How to nourish the heart in summer?

After the long summer solar term, summer began. Summer makes people enthusiastic, but summer belongs to fire in the five elements, characterized by "rising" and "mania" Therefore, it is appropriate to maintain health in summer.

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, summer is the season with the highest yang in a year. The weather is hot and full of vitality, which is the peak of human metabolism. As we all know, due to the hot summer, many people use air-conditioned cold drinks to cool off the heat, but excessive gluttony will hurt the yang in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine often says "nourishing yang in spring and summer", that is to say, even in hot summer, we should still pay attention to protecting the yang in the body.

In terms of specific measures, to protect the yang, we should first pay attention to the intake of food with proper nutrition, among which drinking porridge in summer is a better choice. Health experts believe that drinking porridge in summer can not only quench thirst and relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. If you add other foods, the effect will be better, such as lotus leaf porridge for relieving summer heat and moistening intestines, winter melon porridge for diuresis and detumescence, and lily porridge for moistening the lungs and calming the nerves. Secondly, it is necessary to adapt to the needs of the season in work and rest, such as going to bed late and getting up early, to adapt to the changes of yin deficiency in nature, and the relative lack of sleep can be made up by taking a lunch break.

On the other hand, according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the seasons correspond to the five internal organs: summer belongs to fire, and the corresponding viscera is "heart", so nourishing the heart has become a key point of health preservation in summer. From the specific content, the "heart" of nourishing the heart in summer is not the concept of "heart" in modern medicine, but the whole nervous system and even mental and psychological factors of "god" including heart. Therefore, according to experts, the first thing to do in summer is to be calm. Even as the saying goes, "peace of mind is naturally cool", clearing heart and closing eyes is beneficial to the maintenance of "heart". Listening to melodious music, watching beautiful pictures, or fishing, playing Tai Ji Chuan and other slow sports are all conducive to adjusting the spirit and maintaining a good mood.

There is a scientific basis for the phenomenon of calm and natural cooling. As long as you keep your mind calm and open-minded, there will naturally be coolness coming out of your heart. Because when the mood is calm, people's sympathetic nerve excitability decreases, so the secretion of adrenaline and norepinephrine also decreases, so the metabolism of the elderly slows down, people's heart rate also slows down, and the sense of mania will also be alleviated. Therefore, peace of mind is naturally cool.

"Nourishing the heart" not only conforms to the concept of keeping in good health in summer in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, but also has very obvious practical significance because high temperature can easily make people nervous and fluctuate psychologically and emotionally in summer. In addition, high temperature reduces the immune function of the body, and patients are likely to have myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia and elevated blood pressure. Even healthy people may have emotional irritability. Therefore, nourishing the heart is also a good way to prevent emotional ups and downs and even prevent diseases.

Summer health, but also need to "clear fire":

One is to clear the external fire.

External fire is the high temperature of nature. It can make the skin relax and sweat, cause solar dermatitis, and also cause heat dissipation disorder in the body temperature center, so that heat can accumulate and heatstroke can occur. When the temperature reaches above 30-34 degrees, gastric acid secretion decreases, gastrointestinal peristalsis slows down, and people's appetite decreases. The preventive measures are to avoid direct sunlight as much as possible, wear a sun hat when going out or working, apply a layer of sunscreen skin care products on the skin when necessary, and pay attention to indoor ventilation and cooling to prevent the invasion of "external fire".

The second is to clear the fire.

Internal fire is an internal heat disorder caused by imbalance of yin and yang in the body. There are heart fire, lung fire, stomach fire, liver fire and kidney fire. The point is to clear your heart. The heart belongs to fire and belongs to the south; Kidney belongs to water and belongs to the north. Summer heat is most likely to lead to insufficient kidney water, excessive heart fire and insufficient water and fire, with symptoms such as palpitation, upset, insomnia, headache, backache, fatigue, hyperhidrosis, fever of hands and feet, irregular menstruation, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, red pain in urine, constipation, tongue pain and stomatitis. Therefore, in summer, we must pay attention to the water that nourishes the kidney, so as to clear the heart from excessive fire, and achieve the combination of fire and water, the coordination between North and South, and the balance between Yin and Yang.

Being happy is also nourishing the heart;

In summer, laughter is a good medicine for health. "Smile, ten years younger" makes sense. Laughter is a sign of spiritual pleasure. It is sultry in summer, and it is easy to raise blood pressure and get upset. At this time, if you can laugh often, you can improve your mood and coordinate the functions of various organs of the human body. In my spare time, I like cartoons, browse joke books and laugh heartily. I feel relaxed and happy, and my heart is calm, like a "fairy".

Sleep can calm the mind;

Get enough sleep in summer. It is better to eat American ginseng than to have a good sleep on a hot day. Good sleep and good mood contribute to inner peace.

Diet and nourishing the heart:

Take Tricholoma matsutake dumplings and add or subtract them according to cold and heat constitution; Or decocting Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Ecliptae Herba, Rhizoma Polygonati, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Glycyrrhizae, Fructus Lycii, Rhizoma Coptidis and Cortex Cinnamomi in water, and increasing or decreasing the dosage according to deficiency of cold and heat.