In midsummer, you must extinguish the "triple burner fire"! How to clear away heat and fire?

Generally speaking, Chinese medicine divides "fire" into three categories according to the three burners of the human body. Symptoms of heat in the upper part of the body, such as dizziness, sore throat, etc., are called "upper burner fire", symptoms of heat in the middle part, such as irritability, thirst, and stomach pain, are called "middle burner fire", and symptoms of heat in the lower part of the body, such as constipation and red urine, are called "lower burner fire".

Upper Jiao Fire A

Staying up late can cause "heart fire": drink lily, wolfberry and mung bean soup

"In summer, many people, especially young people, like to stay up late, but they don't know that staying up late often can easily cause getting angry!" Experts said that Chinese medicine believes that night should be the time for yang energy to descend and yin energy to rise, and it is time for people to fall asleep quietly. Not sleeping from night to early morning will prevent the Yang energy in the human body from getting normal rest and is most likely to induce "heart fire", such as oral ulcers and other symptoms, and staying up late can easily damage the Yin essence. How to get rid of heart heat? Here I recommend the dietary therapy recipe of "lily, wolfberry and mung bean soup". This soup is also often cooked by experts at home. Ingredients: 20 grams of wolfberry, 20 grams of dried lily, and 20 grams of mung bean. Appropriate amount of white sugar. Preparation method: Put the washed lilies, wolfberries and mung beans into a pot, add 5 bowls of water and bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the mung beans bloom and the lilies are soft, add sugar to taste, turn off the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

Middle burner fire B

Eating midnight snacks can cause stomach fire: drink a bowl of cucumber porridge

"In the summer, the weather is hot, the days are long and the nights are short. Some young people like to eat supper and drink beer. If they do this too often, it is easy to cause insufficient stomach yin and loss of body fluid, which can lead to middle-jiao fire, especially stomach fire. This kind of fire can be divided into deficiency and excess. Excessive fire can cause thick yellow tongue coating and swollen and painful gums; deficiency fire can cause dry mouth and tongue."

Lower Jiao Huoc

Not paying attention to hydration can cause "intestinal fire": massage two acupoints

"In summer, due to the hot weather, the human body sweats a lot. If you don't pay attention to replenishing water, it is easy to cause 'fire' in the lower abdomen, inducing symptoms such as constipation." Xia Gongxu said that in addition to the common method of reducing "fire" through diet therapy, massaging our acupoints can also "reduce fire." Here we introduce two acupoints that can help deal with the "lower burner fire" that is often overlooked, such as constipation and yellowish urine caused by "large intestine fire" due to lack of water. The first one is Zhaohai Point, which is located on the inner side of the foot, in the depression below the tip of the medial malleolus. When pressing, you just need to feel soreness, numbness and swelling. The time should not be too long, 5 to 10 minutes is enough. The second one is Yongquan acupoint. Yong means to gush out. Quan means spring water. As the name suggests, this acupoint is very meaningful for nourishing yin and reducing fire. This point is located in the front third of the sole of the foot (excluding toes). The middle of the line connecting the two sides of the foot is the Yongquan point. Place your thumb on the acupuncture point and rub it with strong force for 20 to 30 times, then change feet. It is better to massage in the morning and before going to bed.