Today’s Xiaoman – Strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, eat “bitter” to fight cancer, make health “full”!

Xiaoman is the second festival of summer. Its meaning is that the seeds of summer crops are beginning to fill up, but not yet mature, just a small full, not yet full. There is an ancient proverb “big fall, big full, small fall, small full”. “The more abundant the rain, the more abundant the harvest will be. There is a poem: “I am concerned about the hot sun in May, I am afraid that the time is half a year. The wheat is grinning in the streets, and the strawberries are sweet in the streets. A long world rhyme three hot, light red dust nine cold. In the summer to cherish the spring wind and thunder roll, always new and normal apricot long round. At the time of Xiaoman, everything flourishes and grows most vigorously, and the physiological activities of human body are also in the most vigorous period, consuming the most nutrients among the twenty-four seasons, so it should be properly supplemented in time so that the five organs and six internal organs of the body will not be damaged, so this is also a good time for “prevention before illness”. For cancer patients, Xiaoman is also the best time to support and fight against cancer. After Xiaoman, the weather gradually heats up and rain starts to increase, which indicates the coming of hot and humid summer. There is a saying that “summer heat carries more dampness”, which means that summer heat is most likely to invade human body together with dampness. In fact, at this time, the dampness has often entered the human body internal latent up, until the summer season, the dampness of the main gas, heat, dampness will echo inside and outside, so that people fall into the dampness of the trouble, thus causing many problems, such as skin disease, rheumatism, gynecological inflammation, edema, etc.. Dampness is most likely to affect the function of the spleen and stomach, leading to dysregulation of the spleen and stomach. Conversely, the inability of the spleen and stomach to transport and transform can produce internal dampness. “Nei Jing”: “All dampness and swelling and fullness belong to the spleen.” According to Chinese medicine, if dampness is a problem and affects the function of the spleen and stomach, it can lead to problems such as heavy limbs, easy fatigue, insomnia, decreased appetite, nausea and dizziness, which need to be eliminated when the dampness first starts. The spleen is responsible for transporting dampness, and with good spleen and stomach function, excess dampness can be transported out. Therefore, the focus of health care at this time should be on strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. This stage is also very important for cancer patients. The evil of dampness and heat directly affects the function of spleen and stomach, leading to deficiency of positive energy and obstruction of meridians, which often easily affects the development of cancer patients’ disease. Therefore, refreshing and light vegetarian food should be the mainstay of dietary regimen in this stage, and foods with the effect of clearing damp-heat, such as adzuki beans, mung beans, winter melon, cucumber, yellow cauliflower, watercress, black fungus, carrot, tomato, etc., should be eaten frequently. Cancer patients often have a weak spleen and stomach, so their diet needs to be fresh, light, varied and easy to digest. Do not drink iced drinks, drink hot tea, sweat slightly and have a smooth heart. Anti-cancer snack—garlic mixed with mung bean sprouts 【Ingredients】garlic, mung bean sprouts. 【Method】 Remove the root of the mung bean sprouts, clean; put in a pot of boiling water and scald until broken, fish out, rinse with cool boiling water, fish out, drain and plate; garlic peeled, first chopped, then chopped into puree with the back of a knife, put into the mung bean sprouts; then add sugar, salt, vinegar, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil, mix well and serve. 【Efficacy】Mung bean sprouts are rich in dietary fiber, which is a healthy vegetable for constipation patients and has the effect of preventing digestive tract cancer (esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, rectal cancer). Garlic is anti-cancer. Chinese medicine believes that the human body is an organic whole, and that human beings are closely related to the external environment. It also suggests that human beings must master the laws of nature, conform to the changes in nature, and maintain the coordination of the internal and external environment in order to achieve the purpose of disease prevention and health care. Chinese medicine also believes that the occurrence of disease is related to two factors: positive qi and evil qi. Evil Qi is an important condition for the occurrence of disease, while the lack of positive Qi in the human body is the internal cause and basis for the occurrence of disease, but does not negate the leading role of external pathogenic factors in special circumstances. As the saying goes, “If the righteousness is in the body, the evil cannot dry up”, therefore, “prevention before illness” should start from strengthening the righteousness of the body and preventing the invasion of evil. For cancer, we should prevent the occurrence of cancer and control the metastasis and recurrence of cancer. At the time of Xiaoman, dampness and heat are prevalent, which easily affects the function of spleen and stomach, so there is an ancient saying of eating “bitter” at Xiaoman. Eating bitter vegetables has a long history in China, and there are various varieties of bitter vegetables, which is also the origin of eating “bitter” on Xiaoman. The ancients say “ten bitter nine tonic”, eat bitter food, is conducive to regulating the balance of the body’s yin and Yang. But eating bitterness helps the heart to make lung gas, so it should be in moderation. Bitter food has the function of dispelling dampness and anti-cancer, cooling and relieving summer heat, diuretic and blood circulation, relieving fatigue, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic, clearing the heart and eyes, promoting appetite, etc. Small full of health recipe — press and rub the foot three miles and Fenglong point [method]: with the thumb pressure on the foot three miles or Fenglong point, vertical force, downward pressure, press and rub. The remaining four fingers make a fist or open to play a supporting role, in order to synergize the force. Let the stimulation fully reach the deeper layers of muscle tissue, producing sensations of soreness, numbness, swelling, pain and walking, and after a few seconds, gradually relax, and so on repeatedly for several times.