The great summer is the twelfth of the twenty-four solar terms. Every year around July 23 of the Gregorian calendar, the sun reaches 12 degrees of the yellow meridian, which is the great summer solar term, which means that the weather is extremely hot.During this period, Yantai has entered the middle of summer, with high temperatures and high humidity, which is the hottest time in summer.So what problems do we need to pay attention to in our daily lives?

Avoid cold food in your diet

In summer, people's yang qi is diffused outside, and it is relatively weak for the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, in summer, we should pay special attention to the balance of cold and heat in the diet, and we should not eat cold food. The folk saying “Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer” means to pay attention to the warmth of the gastrointestinal tract and protect the yang qi of the spleen and stomach.

Avoid excessive greed for coolness in daily life

In summer, the human body's yang qi is more and more open, and if it is too greedy for coolness, it can easily lead to the deepening of evil spirits.Some people are prone to falling asleep, facial paralysis, stroke and other symptoms in the summer. They are all caused by cold and wind when the skin is leaking in the summer.

Pay attention to avoid summer heat and prevent excessive sweating

The summer climate is hot, and the body's skin and pores are open, which can cause a lot of sweating. Care should be taken to replenish moisture in time, and if necessary, rehydration salts should be taken to supplement electrolytes.In addition, the heat in summer can easily make people irritable. If necessary, you can take some soothing Chinese medicines, such as jujube kernels and Zhiyuan Zhi.

Pay attention to avoid dampness and prevent spleen deficiency and dampness

The abundance of rain in summer, coupled with excessive consumption of cold fruits and vegetables, can easily lead to low spleen and stomach function, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and greasy tongue coating. Therefore, “dampness” has become the key to summer health. The diet should be light, and you can eat more spleen-strengthening and humidifying foods, such as winter melon, lotus leaf, hawthorn, red beans, white radish, coix seed, etc.You can also choose a medicinal diet that strengthens the spleen and removes dampness for recuperation.

(1) Poria Chicken Wonton: (from "Fengqin Pension Book")

Ingredients: 50 grams of poria, the right amount of chicken, 200 grams of flour.

Practice: Grind the poria into a fine powder, knead it into a dough with flour and water, chop the chicken finely, add ginger, pepper, and salt to make the filling, and wrap it into wonton.

Efficacy: Poria nourishes the spleen and dampness, chicken nourishes the spleen and qi, ginger and pepper are appetizing and qi-relieving, and are used for weakness of the spleen and stomach, dampness of phlegm and sleepy spleen.

(2) Poria Wheat Winter Porridge: (from "Shenghuifang")

Ingredients: 15 grams of poria, 5 grams of wheat winter, 100 grams of japonica rice.

Practice: Add water to the rice and boil the porridge, fry the two potions in a thick juice, add it when the rice is half cooked, and cook it together for consumption.

Efficacy: It has a good expectorant and dehumidifying effect, especially suitable for people who are partial to the connotation of phlegm and dampness of phlegm and sleepy spleen.

(3) Yam winter melon Soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of yam, 100 grams of winter melon.

Practice: Put the yam and winter melon in a pot over low heat for 30 minutes, season and drink.Efficacy: This product can strengthen the spleen and dampness, especially suitable for people with phlegm and dampness, drowsiness and fatigue.

Appropriate selection of characteristic therapies of traditional Chinese medicine

In addition to summer health care, you can make medicinal meals to relieve heat and dampness, and you can also choose some non-medicinal therapies of traditional Chinese medicine appropriately.The health care treatment effect of traditional Chinese medicine characteristic therapies such as three-volt patch and moxibustion in our hospital for the treatment of winter diseases and summer has been outstanding, and it has been recognized by the masses.

1.The department of Acupuncture, moxibustion and Tuina, pediatrics, Fuzhengtang, Zhifu District, and Fuzhengtang, Development Zone of our hospital all carry out three-volt patch therapy. After three-volt patch, the skin is opened and discharged, and suitable acupoints are selected for application. The drug is most likely to penetrate from the skin into the acupoints and meridians, and can pass through the meridians and blood directly to the hospital. Patients with respiratory diseases such as rhinitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, asthma, and chronic enteritis, diarrhea and other digestive system diseases can choose three-volt patch treatment. After applying the three-volt patch, pay attention to a light diet to avoid wind, cold and fatigue.

2.The moxibustion therapy carried out by the Acupuncture and Tuina Department of our hospital is based on moxibustion as the moxibustion site, combined with ginger, wormwood and other materials that dissipate cold and relieve menstrual pain, and exert the function of warming the body and resisting external evils.Patients with Yang qi deficiency accompanied by cold hands and feet, less abdominal cold pain, chills and warmth can choose moxibustion treatment. After moxibustion, pay attention to fasting cold things, seafood, spicy and irritating foods, and avoid staying up late and exerting. Sweating, bathing, etc. should be strictly prohibited on the day of treatment.