How to maintain health in the long summer and the twenty-four solar terms?

In early summer, people's metabolism is accelerated, and the blood supply to the heart and brain is insufficient, which often makes people fidgety, tired and lazy. In addition, the summer temperature is high, energy consumption is high, and nutrition is lost with sweat. People with weak constitution, especially children and the elderly, may be infected with diseases and damage their health if they are not careful.

In the long summer, health care is closely related to health. Therefore, from the beginning of summer, it is necessary to arrange the rest time reasonably, supplement nutrition in time and adopt correct health care methods in order to spend the summer better.

Attention should be paid to prevent bacillary dysentery in the long summer season. Bacillary dysentery is the most common intestinal infectious disease caused by Shigella, which is not only related to the reproductive activities of flies, but also related to the gastrointestinal dysfunction caused by the reproduction of Shigella in summer and AT's preference for eating cold food in hot days. Do not eat cold vegetables, unclean fruits and vegetables, rotten or stale food, and form the habit of washing hands before and after meals.

Early summer is prone to aphtha and pinkeye. In early summer, the climate is dry and people are prone to get angry, so the number of patients with aphtha will suddenly increase at this time. Besides the dry climate, anxiety, nervousness and insufficient intake of vitamins and trace elements are also related to the causes of aphtha. Patients with severe symptoms should be treated by local cauterization, smearing of oral ulcer film and taking vitamin B2 under the guidance of a doctor.

In addition, attention should be paid to the prevention of epidemic pinkeye in early summer. The incubation period of the disease is short, and it occurs within 24 hours after infection. I feel severe pain in my eyes, fear of light and tears, and have a foreign body sensation. If you get pink eye, you should prevent infection and treat it in time.

Many people are prone to various gastrointestinal problems in summer. On the one hand, after summer, human appetite naturally deteriorates, and digestive function is affected by the weather. On the other hand, because people are greedy for cold food, it stimulates the stomach. After the stomach is stimulated by strong low temperature, the blood vessels suddenly contract and the blood flow decreases, which affects the secretion of digestive juice in the gastrointestinal tract and leads to physiological dysfunction. Many old people, children and people with digestive dysfunction often have abdominal pain and gastritis in summer.

From the perspective of health, it is best to eat more thin food, porridge and soup to maintain the spleen and stomach in summer, which can not only quench thirst, relieve summer heat, but also nourish the body. In addition, fresh vegetables and fruits can supplement enough vitamins, water and inorganic salts.

Among the foods, the foods for clearing heat and promoting diuresis are watermelon, bitter gourd, peach, ebony, grass tomb, tomato, cucumber and mung bean. , have a certain summer effect. It is best not to eat the food taken out of the refrigerator in a hurry, but to eat it at room temperature for a period of time, and not to eat too much at a time, especially for the elderly, children and people with chronic gastritis and indigestion.

The weather is dry in early summer, and the daily drinking water of human body should reach 2000-2400 ml. Because of the high blood concentration in the morning, it is easy to form blood clots, so the first thing after getting up in the morning is to drink a glass of water. It is also very important to replenish and maintain water within one day. Keeping enough water in the body can clean the intestines and prevent getting angry.

It is not advisable to replace water with drinks. Soft drinks, fruit juice, cola and other drinks contain more saccharin and electrolyte, which will cause bad stimulation to the stomach and affect digestion and appetite.

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short, the temperature is high, the metabolism of human body is vigorous, the consumption is also large, and it is easy to get tired. Therefore, it is of great significance to keep enough sleep in summer to promote good health. In order to ensure adequate sleep, we must first have a regular daily life; Secondly, pay attention to the ventilation and coolness of the bedroom; Third, we should keep a calm mind and strive to be "calm and natural"; Fourth, we should have a proper nap time. Taking a nap in summer can relax the brain and body system, which is beneficial to work and study in the afternoon and is also a powerful measure to prevent heatstroke.

As the temperature rises, people often like to take a cold bath after going out. Because the human body absorbs a lot of heat in the sun, taking a cold bath will make the pores of the whole body close quickly, and the heat cannot be emitted and stays in the body, causing a high fever. It will also cause insufficient blood supply, dizziness and even shock due to rapid contraction of brain capillaries. Therefore, the best way is to make yourself sweat, take away a lot of heat, and then take a bath.

Diet should be light, but you can't refuse meat dishes. Due to the reduction of gastric acid secretion in summer, coupled with drinking more water, the body's digestive function is weak and the diet should be light. You should eat more nutritious and bland foods and avoid greasy, fried and spicy foods. However, some lean meat, eggs, milk, fish and bean products can be taken properly. The key is to use steaming, cold salad and other methods when cooking, not too greasy.

Chinese medicine believes that most bitter vegetables have the function of clearing away heat. Therefore, nutritionists suggest that bitter food, such as bitter vegetables and bitter gourd, can play a role in relieving fever, dispelling summer heat and eliminating fatigue. Eating bitter gourd soup or bitter gourd vegetables in summer can reconcile the spleen and stomach, eliminate fatigue, refresh the mind, and have a certain preventive effect on heatstroke and gastrointestinal diseases.

Sowthistle is also a vegetable with the same origin of medicine and food, which has the functions of cooling and detoxifying, disinfecting and expelling pus, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, and preventing and treating gastroenteritis. When eating bitter vegetables, wash its roots and leaves, fry them and make soup. Its taste is bitter and fragrant, and it is a delicious food for relieving summer heat and appetizing, and has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on enteritis and dysentery. You sweat a lot in summer, so you might as well drink something bitter. Beer, green tea and kudingcha are all good choices.