The need to prevent cold and protect the sun in mid-summer

The time of year, the heat is unbearable, excessive greed for cold drinking cold, cool cooling improper, but caused by “old cold leg”, “rheumatic leg” and other problems recurrence, need to pay attention to beware. The city people every day “home”, “car”, “office”, any place can not be separated from the air conditioning, the whole summer body does not even sweat, so contrary to the This is contrary to the principle of “spring and summer Yang”, Yang Qi can not stretch, but also can not play its normal “cold” function; if coupled with the thin desk and chairs, too much exposure, the cold evil to take advantage of the weakness and invade the body, blocking the meridians, will cause joint muscle stiffness and pain. It is inevitable to eat some frozen drinks and fruits in summer, but if you eat too many cold things, including the so-called summer cooling products, it will make the evil of cold and damp from within, which is very detrimental to the prevention of joint pain. Summer cold also has a characteristic, that is, cold more hold “wet”, because summer dampness is heavy, also called summer dampness. Dampness is heavy and sticky, once invaded the body will not be easy to get rid of, so some people have a cold in the summer, will continue into the fall still coughing. The evil of cold and dampness is most likely to damage the spleen and stomach, resulting in dysfunction of the digestive, absorption, and excretory systems, manifested as decreased appetite, bloating and diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, body sleepiness, dizziness, fatigue, and so on. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach is the foundation of the day, the body needs the spleen and stomach to provide the daily energy, the body’s metabolic waste needs the spleen and stomach to excrete, if the spleen and stomach function is damaged for a long time, the consequences can be imagined. If women feel the evil of cold and damp during menstruation, they are prone to evil into the uterus, resulting in gynecological problems that are difficult to cure. In terms of diet, eat some ginger, coix seeds, yam, gorgonian, poria, lentils, Chen Pi and other medicinal food products to strengthen the spleen and stomach, dampness and help Yang, as the saying goes, “eat radish in winter and eat ginger in summer, without a doctor’s prescription,” is the truth. And mung beans, adzuki beans, lotus seeds and other cool foods to relieve the summer heat, when needed to eat, not in excess. Life and living, according to the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine”, it is appropriate to “sleep at night and get up early, not tired of the day”, can be appropriate to sleep late (about 10 pm bedtime), get up early, the morning sun is not yet violent, you can walk outdoors, brisk walking, breathing fresh air, conducive to the conservation of the body’s Yang Qi, the amount of activity to sweat is appropriate. Do not “sweat when the wind”, sweat and showering cold water, long lying wet cold, etc.. Night lying in the air-conditioned environment, it is appropriate to wear long clothes and long pants. As the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, inside and outside the car is very big in summer, you should pay special attention to dressing. Summer is characterized by the Yang Qi bloom, the coup draining, if often between the temperature difference between the environment, the coup opening and closing is not timely adjustment, the cold will take advantage of the vapors and invade the body. It is recommended to have long clothes and pants in the office.