How should coronary heart disease patients take care of their health in summer?

  Summer is the fourth, fifth and sixth months of the lunar calendar, when the weather is hot and the natural Yang energy is in full swing. According to the theory of the five elements of Chinese medicine, summer is the main heart, summer is easy to hurt the “heart”, coronary heart patients should pay more attention to the prevention of cardiovascular events. According to the principles of Chinese medicine, how should coronary heart patients take care of their health in summer?  Chinese medicine is concerned with the “Heaven and Man”, that is, all changes in nature will have a certain impact on the human body, human activities also need to comply with the changes in nature. The “Nei Jing” in the four seasons of health care point of view, “summer in March, this is called the summer show, the sky and earth, all the things Hua Shi, sleep at night and get up early, not tired of the day, so that the will is not angry, so that Huaying into the show, so that the gas can be released, if the love outside, this summer gas should be, the way to raise long.” Specifically, coronary heart disease patients should pay attention to the following aspects of summer health: 1, living in an orderly manner summer everything flourishes, the world’s yin and yang gas are converging together, the day is long, the night is more, so people’s health should also echo the changes in nature yang, to sleep later, get up earlier, but because of the summer daytime temperature is higher, sweating and more, physical exertion, and therefore often feel uninspired, drowsy, in order to reduce the feeling of fatigue. In order to reduce the feeling of fatigue, you need to take a lunch break to do the appropriate supplement, especially the elderly, but the sleep time should not be too long, in 1 hour is appropriate.  2, to prevent summer heat Modern people stay in the air-conditioned house all day in summer, drinking cold drinks, so that the cold Yin gas will hurt Yang Qi, sweat can not be discharged, the body’s turbid gas can not be released. In the Nei Jing, the phrase “not being tired of the sun” means not being afraid of heat and sunlight, and sweating when it is time to do so. It is best to use natural ways to escape the heat, such as under the shade of a tree or next to a small river. Sweating in this natural environment can expel the turbid air in the body. But coronary heart patients try to avoid the right noon outdoor activities, because the hot sun, when the human body vascular expansion, so that a large number of blood concentrated in the peripheral small blood vessels, heart and brain blood supply is relatively reduced, easy to induce cardiovascular disease.  3, adjust the mood by the Yang qi agitation, summer people’s emotions are also in an active state, and the heat is easy to be impatient, which is not conducive to coronary heart disease patients to adjust, therefore, coronary heart patients and family members to strengthen psychological guidance, adjust the mood. “Make the will without anger …… so that the gas can be released”, speaking of the emotions should not be excessively excited and repressed, should be the right amount of their emotions out, so that the body’s Yang Qi can be outwardly propagated and released, but to avoid excessive exuberance, to maintain a good state of mind 4.  4, light diet Chinese medicine believes that the heart is strong in summer, coronary heart disease patients should not be supplemented, the diet should be light. Should eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, black fungus, soybean products, can eat some lean meat, fish, try to eat less too greasy or high-fat food; drink more mung bean soup, lotus seed soup, chrysanthemum tea, lotus leaf tea and other beverages can be hydrated and can clear the heat to eliminate the heat. According to the theory of the five elements of Chinese medicine, “bitter into the heart”, where the bitter food, most of the role of heat, so often eat some bitter vegetables, bitter melon, loofah, etc. in summer, can play a role in relieving heat, eliminating fatigue, brain refreshing.  The coronary heart disease patients pay attention to the timely conditioning, you can safely through the hot summer days.