How to maintain health during the “first dog days”? Is Sanfutie reliable?

According to the traditional Chinese calendar, the first dog days of summer is the real beginning of summer. The first dog days are fixed to be 10 days, starting from the third Geng day after the summer solstice (called the beginning of the dog days).

The summer solstice is just a "warm-up". The real summer this year will begin on July 18th. This year's dog days last a total of 30 days, 10 days less than last year. The first dog days of summer begin on July 18, the middle dog days of summer begin on July 28, the last dog days of summer begin on August 7, and the end of the dog days of summer begins on August 17.

How to maintain health in the first dog days of summer

When it comes to the first dog days of summer, many people will mention treating winter diseases in summer. Treating winter diseases in summer is a method of treating certain diseases by applying specific Chinese medicine to specific acupuncture points, taking advantage of the hot summer climate and the most vigorous yang energy in the human body. Sanfutie is one of the methods of treating winter diseases in summer.

What is the effect of "Sanfutie"?

Every summer when the dog days are approaching, many people will start to consult various questions about "dog days plastering". For some "winter diseases", summer is mostly a period of remission. According to the TCM treatment theory of "treating the symptoms in an acute period and treating the root cause in a delayed period", many people will seize the favorable opportunity of the dog days to treat some diseases that are prone to occur in winter. Taking advantage of the characteristics of the most vigorous yang energy and loose meridians of the human body, the medicine can easily penetrate into the human body to the lesion, and regulate the internal organs to enhance the ability to resist disease and prevent or reduce disease.

Chinese medicine experts say that Sanfutie can dredge meridians, regulate qi and blood, relax the chest and lower qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, invigorate yang energy, regulate the body's lung and spleen functions, and continuously enhance the body's immune function, thereby achieving the effect of invigorating yang energy, promoting blood circulation, eliminating cold evil, and improving the function of defending the body.

So, is "treating winter diseases in summer" suitable for everyone? Can everyone use Sanfutie?

"Treating winter diseases in summer" is suitable for people who are in the remission or stable period of the disease. Therefore, before choosing "Treating winter diseases in summer", you must first distinguish whether you are currently in a disease state or in a non-acute attack period. If you are in the disease period, it is best to let the doctor diagnose and treat according to the condition and physical constitution. In addition, Chinese medicine plaster is only a means of treating diseases and cannot completely replace other treatments. For example, for some patients with chronic diseases, if they are still taking medication, they cannot blindly reduce or stop taking the medication during the plaster period.

Sanfutie also has its indications , and is particularly effective for the following diseases! Please check it out.

1. Respiratory diseases

Chronic cough, asthma, chronic bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, recurrent colds, etc.

2. Rheumatic and immune diseases

Joint pain and limb numbness, frozen shoulder, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.

3. Digestive system diseases

Chronic gastritis, chronic enteritis, indigestion, etc.

4. ENT diseases

Allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic pharyngitis, etc.

5. Pediatric diseases

Asthma, cough, bronchitis, weak constitution and susceptibility to colds, weak spleen and stomach, etc.

6. Chronic skin diseases

Urticaria, frostbite, scleroderma, etc.

7. Gynecological diseases

Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, dysmenorrhea, menstrual diarrhea, infertility, etc.

8. Others

People with yang deficiency constitution.

Folk customs of dog days

There is a saying in the north, "Eat dumplings in the first ten days of the dog days, eat noodles in the second ten days, and eat pancakes with eggs in the third ten days."

It is a traditional custom to eat dumplings during the first dog days of summer, because during the dog days of summer, people lose their appetite and cannot eat. Dumplings are the food that stimulates the appetite and satisfies cravings in traditional Chinese customs.

Today I recommend a nutritious and delicious mushroom dumpling recipe.

Ingredients: 400g pork, 100g fresh mushrooms, 300g dumpling flour;

Seasoning: one egg, ginger, onion, pepper, soy sauce, sesame oil, chicken powder, starch, cooking wine in appropriate amounts;

Dipping sauce: garlic, ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, chili oil;

Filling:

1. Chop the pork into minced meat, add a little starch and mix well. Then add appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce, cooking wine, chicken powder, sesame oil, pepper powder, beat in an egg and stir thoroughly in one direction. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate for about 20 minutes.

2. Wash the mushrooms and cut into pieces, cut the ginger into pieces, and cut the green onions into flowers.

3. Add mushrooms, minced ginger and chopped green onions into the marinated minced meat and continue to mix in one direction.

Make dumplings:

1. Add appropriate amount of boiling water to the dumpling flour, stir it with chopsticks into snowflake shape, then add a little cold water (the ratio of cold and hot water is about 1:9), knead it into a smooth dough, cover it with plastic wrap and sugar for 20 minutes.

2. Place the sugar-coated dough on a floured chopping board, knead it into strips, and then divide it into small, even portions.

3. Sprinkle a layer of flour on the small dough and flatten it into small round cakes.

4. Roll the rolling pin with one hand and pinch the edge of the small round cake with the other hand and rotate it to roll it into a dumpling skin that is thick in the middle and thin at the edges; 5. Put the mixed fillings in the center of the dumpling skin and wrap it into dumplings.

Nutritional value of mushroom dumpling filling

According to modern nutritional analysis, shiitake mushrooms have the following nutritional characteristics: Shiitake mushrooms also contain a large amount of ergosterol, which can be converted into vitamin D2 after being irradiated by ultraviolet rays, promoting the body's absorption of calcium and enhancing the body's resistance.

Many medical books describe the therapeutic effects and medicinal value of mushroom dumpling fillings. If it can be made into dumpling fillings, it will not only be easy to digest and eat, but it can also regulate people's health, increase ability, enhance immunity, etc. It has many functions.