What should I do if the weather is hot and chest tightness?

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the most important factor affecting the human body in summer is the poison of summer dampness. When summer-heat and dampness invade the human body, it will lead to pore opening, hyperhidrosis, qi deficiency, spleen-stomach dysfunction and indigestion. Director Du said that this will increase the acidity and temperature in the human body, so we should eat more cold vegetables, such as bitter gourd, loofah, cucumber, wax gourd, watermelon, tomato, eggplant and celery. It will help to quench thirst and relieve summer heat.

Take pleasure in "suffering"

Director Du analyzed that it is easy to sweat in summer, and many elements with good water solubility, such as vitamin C and potassium, are seriously lost. Don't underestimate the role of these trace elements. Director Du said that vitamin C is an ascorbic acid. If the content in the body is too low, it will lead to gum bleeding, wound healing, cold and diarrhea. If the potassium content is too low, it will lead to a rapid heartbeat and general weakness.

However, these elements are rich in bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, kudingcha, bitter buckwheat and other bitter vegetables, which can not only prevent heatstroke, but also supplement the nutrients lost in the body. Director Du said that China folks have had the experience of "Bitterness can clear away heat" and "Bitterness can strengthen the stomach" since ancient times. Take bitter gourd as an example, bitter taste can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, greatly increase appetite, make people feel cold, clear away heat and purge fire. Therefore, it is appropriate to eat bitter vegetables in summer.

Salt is the main supplement, supplemented by vinegar.

As the saying goes, salt has been eaten for a long time, which is true. Director Du explained that human sweat contains 3 grams of salt per liter, and the hot weather in summer leads to the decrease of sodium ions in the body, which will lead to dehydration and heatstroke. Drinking more salty boiled water or salty tea can replenish the salt lost in the body, thus achieving the effect of heatstroke prevention and cooling.

Vinegar itself has no effect on relieving summer heat, but Director Du said that vinegar can indirectly improve the human body's ability to resist summer heat. Why? In summer, people drink more water and eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, which leads to dilution of stomach acid and loss of appetite. Therefore, Director Du suggested that proper vinegar can increase the concentration of gastric acid, stimulate appetite and help digestion. Adding vinegar when cooking can increase stomach acid and increase appetite. Summer is the epidemic season of intestinal infectious diseases, and jealousy can also improve the bactericidal effect of gastrointestinal tract. In addition, if you add a few drops of vinegar during cooking, it will also reduce the loss of vitamin C in vegetables and help people absorb iron in food.

Regarding drinks, Director Du suggested drinking some tea and mung bean soup. Tea contains more potassium, and mung bean soup has a unique effect of relieving summer heat. But mung beans are too cold for people with weak constitution to eat.

Drink more water! ~