In the heat of the day, many people experience the “bitter summer” symptoms of decreased appetite, lack of food, reduced food intake, and low fever and fatigue. Bitter summer is very common, especially female white-collar workers and infants are particularly vulnerable. In addition to a fluctuating body temperature of 37-37.4°C, the patient is often accompanied by general tiredness and weakness, loss of appetite, bloating, palpitations, sweating, insomnia, dreaminess and other neurological disorders. Thankfully, there is no regularity in the phenomenon of bitter summer, for example, if you had a bitter summer last year, you may not necessarily have one this year. It is not a serious illness, but it does affect health, study and work. Ginger fans need to start the “summer mode” early to prepare for an easy escape from the bitter summer. The key to get rid of the “bitter summer” in a “clear” word 1, the mind clear Ning summer when the weather is hot, people’s mood anxious, the medical term “summer affective disorder”. At this time should make my mind quiet, adjust the rest of the meditation, clear and clean, adhere to the quiet mental state, avoid impulsiveness, irritation, to prevent the heart fire within, always remember the proverb “the heart is quiet and naturally cool”. 2, diet cool From the diet, the hotter the more love to eat cool, but eat cool is not advocating that we eat more cold drinks, but rather eat too much cold drinks will make the gastrointestinal function of landing, more likely to trigger a bitter summer. Light diet, appropriate to dispel moisture. In the case of heat, poor constitution, deficiency, you can use water ginseng; wet heavy case, eat with ginger with meals; if the body is usually good, just because of fatigue or damp heat, you can use adzuki beans, barley boiled water applications, or adzuki beans, barley boiled winter melon soup. The “cool diet” refers to the diet greasy, more fruits and vegetables less greasy, eat more mung beans, red beans, hawthorn, bitter melon and other cool and mild food, can strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear heat toxicity. 3, dress fresh summer clothing applications cotton, silk, linen products, can absorb sweat, but also has a good breathable effect, making people feel fresh and warm. Chemical fiber clothing as little as possible, due to chemical fiber products “closed gas”, not easy to dissipate heat, damp heat against the table breeding skin disease. 4, skin cleaning summer skin metabolites increase, coupled with exposure to more, easy to incur skin infections, the formation of physical and mental injury. In the hot summer, the most important point to maintain the skin is to adhere to the skin clean, often bath, do not use too much chemical cosmetics, pay attention to sun protection, reduce UV damage. 5, the room is cool open the windows and doors of the apartment in the morning, ventilation, doors and windows closed at noon, to prevent the invasion of the outdoor heat, cool environment, so that people calm the mind. It should be noted that the use of air conditioning in the summer, the general 24 ℃ to 26 ℃ can be, and should not use air conditioning for a long time. In addition, sleep must be sufficient. The quality of sleep is very important to lift the “bitter summer”, about 1 hour before bedtime, you can use dietary therapy to stimulate sleep, such as some milk. In addition, should also ensure a high quality of sleep, to lift the “bitter summer” is very important; avoid the heat, do not expose to the sun; appropriate tea, regulate the spleen and stomach. Summer rainfall is more, when there is dampness in the body, should be supplemented with more water, damp food. For example, ginger, winter melon, but also appropriate drinking corn husk tea.