“Xiaoshu Dashu, shang zheng xia zhu”, “Xiaoshu bu suan re, Dashu zheng fu tian”!
Today is Dashu among the 24 solar terms, also the last solar term of summer. After this comes Liqiu, entering the Dashu period is a crucial time for health preservation. During this period, it’s important to pay attention to self-care, which is beneficial for laying a foundation for good health in autumn and winter.
Entering the Dashu period signifies the start of the hottest days of the year. Therefore, the temperatures are high these days, and there is abundant rainfall. It’s essential to take care of the body and prevent the aggravation of dampness and coldness issues.
Entering the Dashu period is also a golden time for health preservation. During this time, it’s essential to adjust diet and daily routine reasonably for the beneficial effects of health preservation and overall well-being.
Dashu arrives, the season for health preservation! Eat “3 melons,” drink “3 teas,” remember “5 don’ts,” for a healthier body
【Eat “3 melons”】
1. Bitter Melon
After entering the Dashu solar term, you can choose to eat some bitter melon. Foods that are relatively severe in nature during the Dashu period can help clear away heat, promote appetite, and enhance digestive function, thus increasing appetite.
Bitter melon contains a rich content of vitamins, various trace elements, and it can help stabilize blood sugar levels, benefiting personal health. Therefore, the Dashu period is a suitable season for consuming bitter melon.
2. Cucumber
During the Dashu period, you can also opt to eat some cucumbers. Cucumbers are refreshing in taste, low in calories, and rich in various vitamins, trace elements, dietary fiber, and more. They aid in enhancing metabolism, promoting the elimination of toxins and waste in the body, lightening the body’s burden, assisting in weight loss, skin whitening, health preservation, and laying a foundation for good health in autumn and winter.
3. Wax Gourd
In daily life, many people enjoy eating wax gourd or using it as stuffing, for example, wax gourd in steamed buns is quite popular. Wax gourd, being not only delicious but also rich in nutritional value with a variety of vitamins and trace elements, is very suitable for consumption during the Dashu period. Consuming wax gourd appropriately helps in health preservation, contributing to a healthier body.
【Drink “3 teas”】
1. Heat-clearing Tea
After entering the Dashu solar term, considering the relatively hot weather, which is also during a high-temperature period, one may easily experience issues such as oral ulcers and throat soreness. At this time, choosing to drink teas that help clear heat is advisable.
Teas like honeysuckle tea, dandelion tea, chrysanthemum tea, and others aid in clearing heat, detoxification, reducing internal heat, relieving the body’s burden, detoxifying to improve situations of internal heat, thus promoting a healthier body.
2. Liver-soothing Tea
During the Dashu period, it’s easy to experience vigorous liver fire. Therefore, one should pay attention to a balanced diet. Regularly drinking teas that help soothe the liver, such as chrysanthemum tea, goji berry tea, hawthorn flower tea, and schisandra tea, can help soothe the liver, improve liver function, promote the metabolism of toxins in the liver, nourish qi and blood, contribute to liver maintenance, improve one’s emotions, and enhance liver health.
3. Stomach-nourishing Tea
After entering the Dashu solar term, it’s crucial to pay attention to stomach health. Overindulging in coolness or consuming highly stimulating foods during this time can harm the stomach. Thus, choosing to drink teas that nurture the stomach, such as barley tea, clove tea, jasmine tea, can help remove greasiness, aid digestion, care for the digestive system, prevent gastrointestinal diseases, making your stomach healthier.
【Remember “5 don’ts”】
1. Avoid excessive consumption of fruits
After entering the Dashu period, despite it being a great time for fruit consumption with watermelon and grapes becoming increasingly common, fruits with high sugar content when excessively consumed can lead to obesity and affect blood sugar stability.
For instance, watermelon, being a cold fruit, can stimulate the digestive system, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, and impacting your health. It’s important to focus on consuming fruits in moderation.
2. Avoid excessive coolness
After entering the Dashu period, it’s vital to avoid excessive coolness. Due to the hot weather during this period, many tend to consume cold drinks or ice cream to cool down.
However, this can lead to an overconsumption of cold foods, damaging the spleen and stomach, causing abdominal pain, diarrhea, and dampness accumulation, ultimately resulting in weakened spleen and stomach function. It’s crucial to moderate consumption in such cases.
3. Avoid staying up late
Due to longer days and shorter nights in summer, many people develop a habit of staying up late. Prolonged periods of this behavior can lead to excessive toxin accumulation. Additionally, the heavier night’s coldness increases the intrusion of cold, intensifying the body’s burden and raising the risk of illness.
Therefore, it’s essential to cultivate the habit of an early bedtime, ensuring quality and sufficient sleep to promote the normal functioning of all organs and maintain good health.
4. Avoid getting angry
Because of the hot weather in summer, many people can become irritable and may experience mood swings. Such emotional disturbances can affect normal bodily functions, increasing the risk of illness.
Therefore, it’s crucial to manage personal emotions. Especially after the Dashu period, the hot weather requires maintaining a relaxed mindset to promote health preservation for a healthy body.
5. Avoid prolonged sitting
After the Dashu period, as the weather becomes hotter, many people tend to spend extended periods sitting in air-conditioned rooms, avoiding going out and physical activity. Prolonged lack of movement reduces metabolic rates, leading to toxin accumulation and impacting health.
Therefore, it’s essential to prioritize moderate physical activity. Whether in summer or winter, emphasizing a certain level of exercise is beneficial for appropriate health preservation. Don’t be lazy due to the heat.
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