Seven types of people should not miss the opportunity to maintain health during the dog days

What should we pay attention to in maintaining health during the dog days? During the dog days of summer, we not only have to endure the heat, but also have to prevent the moisture brought by fruits. The heat and humidity force people to pay attention to health preservation.

How to get rid of dampness during the dog days of summer

Dampness is a pathological product produced by abnormal water metabolism in the human body. Dampness accumulation can produce phlegm, and phlegm blockage can cause blood stasis. Phlegm and blood stasis are the pathological basis of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, tumors and other diseases. It can be said that most diseases are caused by dampness. Therefore, in the summer when heat and humidity are high, preventing and removing dampness is the first priority in preventing disease. Only by avoiding dampness can we stay away from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, tumors and other diseases.

One is mentality and sleep.

Do not ignore mood problems no matter what disease you are suffering from. A good attitude and a relaxed mood are the magic weapon to defeat the disease. Tension, excessive thinking and excessive stress can cause damage to the spleen and stomach. Spleen deficiency will cause internal dampness. If you find that your tongue coating is thicker than before and has formed a greasy white coating, it means that you have internal dampness. You should pay attention to it. People often say that the thickening of the tongue coating is a sign of getting angry. People often say, "Why is my tongue coating so thick? I'm getting angry." It is true that in most cases, thick tongue coating and oral ulcers exist at the same time. If you encounter this situation, it means that you may be under too much work pressure and need to make some adjustments. To relieve stress, the most important thing is to improve your sleep. High-quality sleep is a good medicine to reduce and clear internal heat. After a good night's sleep, you will find that the symptoms of getting angry disappear on their own.

The second is exercise.

As the saying goes, "Train in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer." This is the experience summed up by our predecessors during long-term exercise. Although it has certain scientific basis, it varies from person to person. For the elderly and those with weak constitutions, it is definitely not appropriate to simply emphasize "training in the three hottest days of summer." When the maximum temperature is between 30 and 33 degrees Celsius, the elderly should reduce their exercise, and the best time is less than half an hour.

The best exercise method to prevent and remove dampness is "micro-movement of the four poles", which means slightly moving the limbs to slowly restore the body's yang energy and gradually dissipate the dampness. Avoid strenuous exercise and sweating profusely, as this will cause the Qi to be lost with the sweat, which will damage the Qi and affect the metabolism of moisture. Although some of the moisture will be dissipated with the sweat, the internal moisture will come out again, and ultimately the moisture will not be removed.

When choosing sports, it is not recommended to engage in strenuous exercise such as mountain climbing outdoors during the day in summer. It is recommended to choose sports activities such as swimming, jogging in the morning and evening. When doing outdoor sports, be sure to prepare anti-heatstroke medicines, including: Huoxiang Zhengqi Liquid, Shidi Shui, Rendan, etc.

In addition, if you are traveling by car, before departure, be sure to open the air conditioner and windows in the car to allow air circulation before entering the car. Try not to close the windows 3 minutes before starting the drive, to give the air in the car some time to escape.

The third is diet.

Traditional Chinese medicine advocates "using unblocking as a tool and using unblocking as a supplement" so as to dredge the six internal organs, promote the flow of Qi, raise the clear and lower the turbid. Therefore, it is not advisable to over-supplement before the summer solstice or the beginning of autumn. During the dog days, diet should be the main focus. Summer diet regimen focuses on clearing the mind, preventing heatstroke, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid. In addition, appetite decreases in summer and the spleen and stomach functions are relatively sluggish. If you eat too much fatty, greasy and nourishing food, it will damage the stomach and spleen, affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and be harmful to your health. Therefore, mung beans, coix seeds, vegetables, fruits, lilies, polygonatum, etc. are the best foods in summer.

First of all, you should avoid drinking too much alcohol, eating too much meat and fish. Alcohol can cause dampness, and fatty and greasy foods are greasy and bad for the stomach, which can also cause dampness. Overeating and inability of the spleen and stomach to transport and transform food can cause water retention. Spleen deficiency will cause internal dampness, which will eventually form a damp constitution. If the person is in a humid environment, he or she will develop dampness disease. How to improve this physical condition? The simplest way is to eat ginger. As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and you don't need to see a doctor for medicine." Ginger can warm the spleen yang, dispel cold and dampness, and harmonize the middle and exterior. It is also a good medicine for preventing heatstroke, eliminating dampness, dispersing cold and relieving exterior symptoms. You can eat two slices of ginger every morning (or you can soak them in vinegar for five or six days before eating), and gradually your damp constitution will change. You can also drink lotus leaf tea often, eat coix seed and Poria porridge, etc. In coastal cities, the dog days are also called sauna days, and the whole day is shrouded in humidity. You should eat fresh fruits, vegetables, lean meat, freshwater fish and shrimp, soy products, etc. to clear away heat and dampness, and eat less fried, thick, or overly salty and spicy food. Other foods such as mung bean porridge, red bean porridge, lotus seed porridge, polished rice, glutinous rice porridge, lotus leaf porridge, etc. should be eaten together regularly, so as to relieve heat and dampness, expel moisture from your body and maintain the balance of the body.

Fourth, prevention is the key to treating dampness diseases.

Once you get a dampness disease, it is very difficult to cure, especially in the summer when the heat and humidity are high. Prevention is the most important thing. Let me teach you the simplest dietary therapy for removing dampness: first, drink a glass of honey water in the morning; at noon, you can eat some fried yam, lily, and cold-mixed white fungus; at night, you can eat porridge made of sword beans, white lentils and glutinous rice; or cook porridge made of red beans, japonica rice, and white sugar in appropriate amounts; mung bean porridge can also be eaten. In short, don’t forget to remove moisture during three meals a day.

Prevent air-conditioning disease during the dog days

Humans are warm-blooded animals, and their body temperature changes with changes in the external temperature. In summer, the natural yang energy is abundant, and the temperature and humidity are relatively high. In order to regulate the environmental temperature, the human body needs to open and close sweat pores in time to expel excess moisture and heat from the body. However, now we have artificially created an artificial environment air conditioning. When we suddenly enter a very low temperature indoor environment from a scorching sun environment, the sweat pores that normally excrete sweat will suddenly close. Because this closure comes very suddenly, it will cause two consequences during the closing process. First, the cold air will be trapped in the body; second, the normal sweating function will be interrupted.

As we all know, sweating is a detoxification process of the human body. In summer, with the help of external yang energy, the human body is supposed to expel various cold and damp toxins from the body, but the intervention of air conditioning disrupts this process. Not only is the detoxification not thorough, but the external cold is also brought into the body. Therefore, people at this stage are prone to air-conditioning disease. This disease is a cold caused by wind and cold in summer. Because the cold is trapped in the body, the symptoms are muscle pain, joint pain, headache, no sweating, loss of appetite, and even chills and fever. In fact, when the fever occurs, it means that the human body has begun to mobilize its internal strength to expel the cold evil, which is an instinctive response of the human body to protect itself. What we need to do at this time is sweat. In an environment without air conditioning, sweating will open the abnormally closed sweat hairs again and expel the cold and dampness in the body. As long as the human body resumes normal sweating, the body temperature will drop and the feeling of discomfort all over the body will gradually disappear. At this time, you must not get an IV drip as soon as you have a fever. It is not very good for your health.

The best time to maintain health during the dog days for 7 groups of people

Traditional Chinese medicine advocates "using unblocking as a function and unblocking as a supplement", which can dredge the six internal organs, promote the flow of Qi, raise the clear and lower the turbid. Therefore, it is not advisable to over-supplement before the summer solstice or the beginning of autumn. During the dog days, diet should be the main focus. Doctors recommend that summer diet should focus on clearing the mind, preventing heatstroke, and nourishing yin and promoting body fluid. In addition, appetite decreases in summer and the spleen and stomach functions are relatively sluggish. If you eat too much fatty, greasy and nourishing food, it will damage the stomach and spleen, affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and be harmful to your health. Traditional Chinese medicine divides human constitutions into seven categories: balanced constitution, phlegm-damp constitution, yang deficiency constitution, qi deficiency constitution, yin deficiency constitution, damp-heat constitution, yang-heat constitution, etc. Different constitutions should have different health-preserving methods.

Qi deficiency

People of this type have tired limbs, loose muscles and do not like exercise. People with qi deficiency should focus on nourishing the spleen and lungs, and be careful to avoid wind-cold. In terms of diet, it is better to eat foods that are mild and warm in nature, such as yam, longan meat, lotus seeds, etc.

Moisture and heat

People of this type tend to have yellowish skin, which feels "turbid" and not refreshing. The main purpose of conditioning is to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, soothe the liver and promote bile secretion. It is advisable to eat light and dehumidifying foods, such as winter melon, bitter melon, mung beans, coix seed, kelp, etc.

Yang heat

People of this type have a strong physique, ruddy complexion, and a loud and powerful voice. The main purpose of conditioning is to produce body fluid and nourish yin. It is advisable to eat more fruits and vegetables, especially cucumbers, bitter gourd, watermelon, pears, apples, rock sugar, etc.

Peaceful

This type of people are well-proportioned, strong and healthy, have bright eyes and are full of energy. Its health-preserving principles are to coordinate yin and yang, circulate qi and blood, and promote metabolism. There are no dietary restrictions.

Phlegm-damp constitution

Such people often have fat waist and abdomen, heavy and tired limbs, and their treatment should focus on soothing the liver and regulating qi. In terms of diet, it is advisable to eat foods that can strengthen the stomach, promote qi and activate blood circulation, such as tangerine peel, rose, jasmine, hawthorn, etc.

Yang deficiency constitution

Such people are afraid of cold, have cold limbs, and often feel cold in the back and below the knees. People with yang deficiency should focus on warming the spleen and kidneys and exercising to keep fit. It is advisable to eat warm food, such as lychee, longan, mutton, etc.

Yin deficiency constitution

Most of them are thin or slender people. They are afraid of heat, have hot hands and feet, and have dry or oily skin. The principles of health preservation are to nourish yin and reduce fire, calm the mind and soothe the nerves, with the main focus being on diet regulation and mental conditioning. In terms of diet, it is not advisable to eat warm, dry, spicy, or strong-flavored foods. It is advisable to eat light and moist foods, such as grapes, pears, bitter gourd, cucumbers, etc.

Dog days: a good time to treat winter diseases in summer

As the saying goes, "In winter, you can take supplements to nourish your body, while in summer, you can get treatment with acupuncture during the dog days of summer." Treating winter diseases in summer is a long tradition. It is when the Yang energy in nature is at its most abundant that, with the help of this external force, positive medicines are applied to the corresponding acupuncture points of the human body. At this time, the pores of the human body open, which is conducive to the penetration and absorption of the medicine, thereby expelling the cold and dampness in the human body to achieve the purpose of curing the disease. There are many ways to treat winter diseases in summer. In addition to the commonly used Sanfu plaster, there is also acupuncture, cupping, acupoint injection, ginger moxibustion, moxibustion, etc. Doctors choose one or two of these methods to use depending on the patient's condition.

Many chronic diseases can be treated in winter and summer. Including asthma, allergic rhinitis, chronic pharyngitis, tonsillitis, bronchitis, children's colds, etc., as well as some cold diseases such as stomach pain, arthritis, and low back pain caused by kidney deficiency. I recommend two currently popular methods of treating winter diseases in summer: Sanfu Plaster and Sanfu Cupping.

The above are some precautions for health preservation during the dog days of summer. You may want to practice them.