At 15:30:59 on May 5, 2017, the sun reaches 45° of the ecliptic and enters the Lixia festival. Lixia, the first festival of summer, represents the official start of the peak summer season. This season is conducive to the physiological activities of the heart; moreover, according to the five elements, summer is connected to the heart, and people should conform to it when it intersects with the festive season, therefore, the key to the summer health is to “take care of the heart” and pay attention to the heart. Therefore, the key to the first summer is to take care of the heart. Why should we take care of the heart at the beginning of summer? The heart is a Yang organ and is responsible for Yang energy. The Yang energy of the heart drives blood circulation and has a warming effect on the whole body, thus maintaining the life activities of people and keeping them alive. In addition, the body’s water metabolism and sweat regulation are inseparable from the herbal action of heart yang. Around the beginning of summer, the weather gradually turns hot, traditional Chinese medicine believes that “summer heat hurts qi”, “summer heat is easy to enter the heart”, therefore, at this time of year, people should pay attention to the spiritual conditioning, strengthen the maintenance of the heart. How to take care of your heart in the summer? 1, do more quiet things After the first summer, many people tend to feel restless, therefore, summer health to do “quit dry quit angry”, do not be happy, do more quiet things, such as painting, calligraphy, listening to music, chess, planting flowers, fishing, etc., to keep the spirit of quiet, mind at ease, relaxed mood, smile often, so as not to be sad The body and mind are injured. 2, late to bed and early to rise plus lunch break As a result of the summer, the sky is dark late light early, people are often prone to sleep late and early, resulting in sleep deprivation, so there is often a “snooze” during the day, especially after lunch. Since this is the case, why not increase the nap? Half an hour lunch break, the spirit of an afternoon, lunch break time to half an hour to an hour is appropriate, even if the sleep is not real, listen to music or eyes can be closed. However, suffering from hypotensive diseases and blood circulation disorders, especially due to cerebral vascular sclerosis narrowing and dizziness, should not take a lunch break. 3, more into the thin food benefit tonic summer when the liver gas gradually weak, heart gas gradually strong, diet should be increased acid and reduce bitter, kidney help liver. As the temperature gradually rises, eating greasy or easily inflammable food will cause internal and external heat in the body, making it easy for acne, mouth ulcers, constipation and other conditions to occur. In order to solve the disorder of the spleen and stomach, it is advisable to eat a light diet, hydrate more, eat more easily digestible, vitamin-rich foods, and eat less fatty, sweet, thick-tasting and spicy things that catch fire. More thin food is an important way to maintain health in summer. Such as morning and evening meals eat porridge, lunch soup, beneficial to quench thirst, cool and quench the summer heat, but also to nourish the body. 4, sports massage to prevent “heart disease” in early summer, the elderly qi and blood easy to stagnate, blood vessels easy to block, due to the fire and anger caused by myocardial ischemia, heart rate disorders, blood pressure elevated cases occur, therefore, more should avoid qi and blood stagnation, to prevent heart attacks. Eating a few scallions and drinking a small amount of wine every morning can promote the flow of qi and blood and keep the heart veins free from obstruction. In addition, massage meridian points, beneficial to prevent “heart disease”. 1, rubbing the pericardium meridian: pericardium meridian is a meridian that goes along the front edge of the human arm, starting in the chest, out of the pericardium complex, down the diaphragm, all the way to the middle finger. The left and right arms each have one. Usually you can pluck the heart meridian point, and then pat the pericardium meridian, this action is good for relieving the heart meridian stagnation and other “heart disease”. Pressing the pericardium meridian points, will temporarily block the flow of body fluids in the meridian, so massage, you can first press the points, the heart silently count one to twenty, and then let go for a while and then press. So repeatedly, about 3-5 minutes each time. 2, stroking the Tanzhong point: Tanzhong point is one of the main points on the Ren line, has always been considered the total organ of the human qi vein. The human body such as chest tightness, coughing, palpitations, etc., just massage the danzhong point will achieve good results. Massage, with the thumb finger slightly hard pressure points, each kneading pressure for about 5 seconds, rest 3 seconds. When you are angry, you can stroke down about 100, you can achieve the effect of smooth gas.