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In the hot summer, many people will feel sour and weak, drowsy, and have symptoms of abdominal distension and sticky stool. This is likely to be invaded by "moisture". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that summer heat is hot and wet, and the summer wetness is easy to invade the human body, forming a summer dampness syndrome. What are the manifestations of summer wet disease? How to deal with summer dampness in summer?

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Summer wet belongs to Liuqi

Six qi, that is, wind, cold, summer, dampness, dryness, and fire, under normal circumstances that there is no harm to the human body. Only when the climate is abnormal or the human body is weak, it will harm health.

Summer, hot. When the temperature is abnormally increased beyond the affordability of people, or working in a high temperature environment for a long time, headaches, dizziness, thirst, sweating, weak limbs, etc. Sweating, hot skin, or wet limbs, pale complexion, decreased blood pressure, and increased pulse, which are "heat stroke". Another situation is that the human body's own "qi deficiency" and "yang deficiency" are not heat -resistant, excessive sweating, and consuming fluids, causing two wounded yin and yang injuries, also known as "heat stroke". Summer is a high incidence of heat stroke, so you must pay attention to heatstroke prevention in summer.

Wet, also known as wet, divided into two situations: inner and wet. The outer wet fingers live in wetlands or humid climate, wading and rain, causing foreign water to invade the human body, causing wet evil to invade the human muscle surface, affect the function of the viscera, manifested as soreness, pain and discomfort, and even discharge, chest tightness, chest tightness Symptoms such as dizziness. Internal wetness refers to the symptoms caused by weak spleen and stomach or vitality, which causes abolition of fluid internal fluid and stays in the visceral meridians. The wet sticky and greasy turbidity can easily cause the internal organs and gas disorders, often merge other external evils, and cause various diseases.

Summer dampness is easy to invade the human body together

Summer and moisture like "cooperation" to invade the human body. When the summer temperature rises abnormally, or if the physical reasons cannot be tolerated, the summer dampness will endanger human health. Summer wetness can cause chest tightness, poorness, fatigue, irritability, body heat, thirst, decrease in urination, sweating, cough, redness, abdominal distension, stinky stool, short urine, etc.

Wet disease causes symptoms such as "heavy, stuffy, dull, greasy, and lingering". Immediately, the body is severe, fatigue, dizziness, and weak limbs; stuffy abdomen is uncomfortable, abdominal distension, and disadvantage; stun is not fragrant and without appetite; greasy finger tongue coating is sticky, the tone is not fresh; The most common pulse is slippery pulse. In addition, if the physical examination is found that there are substantive lesions such as nodules, cysts, and hyperplasia, it is also related to wetness. If there is the above situation, it must be adjusted in time to prevent the occurrence of diseases.

Wonderful tricks

The weather in summer is hot, and the water should be supplemented in time. Don't wait until thirsty and drink water. Drinking water should be drinking less frequently. In severe exercise or after exercise, it is not advisable to drink cold drinks and blow air conditioners.

The heatstroke prevention must be in the same qi and the evil. Pay attention to the light diet, ensure adequate sleep, improve immunity, and achieve the purpose of heatstroke prevention. You can also take Huoxiang Zhengqi capsules, drink mung bean soup, and eat a small amount of watermelon. It is also necessary to avoid it. Usually do a good job in heatstroke and sun protection. When the temperature is too high, outdoor activities are reduced.

Due to the heat of the summer and wet, the human body is often invaded together, so it is not forgotten to dehumidify while preventing heat. Don't smoke, drink, pay attention not to be salty, oily, as light as possible, and eat more spleen and damp food. In addition, eat less cold foods such as ice cream.

In addition, you can discharge the moisture in the body through outdoor activities and sweating appropriately. Proper exercise helps the spleen, and from the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, "transport the spleen to wet". It should be emphasized that paying attention to choosing appropriate exercise, avoiding strenuous exercise such as fast running, controlling exercise time and amount of exercise, it is best to choose morning or evening exercise.

Source: Chinese Family Newspaper Officer Wei

Text: Du Wensen (Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Endocrinology, Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Henan Province)

Produced: Provincial Women's Federation Propaganda Department (Network Work Department)

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