What does summer heat mean? What does summer heat mean?
What does a great summer mean?
"Summer heat" means heat, and great summer heat, as its name implies, is very hot.
Summer, the twelfth of the 24 solar terms, is also the hottest solar term in a year. Its climatic characteristics are: "Dou refers to C as a great summer heat, and the weather in Sri Lanka is much fiercer than a small summer heat, so it is called a great summer heat." Midsummer is the hottest time of the year. High temperature weather of 40 degrees Celsius often occurs in many areas of our country. Summer is the fastest growing period of warm crops and the season with the most thunderstorms. There is a proverb that says, "Without a drop of lightning in the east, you can't walk in the west", which means that if there is lightning in the east in summer afternoon, it won't rain here. If lightning is in the west, it will come soon, and it is too late to escape. At the same time, meteorological disasters such as drought, flood and wind disaster are also the most frequent in many areas.
What does the summer solar term mean?
The summer heat is the twelfth of the twenty-four solar terms. Every year from July 22nd to 24th in the Gregorian calendar, the sun reaches the yellow meridian120th, indicating that the weather is extremely hot and the hottest period is coming. At this time, the temperature is the highest and there are many thunderstorms. In many areas of China, high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius often occurs. There are folk customs such as drinking tea, drying ginger and burning incense.
The ancient summer heat in China is divided into three periods: "Rotten grass is firefly; Second, wait for the soil to moisten and cool off the heat; It will be fine when it rains. " There are more than 2000 species of fireflies in the world, which are divided into aquatic and terrestrial species. Terrestrial fireflies lay eggs on hay, and when it is hot, fireflies ovulate, so the ancients thought fireflies were made of rotten grass. The second weather is that the weather becomes sultry and the land is wet. The third kind of weather is frequent thunderstorm, which weakens the heat and humidity, and the weather begins to transition to beginning of autumn.
What is good to eat hot in summer?
1, cucumber
Cucumber "smells sweet and cool, which can clear away heat and benefit water", so it is good to eat more cucumbers in hot summer. The water content of cucumber is 96%~98%, which is the highest among vegetables.
2. Duck meat
Every 100g duck meat contains protein 16.5g, fat 7.5g, and also contains nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and carbohydrates. Living in water all the year round, it is cool, and it has the effects of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, clearing the heat of deficiency and fatigue, enriching blood and activating blood, nourishing yin and stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Duck meat is called "panacea" in "Records of Famous Doctors", which is a top-grade tonic. There is also a folk saying that "an old duck wins in summer."
Summer dietary advice: eat bitter food.
Alkaloids contained in bitter food have pharmacological effects such as relieving summer heat, promoting blood circulation and relaxing blood vessels. Eating some bitter food in hot weather can not only clear the heart, relieve annoyance and refresh the mind, but also stimulate the appetite, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach.
Bitter gourd contains protein, fat, sugar, crude fiber, vitamin C, bitter gourd glycoside, quinine, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients. It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, nourishing blood and invigorating qi, invigorating kidney and spleen, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and has a certain curative effect on dysentery, sores, fever, polydipsia, heatstroke, excessive miliaria, conjunctivitis, short and red urine, etc.
Bitter gourd contains substances similar to insulin, which has obvious hypoglycemic effect and is an ideal rehabilitation vegetable for diabetic patients. Bitter gourd also contains lipoprotein components, which can improve the immune function of the body and make immune cells have the function of killing cancer cells; Trypsin inhibitor extracted from bitter gourd seeds can inhibit the protease secreted by cancer cells and prevent the growth of malignant tumors, so bitter gourd has anticancer and antiviral effects.
Bitter bamboo shoots taste bitter and sweet, but they are cold and not cold. They also have the effects of relieving summer heat and detoxifying, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. People often use bitter bamboo shoots, ribs, vegetables and other raw materials to make all kinds of delicacies, which are delicious and can be called the top grade in Natsuna.
What about heatstroke?
First of all, move the heatstroke patients to a cool and ventilated place, and remember that heatstroke patients should not be crowded around for a long time, which will lead to poor ventilation and aggravate heatstroke reaction.
Secondly, judge whether the heatstroke patient is awake. If heatstroke patients are unconscious and in a coma, they can press Renzhong (located at the midpoint of nasolabial groove, which is an important first-aid acupoint) and Hegu (also known as Hukou, located between the first metacarpal bone and the second metacarpal bone, at the radial midpoint) to make them awake and regain consciousness. If heatstroke patients are in serious condition, they should seek medical treatment immediately.
Finally, after the patient wakes up, he should properly replenish water, preferably a cold drink with light salt water and baking soda, to supplement the electrolyte lost by the human body and restore the body function.