From now to the dog days, do three things, discharge a body of poison, and be healthy all summer!
Today is commonly known as "Toxic May". At this time, the weather is getting hotter, the rainfall is increasing, and mosquitoes breed, which provides an opportunity for damp heat and poisonous evil to invade the human body, and there are more diseases. How can we maintain our health to combat the adverse effects of "Toxic May" on our bodies? Experts tell us that now is the best season for detoxification, through defecation, urination, sweating, etc., you can detoxify well and resist the invasion of poison. It's time to get sick! The whole family must do three things well in order to get rid of the poison!
First things first: drink a bowl of porridge
In view of the constipation and insomnia problems caused by different physiques, experts introduced a simple small porridge recipe: rock sugar lotus seed porridge. Rock sugar lotus seeds are one of the traditional medicinal diets, the lotus seeds are white, the sugar juice is crystal clear, and the taste is sweet and palatable. People who have risen in the void can often drink rock sugar lotus seed porridge that clears the heart and moistens the dryness. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that lotus seeds "clear the heart and remove heat", remove heat, clear the heart fire, nourish the heart and calm the nerves, and have a good therapeutic effect on irritability and sleeplessness caused by heart fire. Lotus seeds have the effects of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, benefiting the kidneys and consolidating essence, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that lotus seeds have a variety of effects such as sedation, cardiotonic and anti-aging. Lotus seeds can be eaten by ordinary people, but it is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people, people with physical weakness, insomnia, and loss of appetite. Ingredients: 500 grams of lotus seeds, 300 grams of rock sugar. Method: Wash the lotus seeds, put them in a steaming bowl, pour in the filtered rock sugar juice, and steam them for 10 minutes on the basket. Divide the dose, and it is advisable to take it regularly. This rock sugar lotus seed can clear the heart and calm the nerves, and is suitable for restless heart upset, insomnia, and mouth and tongue sores caused by heart inflammation.
The second thing: drink a cup of tea
Drinking water or tea in summer can help diuretic detoxification. And from the beginning of the Dragon Boat Festival to the ambush, the most suitable cup of tea to drink is: ginger and red date tea. From now to before the dog days, it is the best time to drink ginger jujube tea, drinking it not only strengthens the stomach and drains dampness, but also nourishes blood and replenishes qi...... Sweep away all the sickness in your body! In the hot summer, the body's organs are open, and the yang energy in the body is empty. At this time, drinking a cup of ginger jujube tea can not only replenish the deficiency of yang qi in the body to warm it, but also help yang qi to disperse to dispel cold. It is just in line with the purpose of "Spring and Summer Yangyang" in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing". This tea will be drunk from now until the first day of the dog days, and it will basically be able to drive away the sick qi in the body, so that the whole summer will be much better, and the spleen and stomach will be relatively weak and cold after the hot weather, and the spleen and stomach will be replenished with ginger dates in advance, and the summer will be more comfortable. The method of ginger jujube tea is very simple: boil ginger, red dates, and wolfberries together into tea and drink. Ingredients:6 red dates, a handful of wolfberries, more than a dozen peppercorns, 4 slices of ginger (don't peel the ginger, don't have less ginger, and the boiled water should be a little spicy and spicy), and the red dates should be pitted. Method:Add an appropriate amount of water and boil until it is light red. The body is cold and afraid of cold, so a few more peppercorns are added and boiled into pepper ginger jujube tea, which has a stronger effect of dispelling cold and dampness. The above is the amount of 2 cups, you can also increase the amount, brew more, boiled ginger jujube tea, after cooling, put it in a clean bottle, and put it in the refrigerator. When it's time to drink water, scoop two spoonfuls and brew with boiling water to drink.
The third thing: sweat properly
When the weather is hot, the blood flow on the surface of the human body increases to speed up the heat dissipation, which is called "yang flourishes outside" in traditional Chinese medicine. Sweat glands are the body's own "air conditioner", sweating is a good way to detoxify, and proper sweating in summer is more healthy. Proper sweating is conducive to nourishing the heart, but excessive sweating and excessive consumption will cause a large amount of yang energy to leak out, and it is easy to cause panic and shortness of breath. Therefore, although sweating is good, it is also necessary to grasp the degree and master the method. Whether it is sweating because of the heat or steaming from the sauna, it is only sweating in the superficial layer of the human body, while exercise is the real deep surface sweating, that is, making people sweat from the inside out. This kind of sweat is the self-regulation of the human body, and it not only makes people feel comfortable after sweating, but also plays the following six roles.
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Discharge of toxinsActivesweating can speed up the body's fluid circulation and metabolic process, discharge the accumulated lactic acid, urea, ammonia and other toxins in the body, and ensure the smooth flow of the nose, skin, lungs, and large intestine system. 2. Control blood pressureHypertensionis a phenomenon that occurs due to the narrowing and hardening of the inner diameter of blood vessels, and the restriction of unit blood flow. 3.
Promote digestionwithout sweating, and the slow flow of qi and blood will affect digestion and cause people to eat unpleasantly; As a result, nerve activity can also be affected, resulting in poor sleep at night. 4. Anti-osteoporosisMany people think that sweating will lead to the loss of calcium in the body with sweat, in this regard, Zhang Yatong, deputy director of the Department of Pharmacy of Beijing Hospital, pointed out that only water-soluble vitamins will be lost with sweat, although calcium is soluble in water, but the solubility is very low, and it is not likely to be discharged with sweat. On the contrary, sweating is conducive to the effective retention of calcium and prevents osteoporosis. 5.
Enhance memory, active exercise, sweating will have a positive effect on students, and memory and concentration can be greatly improved. 6. People who do not sweat in skin care and beauty have slow skin metabolism and some waste products are difficult to discharge. Sweating cleanses pores and achieves beauty and skin care benefits. It is not recommended to stay in an air-conditioned room all day, which is not good for sweating. In addition, do not blow through the hall, so as not to sweat in the body and aggravate the poison. Today is the first day of "Poison May", and the most likely day to get sick has arrived! The whole family must do three things well, drink a bowl of porridge, drink a cup of tea, and at the same time sweat properly, discharge a body of poison, and be healthy for a summer!