From diet to sleep, are you really good at keeping healthy in summer?

Summer is the season with the highest temperature of the year, and it is also the season of high incidence of “sub-health” and mental illness. Summer is a fire, and the heart is also a fire. If the heart is full of fire, it is easy to become irritable, restless, and affect sleep. Therefore, summer health is extremely important.

Li Mengmeng, deputy chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Bozhou People’s Hospital, introduced that in summer, the natural temperature rises, and the yang energy of the human body gradually becomes vigorous. When it comes to health care, you should pay attention to nourishing Yang and replenishing vitality. If the sun is not raised in summer, the yang will be insufficient in autumn, and many diseases will occur.

The weather is hot and dry in summer, and people’s emotions are prone to fluctuate, irritability and restlessness. Doctors reminded that anger not only damages the liver, but also increases blood pressure, increases the burden on the heart, and leads to myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke and other diseases. In summer, you must pay attention to regulating your emotions, keep your mood calm, and avoid being overjoyed and angry, to avoid sadness.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “summer qi is in harmony with the heart”. In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, and the temperature is high. Many people’s sleep time and sleep quality are affected, and the body’s immune capacity declines. In this season, it is very important to ensure adequate sleep, of which the sleep time at night is not less than 7 hours, and it is best to take a lunch break of 10-30 minutes at noon.

In hot and humid summer, many people will suffer from loss of appetite, gastrointestinal discomfort and other symptoms due to the weather. In response to these problems, the doctor recommends that the summer diet should be mainly based on foods that relieve heat and dampness. You can eat more mung beans, red beans, wax gourd, bitter gourd, white radish and other foods, and pay attention to a balanced and comprehensive nutrition.

In addition, in summer, you should also participate in physical exercise properly. Proper sweating helps to eliminate toxins from the body. ,increase resistance.