Why is it summer health, the best food is white rice, and the best drink is plain water

<>The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" says: "Autumn and winter nourish yin, spring and summer nourish yang", when it comes to this summer heatstroke prevention and health, we must start from man and nature. "Traditional Chinese medicine health preservation is closely related to the four seasons, the so-called spring birth, summer growth, autumn harvest, and winter storage.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, human beings and nature are connected, and birth, aging, sickness and death, health and disease are all related to the natural world. For example, the six qi (wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire) in the stuffy and humid "dog days", once the body's righteous qi is insufficient and the resistance decreases, it will become the 'six evils', and the 'summer' will also become the 'summer evil'. "In summer, the weather is hot, the body's yang energy floats on the body surface, ** pores are dilated, and summer is the most vigorous time for yang, and proper supplementation of yang energy is more conducive to summer health.

Therefore, there is a saying in traditional Chinese medicine that 'eat radish in winter and ginger in summer'. "Ginger is pungent and warm, and has the function of nourishing the stomach and protecting the spleen. In summer, the yang energy rises, and the yang energy of the inner organs is empty and depleted.

In fact, Tianjiu** is also the same reason, the ointment of Tianjiu is generally made of warm drugs such as ephedra and ginger, through the corresponding acupuncture points of the human body**. "Due to the two-way hot spots of the acupuncture points, and the relatively smooth passage of the acupuncture points in summer, after the penetration and absorption of the drug, the warm lungs can be warmed through the yang qi, which can dissolve the cold and evil hidden in the body, adjust the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and achieve the purpose of 'winter disease and summer treatment'. "Since you want to replenish yang, of course, you should drink less cold drinks and herbal tea; Blow less air conditioners and keep warm from the cold.

Professor Qin Min introduced that cold drinks have a certain damage to the yang qi of the internal organs, and internally do not drink too many cold drinks, herbal tea or watermelon.

<> summer health, eat more warm yang drugs and food to supplement the deficiency of internal organs and yang, it is recommended that whether it is soup or porridge, you can add some ginger and tangerine peel appropriately, which has the effect of warming and replenishing yang, dissolving dampness and dissolving the surface. "In addition, be careful not to be too cold, this 'cool' includes two aspects: the temperature should not be too cold, that is, do not drink cold drinks;The food should not be too cold, such as twenty-four flavors, honeysuckle and chrysanthemum and other herbal teas that are too bitter and cold should be drunk less, especially for people with cold constitution; Moreover, it is necessary to pay attention to the syndrome differentiation physique and prescribe the right medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine has always emphasized the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and if yin deficiency is supplemented by yang or yang deficiency is supplemented by yin, it will destroy the balance of the human body and aggravate the condition. Therefore, whether it is health care or disease, it is necessary to distinguish the physique and carry it out, prescribe the right medicine according to the specific situation of the individual, and learn to distinguish the syndrome and treat. If the human body is in a normal state or a pathological state?

The pathological state should be divided into deficiency and reality, and the void should also be divided into yin deficiency, qi deficiency, and blood deficiency, and the real state should be divided into blood heat syndrome, cold and heat syndrome, etc. ”