General knowledge of summer health

1, drink more water Every day to drink seven or eight cups of plain water, you can add the right amount of honey in the water. Summer people’s physical energy consumption is particularly fast, honey can quickly replenish the body’s energy needs. Water is an indispensable and important part of the human body, organs, muscles, blood, hair, bones, teeth all contain water, summer water loss will be more, if not timely hydration will seriously affect health, easy to make the skin dry, wrinkles increase, accelerate human aging. Honey water, mineral water, cold tea, milk, and apple juice are all ideal for quenching thirst. The best way to buy fresh pure honey is to buy it from a bee farm that you know. Most of the supermarkets sell it after processing, and you won’t see any results from taking it for a long time, and you won’t feel safe. 2, the Yang “Huangdi Nei Jing Su Wen – four qi tuning Shen Da Lun” said: “summer in March, this is said to be the first show, heaven and earth, the gas interchange, everything is real. Night sleep 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 maintain health.” Hot summer, many people will suffer from air conditioning disease, people are open during the day and night air conditioning, indoor and outdoor temperature difference can reach more than ten degrees, plus a large number of cold drinks to eat ice, will certainly hurt Yang Qi. Therefore, we should pay attention to the living environment is not too humid, do not eat too much frozen and cold food, the night air conditioning temperature is not too low, preferably at 26 degrees or more, do not spend the night in the open air and cold places. 3, clear tonic In terms of dietary tonic, hot days to clear tonic, strengthen the spleen, dispel summer heat and dampness as the principle. Fat, sweet, thick and hot products should not be eaten, but should choose a light nourishing effect of food. Sweet, cool and clear food: wheat, sorghum, barley, tofu, white lentils, black sesame, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, lobster, spinach, winter melon, watermelon, etc. Foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish Yin and nourish Qi: spinach, lotus root, wild rice, tomatoes, carrots, eggs, apples, milk, grapes, lotus seeds, mulberries, clams, goose meat, mackerel, carp, silver carp, barley flour, etc. Food to dispel summer heat and dampness, clear heat and detoxification: mung beans, broad beans, adzuki beans, soybeans, raw radish, eggplant, cabbage, celery, water chestnut, coix seeds, vegetable melon, watermelon, winter melon, loofah, cucumber, melon, bitter melon, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, tea, etc. 4, potassium supplementation Summer sweating, with sweat loss of potassium ions is also more, the resulting low blood potassium phenomenon, will cause the human body tiredness and weakness, dizziness and headache, loss of appetite and other symptoms. The most effective way to prevent potassium deficiency in hot weather is to eat more potassium-containing food. Fresh vegetables and fruits contain more potassium, such as strawberries, apricots, lychees, peaches, plums, etc.; vegetables such as onions, celery and beans are also rich in potassium. Tea also contains more potassium, hot days more tea, not only can eliminate the heat, but also potassium, can be said to kill two birds with one stone. 5, supplemental salt and vitamins The human body sweats a lot in summer, the loss of sodium chloride is more, so should be in the supplemental water at the same time, pay attention to supplemental salt. You can drink some salt water every day to maintain the acid-base balance and relative stability of osmotic pressure in the body. Nutritionists also recommend that: it is best to supplement vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 with 2 mg each and 1 gram of calcium per person per day during the hot season, which can reduce the consumption of sugars and tissue proteins in the body, which is beneficial to human health. Therefore, in the summer should eat more food rich in the above nutrients, such as watermelon, cucumber, tomatoes, beans and their products, animal liver, shrimp, etc., can also drink some fruit juice. 6, try to wear light-colored clothes dark clothes will absorb sunlight, so that the body temperature rises hot; at the same time, mosquitoes have a tendency to dark habits, dark colors are easy to attract mosquitoes, especially black. 7, appropriate food bitter alkaloids contained in the bitter food with heat, promote blood circulation, diastolic blood vessels and other pharmacological effects. Appropriate to eat some bitter food on a hot day, not only can clear the mind, brain and refresh, and can enhance appetite, spleen and stomach. Bitter gourd: take its unripe young fruit as vegetables, mature fruit flesh can be eaten raw, both cold and can be fried, roasted fish, tender and refreshing, unique flavor. Bitter melon has the effect of increasing appetite, helping digestion, removing heat, relieving fatigue, clearing the heart and eyes. In addition, bitter vegetables, tea, coffee and other bitter foods can be used as appropriate. It should be noted that the consumption of bitter food should not be excessive, otherwise it may cause nausea, vomiting and other symptoms.