The key to treating winter diseases and summer diseases is to nourish the heart! Tips: Do less of these 3 things, and your heart will get better every day
Nowadays, in order to live a healthier and longer life, people are pursuing "health preservation". And "health preservation" must first follow a set of concepts of Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to adapting to the changes of the four seasons, so there is a saying "nourishing the liver in spring, nourishing the heart in summer, nourishing the lungs in autumn, and nourishing the kidneys in winter".
In the hot summer, the heat is unbearable and the yang energy is strong. However, the humidity and heat are frequent, disrupting the body's functioning, affecting blood circulation or causing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Therefore, in summer, we should pay special attention to the maintenance of the heart, so that the heart can survive the summer smoothly is the true meaning of health.
To "protect the heart", you should first get rid of the 3 wrong habits that people often make in summer:
Get rid of the habit of being cold
Due to the rising temperature in summer, some people will find summer resorts or blow on cool air conditioners, and eat some ice-cold food to cool down.
Indeed, serving a piece of cold food on a hot summer day will make you feel cool instantly.
But have you thought about it?
When you are greedy for the refreshment, when the cold food enters the stomach and intestines, it will suddenly stimulate the viscera under high temperature, which is easy to cause gastrointestinal cramps, stomach flu or other acute diseases.
Moreover, staying in a low-temperature air-conditioned room for a long time will not only cause rheumatic bone disease and other diseases, but also cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular discomfort when suddenly going outdoors with high temperature.
Get up early and get rid of the habit of sleeping in
There are many people who like to stay up late at night, sleep late in the morning, and sleep through the day, but they don't know that doing so is not good for their health.
As early as in the "Huangdi Neijing", it is mentioned that the human body should get up early to adapt to the filling of Yang Qi.
"Work at sunrise and rest at sunset" is just a change that caters to the laws of nature.
The plan for a day lies in the morning. A good day starts with getting up in the morning and doing some proper exercise, which is more conducive to physical and mental health.
Do not do strenuous exercise or a lot of exercise
Many people think that exercising in summer will make the body sweat more, which will help promote metabolism and expel toxins from the body.
But you know what? Especially in summer, the body itself is hot and dry, coupled with sudden exercise, it will speed up blood circulation, which may cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Therefore, remember to sweat profusely in summer and exercise properly, especially middle-aged and elderly people who already suffer from high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.
In addition to these, more people are concerned about how to relieve summer heat in terms of diet.
Pay attention to a light diet and a reasonable nutritional mix. Do not eat greasy food. Eating more of these 4 kinds of food is more conducive to clearing the heart and nourishing the heart:
- Lotus seeds
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that lotus seeds nourish the heart and kidneys, benefit the essence and blood, and have the effect of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, especially for palpitations and insomnia.
Lotus seeds can also clear away heat and reduce internal heat, especially for people with a lot of anger, eating lotus seeds can clear the heart and calm the nerves and reduce internal heat. It also has a good effect on aphthous sores caused by getting angry.
- Bitter melon
Bitter melon is rich in bitter melon and bitter melon saponin, which has the effects of clearing fat and lowering fat, regulating endocrine and improving human immunity.
Bitter gourd can also vent the anger in the heart and expel toxins from the body.
Eating it raw can clear away summer-heat and purging fire, relieve heat and relieve annoyance; eating cooked food can nourish blood and nourish liver, moisten spleen and kidney, clear heart and eyesight, nourish qi and strengthen yang.
- Red beans
"Sichuan Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine" records that red beans have the effects of regulating qi, stimulating the menstrual flow, moistening the intestines and reducing blood fat.
Traditional Chinese medicine has the emphasis on "complementing color with color". Red enters the heart and nourishes the heart and blood. So soaking a cup of red beans and barley can strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and detoxify, and remove moisture in the body.
- Pig heart
As the so-called "what to eat, what to eat", pig heart is rich in nutrients such as calcium, protein, phosphorus and amino acid, which is conducive to strengthening the nutrition of the heart muscle, enhancing the contraction ability of the heart muscle, and has the effects of calming the nerves, calming convulsions, nourishing the heart and nourishing the blood.
To nourish the heart in summer, you must eat more of these four kinds, invigorate the spleen and eliminate food, dispel dampness and detoxify, clear the heart and moisten the lungs.
"Summer nourishing the heart" is actually a rhetoric in Chinese medicine. The "heart" referred to is related to the "heart" of modern medicine, but they are not exactly the same.
"Nursing the heart" not only needs to protect the heart, but also needs to nourish the mind, emotions, and metabolism of the person. Therefore, in summer, eat more foods that "nourish the heart and calm the nerves", and remember not to be greedy for cold.