How to take care of your health during Xiaoman Festival?

Xiao Manchu is the eighth festival in the 24 solar terms, between May 20th and 22nd every year. Xiaoman refers to the wheat and other summer crops filling the milk ripe, the seeds begin to full, but not yet fully mature, so called Xiaoman. Xiaoman’s health principles generally have three: First, clear heat and moisture, thirst. Chinese medicine believes that the long summer in the five organs attributed to the spleen, it is also appropriate to clear the tonic. According to the viewpoint of Chinese medicine health, the spleen likes dryness and is bad for dampness, too wet for the spleen, so the daily diet should be appropriate to eat more sweet cool or sweet cold. Second, clear the heart to dispel summer heat, clear heat detoxification Chinese medicine focuses on the unity of heaven, yin and yang complement each other, so people in the summer to eat more cold and stomach acid food is appropriate, try not to eat spicy and warm dry things. However, attention should be paid to raw cold drinks should not be excessive, so as not to hurt the body’s positive energy and induce disease. Third, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, replenish the qi and benefit the yin into the summer, the hot weather, the human body consumption increases, on the one hand, the urgent need to replenish nutrients and fluids, on the other hand, because of the summer heat, humidity, the influence of the climate is easy to lead to the spleen and stomach is not enough qi, gastrointestinal disorders. In the diet should be based on the principle of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, with soup, soup, juice and other soup more, light but also promote appetite, easy to digest meals, so as to achieve the purpose of health care.