Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - The heat in summer can easily lead to qi and yin deficiency in the body. What should we do?

The heat in summer can easily lead to qi and yin deficiency in the body. What should we do?

On hot days, more and more people feel that their physical strength is worse than in spring. They have no appetite for eating, poor sleep quality, are easily irritable, their feet are particularly sore when climbing stairs, and they are prone to asthma. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to these as Fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, lack of breath and laziness, dizziness, hot flashes and night sweats, tinnitus and forgetfulness, irritability and insomnia are attributed to deficiency of Qi and Yin. "In summer, there is no disease and three points of deficiency." Although everyone hides in air-conditioned rooms during the day and night, they are still surrounded by heat when they go in and out. There is a folk proverb that "a good man cannot make six months' money", but now everyone enjoys and takes pride in being busy. No one is willing to slow down in the summer. It is inevitable that the body will be relatively weak in the summer. The "deficiencies" in summer are mainly Qi deficiency and Yin deficiency. "Deficiency is the main factor in summer." Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the human body is a dynamically balanced system. When your qi, blood, yin, and yang are balanced, your body will be healthy. According to Western medicine, when your body’s immune function is normal, you are less likely to get sick. The principle of both is the same. Due to various reasons, the human body can suffer from the following 7 types of deficiency: 4 types of deficiency of yin, yang, qi and blood, 3 complications of deficiency of qi and yin, deficiency of qi and blood, and deficiency of both yin and yang. ***7 types. Among these seven types, Qi deficiency, Yin deficiency, and Qi and Yin deficiency account for a large proportion. In today's fast-paced society, everyone consumes more righteousness, tired of work, and miscellaneous things. Middle-aged and elderly people often have Qi deficiency, Yin deficiency, or both Qi and Yin deficiency. Here, fatigue, palpitation, shortness of breath, lack of breath and laziness are symptoms of qi deficiency; while dizziness, hot flashes, night sweats, tinnitus, forgetfulness, irritability and insomnia are symptoms of yin deficiency. Specifically, the main manifestations of yin deficiency are weight loss and upset. Irritability and bad temper; often thirsty and like to drink cold drinks; night sweats, sweating and fever in the palms and soles; yellow urine and red tongue, dry stool, constipation; often red and hot face; poor sleep, etc.