Summer health and disease prevention in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine

The Huangdi Nei Jing Su Wen Si Qi Tuning Shen Da Lun says: “The four seasons of Yin and Yang, the root of all things. So the sage spring and summer nourish Yang, autumn and winter nourish Yin, from its roots, so with all things floating in the door of growth.” The three volts of summer, the natural world, the hot sun, Yang Qi, the human body in order to comply with the time of day, the body in the “Yang Sheng outside and deficient in the internal” situation, the coup open drain, increased sweat, coupled with the summer heat, often lead to the body Yang Qi too much and the lack of Yang Qi in the body of summer physiological characteristics, at this time should pay more attention to the body conditioning and The correct grasp of the summer heat, attention to the prevention of diseases before they occur, winter and summer treatment can achieve the purpose of health care, and even improve the condition of certain stubborn diseases. It is also important to take precautions against illnesses in the summer heat. Because of the summer heat and humidity, the body’s ability to resist disease is relatively weak. The Huangdi Nei Jing – Su Wen – Four Qi Tuning Shen Da Lun points out that: “summer in March, this is called the summer show, the sky and the earth, everything is flashy, sleep at night and get up early, not tired of the day, so that the will is not angry, so that Huaying into the show, so that the gas can be released, if the love outside, this summer gas should be, the way to nurture long. Against it is sad, autumn for ^ malaria, bong harvest less, the winter solstice heavy illness.” The general meaning is that, for the hot summer, in the living, should sleep late and get up early, in order to comply with the changes in nature Yang Sheng Yin deficiency, the most heat at noon, appropriate nap, not only to avoid the heat, but also to eliminate fatigue, replenish physical strength; mental should take the initiative to regulate the mood, avoid excessive anger and irritability, avoid emotional depression, to keep clear and refreshing. At this time in the diet, we should focus on strengthening the spleen and benefit the qi, less bitter cold, cold drinks, less greasy and indigestible food, it is appropriate to eat fish, eggs, milk, watermelon, cucumber, winter melon, corn, peas, etc.. In addition, the sour taste astringent, can protect the body surface, prevent excessive sweating injury qi loss yang, so you can choose more sour food, such as prunes, strawberries, tomatoes, sour plum soup, beans and their products; salty food can help the body to replenish the salt lost due to excessive sweating, to prevent sweating damage heart qi, so should be timely replenishment. There is a folk saying “eat radish in winter and eat ginger in summer, without the doctor’s prescription”, summer eating ginger is also the practical application of the theory of “spring and summer nourishing Yang”. In summer, people often feel hot, sweaty, some people stay in the air-conditioned room for a long time during this period, which is not conducive to health. Some studies have pointed out that if the human body lives in the cold environment created by air conditioning for a long time, it is easy to damage the human body’s “Yang of the Wei table” and “Yang of the lung”, which makes it easy to suffer from summer colds, coughs, asthma, and if people originally have such diseases, it is more likely to aggravate the winter attacks of these diseases. If you have such diseases, you are more likely to suffer from these diseases in the winter; and excessive craving for cold drinks and food in summer will easily damage the yang of the spleen and stomach, causing stomach pain and diarrhea. Therefore, at this time, we should take care of the lung and spleen yang in the body, so that it remains strong and abundant, in order to maintain summer health without disease, but also to achieve the purpose of “winter disease summer treatment”. So we should pay attention not to be in a low temperature air-conditioning environment for a long time, and not to overindulge in cold drinks, etc. The winter disease summer treatment is not only an effective treatment method, but also a way to maintain health care. Only by seizing the favorable opportunity in summer to make the best treatment and reduce or cure chronic diseases can we better protect our vitality and maintain a long and healthy life. Winter diseases are diseases that tend to flare up or worsen in winter. These diseases can often be treated in summer when the disease is in remission to reduce the number of attacks in winter or spring and alleviate the degree of attacks, so it is called winter disease and summer treatment. The “winter disease summer treatment” is based on the principle of “spring and summer nourish the yang” in “Su Wen – Four Qi Tuning Shen Lun”, and combined with the Tian Moxibustion therapy, the medicine is applied to the acupuncture points of the human body to stimulate the positive energy and increase the ability to resist diseases, so as to achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment. In the follow-up visits, many patients reflected that after the treatment, their chances of developing diseases in winter have been reduced, so we encourage everyone to seize the opportunity of voltaic days and actively participate in the “winter disease summer treatment”. Therefore, we encourage everyone to take advantage of the opportunity to actively participate in the “winter and summer treatment” team, to change the old concept of going to the hospital only when you get sick, and to take the initiative to stop the disease before it starts. The reason why we need to treat winter diseases in summer is because the human body’s yang is weaker in winter, the yang is weaker in winter, so the ability to prevent and fight diseases is reduced, if we start to take care of it in summer, so that the human body’s yang is strengthened, in winter when the yang is falling, because it has taken care of the yang, it can resist the evil to make the human body less sick. Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, said, “The top doctor treats the sickness that is not yet sick, the middle doctor treats the sickness that will be sick, and the bottom doctor treats the sickness that is already sick.” The so-called “future disease” is the disease that has not yet occurred, but will occur at some point in the future. Then, we must remove the conditions that are bound to occur before they occur. People and nature are a unified whole, and every change in nature’s cold, temperature and warmth is actually what we need. The correct use of the four changes in time to adjust and “reflect” on our own, sometimes can achieve unexpected health effects.