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Today Xiaoman
The solar term of Xiaoman is at the intersection of spring and summer. It has both the characteristics of the rising of all things in spring and the characteristics of rainy and warm summer.
At this point, the yang energy begins to fill up, reaching a state of “little fullness”.
However, due to the warm and humid climate, the yang qi of the human body is easily damaged, the humidity in the body will increase, and the mood will become more irritable.
To this end, people should seize the opportunity to maintain health, so that the body’s qi and blood also reach “small full”.
Xiaoman Health has five sessions and one sleeps – get up early and don’t stay up late
During the Xiaoman season, the days are long and the nights are short, and the day dawns early. People should get up when it is bright, and not snooze, so as to conform to the abundance of yang.
You can go to bed a little later at night to accommodate the lack of yin, but it should not be later than 11 o’clock.
In order to maintain energy, you can adopt the method of segmented sleep, taking a nap for half an hour to an hour at noon, which is what we often call a “midnight nap”.
2 will eat – the diet is fresh and less greasy
Xiaoman is the season of yang qi, and some chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, cholecystitis, and mental illnesses will also begin to worsen at this time.
Therefore, the diet should be mainly light, and avoid greasy, spicy and other irritating foods, especially some foods that are sweet, fatty, greasy, and wet.
At this time, you can often eat foods that have the effect of clearing dampness and heat, such as red bean, coix seed, mung bean, wax gourd, loofah, black fungus, tomato, etc.
In addition, during the Xiaoman season, the temperature is high and the humidity is high, and the food is easy to spoil overnight. You need to pay special attention to it.
3 will wear – increase or decrease clothes with the temperature
At this time, the climate is not stable, it is cold and hot, so don’t dress randomly during the Xiaoman season.
You can’t dress according to your mood. You don’t care about your health when you visit beauty. You can’t cover it too much when it’s hot, and it can’t be too cold when it’s cold. You should increase or decrease your body temperature in time with the temperature change, and keep your body temperature relatively constant, so that the human body’s resistance will not be affected. weaken.
If you wet your clothes due to rain or sweat, you should also change your clothes in time to avoid moisture accumulation on the skin, which may cause eczema, prickly heat and other skin diseases.
4 will move – exercise and slow sweating
“Sweat is body fluid”, the temperature of Xiaoman gradually increases, the human body sweats more, and it is easy to consume Qi and damage the body fluid, damage the yin of the heart, and cause symptoms such as fatigue and lazy speech.
Therefore, it is not advisable to exercise excessively during the Xiaoman season. It is enough to let the body sweat a little while exercising, and don’t sweat profusely.
If you experience dizziness, palpitation, or other physical discomfort during exercise, stop exercising immediately to avoid accidents.
Replenish water in time after exercising and sweating, and drink an appropriate amount of light salt water to correct the loss of sodium in the body.
Xiaoman’s health skills 1 is upset and practicing “sitting”
During the Xiaoman solar term, people are prone to get upset due to the increase in temperature. It is recommended that you practice “sitting” on your bed to get rid of your anxieties.
Methods: From 3 to 7 am every day, sit upright, hold the palm up with one hand, press down with the palm of the other hand down, and then switch hands three to five times each, then tap the teeth 36 times, adjust Breathe in, swallow the body fluids into the dantian nine times.
This exercise can treat symptoms such as fullness of the chest and flanks, palpitations, red face, red nose, yellow eyes, upset heartache, and fever in the palms caused by the accumulation of evil toxins in the lungs.
2 Injury Yang rubbing “Three Miles”
In summer, “Qi is released with sweat”, which is easy to damage Yang Qi. To maintain yang qi, it should replenish the middle and benefit qi, and it is more suitable to massage Zusanli acupoint.
Method: Press the surface of the thumb on the Zusanli acupoint, press down vertically, press and rub it. The remaining four fingers are clenched or opened to support the force.
It takes the feeling of acid, numbness, bloating, pain and walking as the degree. After a few seconds, gradually relax, and repeat the operation several times.
3 Constipation is “suffering”
People who usually have accumulated heat in the gastrointestinal tract, such as frequent constipation and repeated oral ulcers, can eat some “bitter” foods during the Xiaoman season, such as bitter vegetables, bitter gourd, and lettuce to reduce fire and clear away heat, so as to reduce the consumption of body water. .
Black Plum Sandou Drink
For friends in the north, if you are troubled by “getting angry” at this time, you might as well try Wumei Sandou Drink.
Practice: black beans (black beans with black skin and green flesh), 20 grams each of soybeans and mung beans, 5~10 black plums, 2 tablespoons of sugar (the above is about 1~2 people), add water to submerge three beans Knuckles, boil in a casserole or rice cooker for 2 hours. After cooking, drink the thick soup as a drink.
You must go to the pharmacy to buy smoked umeboshi, and you can’t eat umeboshi in the supermarket as a snack.
Beans can be soaked in advance.
Not overnight, volatile overnight;
Don’t eat beans, if you eat too many beans, you will get flatulence;
White sugar can also be replaced with rock sugar;
You can leave it out if you don’t like ebony, the effect will be a little worse.
Note: This recipe can be used all summer~
(Healthy China)