The weather is hot, and the old man has no appetite to eat. What should he eat?

In summer, people often feel loss of appetite, weakness of limbs and poor spleen and stomach function. This is because the summer climate is hot and humid, with many boils and sweating. People like to eat raw and cold things, which is more likely to hurt the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the diet in summer should focus on light, bitter, cold, nutritious and digestible foods, and avoid sticky and indigestible foods. To sum up, we need to pay attention to the following matters.

First, eat regularly. In summer, you should eat on time. Don't eat if you want, or don't eat if you don't want. This will disrupt the normal physiological activities of the spleen and stomach, make the physiological function of the spleen and stomach disorder, and lead to stomach diseases. At the same time, in summer, we should eat more water-saving and wet food, because summer is hot, hot, high temperature and high humidity, and it will also invade the human body. Because of the hot weather, we like cold drinks, drink more water, and get wet outside, which makes the water wet and strengthen the spleen, the spleen and stomach rise and fall, and the function of transportation and transformation is blocked, so water will accumulate. Eating moist and dry food can strengthen the spleen, which can restore the function of ascending, descending and transporting, so it can remove dampness.

Second, the diet should be light. In summer, when the temperature is high, people sweat more and drink more water, the gastric acid is diluted, the secretion of digestive juice is relatively reduced, and the digestive function is weakened, resulting in loss of appetite. In addition, people overeat cold food in hot days, which leads to gastrointestinal dysfunction or unclean food, which easily leads to gastrointestinal discomfort and even food poisoning. Therefore, the diet should be light in summer, which can promote appetite and achieve the purpose of health care. Eating too much fat will cause stomach qi stagnation, damage the spleen, affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and be harmful to the body. Therefore, we should pay attention to the selection of mung beans, white lentils, watermelons, lychees, lotus seeds, silkworm excrement, buckwheat, jujube, pork tripe, pork, beef, tripe, chicken, pigeon meat, quail meat, crucian carp, turtle, royal jelly, honey, duck meat, milk, goose meat, tofu pulp, sugar cane, pears and so on.

Third, the food should be matched. In summer, the gastrointestinal function is weakened, so it is necessary to mix well in diet, which will help to enhance the function of the spleen and stomach. Flour, rice and coarse grains should be properly eaten together, coarse grains should be eaten three times a week, and dry food should be properly arranged. Two thins should be eaten in summer, pasta and soybean milk in the morning, Chinese rice and porridge in the evening. In summer, vegetables such as vegetables, melons and beans are the main vegetables, supplemented by vegetarianism. Meat is preferably lean pork, beef, duck and fish and shrimp. The elderly are mainly fish, supplemented by lean pork, beef and duck.

Fourth, don't eat too much and catch cold. Eat less cold food and cold drinks, especially ice, in summer. The digestion and absorption capacity of the spleen and stomach of the elderly is gradually declining, and the digestive function of children and children is not yet full. In summer, they will be invaded by damp heat, which will affect the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. If you eat cold food and drink cold drinks, it will damage your spleen and stomach. Cold food is cold food, and the combination of cold and dampness will make the spleen consume around the stomach, leading to diarrhea and abdominal pain.

Fifth, don't overeat. Don't eat too much in summer, especially dinner. The proverb says, "Eat less and live to ninety-nine." Huangdi Neijing? Su Wen pointed out that "the diet should be moderate" and "not excessive". In particular, the digestion of the elderly and children is not strong, which is even worse in summer. Eating too much can't be digested, which is easy to damage the spleen and stomach and lead to stomach problems. If you are 80% full, your appetite will continue to increase.

Sixth, bitter taste should be eaten often. Summer is very hot, hot and humid. Eating bitter food can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, dry dampness and strengthen spleen, and increase appetite. Eat more bitter food, such as bitter gourd. Sour food can be astringent, and sweating in summer is easy to hurt yin. Eating acid can stop sweating and diarrhea. For example, tomatoes have the functions of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, cooling blood and calming liver, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and lowering blood pressure.

Seven, diet antibacterial dysentery. Bacillary dysentery is one of the most common intestinal infections in summer. This is because in hot summer, gastrointestinal function is easy to be out of balance. Once Shigella invades, it is easy to lose its resistance to pathogens, so that Shigella can reproduce in the intestine and produce toxins, thus producing this disease. The main manifestations are abdominal discomfort or pain, vomiting, diarrhea, defecation more than ten times a day, or twenty or thirty times, acute diarrhea (that is, poor defecation and heavy anal distension), mucus in stool, and even purulent blood. In severe cases, there will be fever, cold limbs and coma. To prevent bacillary dysentery, we must first control "the disease enters from the mouth". Don't eat rotten food and food contaminated by flies and cockroaches. Insist on washing hands before and after meals. Wash raw fruits and vegetables several times with running water, or peel them before eating. During the epidemic period of this disease (or someone at home suffers from bacillary dysentery), eating more garlic can get better preventive effect.