Traditional Chinese Medicine Health Science
Four When the weather is urging each other, a night of smoky wind brings the heat. ——Today’s Lixia
Lixia is the first solar term in summer. A word for “fire”.
People either enjoy summer or suffer from summer, all because of the word “fire”.
In the five internal organs, “heart” corresponds to “fire”, but the beginning of summer is in the transition period of spring and summer. A little careless is easy to suffer from cold and damage the yang, which affects the normal function of the heart.
Therefore, the focus of Lixia health care is to nourish the heart.
Lixia Health will move
1Wake up early and walk among the flowers to nourish the mindLixia health should be Early to bed and early to rise, pay attention to Yangyang, In order to better protect cardiovascular health, especially to avoid sweating Yang.
It is recommended that you get up early in the morning and take a walk in the shade of trees and flowers near your residence, which can help you keep your mind at ease, help the sublimation of yang energy in your body, and enhance your metabolic function.
However, during weekday activities, don’t let children play barefoot on the cold tiled floor for a long time pregnancy”.
2Noon meditation is a powerful way to protect the heart
After the beginning of summer, the days are longer and the nights are shorter Obviously, at this time, in line with the changes in nature’s yang and yin deficiency, we should pay attention to “resting”, so as to avoid anger and impatience, and avoid being overjoyed and angry to prevent “sadness”.
You can develop the habit of taking a short nap. For office workers who are inconvenient to take a nap, you can try to use closed-eye meditation instead of naps.
3Comb the “Five Classics” in the evening to prevent heart palpitations
Tap separately with five fingers at night The Governor Vessel located in the middle of the human head and the Bladder Meridian and Gallbladder Meridian distributed on both sides of the top of the head, there are a total of 5 meridians, which are called “Five Meridians”.
Lixia health must know how to eat
1Eat an egg
An egg is equivalent to a “miniature” “Nutrition Bank” is the first choice for quickly replenishing the nutrients the body needs in summer.
Especially in summer, it is easy to have heart fire, which can be relieved by eating cool duck eggs. of sodium salt to restore physical strength.
2Drinking porridge
With the increase of humidity in the air, the human body is also prone to Feeling heavy and drowsy, therefore, the diet should pay attention to nourishing qi and nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness.
Introducing two seasonal soups:
● Nourishing Qi and Heart Porridge
30 grams of Taizishen, 30 grams of Chinese yam, 30 grams of lotus seeds (lotus heart), 200 grams of japonica rice .
Wash the above ingredients and put them into a pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook until the rice is rotten and porridge is formed. Serve warm.
It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and qi, nourishing yin and clearing the heart.
● Ophiopogon Root Soup
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It has a good preventive effect on sweating in summer, dizziness, dry throat, boredom, constipation, etc.
3Eat Sanxian
widthJxmtt7N6QOLxz”> Amaranth: a longevity vegetable in summer
Amaranth has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, dehumidifying and relieving dysentery, clearing the bowels, relieving orifices and stopping bleeding.
Generally, there are two kinds of amaranth we see in the market: red and white. “Southern Yunnan Materia Medica” records: “The white one enters the qi, the red one enters the blood. The white moves the phlegm, and the red breaks the blood.”
Meaning, the red amaranth can expel congestion. , suitable for people with poor qi and blood and blood stasis; white amaranth (roots with white leaves and green) can regulate qi, suitable for people with hot phlegm.
Chinese folks have always had the habit of “trying three fresh foods on the day of the beginning of summer”, and tender broad bean is one of them.
Fava beans can produce serotonin, and eating them will make us feel better. In addition, it is rich in choline, which has the effect of enhancing memory and brain, especially suitable for candidates and mental workers.
Garlic sprouts: antibacterial vegetables in summer
After the beginning of summer, people are especially prone to hot and humid rains. and diarrhea. Garlic sprouts contain allicin and allicin, which can be said to be a good “natural antibiotic”.
Garlic sprouts should not be overcooked, so as not to damage the capsaicin and reduce the bactericidal effect; people with poor digestion should eat less garlic sprouts.
4Four red foods
In summer, red foods are the most suitable. From the perspective of yin and yang and the five elements, red is fire, entering the heart, nourishing qi and nourishing blood, and revealing the mystery of the ancients using red to nourish the heart in summer.
Recommendation 1: Tomato
Tomato has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the liver. It has the functions of astringing sweat, stopping diarrhea, and dispelling dampness, which can prevent excessive sweating and lead to consumption of qi and yin, and help to strengthen the stomach and eliminate food.
Tomatoes in summer are most exposed to sunlight, have high lycopene content, and have the best nutrition.
Recommendation 2: Jujube
Eat three dates a day has a very good blood tonic effect. , Youth never grows old!” In summer, many people often feel fatigued, and eating some red dates will relieve them accordingly.
If you want to nourish your heart and nourish your heart in summer, you need to drink more black tea: choose 5 pieces of pitted jujube and 15 grams of hawthorn slices in water, which can nourish the heart and nourish the heart. Heart blood, blood stasis.
Recommendation 3: Cherries
Fresh cherries are especially high in iron, per hundred grams of iron. The element content is 6-8 mg, therefore, it has the effect of promoting the regeneration of hemoglobin and preventing cancer.
Chinese medicine believes that cherries can nourish the heart and blood. Cherries not only make the blood flow unblocked, but also warm the heart and yang.
Recommendation 4: Red beans Fire can also nourish the heart and blood. It can be said to reduce swelling and diuresis, nourish blood, strengthen the heart, and strengthen the spleen.
Lixia and Yang Qi
In summer, the climate is hot, the yang qi is outside and the yin qi is inside.
Moreover, in order to cool off the heat, many people eat cold drinks and blow air conditioners in summer. Although they gain short-term comfort, they consume more yang energy.
This is because, eating cold and cold foods in summer will damage the spleen-yang, and if the spleen-yang is deficient for a long time, it will damage the kidney-yang, and it will become a deficiency of the spleen-kidney-yang.
Common manifestations are: fear of cold, dare not eat cold food or abdominal distension, diarrhea, abdominal pain, indigestion, fatigue, fatigue, dizziness, defecation Formless or sticky stools, women will also experience low menstrual flow, insomnia, etc.
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