So hot that I don t have an appetite? Eat bitter and sour foods in moderation! Chinese medicine teaches 1 tea drink to promote salivation and quench thirst and help digestion

After the summer solstice, we begin to enter what the Chinese medicine calls "Dohana Day", which refers to the hottest days of the year. Chinese medicine believes that the atmosphere is extremely strong at this time. It is the best time to regulate the body. Chinese medicine teaches the public four points to nourish the summer solstice, and recommends 1 tea, drink, promotes salivation, quenches thirst and helps digestion.

Chen Li-kyung, a physician at Ma Guangzhong Medical Clinic in Kaohsiung, said that the Chinese medicine method of Sanfu Patch is the hottest "Sanfu Patch" of the year. When the human body is at its most vigorous, apply Chinese medicine to warm, phlegm, and clear the blood vessels on the body, eliminate the dampness and cold evil in the body, and treat chronic diseases. It can improve respiratory diseases such as allergic rhinitis and asthma that are prone to occur in autumn and winter, and achieve the effect of "winter disease and summer treatment".

Chen Lijia pointed out that winter diseases are treated in summer and can be the best season for posting the three-day hot springs. In addition, she reminded that if people usually have cold hands and feet, cold body, pain, improper menstrual period, indigestion, chronic abdominal cavity and other related problems, they can also be adjusted through the abstinence method.

Shenmen acupoint helps improve insomnia

The climate of the summer solstice is hot, which makes you prone to irritability, dry mouth and tongue, easily break your mouth and lose your appetite. Chen Li said that acupoint maintenance can be used to regulate the heart and soul, which can help clear the heart and calm the mind, improve problems such as restlessness and insomnia. When the Shenmen acupoint is on the wrist, the palm facing you, the lines extending downwards of the little fingers and the dents between the wrists, and the depressions between the bones, press the pressure for 3 to 5 seconds each time, and press the pressure alternately with the left and right hands for 10 times, which also helps to improve insomnia caused by heart fire.

Eat bitter and sour foods in a decent amount

Chen Lijia emphasized that the weather is hot and sweating increases during the summer solstice. At this time, the human body's yang will tend to the surface of the body, especially the digestive system, which is weaker. The problems of various digestive systems such as abdominal distension, vomiting, stomach pain, and dysfunction are obviously increasing. We should avoid excessive consumption of raw and cold foods due to the inflammation and heat of the weather, roasted and fried spicy, and increase the burden on the spleen and stomach. Diet should be light and 70% fresh, and various melons and vegetables can also be eaten appropriately.

She pointed out that the principle of nourishing the summer solstice is to nourish the yin and reduce fire, eliminate moisture and remove dysfunction. In terms of diet, the following principles are also recommended:

Light diet: aids digestion, and high-quality fruits and vegetables are the best.

Bitter food: It can clear the heat. It is easy to have strong fire in summer. It can enter the heart and calm the heart. Eating bitter melon, seed heart, etc. can clear the heat and heat, and adjust the insomnia and irritability caused by the strong heart fire.

Sour foods: It has the effect of strengthening the stomach and digesting food. Eating purplish, hawthorn, lemon and other drinks after eating has the effect of restoring and solidifying. It is a good choice to control liver fire and nourish liver yin.

Umei and Luoshen Peanuts quench thirst

Chen Lijia said that "Bencao Homo" records "Umei, which causes lung dysentery and kidney to relieve long-term cough and dysentery". In addition, the taste of Umei is gentle and slightly sour, which can promote fluid and cough in the lungs and relieve cough and improve chronic abdominal pain; while Luoshen Flower is mild and sweet and sour in nature, and has a sweet and sour taste, and its effects can clear heat and detoxify, relieve blood and cool heat, nourish and beautify, promote fluid and quench thirst to help digestion.

【Food Spoon】Royal Hawthorn Ume Soup

Ingredients: 3.6 grams of Luoshen Flower, 3.6 grams of Hawthorn, 24 grams of Ume, 2.4 grams of licorice, and about 100 grams of rock sugar

Method:

Wash it in clean water, put it in a container, add 2,000 ml of warm water and boil it over high heat. Then turn it on low heat and boil it slowly for at least 1 hour. , after turning off the heat, you can add several tablets of Chenpi to enhance the flavor

to remove the ingredients, put the Umei soup into cold water, and wait for a while before drinking

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