Summer refers to the six solar terms of the Chinese lunar calendar, namely, April, May and June. It begins in the summer of the lunar calendar and ends in the autumn. Summer is actually a good time to keep fit. If we can keep fit scientifically in this season, we can make our body healthier and sick young.

Point 1: invigorating spleen and removing dampness

Damp evil is a major evil in summer, coupled with the low function of spleen and stomach in summer, people often feel bad appetite, easily diarrhea, white greasy tongue coating and other symptoms, so they should often take the substance of invigorating the spleen and eliminating dampness. Generally, we choose the products of invigorating spleen, aromatizing dampness and diffusing dampness, such as Huoxiang, lotus seeds, Peilan, etc.

Point 2: Clearing heat and eliminating heat

In summer, the temperature is high, the heat is evil, and the heart fire of human body is strong. Therefore, some medicines with the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying and clearing heart fire are commonly used, such as chrysanthemum, mint, honeysuckle, forsythia, lotus leaf and so on.

Point 3: nourishing lung and kidney

According to the law of five elements, Chinese medicine believes that in summer, the heart fire is exuberant and the lung gold and kidney water are deficient, so we should pay attention to nourishing the Yin of lung and kidney. Choose wolfberry, raw land, lily, mulberry and sour pulmonary gas medicine, such as Schisandra chinensis, to prevent sweating too much, consumption of body gas.

Point 4: Summer treatment of winter diseases

Summer health preservation can not avoid winter disease and summer treatment. The so-called treatment of winter diseases in summer, that is, in summer, the body and the outside Yang Qi are flourishing, and some winter-prone diseases are treated with internal Chinese medicine combined with acupuncture and moxibustion and other external treatment methods. If fresh sesame flowers are often used to rub the frostbite area, it can prevent winter chilblain; paste ointment on acupoints, it can treat winter asthma and rhinitis.

Point 5: Avoid staying up late for a long time

The most vigorous period of body Yang is from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. If you haven't fallen asleep at this time and are still staying up late, it will affect the generation of body Yang and the health of liver. Therefore, we should pay attention not to stay up late in summer, it is better to fall asleep before 11 o'clock.

Point 6: avoid overeating

In summer, the body's Yang Qi is outside, Yin Qi is inside, the secretion of gastric juice is relatively reduced, the digestive function is low, so avoid overeating and cold drinks. In addition, after sweating, do not eat more cold drinks, especially for some patients with chronic diseases, cold drinks should have a choice. If coronary heart disease, asthma, chronic tracheitis, should not eat frozen food; gastric ulcer, gastric acid excessive, should not use more sour cold drinks; diabetes, should not use sugary drinks.

Point 7: Keeping Heart with Ejiao

Ejiao is a good product for nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, Ejiao flavors Gan, enters the lungs, liver and kidney meridians, can nourish blood, nourish yin and moisturize dryness. It has always been regarded as a good product for nourishing blood and yin. Modern pharmacological studies have found that Fupai Ejiao contains many essential amino acids such as protein, lysine, arginine, histidine, calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc and other trace elements.

Nowadays, it is summer, the weather is hot, dizziness, irritability, summer hardship and a series of unavoidable inconveniences come. According to the concept of "nourishing the heart in spring and nourishing the liver in summer" in the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic, the concept of "nourishing the heart in spring and nourishing the heart in summer" is adopted.

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to the correspondence between man and nature, that is to say, the human body should adapt to the changes of natural environment and seasonal climate. In summer, the weather is hot and the heart fire is relatively strong. To adapt to this climatic characteristics, we must follow scientific health preservation methods. So in summer, you might as well try the above seven points, maybe less sick in a year!