tested the taste of more than 30 kinds of amino acids, the bitter taste of more than 20 kinds, bitter food can be called the “rich mine” of amino acids. Our scholars found that students who love sweets are significantly more stressed than those who do not love sweets, and those who like bitter foods are significantly less stressed than those who do not like bitter foods. Therefore, it is recommended that in a stressful state, students should be guided to eat less sweets and spicy foods and eat some bitter foods in a timely manner. The five elements of summer are fire, and the five organs of fire are the heart. Chinese medicine believes that bitterness enters the heart, so eating more bitter foods in summer can nourish the heart. There is nothing more representative of bitter food than bitter melon. After the beginning of summer, the temperature gradually rises, the body consumption also increases, with the increase in temperature, people will feel tired, irritable, loss of appetite. Summer is summer heat, the five organs of the heart, easy to make people irritable, mouth and tongue sores, which is often said to be on fire. The bitter taste can clear the summer heat and lower the heart fire. Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” pointed out that “bitter melon smell bitter, cold, non-toxic, has the effect of removing evil heat, relieving fatigue, clearing the heart and eyes, benefitting the qi and strengthening the yang.” The “Dian Nan Ben Cao” also states that bitter melon enters the heart, spleen, stomach and three meridians, and can relieve fire, clear summer heat, benefit qi and quench thirst. Bitter melon’s dietary treatment Bitter melon has the efficacy of promoting appetite, clearing heat and removing fire, inhibiting fat absorption, preventing and fighting cancer, and lowering blood sugar. 1, bitter melon tea Method: selected moderately mature bitter melon cleaning, remove the flesh and slices, and then dried in the oven dehydrated, and so back to soft and dry packaging again. Healthy people brewed as tea in summer, heat relief, sweet and bitter moderate, refreshing and delicious. Diabetic patients can also be used as a daily drink. 2, bitter gourd scrambled eggs Method: 1) bitter gourd core cut thin slices, add a little salt rub, marinate 15 minutes, then put in boiling water and blanch slightly; 2) 3-4 eggs beaten well, add a little salt; 3) put oil in a pan, first stir-fry bitter gourd, then pour in the egg mixture can be cooked on both sides. The effect of this paragraph is to clear heat and brighten the eyes, promote appetite, suitable for diabetes, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, chronic gastritis treatment. 3.Small experimental recipe 1)Take fresh bitter melon and pound it externally to treat carbuncles, swellings and boils. 2)Wipe the bitter melon slices on the body, can treat summer children prone to prickly heat. Eating bitter to nourish the heart varies from person to person Bitter foods are mostly cold and not suitable for all body types. People who usually have loose stools, clear and long urine, poor appetite and fear of cold, white face, pale tongue and sunken pulse, and people with deficient yang energy or a cold spleen and stomach should not eat it often. Bitter melon contains quinine, which can stimulate uterine contractions and cause miscarriage, so even pregnant women with damp heat should eat with caution! Bitterness has a unique role in flavoring digestion and improving human physiological functions, and medicine and food have the same origin, so you can eat some bitter food in summer to overcome “bitterness”. At the same time also according to personal constitution to adjust the diet, in cooking if the bitter taste and sweet, sour, spicy, salty mix properly, can enrich the flavor of food, promote appetite, help digestion, can be obtained with the function of making.