Recently, the high temperature in Shanghai has been 40 degrees, and many places in the country are also constantly high temperature. I understand the feeling of extreme heat. I used to live in Jiangnan, and I think everything else is fine. It is this summer. People in the Northeast really can’t bear it. When they go out, they are sweating profusely, and their clothes are completely soaked. When they come back, they have to wash their T-shirts, then hang them out, and wait until a while before going out. When they see that the T-shirts are dry, yes, It's that hot!
In this season, some people can hide in air-conditioned rooms, but some jobs require us to run in the heat, such as sanitation workers, traffic police, etc. Therefore, we need to have a general understanding of the heat.
So, how do we protect ourselves on such a hot day? Which part of our body will be hurt by the heat?
The theory of traditional Chinese medicine believes that in this hot weather, the "Qi" and "Yin" of our body are most vulnerable to damage.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs belong to metal, and fire restrains metal. Therefore, in the hot summer season, it is easy to have the lung metal restrained, and the lungs govern the whole body. When the lung metal is restrained, it is easy to consume qi and hurt qi Condition.
So, some friends said, why do I become weak and sleepy in the hot weather? This is the reason, it is easy to show qi deficiency at this time.
At this time, Chinese medicine will use astragalus, ginseng, American ginseng and other qi-invigorating drugs. In the prescription of Qingshu Yiqi Decoction created by Li Dongyuan in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties to treat summer heat, Li Dongyuan himself discussed:
"Secondly, the lung qi is affected by evil and is injured by heat. Astragalus must be used the most, followed by licorice, and ginseng is the next. All three are sweet and warm yang medicines. The spleen is weak first, and the lung qi is exhausted first, so the sweetness of Astragalus is used. Warming, to benefit the qi of the fur, and close the interstitial muscles, so as not to cause spontaneous sweating and damage its vitality. Ginseng must be used to supplement the shortness of panting and lazy speech. The heart-fire to take advantage of the spleen, must use roasted licorice to relieve the fire-heat, and Invigorate the vitality of the spleen and stomach."
At this time, it is easy to hurt the yin because people are prone to sweat profusely in hot weather. So, does excessive sweating hurt the yin or the yang? In the past, there was a saying: "Long-term diarrhea hurts yin, profuse sweat hurts yang", so many people say "profuse sweat hurts yang", but this is actually inaccurate. Sweat is a body fluid and a substance that belongs to yin According to traditional Chinese medicine, "blood and sweat come from the same source" and "sweat is the fluid of the heart" all refer to this problem. If you sweat abnormally, it is very easy to cause body fluid damage. When yin substances such as body fluid are damaged to a certain degree, yang qi will be shed.
Therefore, when a person suffers from heatstroke, Western medicine believes that there will be electrolyte imbalance, resulting in abnormal sodium and potassium metabolism, abnormal heart rate, etc., which means the loss of a large amount of body fluids, which affects the normal operation of the heart.
So in hot weather, some friends said that I feel dry mouth, upset and irritable, hot palms, red tongue, etc. Why is this? This is the situation where profuse sweating causes Yin injury.
Therefore, in hot weather, the most likely to occur is the deficiency of both qi and yin.
When both qi and yin are deficient, people are prone to these symptoms: fullness in the epigastric cavity, loss of appetite, pale complexion, upset, or nausea and vomiting, dry mouth and throat, dry eyes, fatigue, dizziness, lassitude of limbs Weakness, hot hands, feet, and heart, pale yellow urine, short and dry stool, red tongue, little coating, tooth marks on the side, thready and rapid pulse.
So, at this time, if we feel that we have a deficiency of Qi and Yin due to the hot weather, what should we do?
The best way is not to stay in the hot environment for too long, and at the same time add enough fluids.
It is also not suitable to engage in too intense exercise at this time to avoid sweating profusely.
Below, I will introduce to you a dietary therapy for clearing summer heat that you can choose.
At that time, Li Dongyuan created a Qingshu Yiqi Decoction. Later, Wang Mengying of the Qing Dynasty believed that Li Dongyuan’s Qingshu Yiqi Decoction had the name of Qingshu Yiqi Decoction, but not the reality, so he created a new Qingshu Yiqi Decoction. Qi soup.
In fact, Li Dongyuan's and Wang Mengying's prescriptions each have their own emphasis.
In Wang Mengying's prescription, there are American ginseng, Dendrobium, Ophiopogon japonicus, Coptis chinensis, bamboo leaves, lotus stems, Zhimu, licorice, japonica rice, and watermelon green clothes.
Wang Mengying's prescription is used to treat diseases, and we have modified it into a dietary health prescription, so we can use this idea:
Three grams of American ginseng, three grams of dendrobium, three grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, three grams of lotus leaf, thirty grams of watermelon green clothes, and sixty grams of japonica rice.
In this recipe, if you have fresh Dendrobium, such as Tiepi Fengdou, it will be better, and if the lotus leaves are fresh, it is also better. It's just that for fresh medicines, the serving size has to be doubled.
The watermelon green clothes in the recipe is the watermelon rind we are familiar with. We have eaten watermelon, but we must know that the watermelon rind is a treasure. Cut the watermelon into strips and use it to make this refreshing drink.
In the prescription of Qingluoyin by Wu Jutong in the Qing Dynasty, there is also this watermelon emerald garment, which is used to treat those who "after sweating in the heat-warming meridian, the heat syndrome has been reduced, but the head is slightly swollen, eyes can't be seen, and the remaining evils have not been resolved." ; or mild syndrome of heat-injured lung meridians."
The japonica rice in the recipe is the rice we usually eat. It is good for Qi and stomach. In the recipe, the effect should not be underestimated.
This recipe is a bit like porridge, but everyone should remember that if you put more water in it, it can be used as a drink.
If it is usually used as a drink for white-collar workers at work, you can use 3 grams of American ginseng, 3 grams of Dendrobium, 3 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, and 3 grams of lotus leaf. Drink it to nourish qi and yin.
Some friends asked, I have a Yang-deficiency constitution, can I not use this prescription? Yes, people with yang deficiency should not use traditional Chinese medicines that are cold in nature, but people with yang deficiency will not have the symptoms of both qi and yin deficiency mentioned above at this time. These methods can be used.
People with yang deficiency will feel particularly comfortable in this season, but don’t think that it’s enough to be comfortable at this time. At this time, it is necessary to hurry up and replenish yang. At this time, replenishing yang can get twice the result with half the effort .
Therefore, when we first entered the summer, we talked a lot about people with yang deficiency, how to seize the opportunity to regulate the body in summer, and you can learn more about it.
