Summer is fire and its nature is hot. At this time, the sun is extremely strong, sunshine is the longest, the day is long and the night is short, the weather is hot, the ground is hot and steaming, the weather is falling, heaven and earth are intertwined, everything is prosperous and flourishing, a scene of prosperity. One of the climatic characteristics of summer is summer heat (fire), which means higher temperatures and hot weather. Second, it is “wet”, the so-called wet, refers to the humidity in the air. The combination of heat and moisture affects the body’s heat dissipation, resulting in a variety of discomfort, and even affect the human physiology, pathological changes. 01 summer should protect the heart to nourish the heart Chinese medicine that: “summer is fire, its nature is hot, through the heart, the main long nourishment, summer evil when the order.” It means that the heart is fire in the five elements, and the evil of fire and heat is most likely to damage the heart, often leading to heart disease. If a person suffers from heart disease or has a deficiency of heart qi, he or she is often prone to suffer from restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, dizziness and other symptoms of restlessness in the summer when the heat persists. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that “sweat is the liquid of the heart”, summer sweat excretion, not only will damage the heart Qi, but also lead to heart Yin deficiency, which is more susceptible to the invasion of summer heat, so it is advisable to pay attention to the heart in summer to protect the heart. Especially the elderly with cardiovascular disease, the body at this time is easy to heat, sweating and myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia, hypertension symptoms aggravated. Therefore, it is advisable to focus on nourishing the heart in summer. The actual fact is that you can have a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of food that you would have if you had a lot of the same kind of heat. With this, stomach acid is easily washed down, digestive juices secretion relatively reduced, with the weakening of digestive function resulting in loss of appetite. At this time, if you can make reasonable arrangements in the diet, appropriate to eat some cold drinks, not only to quench the thirst, but also to help digestion, promote appetite, beneficial to health. However, if not controlled, it is easy to damage the spleen and stomach Yang Qi. Summer fruits and melons are abundant, so you can eat more of them, but you should pay attention to the taste of fruits and understand your own constitution to avoid damage. Such as the spleen and stomach cold people, should not eat a lot of watermelon, pear, kiwi, grapefruit and other cool fruits; internal fire, phlegm and dampness, eat less cinnamon, litchi, etc.; plums eat more so that people have phlegm, help wet, damage the stomach and intestines triggered diarrhea; stomach acid, diarrhea-prone people, eat less bananas, plums, etc.; apples, peaches, grapes, cantaloupe, watermelon and other fruits contain high sugar, so diabetics caution. As “Sun Zhen Zhen health song commentary” said: “the summer time, volatile yin within, slightly late decay, melon and fruit garden vegetables, more will produce phlegm, ice water and cinnamon syrup, raw and cold phase value, grammed especially difficult.” The meaning is that the summer heat, Yang Qi is pronounced outside, Yin Qi is depressed in the body, if you eat too much cold melons and fruits and vegetables, will make the cold damp Sheng in the body, not easy to be digested by the spleen and stomach. 03 appropriate food acid bitter summer sweating too much, especially after engaging in physical activities a lot of sweating, to timely replenishment of salt, summer diet is relatively light, with a small amount of salty dishes, can enhance appetite. Sweating and most likely to lose fluid, drink more water and will dilute the stomach acid, so you can eat some sour food, such as tomatoes, lemons, strawberries, umeboshi, grapes, etc. converge sweat and produce Jin, stomach and food, to prevent excessive sweating and gas injury. If you add some sour vinegar in the dishes, it can also sterilize and prevent the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases in summer. In summer, you should also eat more bitter fruits and vegetables because of the summer heat and humidity, hot and humid. Chinese medicine believes that the taste of bitter can clear heat and fire, but also can be healthy spleen, in addition to moisture. Such as bitter gourd, lettuce, asparagus, bitter vegetables, dandelion, lotus leaves, etc., has the effect of clearing the heart, refreshing the brain. Modern research found that most bitter foods contain amino acids, vitamins, alkaloids, glycosides, trace elements, etc., with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, refreshing, fatigue and other medical, health care functions. Modern nutritionists believe that bitter foods can promote the secretion of gastric acid and increase the concentration of gastric acid, thus increasing appetite.04 It is advisable to strengthen the spleen and relieve summer heat and dampness The last month of summer, the long summer, corresponds to the spleen. Once the spleen yang is suppressed by dampness and exceeds the ability of the spleen and stomach to adapt, spleen diseases such as loss of appetite, loose stools and fullness in the abdomen will arise. Therefore, it is advisable to eat lightly in the long summer, less greasy and less cold. The summer heat and humidity is also a high incidence of skin diseases, due to dampness in the skin between the skin and fur coup, but also feel wind-heat or wind-cold, not to drain; or over-eating fish, shrimp, crab and other food allergies can suddenly appear on the skin rash of varying sizes, or in pieces, or papule-like, one after another, sparse and dense, and accompanied by abnormal itching of the skin.