How to take care of your health in summer

At the peak of summer, our organs are in relative weakness, at this time to pay attention to health, in order to improve the body’s immunity, to avoid a variety of sub-health or disease attack. So, how should we take care of our health in summer? According to Chinese medicine, “people follow the laws of nature, people follow the four seasons”, the four seasons of nature have different climates, so we should follow the laws of the four seasons to maintain health, so as to reduce the occurrence of disease. It is advisable to avoid the summer heat, but do not be greedy for cool. Don’t use cold water to wash your hair, shower, blow dry your hair in time after washing, and try not to stay in the air conditioning house for a long time, or blowing against the fan for a long time. Do not eat raw melon and cold drinks, do not crave cold. The necessary to relieve the summer heat: Huo Xiang Zheng Qi water, cool oil, honeysuckle tea, chrysanthemum tea, etc. The sun is hot in the summer, people tend to be more restless and irritable, so it is important to regulate their emotions. “Adjust the rest of the mind, often as ice and snow in the heart”, it is advisable to maintain a calm, tranquil state of mind in the summer, calm and quiet, to avoid irritability, anxiety, etc. affect the normal mood of life, thus triggering a variety of diseases. The diet is easy to eat unclean in summer, which can lead to gastrointestinal diseases. It is advisable to eat more food to nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind and nourish the yin and produce fluids in the summer. Summer essentials: lily, silver fungus, dates, lotus seeds, watermelon, bitter melon, mung beans, etc. The Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “In March of summer… Sleep at night and get up early, without getting tired of the day, so that the will is free of anger, so that the qi can be released ….” . In the summer season when heaven and earth meet and things open up, sleep late and get up early, (the so-called late sleep, not stay up late, but sleep before eleven), to burn up the reserve energy. The best time to go to sleep: 22:00-23:00; the best time to get up: 5:30-6:30. Because of the long day and short night in summer, try to take a nap at noon to help relieve fatigue and maintain peace of mind. Scientific exercise in summer should be static and not active, so it is necessary to exercise reasonably, and the amount of exercise should not be too much, and it is appropriate to sweat slightly after exercise, so as not to sweat too much and damage the Yin and Jin. Suitable exercises in summer: Tai Chi, walking, yoga, swimming, jogging, etc. In addition, to drink more plain water, drinking drinks is not a substitute for drinking water, warm tea is the ideal summer “drink”!