Food is supposed to nourish the human body, if the diet is not in moderation, it will be counterproductive and harm the body’s vitality. So be sure to eat in moderation, summer Chinese medicine health care, especially to do “three” and “three”. Abstinence, health, avoid eating cold and raw food One should be restrained. Prevent overeating. Also pay attention to the time and distribution of three meals. Breakfast should be about 7 o’clock, lunch at about 12 o’clock, dinner at about 18 o’clock. Do “eat well in the morning, eat enough in the afternoon, eat less in the evening” Two to health. Especially in summer, unclean diet will lead to the occurrence of disease; Third, avoid eating cold. Summer heat, yang qi out, yin qi in the body, if you eat too much cold fruits and vegetables, will make the cold and dampness in the body, not easy to be digested by the spleen and stomach. Especially the elderly spleen and stomach yang has gradually decline, eat cold food will further injury to the kidney yang, resulting in more than diarrhea. This is a misunderstanding of the majority of people, that the summer should be more into the cool drinks and cold food. Children’s digestive function is not yet full, in the summer and susceptible to summer heat and humidity, such as eating cold food, especially ice cream, drinks, sugar and high, it is very easy to damage the transport function of the spleen and stomach, there is a long-term loss of appetite, abdominal pain, stool abnormalities, etc., if not corrected from the diet, let it be, will cause gastrointestinal diseases, may affect the child’s life health. Women have menstruation, belt, fetus, birth of the special physiological process, easy to qi deficiency blood loss, blood characteristics are like warm and evil cold, so women can not wantonly eat cold, especially menstruation, postpartum should pay more attention to, too much cold not only hurt the spleen and stomach, but also cause uterine chills caused by excessive leukorrhea, menstrual cramps, and even infertility. So women eating cold food in summer must be restrained. In addition, the summer weather is hot, many men like to drink cold beer, but many people will therefore induce gout; or damage the function of the spleen and stomach, causing acute gastroenteritis; leading to sharp contraction of blood vessels, triggering cardiovascular problems. Light, five flavors, nourish the heart and strengthen the spleen The first summer diet should be light, to eat the spleen and stomach easy to digest a simple diet, so as to eliminate the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases. A light diet is what is commonly referred to as a “light meal”. The main food should be based on grains and cereals, and the side dishes should be based on beans, vegetables, fruits and mushrooms. Light diet is not a complete vegetarian diet, meat contains essential proteins, a complete vegetarian diet is prone to malnutrition, so meat should be eaten sparingly, light food. Cooking to steamed, boiled mainly, reduce frying, less oil and salt, try to maintain the original flavor of the food. Secondly, it is advisable to have a mixture of the five flavors of bitter, pungent, sour, salty and less sweet foods. According to the requirements of traditional Chinese medicine, the five flavors correspond to the five elements and the five organs, namely, sour goes to the liver, bitter goes to the heart, sweet goes to the spleen, pungent goes to the lungs, and salty goes to the kidneys. Different tastes have different effects, sour taste has the effect of astringent sweating, stopping sweating, stopping diarrhea, astringent essence, contraction of urine, etc., like plums, hawthorn, cornelian cherry, pomegranate, etc.; bitter taste has the effect of clearing away heat, diarrhea, drying dampness, lowering qi, detoxification, etc., like orange peel, bitter almonds, bitter gourd, lily, etc.; sweet taste, i.e., sweet taste, has the effect of tonicity, relaxation and relieving spasms, etc., such as brown sugar, cinnamon, honey, rice and noodles, etc.; salty taste has the effect of laxative, softening, dispersing and tonifying yin and blood. Salty flavor has the effect of diarrhea, softening, dispersing knots and tonifying yin and blood, such as salt, kelp, seaweed, seaweed, jellyfish, etc.; pungent flavor has the effect of dispersing, promoting qi and activating blood circulation, such as ginger, green onion, garlic, chili peppers and peppercorns, etc.. Thirdly, it is advisable to nourish the heart, strengthen the spleen, and relieve summer heat and dampness. The recent rainy season air humidity is heavier, people are more likely to feel dampness, once beyond the adaptive capacity of the spleen and stomach, will produce loss of appetite, loose stools, epigastric distension and fullness of the limbs and other spleen disease. Therefore, people with spleen deficiency can eat small meals, eat some spicy food appropriately to increase appetite, help digestion, and resist the intrusion of dampness on the spleen. You can also take herbs to strengthen the spleen and resolve dampness, such as atractylodes macrocephala, rice kernel, lotus seed, poria, patchouli, cardamom and so on, to strengthen the spleen and stomach, but also to get rid of summer dampness.