Lixia health, healthy summer

“The green shade is changing to the new light, and the day is long. The seventh solar term in the twenty-four solar terms – Lixia. The beginning of summer is the beginning of summer, indicating that summer is coming.

Lixia plays an important role in the twenty-four solar terms. On the day of the beginning of summer, the Son of Heaven personally led the three princes, nine princes, princes and doctors to welcome the summer in the southern suburbs.” “The Collection and Interpretation of the Seventy-two Hours of the Moon Order” said: “The first time the cockroaches sing, the second is the earthworms, and the third is the king’s melons.” The image depicts the phenological scene of all things flourishing after the beginning of summer. After the beginning of summer, the busy farming season comes, the northern wheat blooms and fills the grain, the summer crops enter the rapid growth period before harvest, and the summer crops corn also begins to be sown. Lixia daily life: sleep well and take a good afternoon nap After entering Lixia, the length of day and night are more obvious. At this time, in accordance with the changes of natural yang and yin deficiency, in terms of sleep, you should go to bed late and get up early to accept the clearness of heaven and earth. Qi, you can take a proper nap at noon and take a good nap. The nap time varies from person to person, but it should not be too long. Generally, half an hour to an hour is appropriate, and 13:00 to 14:00 is the best time for a nap.

Lixia spiritual health care: always open a smile Chinese medicine believes that “summer qi and heart qi are connected”, and Lixia health care should pay attention to “nourishing the heart” . In the beginning of summer, the weather is getting hotter, and people are prone to feeling restless. Therefore, in the beginning of summer, people should be rested, refrain from anger and irritability, maintain a comfortable mood, and keep smiling. Appropriately participate in some recreational and sports activities that do not consume much, such as painting, fishing, calligraphy, playing chess, planting flowers, etc., to avoid sweating and damaging the yang after exercise.

Lixia diet and health preservation: soothe the mind, nourish the stomach Lixia season, the yang qi grows longer, the yin qi weakens, and the yang qi of the human body becomes weaker. Out-of-breath is better than appearance, and people often feel upset, dull, and sleep deprived. Compared with the internal organs of the human body, the liver qi is getting weaker and the heart qi is getting stronger, so the diet should be mainly light, and it is advisable to eat more products that clear the heart and soothe the nerves. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and gluttony can easily hurt the spleen and stomach. Therefore, on the basis of pure heart, care must be taken to protect the spleen and stomach. Recommended medicinal and food homologous ingredients Honeysuckle, mulberry leaf, mint, lotus leaf, jujube seed, lotus seed, Poria, yam, Gorgon, etc. Common ingredients recommended Millet, cabbage, rape, winter melon, tomato, apricot, melon, pork, chicken, hairtail, etc. Recommended Medicinal Diet1. Steamed pork with lotus leaf lotus seed powder (about 2 people)

fresh lotus leaves, 250g pork belly, 50g glutinous rice flour, 20g chives, salt, sugar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Method: Wash the fresh lotus leaves, put them in a pot of boiling water with salt and cook for 1 minute, then take them out for later use. Powder the lotus seeds and slice the pork belly for later use. Add salt, sugar, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and glutinous rice flour to the lotus seed powder, stir and mix well to make a marinade. Put the marinade into the pork belly, grasp it well, marinate for about 1 hour, wrap it with lotus leaf, tie the opening with reed or thread, steam it in a steamer over high heat for about 30 minutes, until the meat is soft and rotten, open the lotus leaf, sprinkle a little Chives are ready to use. Efficacy: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, invigorating the spleen and nourishing essence. Note: If there is no fresh product, you can use dried lotus leaves after soaking. 2. Silver flower soaked winter melon (about 2 people)

Ingredients: honeysuckle 3g, wolfberry 5g, coriander, 5g lean pork Moderate amount. Practice: Wash the wax gourd, cut into thin slices lengthwise, marinate with salt for half an hour, and then rinse. Pork slices, blanch and set aside. Bring water to boil in a pot, add sliced ​​meat and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for 15 minutes, put honeysuckle, wax gourd slices, and wolfberry into the soup and soak them on low heat, sprinkle with a little coriander, turn off the heat, and season to taste. . Efficacy: Disperse wind-heat, diuresis and swelling. 3. Four Gods Yangxin Porridge (approx.2 people)

Ingredients: Yam, Gorgon 8g, lotus seed, 100g of jasmine. Method: Wash the yam, gorgon, lotus seed meat, and Poria, wash the japonica rice, put them together in a casserole, boil over high heat, and cook over medium and low heat for about half an hour. Efficacy: invigorating qi and clearing heart, invigorating spleen and removing dampness.

Note:Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific treatment and medication!

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