How to regulate your body during dog days

People say that winter diseases can be cured in summer. In fact, the dog days of summer are the best time for us to regulate our bodies. Especially women and the elderly can regulate their physical problems such as coldness during the dog days of summer. However, many people do not understand how to condition their bodies during this period, so they easily miss the best period for conditioning. How to regulate your body during the dog days of summer? We will give you a comprehensive introduction.

Sports:

It is best to exercise in the summer in the early morning or evening when it is cooler. The venue should be a park, a river or lake, or a courtyard with fresh air. Good exercise programs include walking, jogging, Tai Chi, Qigong, and radio gymnastics. If conditions permit, it is best to go to the mountains, forests, or coastal areas for recuperation.

It is not advisable to do overly strenuous exercise in summer. When you sweat too much, you can drink salt water or mung bean salt soup appropriately. Do not drink a lot of cold boiled water, and do not immediately rinse your head or bathe with cold water, otherwise it will cause various diseases such as cold and dampness arthritis.

Diet:

Diet is the most important part. The quality of our diet during the dog days is directly related to whether our body is better or worse conditioned. During the dog days, the focus should be on diet adjustment, with the main focus on clearing away heat, invigorating Qi, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid production. In particular, it is important to supplement enough protein, vitamins, water and inorganic salts.

In addition, appetite decreases in summer and the spleen and stomach function is relatively poor. If you eat too much fatty, sweet and greasy food, it will easily damage the stomach and spleen, affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and be harmful to your health. Therefore, mung beans, coix seeds, vegetables, fruits, lilies, polygonatum, lean meat, eel, duck meat, etc. are all good foods in summer.

Mental care:

Summer belongs to fire, which corresponds to the heart, so in the scorching hot summer, we should pay attention to regulating our mind and spirit. If you calm down, you will naturally feel cool. Avoiding the heat is the general principle. In summer, it is better to go to bed later and get up earlier. When arranging work or physical exercise, avoid periods of scorching sun and pay attention to strengthening protection.

It is best to take a nap after lunch, firstly to avoid the heat, and secondly to recover from fatigue. In the hot summer, taking a warm bath every day is a fitness measure worth promoting, which can eliminate fatigue, improve sleep and enhance immunity.

It is easy to be attacked by wind, cold and dampness in summer. It is not advisable to use fans to blow air while sleeping or to sleep outdoors at night. Even in an air-conditioned room, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor should not be too large. It is hot in the summer and people sweat a lot, so clothes should be washed and changed frequently. Wearing wet clothes for a long time or clothes that have just been dried in the sun can make people sick.