The 10 most damaging things to your spleen and stomach in summer

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the spleen and stomach are the "foundation of acquired constitution", and their importance can be seen. Summer is a good time to nourish the spleen and stomach. However, the lifestyle habits of many people in summer not only fail to nourish the spleen and stomach, but may harm them. Experts list the 10 things that are most harmful to the spleen and stomach in summer. See if you were shot?

●Eat a lot of cold drinks.

As soon as summer arrives, cold drinks become hot-selling products. Some people eat without restraint, and this causes cold air to enter their bodies. Yang Li pointed out that cold damages the spleen, and common symptoms include white and greasy tongue coating, abdominal pain and diarrhea in mild cases, and nausea and vomiting in severe cases.

The way to relieve discomfort is to drink some ginger soup. If you feel nauseous and want to vomit, you can also drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water. Experts suggest that when drinking cold drinks, it is best to hold them in your mouth for a while to reduce irritation to the spleen and stomach.

●Use the air conditioner too hard.

The cold air blown out by the air conditioner is external cold, which is also bad for the spleen and stomach. Many people are prone to stomach pain or even diarrhea in air-conditioned or electric fan environments, which are all related to external cold invading the spleen and stomach. Nowadays, many white-collar workers wear thick coats to work in air-conditioned rooms. Firstly, it is not environmentally friendly. Secondly, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor is too large, which makes it easy to catch a cold.

Experts suggest that it is healthiest to replace air conditioners with traditional hand fans. Before leaving get off work, you should turn up the air conditioner temperature or turn it off early to adapt to the environment after get off work.

● Wear clothes that expose your waist and abdomen.

On the streets in summer, many fashionable girls wear belly-baring clothes, but the price of keeping up with fashion is damage to the spleen and stomach. Yang Li said that the navel is a very important acupuncture point, called "Shenque Point", and there is also the Mingmen Point behind it. Exposing the waist and abdomen will cause these two important acupoints to be invaded by cold evil, which will not only damage the spleen and stomach, but also the kidneys and bones.

Experts emphasize that this part must also be covered when sleeping at night.

●Drink too much herbal tea.

Authentic herbal tea contains cool Chinese herbal ingredients, such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, lotus leaves, etc., which have the effect of removing internal heat. People with internal heat and internal heat can drink some appropriately. But for people whose spleen and stomach are already weak and cold, drinking too much herbal tea will just make things worse. Experts suggest that herbal tea should not be consumed for a long time, and women during menstruation, expectant mothers, postpartum women, and young children should not drink too much.

●Do not eat staple food.

When summer comes, many people lose their appetite and don’t like to eat staple foods. Traditional Chinese medicine says that "grains are the source of nourishment". If you do not eat staple foods, your spleen and stomach will become increasingly weak.

If you have a poor appetite, you can eat some appetizers, such as Sichuan pickles, or cook some health-preserving porridge, such as mung bean and barley porridge, yam, lentil and rice porridge, sweet potato and oatmeal porridge, etc., which are all good choices.

●Only eat vegetables raw, not cooked.

Cooking in the kitchen on a hot day is a torture, so many people choose to make cold dishes without turning on the stove or eat them raw. However, cold dishes are cold and difficult to digest if eaten raw, which can harm the spleen and stomach. Experts believe that one must have a cooked hot dish every day. Melons and beans are rich in nutrients and can be eaten more in summer.

●Addicted to spicy and strong flavors.

On the streets on summer nights, spicy crayfish, malatang and other heavy-flavor snacks are many people's favorites. The humidity is heavy in the summer, and eating spicy food can help dehumidify, stimulate the appetite and invigorate the spleen. However, eating too much will irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, easily causing stomach fire and mouth ulcers. At this time, you can drink some mung bean soup or eat some watermelon to clear the heat.

●Staying up late.

The days are long and hot in summer, so many people are used to going to bed late. Staying up late will damage the yin and easily lead to yin deficiency and qi deficiency, which will not only harm the spleen and stomach, but also the five internal organs. If you want to maintain your health, you must have a good "midnight nap", that is, you should go to bed no later than 11 o'clock at night and take another half an hour nap at noon, which is beneficial to your health.

●One meal hungry and one meal full.

The spleen and stomach like a regular life. Eating at regular times, in regular amounts, and chewing slowly are the keys to maintaining the spleen and stomach. If you often eat one meal and skip the next, eat while walking, or talk while eating, it will inevitably lead to weak spleen and stomach over time, making you prone to diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers.

●Drinking a lot of alcohol.

Alcohol can also irritate the gastric mucosa, increase the burden on the liver, and is extremely harmful to the spleen and stomach.