Why do you do more outdoor sports and get more sunshine in summer?

The scorching sun in summer is a very annoying thing for many of us. So in summer, if you can stay indoors, you can enjoy life at home with air conditioning on. Experts say, in fact, we should seize such good sunshine and often go out to bask in the sun in summer.

Sunbathing on the head: nourishing Yang Qi

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the head is the head of all yang", that is, all Yang Qi converge here, and the essence of the five zang-organs and the qi of clearing yang in the six fu-organs all converge at the head. Baihui point is located in the center of the head (passing through the midpoint of the connecting line between the two ears) and is the intersection of hundreds of veins. When sunbathing, you must let the sun shine on your head, preferably at noon, that is, between 1 1 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. At this time, the sun is the most abundant. After lunch, office workers may wish to go outdoors and let the sun shine all over their heads, which can replenish the yang along the pulse.

Dry legs and feet: dispelling cold

As the saying goes, "Cold begins with the first step". People with yang deficiency constitution are very cold all year round. In this case, dry your legs and feet. Sunlight can take away the cold of legs and feet, accelerate the absorption of calcium and help prevent osteoporosis. Sufficient sunshine for legs and feet in spring and summer can store energy, and winter helps to resist the cold and protect healthy qi. In addition, Zusanli point on the calf (located at the lower four fingers of the external knee of the calf and the edge of the tibia) is a very important health-care point for the human body. Regular massage and acupuncture can strengthen the body and regulate the spleen and stomach. It also has a good health care function to let Zusanli point receive sunshine bath.

Sunscreen: promoting sleep

When basking in the sun, there is one place that may be taken care of by few people, and that is our palms. There happens to be a very important point on the palm of your hand-Laogong point (naturally clench your fist, the point below the tip of your middle finger). Laogong point is the point of pericardium meridian, and the five elements belong to fire. Pressing this point has the functions of clearing away heart fire, calming the heart and calming the nerves. In the warm sunshine, we might as well spread out our hands, palm facing the sun, and let the sun shine into Laogong point, which can release stress, relieve fatigue, promote sleep, and have the effect of strengthening the heart and benefiting qi.

Sunbathing on the back: regulating qi and blood

The abdomen is yin and the back is yang. The Du Meridian and the Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian (visceral back acupoints) of the human body are distributed in the back. Sunbathing these acupoints can regulate the qi and blood of viscera. Yang is like the guardian of the human body. If the human body is full of yang, it can resist all external evils and strengthen its body. We turn our backs on the sun and let it shine directly on our backs. After a while, we will feel warm and comfortable all over. Many acupoints and meridians on the back, especially the most important Du meridian (located in the midline of the back), can also be nourished by the sun, making the whole body unobstructed. In addition, Chinese medicine says that "the back is yang, and the heart and lungs are the mainstay", and it often basks in the back, and it also has the function of strengthening the heart and lungs.

Do breast enhancement in the sun.

Sunlight irradiation can regulate the secretion of melatonin and improve people's drowsiness. Professor Dai Guangming, an expert in the psychological counseling clinic of the Department of Neurology, xinqiao hospital, Third Military Medical University, suggested that you can do more chest expansion exercises while basking in the sun. Adequate sunshine can enhance the secretion of melatonin, and stretching the chest can make the body better absorb yang, thus supplementing liver yang, soothing liver and nourishing liver.

Finally, experts pointed out that if you want to supplement calcium in the sun, you can't "stop" and you have to bask for a long time. Experts pointed out that, generally speaking, when human skin 15% is exposed to the sun, 40 minutes a week for young people and 60 minutes for the elderly can ensure that the skin can synthesize enough vitamin D.