How to maintain health and regulate the body during the dog days of summer?
The dog days are the period of the year when the weather is the hottest and the yang energy is the strongest. It is also an important season for health preservation. Various methods of health preservation during the dog days are widely circulated on the Internet: during the dog days, one should preserve health by "confinement" method, drink hot tea instead of cold drinks, and avoid using air conditioning... Are these health preservation methods correct? The principle of TCM health preservation is to follow nature and to adapt to the individual, the time and the place. The editor will now tell you the correct way to maintain your health! The month to which the leap month is added is determined according to the rules of the lunar calendar, and is mainly based on the correspondence with the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. This year, the leap month of April has arrived. Welcome everyone to visit Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic on leap April 2020 to learn more!Avoid the following five misunderstandings when maintaining your health during the dog days:Myth 1: Eating radishes in winter and ginger in summer does not require a doctor’s prescriptionCorrect answer: This statement is not entirely correct. If it is misunderstood, it will not only fail to achieve the purpose of health preservation, but will have the opposite effect. Ginger is a spicy and hot food. People with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire should not eat ginger. In this hot season, why do we still recommend eating ginger? Its real meaning is: in hot weather, people like to eat cold food to relieve heat, but too much cold food will damage the spleen and stomach and consume the body's yang energy. Eating some spicy and warm food can eliminate these side effects, and ginger is the best choice, so we advocate "eating ginger in summer". If you are not used to eating cold foods, or have always been eating warm foods, then eating more ginger will "add fuel to the fire" and cause a sore throat. In hot seasons, it is appropriate to eat some cool fruits and vegetables to relieve the summer heat. As the saying goes, "heat can be cooled down", but don't be too greedy for coolness. Myth 2: Train in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer Correct answer: The proverb "Train hard in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer" is the experience summarized by our predecessors during long-term training, and it makes sense. But for the elderly, "training during the three hottest days of summer" is not very suitable. In summer, middle-aged and elderly people can be seen running everywhere in parks and squares. They insist on exercising even though they are sweating profusely. In this regard, experts remind that the climate characteristics of the dog days are high temperature, low air pressure and high humidity. In such weather, health preservation should focus on avoiding the heat, being quiet to nourish the mind, and being quiet more and moving less. Excessive sweating will deplete the body's yang energy and body fluids. If you continue exercising in hot weather, it is easy to cause heat stroke and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Middle-aged and elderly people must not exercise excessively in the midsummer, because excessive sweating will cause blood viscosity, which can easily lead to heart disease, cerebral infarction and other diseases. When exercising in the dog days of summer, you must avoid high temperatures and should do it in a cool place and at a cool time. It is advisable to do light exercises such as gymnastics, walking, and Tai Chi. It is fine as long as you sweat slightly. Excessive exercise is not recommended. Myth 3: Drink more mung bean soup and not iced beverages Correct answer: Mung bean soup is cold and drinking it for a long time can easily damage the spleen and stomach. Some people drink a lot of mung bean soup every day during the hot summer season, or even boil mung bean soup and drink it as water, not knowing that too much is as bad as too little. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, people with a cold constitution, such as those with symptoms such as fear of cold, abdominal distension, diarrhea and loose stools, should not drink too much mung bean soup, otherwise it will aggravate the symptoms and even cause other diseases. Girls who are menstruating should not drink mung bean soup to avoid harming the body and causing dysmenorrhea. As for the health rumor circulating online that you should not drink iced beverages during the dog days of summer, otherwise the cold air will invade and cannot be expelled, this statement is too absolute. The summer heat is unbearable. Drinking some iced drinks at this time can not only relieve the heat but also make people feel comfortable. The key is not to be too greedy for coldness. If you only use cold products, it will inevitably deplete the body's yang energy and damage the spleen and stomach functions of the body. Myth 4: You need to prevent heatstroke in summer, not coldstroke Correct answer: Heatstroke prevention is the top priority in summer, but this does not mean that there is no need to protect against cold in summer. For those who like to eat cold drinks, use air conditioning, and enjoy the coolness in summer, they also need to pay attention to keeping warm. During the dog days of summer, the human body's yang energy reaches its peak in the year, the blood vessels are in a state of expansion, and the pores are open. Once you catch a cold, the cold evil will easily take the opportunity to invade and cause various diseases. Many recurring chronic coughs and asthma, allergic rhinitis, arthritis and other diseases are mostly caused by the invasion of cold evil into the body. Therefore, never underestimate the cold evil in summer. At this time, preventing cold is even more important than preventing heatstroke. In summer, be careful of the cold evil. First, prevent yourself from catching cold, such as taking cold showers, wading in cold water, using air conditioning, etc.; second, eat less cold food, such as cold drinks, iced fruits, etc. Myth 5: Sanfutie can cure all diseases Correct answer: Sanfutie is effective for diseases diagnosed as deficiency-cold type, but is not suitable for those with yin deficiency and excess fire. Nowadays, Sanfu Plaster has become an important means for people to maintain health and prevent diseases during the Sanfu days. Some people even buy it online or apply it in some informal medical institutions. Sanfutie is a method of treating internal diseases externally in Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is effective for chronic cough, asthma, rhinitis, and other diseases of the respiratory or digestive system that are diagnosed as deficiency-cold type, gynecological diseases, deficiency-cold type pain, etc. It also has the effect of enhancing immunity and preventing colds. However, any therapy has its limitations and cannot cure all diseases. Before applying the Sanfu plaster, you must go to a regular hospital to see a Chinese medicine practitioner for diagnosis and to determine your physical condition to see if it is suitable for you. Pregnant women, people with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, and people with severe skin allergies are not suitable for Sanfutie treatment. How to regulate your body during the dog days of summer?[1] People with Yin deficiency can take some products that nourish Yin, clear heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst, such as American ginseng, Adenophora radix, Ophiopogon japonicus, Schisandra chinensis, and Chinese patent medicines such as Shengmai Yin.[2] For patients with yang deficiency, Chinese patent medicines such as Jinkui Shenqi Pills can be used. [3] People with qi deficiency can choose qi-replenishing products such as ginseng and astragalus, which can appropriately adjust the body's deviations and have the effect of "treating winter diseases in summer." |
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