The summer solstice is the earliest of the 24 solar terms to be determined. It was established in the seventh century B.C., and this status is not available in every solar term, which also shows that the particularity of this day is obvious: the daylight hours in the northern hemisphere reach the longest in the year (15 hours in Beijing), and the northern hemisphere receives the most solar radiation, nearly twice as much as the southern hemisphere. The so-called Xia Jiujiu, this first nineteen started from this day.
With these two "most" so, the feeling of the person at this time is not too comfortable: drowsiness, abdominal pain, dizziness, irritability...... These small emotions seem to be disturbed by solar radiation and cannot be avoided, but they have one root: stagnation. This is also the foresight of our ancestors who set this day as a health festival.
Abdominal pain is cold stagnation, dizziness is cold stagnation, and irritability is ...... stagnationThe word "stagnation" runs through the whole Xia Jiujiu, and always affects our health, "stagnation" in different places will also bring threats to our existing diseases. Therefore, on the summer solstice, we must pay attention to preventing three stagnation and shooting around.
and one anti-cold stagnation
, don't be greedy for cold
After the arrival of the summer solstice, cold water bathing under high temperature is the favorite way of many young and middle-aged men to cool off, but in summer, the weather is hot, and people's sweat pores and tendons are in a state of venting, so the cold is very easy to invade the human body and consume yang energy. The main symptoms are cold hands and feet, tendons in the lower legs, blurred vision, and even inducing cold and cold.
Although some people take a hot bath, they like to enter the air-conditioned room or blow the electric fan after bathing, which is also easy to lead to cold and yang, so that the cold stays in the body and becomes a pathogenic factor, the elderly and children especially need to be prevented, after taking a hot bath, they must be wiped dry, and then wear long-sleeved and knee-high clothes, and then enter the air-conditioned room.
In summer, the night is short, the elderly and children or those with a slightly weak physique, it is not easy to digest the diet at night, especially the raw and cold food, especially the raw and cold food as a supper, which will lead to cold and evil stagnation for a long time, and there will be abdominal distention, vomiting and diarrhea and other diseases.
So, how do you keep these cold evil from staying in your body? Xia Gongxu, deputy chief physician of the Department of Preventive Treatment of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that first of all, everyone should pay attention to eating as little raw and cold food as possible.
The first cold in summer is fruit.
In terms of fruits, friends who usually have a weak spleen and stomach remember not to eat watermelon, iced drinks and ice cream on this day, if you want to use cucumber instead, you can eat some lychees. Eating a lychee on the summer solstice will have no harm all year round, because lychee is a hot fruit, and if you eat it in summer, it can offset the cold damage caused by people's air conditioning, greed for coldness, etc.
In addition, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, although many foods do not feel that the temperature is low, according to the classification of traditional Chinese medicine attributes, most of them belong to the nature of coldness, such as seafood. Among the seafood products, except for fish, shrimp, abalone, etc., a very few are warm, and most of them are cold, such as crabs, clams, oysters, etc.
Therefore, seafood like crabs, one is not to eat too much, and the other is to eat it with ginger juice when eating, and use the warmth of ginger juice to restrict its cold atmosphere. Some people will have stomach pain as soon as they eat crabs, and the reason is that the cold nature of crabs damages the stomach yang.
Second, prevent food stagnation
Although the metabolism is accelerated in summer, many people will feel that the appetite is not good, because the sultry and humid weather is not conducive to people's gastrointestinal peristalsis.
Wang Dongxu, deputy chief TCM physician of the Dietary Therapy and Medicinal Diet Clinic of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, suggested that in addition to a light diet during the summer solstice, you can also eat more bitter vegetables, such as bitter gourd and celery. Because bitter food has the effects of removing dryness and dampness, cooling and relieving heatstroke, and promoting appetite. However, bitter food is cold, although it can clear away heat and relieve fire, but it belongs to the laxative food, and people with weak constitution should not eat it, otherwise it will aggravate the condition.
For people who are weak and cold, and are not suitable for "suffering", how to prevent food stagnation? You can try massage. For example, massaging the abdomen clockwise at 1~3 p.m. every day has the best effect on promoting digestion.
This is because the meridian qi of the small intestine is the most vigorous during this period, and rubbing the stomach can accelerate the absorption of the small intestine and promote digestion. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the abdomen of the human body is "the palace city of the five internal organs and six internal organs, the source of yin and yang, qi and blood". Regular massage of the abdomen can coordinate the spleen and stomach, reconcile the flow of qi and blood in the five internal organs, promote blood circulation in the abdomen, and have the effects of refreshing, replenishing qi and adding essence.
The specific operation method is to take the navel as the center, press the clockwise direction, and slowly push the abdomen with a little force, until the left lower abdomen (colon) can be slightly forced.
Abdominal health care should be operated on an empty stomach or before going to bed in the morning, 36 laps each time, 2 times a day, with warm and comfortable abdomen; For example, the treatment of food accumulation, abdominal distension, constipation, etc., can be appropriately aggravated regardless of time, and abdominal bowel sound, gas and defecation are preferred.
After the summer solstice, everyone's work is busier, coupled with the weather during this time period is sometimes hot, sometimes stuffy, sometimes humid and hot, people's mood will inevitably be affected, because humidity will affect people's nervous system, especially the stuffy and humid environment leads to nervous system instability, at this time it is easy to suffer from anxiety disorders, so that bad emotions stagnation, affect work and study efficiency, therefore, in the summer to stabilize the mood, it is particularly important。
Ji Kang, a famous health practitioner during the Three Kingdoms period, has his own incisive insights on the prevention of "emotional stagnation" in his book "On Health Preservation", and he believes that the summer heat "is more suitable for pranayama and meditation, often like ice and snow in the heart, and the heat is also less reduced in my heart. The core meaning of this passage is what we often say nowadays: "the heart is calm and naturally cool".
The he's character in the six-character formula is suitable for summer practice to prevent heart disease and relieve anxiety.
In the human organs, "he" corresponds to the heart, often practice this skill, can replenish the heart qi, for restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, dreams, forgetfulness, erosion of the tongue and other symptoms have a certain curative effect.
When practicing, gently tap the big toe on the ground, lift the palms of both hands inward from the front of the lower abdomen, turn the palms outward from the front of the body to the middle of the two breasts of the chest, and lift them up to the eyes.
When exhaling and inhaling, flip the palms of your hands to the face, and slowly descend in front of you, in front of your chest and abdomen, and hang down to your sides.
It should be noted that when pronouncing the word "he", the mouth is half-open, the cheeks are forced, the tongue is against the palate, and the tongue is topped with teeth. Do this 6 times in a row, then pranayama.
beats around, nourishing the heart and lungs
The temperature is already very high during the summer solstice, and every time we come back from going out, we can use clean water to pat the body, so as to effectively reduce the heat on the surface of the human body and protect our heart and lungs.
The first fossa is the cubital fossa, which corresponds to the location of the person's heart-lung meridians.
The second fossa is the armpit, which is the birthplace of the Heart Sutra.
There is also the shoulder fossa, which is the position of the lung meridian on the front side of the shoulder, and patting this position can remove the lung fire.
Then there's the knee socket.
After you go out, when you come back from the hot sun, you can take water and gently pat the positions of these nests. Hundreds of strokes (not too heavy) in each nest until it is slightly red and hot, and some of the heat inside can be vented. (Note: Pay attention when patting, if you feel unbearable pain, it means that it is excessive.) ）
That's a good way to do it. If you feel very hot during this time, you can give it a try.
Prevent three stagnations, shoot around, spend the summer solstice in a healthy way, and send this summer article to your friends! Let's spend this summer smoothly and healthily together~
