60-year-old Chen has been in good health, but two days ago but suddenly felt general weakness, mental fatigue, and even nausea and headache, lying at home for a day before comfortable. He was wondering, the hottest time of the summer when he did not fall ill, how this season fell down? It turns out that this is the “long summer” trouble! Professor Chen Xiuhua said that Chinese medicine believes that the year is divided into five seasons: spring, summer, long summer, autumn, winter, long summer is located in late summer and early autumn, covering the four festivals of summer, summer, autumn, summer, the climate is characterized by hot and humid steaming. And wet for the yin, easy to hurt Yang, and wet heavy turbidity, easy to cause the head and body sleepy heavy, heavy limbs aching, etc.. The more dampness gathered in the body, the more likely people will feel sleepy. And the hot weather, easy to sweat, the gas with the Jin out, sweating too much, the human body (Yang Qi) will be depleted, the lack of positive energy, people will easily feel tired. At present, it is the reason why people often feel exhausted, mentally weak and dizzy when long summer is in season. In addition, dampness tends to trap the spleen and stomach, especially the elderly and the weak have poor resistance and are most prone to gastrointestinal diseases and upper respiratory tract infections such as colds and fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea. To achieve a long summer health, we prevent damp heat attack, the following measures can help keep away from damp heat: living conditioning: to comply with the changes in nature Yang Yang and Yin, it is appropriate to sleep late and get up early. Hot weather, the coup open, susceptible to wind, cold and dampness, sleep should not be a long time fan to send wind; air-conditioned rooms, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not be too large, and should not sleep at night; sleep should pay attention to abdominal warmth, do not labor sweat when the wind, to prevent the invasion of external evil. When arranging outdoor work and physical exercise, should avoid the blazing sun hot time. Reasonable arrangements for lunch break, one to avoid the heat of the momentum, the second can restore the sense of fatigue. To keep the two stools open, to prevent damp heat gathered. Pay attention to personal hygiene to prevent skin lesions (sores and swelling poison). Stay away from tobacco and alcohol, tobacco is pungent and obscene, easy to produce heat and help damp, see vomiting, cough, spitting, etc. Wine is the liquid of ripe grain, hot and wet, excessive drinking will help Yang heat, produce phlegm and dampness, brewed into damp heat. Choose the right exercise program, should not do overly strenuous activities, if the exercise is too aggressive, sweating, sweating too much, not only hurt Jin Qi, but also damage Yang Qi. Exercise projects to walk, hiking, jogging, tai chi, aerobics, slow dance, etc. is good. In the exercise should avoid the hot environment, when the temperature is high, should choose about 6:00 in the morning and about 5, 6:00 in the evening exercise is appropriate. Do not take a cold shower immediately after exercise, dry towels should be used to dry, after the body temperature returns to normal, with warm water bath. Do not expose yourself to the sun for a long time to prevent heatstroke. Do not rinse with cold water immediately after sunburn, use a dry towel in the refrigerator for a few minutes, and then take out the ice pack. Severe cases should be treated by a dermatologist. Long summer sweating, salt loss is also much, after exercise can drink some light salt water, replenish water and electrolytes. Do not drink ice water after exercise, should be a small number of times to drink warm water, light salt water or ordinary hot tea to quench thirst. Diet regimen: the long summer heat, people’s digestive function is relatively weak, three meals a day should ensure balanced nutrition, to maintain the regularity of the eating time and the amount of food, do not be too full too hungry, eat to eight minutes full. Eat more coarse grains, and strive to eat fresh vegetables and fruits at every meal, such as watermelon, winter melon, loofah, cucumber, bitter melon, etc. At this time, gastrointestinal diseases and upper respiratory tract infections (such as cold and fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea, etc.) are most likely to occur, mostly caused by cold cravings or eating cold foods. The diet should be based on the basic principles of strengthening the spleen, clearing heat and relieving dampness. It should be light, not fatty, sweet and thick, and eat more miscellaneous food to cold the body, not too much hot food, so as not to help heat; frozen melons and fruits should be moderate, not too much, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach; thick fatty products should be less, not more, so as not to turn heat into wind, causing skin boils and ulcers; do not greedy drink frozen water, drinks, the best drink room temperature drinks; do not drink too much herbal tea, so as not to damage the stomach gas; watermelon, mung bean soup, umeboshi The small bean soup, etc. are good for quenching thirst and eliminating summer heat, but should not be eaten chilled. Medicinal food regimen: In addition to the usual focus on living conditioning, we recommend a few simple and practical summer dietary regimen: 1, ribs winter melon barley soup Ingredients: ribs appropriate amount, fresh winter melon 500 grams, 50 grams of barley, oil, salt appropriate amount. Method: wash and cut ribs; winter melon with skin, cut into pieces, wash barley. Put together in a pot, add water to the appropriate amount of soup, soup into oil and salt to taste. Drink soup, eat meat, winter melon, barley. 2, sand pot pork belly ingredients: 250 grams of pork belly, sand 10 grams. Production: wash the pork belly, cut, and sand into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, a total of boiling until the pork belly cooked and rotten, add salt to taste. Drink the soup and eat the meat. 2-3 times a week. 3, white poria porridge Ingredients: white poria powder 15 grams, 100 grams of rice, pepper, salt, a little. Production: stalk rice purity. Stem rice Poria powder into the pot, add the right amount of water, boil with a military fire, turn to stew with a civilian fire until rotten, then add salt, pepper, stir well that is. 2 times a day, breakfast and dinner. Emotional and moral conditioning: to maintain a clear mind, happy and cheerful, broad-minded, full of spirit, such as the growth of everything needs sunlight. To have a strong interest in the outside world, cultivate an optimistic and outgoing personality, in order to facilitate the flow of Qi. Cultivate your body and mind, cultivate the spiritual realm of “the heart is quiet and naturally cool”, do not be too restless. Yang Sheng people are more dynamic and prone to anger at this time, so we should strengthen moral cultivation and will exercise, cultivate a good character, control ourselves with consciousness, and overcome emotional impulses with reason when we encounter things that can be angry. Traditional Chinese medicine: 1, cupping prescription: Fenglong (positioning: the front of the outer calf, when the tip of the outer ankle on 8 inches, from the front edge of the tibia two horizontal fingers) foot three miles (positioning: 3 inches below the outer knee eye, from the front crest of the tibia about 1 horizontal finger) method of operation: before cupping, you should first wash and dry the jar to reveal the area to be cupped, and then ignite the fire, usually with one hand to hold the jar, the other hand to hold the lit fire probe, the operation should be Quickly, the fire probe in the can shake a few shakes after withdrawal, the can quickly placed in the acupuncture point to be treated; fire is still burning when the mouth of the can should be covered tightly in the affected area, not waiting for the fire to go out, otherwise too loose, not conducive to suck out moisture, to have the mouth of the can tightly sucked in the body to feel good. Be careful not to burn the edge of the jar mouth to prevent burns. Generally cupping 5-15 minutes to remove the jar, do not force pull the jar, do not pull and turn, the action is to tilt the jar to one side with one hand, the other hand press the skin, so that the air through the gap into the jar, the jar will naturally disconnect from the skin. Efficacy: strengthen the spleen and dampness, remove toxins and heat, remove stagnation, move Qi and blood, dredge the meridians. 2, self-care massage: acupressure is an important part of Chinese medicine, it is guided by the theory of Chinese medicine, a means of massage to prevent and treat diseases. Professor Chen Xiuhua pointed out that: the abdomen is the main, the foot Yangming stomach meridian and foot Taiyin brand meridian and other specific points massage, can play a role in strengthening the spleen and dampness. (1) spin the whole abdomen Take sitting or supine position, overlap the two hands, the right hand palm on the umbilicus, the left hand palm on the back of the right hand, both hands evenly force, clockwise direction, from the umbilicus to the abdomen around gradually expand the spin massage to the abdomen around, and then gradually reduce the scope of the abdomen around the spin massage to the umbilicus, and so on and so forth, spin massage 100 circles. (2) Push and rub the legs Take a sitting position, open the thumbs of both hands, put the thumbs on the inner side of the root of the thighs, with the tiger’s mouth facing the front of the legs, start from the root of the thighs, push and rub the legs to the ankles, then withdraw both hands to the root of the thighs and push and rub again, and so on for 30 to 50 times. Foot Taiyin brand meridian, foot Yangming stomach meridian are in the front side of the legs, pushing and rubbing massage can strengthen the spleen and stomach, transport the function of water and dampness. Push rub to pay attention to the palm of the hand to tighten the two legs, the force is uniform, to produce a warm feeling strength. (3) Press the foot three miles foot three miles is a point of the stomach meridian, located 3 inches below the patella, one horizontal finger outside the front edge of the tibia. Take a sitting position, with the middle fingertips of the left hand, press and rub the left foot Sanli point, and then press and rub the right foot Sanli point with the same method, the time on each side is 0.5 to l minutes. 3, Gua Sha For people with back pain, mental fatigue, poor appetite and other symptoms, available scraping board in the waist back and foot three points to implement Gua Sha, scraping board and scraping direction is generally kept at 45 degrees to 90 degrees for scraping. The scraping board must be disinfected. The scraping time is generally 3 to 5 minutes per part, with the longest not exceeding 15 minutes. This method can play a healthy spleen and stomach, clearing heat and moisture, unblocking the meridian, relieving fatigue, and increasing immune function. 4, Chinese medicine fumigation Chinese medicine fumigation therapy, also known as “steam bath therapy”, is the use of drugs boiled with water generated by the steam fumigation of the affected area to treat the disease, it can play the effect of unblocking the blood, blood circulation, clearing heat and eliminating dampness, is an effective external Chinese medicine treatment method. The duration of fumigation is usually 30 minutes, and the prescription of herbal fumigation should be added or subtracted according to the different physical conditions of the people and their conditions.