24 solar terms of "summer" keeping in good health

On May 5 to 7 days of summer is the lunar calendar.At this point, "refers to the southeast, d as the summer begins, everything so far all grown up, so the name of summer also."At this time the sun for 45 degrees longitude, in astronomy, the beginning said farewell to spring, is the beginning of summer day.People used to place on the summer begins as a temperature rise obviously, in the hot summer will, the storm increased, the growth of the crops into the peak period an important solar terms.After the beginning, is the key of early rice accumulates ZaiCha period, and this time the rain comes sooner or later, and the amount of rainfall, and closely related to harvest in the future.Farmer's proverb is well said: "the beginning, colter hung high.""The beginning no rain, reef no rice."Folk have the custom of this SOP and weighed hot summer, it is said that this day according to the weight, is not afraid of summer heat, not thin, otherwise you'll be sick with a disaster.Jiangxi area of summer and the custom of drinking tea, of summer, don't drink tea, a summer endure suffering.As early as the ancient Kings also often in the days of summer initial out of the city went to meet summer, against the day of the summer is the summer.

The rites · enveloped, explanation of summer yue: "cricket darkthrone, earthworms, wang melon, bitter herbs show."In this season, the frog started squabbling with the advent of the summer, the earthworm is busy to help the farmers turned loose soil, the plants of the country could be unearthed are scrambling to each other day by day long climb.When people meet in the early summer sunlight in the morning, walk around the village fields, the sea beach, you will feel the deep feeling of nature from the gentle sunshine.

The element theory of four gas god asked, "yue:" summer in March, this call sweet show;The real gas in heaven and earth, all things ".Summer means from the beginning to the front of the beginning of autumn in March, including the summer begins, grain full, busy, the summer solstice, slight heat, big six solar terms.Summer, grain full, before and after the lunar April called Meng Xia () at the beginning of the summer, the weather gradually hot, plants flourish, this season is beneficial to the physiological activity of the heart, who at the time of fellowship with throttle reason should be suitable.In the summer of preserve one's health, therefore, should pay attention to the special maintenance of the heart."The theory of medical origin" yue: "heart is one of the main, viscera skeleton is answerable to the heart, so for the monarch.Heart of god, reason for the gods."Central in the TCM literature interpreted as flesh and blood of heart and gods.The heart of the flesh and blood of heart namely substantive;Gods heart, it is to point to accept and reflect the outside things, consciousness, thinking, modern carried out function."Introduction to medicine" yue: "if heart is not open lotus, of flesh and blood is also on the lung under the liver.The heart of the gods...Dominate everything, empty spirit not ignorance is also."

The physiological functions of heart: main veins, the Lord god.Main veins include the main blood, the Lord from two aspects of arteries and veins.Refers to the blood, blood vein vascular, also called meridians, is blood to run.The heart and vascular is linked together, form a closed system, become a hub of the circulation of the blood.Heart kept beating, promote blood circulation in systemic vascular unprovoked, circumfluence, the force of the circulation of the blood.Blood can carry nutrients to support the body make insides, hundreds of skeleton limbs, muscle fur, and the whole body nutrition, to maintain the normal physiological function.Heart function normal pulse condition gentle strong, uniform rhythm, complexion is ruddy luster;If heart lesions occur, then there will be a poor blood flow, vascular void and meet color, pulse condition thin weak, blood stasis, blood is blocked and see blue in your lips, and the area before the heart oppressed and tingling, pulse condition, generation or promote, astringent.

The Lord god, is not only the heart main deity, has a good god.The so-called god, the god of traditional Chinese medicine for its broad sense and narrow sense.God, the god of the generalized refers to the external performance of the whole human life activities, it contain is the image of the body, face, eyes, words, reply, physical activity attitude, etc.;And god, the god of narrow sense, namely by the Lord of the mind, more refers to the human spirit, consciousness and thinking activity, etc.The formation of the god in Tibetan like learn that nutrients are constitute the human body and maintain the body material basis of life activity, is also produce the material basis of god.Im by the innate essence of god, the embryo is formed, the god of life also is produced.God in the process of human growth and development, relies on the day after tomorrow food nutrients charge, as the pivot ping of people off the valley, says: "god, the essence of water also."Heart god will get physical work also includes two aspects.One, under normal circumstances, the heart of god accept and reflect the objective world things, spirit, consciousness and thinking activity;Second, the heart of god is the master of human life activities, in the first position of zang-fu organs, intestines and are under a unified command, the heart can be coordinated normal activity.

Heart physiological characteristics show: first, the heart for Yang dirty the sun be the spirit.That is the sun in the heart of shenyang, the heart of the sun be the spirit can promote the blood circulation, to maintain life activities, make the vitality, so yu of the "day" of person.Medicine is yi said: "people with heaven and earth, day Japan, people also went unquestioned, jun Yang, his own father's day".The breath of the heat of the heart, not only to maintain its physiological function, but also to the whole body temperature raising."Dirty heart to fire, and all are lighted" so all the rotten luck of spleen and stomach, careful Yang the warm glow of transpiration, and the whole body of water, sweat fluid metabolism regulation, etc., are inseparable with the important role of heart Yang;Second, the heart with summer gas should be.That man and nature is a unified whole, 4 natural ebb and flow of Yin and Yang change, and human activity of the five zang-organs are connected to each other, and should pass each other.Heart in summer air, mean heart Yang in the summer the most exuberant, the strongest function.

Summer begins throttle garment orders often thin, even if the body health of people also want to watch the exogenous, once sicken cannot easily use the sweat agent, so as not to sweat more sad.Older people are more attention should be paid to avoid blood stasis, in case of a heart attack.So the beginning of the season, the appropriate mood, comfortable and carefree, avoid by all means BaoXi sad.Early in the morning a little edible onion, should drink wine a small amount of dinner, with flow of qi and blood.Specific to the dietary aftercare, we should with low fat, low salt, multidimensional, delicate give priority to.

"The beginning health light diet"

Lotus leaf chicken breast:

Ingredients fresh lotus leaf 2, 30 grams of ham, chicken bone 250 grams, 50 grams, water mushroom flour 12 grams, salt, sugar, chicken oil, wine, onion, ginger, pepper, flavours, sesame oil, the right amount.

[is] all sliced chicken, mushroom, ham cut into ten pieces, onion nipple, ginger slices, wash and slightly ironed with boiled water, lotus leaf remove stalks, cut into ten pieces triangle. Set aside.

Remove mushrooms, blanch in boiling water, use cold water shower, put salt into the dish with chicken, mushroom, principle, white sugar, pepper, wine, sesame oil, chicken oil, corn flour, onion, ginger, stir well, then put in 10 piece on the lotus leaf, and then put a slice of ham, bales rectangularity, pieces in the dish, cage steam for about 2 hours, if put in the pressure cooker just 15 minutes.Released after the original plate can be turned in another clean dish, can eat to unpacking.

[efficacy] qingfen yangxin, elevator temper.Can be used as common tonify deficiency of the product, is especially suitable to eat in summer.

H. cordata mix lettuce:

[ingredients] h. cordata 50 g, 250 g lettuce, each 10 grams of garlic, onion, ginger, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, flavours, sesame oil, the right amount.

[is] h. cordata pick the old root and clean cut, after boiling water blanch bails out, stir in salt pickled.Peel and leaf lettuce, rinse, cut into 1 inch long thick silk, pickled in salt waterlogging caused by excessive rainfall.Green onion, ginger, garlic choose to wash and cut into chopped green onion, ginger, garlic.Put shredded lettuce, herba houttuyniae dish, add soy sauce, flavours, vinegar, chopped green onion, ginger, garlic, stir well, sprinkle sesame oil serve.

[efficacy] qingrejiedu, lishi expectorant.To the lung hot cough, phlegm viscous, less urine yellow, such as thermal pain syndrome all have better curative effect.

Longan porridge:

[ingredients] longan 25 grams, 100 grams of japonica rice, sugar a little.

[methods] the longan with japonica rice into the pot, add right amount of water, boiled into porridge, added sugar.

[efficacy] tonic glove, nourishing blood nerves.Especially suitable for internal lesion caused by overexertion glove, contemplation, thin body, memory loss and menstrual adjustment etc.

Note: longan porridge avoid drinking, strong tea, coffee, etc.