How to maintain health in hot and humid weather

Starting from the rain solar term, the amount of rainfall will gradually increase, and the evil spirit of dampness will follow. As the saying goes, spring covers autumn and autumn freezes. Usually the weather is cold before the rain, and the temperature rises after the rain, but there is often late spring cold. Especially for the frail people, when the temperature is still low from warm to cold, and the temperature difference between day and night changes greatly, it is easy to catch a cold. Therefore, you must pay attention to keep warm before and after rain. Do not reduce clothes too early to avoid cold. On the contrary, pay attention to keep warm and prevent cold. Effects of cold and humid weather on the body 1. Humid weather is more likely to induce colds. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness is a yin evil that will damage the human body's yang energy and affect the expansion of yang energy. Because of its turbid and sticky nature, it is easy to block the qi movement. It is difficult to recover after getting sick, which is the pathological characteristic of dampness evil. Damp evil is divided into two types: cold-dampness and damp-heat. The humid weather during this period belongs to cold-dampness. The human respiratory system is most afraid of cold. Some people and children are more susceptible to cold-dampness due to their immature immune systems when the temperature difference changes greatly and the humidity is high. Respiratory tract infection, coupled with the lingering and difficult-to-heal characteristics of dampness evil, so the course of the disease is relatively long. For the above-mentioned diseases, you must take care of yourself before the onset of the disease, take care of your mental, daily life, diet, and exercise. You must have sufficient sleep time, especially do not blow in the wind while sweating, and beware of external evils invading the body. In addition, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, when the climate is damp and cold, the human body is prone to external infections, cough, pharyngitis, excessive phlegm, etc. Some cold patients will also experience symptoms of digestive tract infection, such as loss of appetite, bloating, Diarrhea etc. In addition, humid weather with low air pressure can easily make people drowsy, tired, and dizzy; patients with some chronic diseases such as chronic rheumatism, chronic pain, and cardiovascular disease are also susceptible to recurrence or aggravation; eczema, contact Dermatitis may also worsen. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen governs dampness, so people with spleen deficiency are more affected and are more likely to suffer from symptoms such as digestive tract, respiratory, and chronic joint pain. Cure: Dampness is a yin evil, which easily causes depression and turns into heat. Therefore, in rainy and humid seasons, you should eat more light, easy-to-digest and easy-to-absorb food. Doctors suggest that if the humidity is too high, people with physical conditions permitting can also eat some chili peppers. By eating spicy food, it can help digestion, increase appetite, and increase body heat, thereby helping to prevent people from often feeling cold during times of high humidity. Some cases include decreased secretion of digestive juices and weakened gastrointestinal motility. If you have symptoms such as abdominal distension and discomfort, no desire to eat, light mouth and lack of thirst, abdominal pain and loose stools, a heavy head, weight or swelling, etc., in addition to drinking five-flower tea, dehumidification tea, etc., you can also take some heat-clearing and dampness-removing medicines. For dietary therapy, use some rugosa, wormwood, perilla, smilax, coix, etc. to make some bone soup or drink water alone, which has a good effect on dehumidification. 2. Morning exercise in humid and foggy weather is not suitable. Morning exercise in foggy weather will have many adverse effects on human health. Many infectious diseases, such as whooping cough, influenza, chickenpox, measles virus, etc., are transmitted through droplets in the air. Some bacterial eggs can float in fog, so fog is a vector for many infectious diseases. In heavy fog, due to excessive relative humidity, it will affect the normal secretion of human endocrine glands. In addition, when there is fog in the morning, pollutants in the air cannot diffuse to high altitudes, so that the concentration of pollutants in the air near the ground can reach the maximum. When people exercise, their blood circulation will be accelerated, making it easier for the human body to absorb various germs in the fog. . Therefore, exercise in foggy days will not only fail to enhance physical fitness, but will affect people's health. Therefore, it is not suitable to exercise in humid and foggy weather. 3. Humid weather can cause psychological disorders. In cold and humid weather, people with poor psychological quality may induce depression and other psychological disorders due to turbid air. Many people feel fatigued for no reason in humid weather, feel depressed and irritable. In fact, many seasonal diseases are closely related to changes in weather and climate. Doctors said that air pressure, temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind and other meteorological factors will affect people's physiological functions and cause changes in emotions when they act on the human body. For example, the higher the air pressure, the greater the blood's ability to dissolve oxygen; the lower the air pressure, the lower the ability of hemoglobin in the human body to bind oxygen. If the air pressure changes too much and too fast, people will suffer from hypoxia such as accelerated heartbeat and shortness of breath. symptom. This physiological change can cause emotional tension and irritability. Doctors suggest that citizens should adjust their emotions and communicate more with others during rainy and humid weather. Alternate between cold and hot. Drink more water to relieve discomfort. Faced with the strange phenomenon of alternating between hot and cold this spring, in weather with relative humidity as high as 90%, moisture-proofing and health care have become a hot topic for everyone. Experts remind citizens that changes in temperature can easily cause colds and gastrointestinal discomfort. Drinking more water can prevent and relieve the cold. In such a season, it is even more important to ensure sleep and eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins. In addition to sleeping at night and getting up early, it is also recommended to go for walks outdoors more often to stretch the limbs, but strenuous exercise is not recommended. Exercise: In such weather as spring sleepiness and stretching, you should exercise more. You can choose to do indoor aerobic exercise. People feel tired easily during spring and autumn, especially in spring afternoons. Stretching at this time can relieve fatigue. Stretching can promote the squeezing of the heart by the chest organs of the human body, which is conducive to the full exercise of the heart and can supply more oxygen to various tissues and organs; at the same time, due to the activities of the upper limbs and upper body, more oxygenated blood can be supplied brain, making people feel awake and comfortable. Try to keep your diet as light as possible. The weather is humid, and your diet should be light. Cooking methods such as frying can easily lead to internal heat, and may also cause the body to produce excess moisture. You should also eat less sour food and more sweet food to nourish your spleen. It is very important to nourish the spleen in spring by drinking more health-preserving soup and keeping your mind healthy. To nourish the spleen, you also need to meditate, focusing on regulating the spirit.

Calming the heart and qi keeps the liver qi from going overboard; calming the mind and nourishing the qi makes the heart qi full and nourishes the spleen, which in turn strengthens the stomach. The weather is changeable at this time of year, so you must keep a peaceful mind. Only when you have the right emotions and a healthy diet can the effect of strengthening the spleen be significant.