Health tips for May?

May is when summer is about to begin. As we all know, the temperature will get higher and higher after the beginning of summer. With the improvement of people's awareness of health preservation, many people pay more and more attention to the concept of health preservation. Generally, health preservation at the beginning of summer requires rest. It is best to avoid sweating after exercise. Summer is the time when the human body's heart yang is the most vigorous, so the heart needs to be well maintained in summer. What are the health knowledge in May?

Health tips for May:

1. Diet

During the Beginning of Summer, we should maintain a good mental attitude and avoid excessive joy and anger which may damage the heart yang. The elderly should pay special attention to preventing heart attacks. The diet should be mainly composed of light foods with low fat and salt, and more vegetables and fruits with high vitamin content. You can eat a little onion in the morning and drink a small amount of red wine after dinner to keep your qi and blood flowing smoothly. Increase sourness and reduce bitterness, nourish the kidney and liver, and regulate stomach qi

At this time, the diet should be light, low in fat, easily digestible, and rich in fiber, and eat more fruits and vegetables and whole grains. In normal times, you can eat more fish, lean meat, beans, sesame, millet, corn, cantaloupe, tomatoes, etc., and less animal offal, fatty meat, etc. Drinking more milk, eating more soy products, chicken, lean meat, etc. can not only supplement nutrition but also play a role in strengthening the heart.

In addition, Yiyuantang specifically reminds that after the beginning of summer, the temperature in North China and other places will rise rapidly, but there will still be not much precipitation, and it will be windy, with strong evaporation and dry atmosphere. In addition, it will be hot and cause sweating, so you must pay attention to hydration. There are many ways to replenish water, such as drinking water, drinking more soup when eating, etc. It is best to drink warm boiled water or light salt water, and drink less or no cold (ice) drinks or water. In addition, it is best not to eat food right after taking it out of the refrigerator. You should leave it at room temperature for a while before eating it, and don't eat too much at one time. In particular, the elderly, children and people with chronic gastritis and indigestion should eat less or no cold food.

2. Spirit

Pay attention to mental care and avoid excessive joy and sadness

After the beginning of summer, the weather turns hot and people's minds are easily disturbed, causing them to feel uneasy. Therefore, people should pay special attention to mental conditioning during this season. They should maintain a clear mind and a happy mood, relax and enjoy themselves, close their eyes and relax their minds, and avoid excessive joy and sadness.

After the beginning of summer, the days become longer and the nights shorter. At this time, in accordance with the changes in nature where yang is stronger and yin is weaker, one should go to bed late and get up early to absorb the clear and bright energy of heaven and earth. However, one should still pay attention to taking a good nap, especially an appropriate nap in the afternoon, to ensure a full mental state.

3. Exercise

Reduce the intensity of exercise and avoid excessive sweating

The weather is hot in summer, blood circulation accelerates, and the heart is easily overburdened, so you should take your time to nourish your heart and avoid overwork. Only when your heart slows down first can your breathing slow down. When resting, you should slow down the pace of life, slow down your heartbeat, lower your breathing rate, and slow down the rhythm of life activities so that your heart can rest. The temperature is high in summer and more blood is distributed on the body surface, which can easily lead to symptoms of cardiac and cerebral ischemia, especially in the elderly. Moreover, sweating a lot in the summer can easily lead to increased blood viscosity, so you should reduce the intensity of activity in the summer. You can choose relatively gentle exercises such as Tai Chi, Tai Chi sword, walking, jogging, etc., avoid excessive sweating after exercise, and drink some light salt water appropriately. However, you have to sweat when you need to sweat and you cannot stop sweating. In addition, it should be noted that it is still relatively cool in the mornings and evenings, with a large temperature difference between day and night, so you should pay attention to adding appropriate clothes in the mornings and evenings.

4. Prevention

Pay attention to rest and exercise frequently to prevent "heat cold"

After the beginning of summer, the weather is hot. In order to dissipate the heat in the body, the human body's epidermal blood vessels and sweat gland pores expand, and sweat a lot. After falling asleep, the body is easily caught in cold, thus causing a cold or "heat cold". Patients with mild illness generally have no fever or systemic symptoms, or only have low fever, headache, general discomfort and other symptoms; patients with more serious illness often have high fever, and the fever does not subside after sweating, accompanied by headache, heaviness, body soreness, fatigue, dry mouth but no desire to drink water, yellow and red urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and some patients may also experience vomiting or diarrhea and other symptoms. To prevent "heat cold", the main thing is to exercise, enhance the body's disease resistance, and enable the body to adapt to high temperatures. At the same time, you should add or remove clothes in time according to weather changes in the morning and evening. In addition, adjusting diet, replenishing water, adjusting mood, and paying attention to rest are also important in preventing summer colds.