How to deal with hot and humid weather

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that exogenous pathogens are six evils, and the so-called six evils are wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness and fire, which is six evils. Humidity is one of the six evils. The south is located in the subtropical zone with a humid climate, especially rainy in spring and summer. Fire is heat, and fire is also one of the six evils, which is the most common.

Moisture seriously affects health.

The environment with high humidity is most likely to affect human health. The influence of moisture on human body lies in: the light person is tired, listless and sleepy, which is called wet sleepiness; In severe cases, people may have obvious symptoms.

Common damp-heat syndrome mainly includes damp-heat syndrome caused by cold, damp-heat syndrome of spleen and stomach, damp-heat syndrome of bladder and damp-heat syndrome of rheumatism. Clinical common fever, sore throat, loss of appetite, dry mouth, chest tightness, vomiting, nausea, abdominal distension, heavy head and tiredness, diarrhea in loose stool, yellow complexion, turbid urine, yellow leucorrhea, joint pain, redness and swelling, and unfavorable flexion and extension.

Three methods to prevent damp-heat invasion

In order to prevent the invasion of damp heat, we must pay attention to health in summer. The following measures help to stay away from the trouble of damp heat: First, keep the living environment dry and ventilated; Second, exercise regularly to enhance the ability to resist damp heat; The third is to eat damp-heat medicated diet. The following treatment prescriptions can be used:

1. 30g of coix seed, 30g of rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae, 250g of pork, boiling soup, drinking soup and eating meat;

2. 20 grams of cogongrass rhizome, 20 grams of plantain, 250 grams of pork, soup and soup to eat meat;

3. 30 grams of adzuki beans, 30 grams of coix seed, 20 grams of mung beans, cooking soup, adding appropriate amount of sugar, and drinking soup.