Changxia raises the spleen, may wish to eat "vinegar"

Big Health News reporter Wu Wenke

"Qingjiang Yicun Village flows, Changxiajiang Village is good."

It is currently in June of the lunar calendar and belongs to the long summer season that Chinese medicine is said.

Recently, there are many rainy weather, and the humidity of the air has increased. While continuing the high temperature in summer, it also shows more humid characteristics, which makes people feel more humid and sullen, which is particularly uncomfortable.

How can I spend the damp and hot Changxia?

Changxia Yixi nourish the spleen

Zhang Junping, deputy chief physician of the Henan Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Hospital (Henan Provincial Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine), introduced that the theory of Chinese medicine is divided into five seasons, namely spring, summer, Changxia, autumn, and winter.

"The so -called long summer, June also. Born in fire, growing in Changxia, long and prosperous, so Yun Changxia." Long summer is the summer, the last month of summer. "Spring should be healthy and healthy, summer should be kept long, Changxia should be nourished by the spleen, autumn should be raised in the lungs, and winter should be hidden in the kidneys." The four seasons correspond to the five elements and five internal organs. Essence

In the basic theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the spleen is mainly transported, and it is dampness and dampness. The transportation function of the spleen is the most susceptible to wet evil.

However, Changxia is a season when it is hot and humid. Wetness and heat are the six evils that cause the human body. Wetness is yin evil, and it is easy to hurt yang, especially the spleen and yang.

Therefore, Changxia mainly protects the spleen and protects the spleen, supplemented by dampness, and the way of health.

When Changxia actively adjusts the body with the help of the temper, it often has the effect of four or two pounds.

Pay attention to the diet

腻 How light, less greasy

The summer weather is hot, the summer is damp, the spleen and stomach are dull, and the gastrointestinal function is weakened. Therefore, in the summer, eat less greasy, heavy taste, and spicy food to avoid hurting the spleen and stomach, affecting nutritional digestion and absorption. It is appropriate. Ingredients can be used for bean products, such as four seasons, white lentils, red beans, etc., as well as Chenpi, lotus seeds, yam, lily, barley, etc.

食 Properly eat bitter food

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitterness and heat and dampness. Eating some bitter foods in the long summer season is good for the body.

The bitter food to remove the heat, detoxify, can also refresh the brain, and regulate the acid -base balance in the body.

”Eat some" sour "properly

The weather in summer is hot, and the human body sweats too much, leading to fatigue, loss of appetite, severe cases, and even heat stroke.

And sour food can condense sweat, stop diarrhea, eliminate dampness, and can refresh their thirst, refer to the stomach, and eliminate food. Therefore, you may wish to add some vinegar to your diet, which can not only make the taste more delicious, but also help digestion and make the spleen and stomach a summer summer. Zhang Junping suggested that Changxia can also use yam barley red bean porridge.

Take yam, barley, and red beans to make porridge at a ratio of 2: 2: 1. This product can strengthen the spleen and dampness. It is suitable for those who have thin stools, heavy body, and thick tongue coating.

Living and recuperating requires cooling and dehumidification

Long summer is damp and sullen, and many people like to stay in the air -conditioned room. In fact, in addition to cooling, the dehumidification function of the air conditioner should also be used. It is generally recommended that the indoor temperature is between 25 ° C and 28 ° C, and the humidity should be 40%to 60%.

Sports are recommended to choose walking, swimming, yoga, jogging, Tai Chi, Bazuanjin and other methods to regulate functions to promote the discharge of moisture. The amount of exercise should be sweaty slightly. At the same time, pay attention to drinking some warm water after exercise to supplement body fluids. It is not advisable to drink carbonated drinks and cold drinks.

Zhang Junping suggested that you can also try the spleen and stomach, including abdominal massage, push spleen and stomach meridians, as follows:

Abdominal massage. Stack your hands and rub the abdomen 10 times in the direction of the navel as the centered clockwise and counterclockwise. Put another palm in the belly button with one hand, slightly trembling the abdomen for 1 minute to 3 minutes, and the frequency is 100 to 120 times per minute.

Push the spleen meridian: hold the knee hand, the foot naturally droops, hold the fist on the other hand, use the palm side side of the big fish, follow the spleen meridian line, and push the foot yin spleen meridian from the bottom to the bottom. The inner side of the calf, 3 inches above the tip of the feet), Yinling Spring (inner side of the knee joint, the inner side of the tibial sideways), a total of 5 times.

Stomach meridian: Holding the knees with the left hand, the feet are naturally drooping, and the hands are held as hollow. A finger muscles are raised along the side of the tibia of the calf. Three inches under the calf acupoint, a horizontal finger from the anterior tibia) until the ankle joint, 2/3 can be knocked a little, and the lower 1/3 can be slightly lighter. After that, you can follow the three miles of the Zusanli and Fenglong (the front and outer side of the acupoint, eight inches on the tip of the outer ankle, and the front edge of the anterior edge of the tibia), a total of 5 times.

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