If you don't know these things during the dog days of summer, something big will happen

The dog days of summer have officially begun since the 17th! The dog days are extremely hot, and people like air conditioning, cold drinks, and drink a lot of water, which causes moisture to invade the human body. The external moisture enters the body, causing the spleen to solidify, resulting in water accumulation and physical discomfort. Come and take a look at the following things you should pay attention to during the dog days of summer.

1. Do not drink iced drinks or food

During the dog days, the Yang energy of the human body floats on the surface of the body, and the internal organs are cold. If you eat iced food or drink drinks, it would be like adding insult to injury, especially for people with cold body, who will feel even colder if you eat iced food or drink drinks.

Moreover, cold drinks can only temporarily relieve heat, but cannot relieve heat and quench thirst for a long time. However, drinking hot tea can stimulate the general dilation of capillaries, which can significantly lower body temperature. This is a simple and easy way to cool down. Therefore, you should drink hot tea or boiled water at room temperature during the dog days.

2. Drink three-bean soup

The three-bean soup in the Song Dynasty medical work "Zhu Shi Ji Yan Fang" is made from mung beans, red beans and black beans. Among them, the mung beans and red beans can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, and eliminate dampness, while the black beans can strengthen the spleen and nourish the kidneys. Therefore, the three-bean soup can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness.

People with weak spleen and stomach should not drink the cold mung bean soup. They can drink three-bean soup instead. For people with poor digestive function, you can also add an appropriate amount of rice to the three beans, cook it into porridge and eat it, which also has the effect of clearing heat and strengthening the spleen.

3. Keep healthy during the hot summer days

The temperature in the dog days is close to the human body temperature, and the human body dissipates heat mainly through sweat evaporation, so using heat to remove heat is a better way to maintain health.

The secret to keeping healthy during the dog days is to rinse with warm water. Although taking a hot bath will cause more sweating, it can dilate the capillaries, which is more conducive to the body's heat dissipation. Sweating when you should sweat is the way that conforms to the laws of nature and the rhythm of the human body.

4. Suffering in the dog days

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter foods can replenish qi and strengthen the kidneys, strengthen the spleen and dry dampness, and can balance the body's functions. Modern scientific research shows that bitter foods contain alkaloids, amino acids, bitter substances and other substances needed by the human body, and have the functions of antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, refreshing and stomachic. It is appropriate to eat bitter foods during the hot summer days.

However, people with weak spleen and stomach should eat less "bitter" food, especially the elderly, children, pregnant women and people with weak constitution, who need to be more cautious when eating "bitter" food. During menstruation, you should also eat less "bitter" food, because most bitter foods are cold or cool in nature, which can cause the meridians to become stagnant and blood circulation to be blocked, which can lead to menstrual disorders, or even dysmenorrhea or amenorrhea.

5. Take American ginseng

American ginseng is cool in nature and bitter in taste. It can cause hot weather and sweating in the dog days, and it is easy to experience symptoms such as fatigue, dry mouth and throat, irritability, red tongue and urine. You can make soup with American ginseng by soaking it in water or using it with meat.

6. Eat some mint

The heat in summer can easily make people feel heavy-headed and dizzy. Take a few pieces of mint and smell them, or add a little seasoning when cooking, it can refresh your mind.

7. Homemade air conditioner

Place a large bowl of ice or cold water in front of the fan. As the ice or cold water melts and evaporates, the wind blowing from it will also become cooler.

8. Wipe your body with a wet towel

If you feel very hot during the dog days of summer, you can gently pat warm water on the inside of your wrists, neck, behind your ears and other places where arteries pass to lower your blood temperature.