A Book That Addresses Women's Health Issues

Chapter 63 Eating beans in long summer not only invigorates the spleen and dampness, but also nourishes the skin and eliminates wrinkles

In order to spend the long summer safely and healthily, we should focus on preventing dampness, and the key to preventing dampness is to invigorate the spleen and dry dampness.If our body is full of yang energy, it is naturally difficult for dampness to invade.Changxia is the third month of summer, which corresponds to the sixth month of the lunar calendar, including the four solar terms from Dashu to Bailu.Changxia belongs to the lunar wet soil in the five luck and six qi.The summer heat and humidity are the heaviest in the long summer. In most areas of our country, the long summer is hot and rainy, and damp diseases are more common in this season.Damp evil is most likely to invade our spleen and stomach.Once the spleen is "acquired", it can't do its job, or it can only be used as half a person.Nutrients cannot be transported out, we feel as if we have not digested, so the appetite will naturally decrease, and sometimes we will have diarrhea.Although you eat less at this time, you don't digest how much you eat, so obesity will follow.Moreover, it is relatively hot at this time, and we will eat a lot of cold drinks, which will cause more moisture to stay in the body and affect the function of the spleen and stomach.When the moisture in our body accumulates more and more, we will feel particularly sleepy.But the weather is hot, it is easy to sweat, and the qi goes out with the body fluid. If you sweat too much, the body's righteousness will be consumed, and if the righteousness is insufficient, people will feel tired.

In some parts of southern my country, there is a custom of drinking ginger tea in summer, which is actually to nourish the spleen yang and dehumidify.A female friend has always been in good health on weekdays, but something went wrong during the long summer.I always feel sluggish, mentally exhausted, and sometimes feel nauseous, and I don’t like to move.She was very puzzled, she didn't fall ill during the hottest summer, why did she fall down in the long summer season?In fact, her situation was caused by Chang Xia!Prevent dampness, invigorate the spleen and stomach, and survive the long summer In order to spend the long summer safely and healthily, we should focus on preventing dampness, and the key to preventing dampness is to strengthen the spleen and dry out dampness.If our body is full of yang energy, it is naturally difficult for dampness to invade.At this time, female friends can eat more legumes that have the effect of invigorating the spleen and promoting dampness.Beans suitable for eating in summer include mung beans, white lentils, kidney beans, red beans, green beans, snow beans, black beans, etc. These beans are most suitable for strengthening the spleen when cooking porridge with rice.

Not only that, beans also have a good beauty effect. For example, the content of amino acids in snow peas is the highest among all beans, which has a good effect on beauty and beauty; green beans can nourish the five internal organs, nourish the liver and improve eyesight; Mung bean is a good product for heatstroke prevention, especially effective in resolving dry lips, mouth sores, prickly heat, acne, etc. Eating more black beans can nourish the kidney and prolong life, and make the hair black and shiny.Long summer is also the best time for us to lose weight: on the one hand, we can maintain our basic metabolism with a light diet; on the other hand, we can do more exercise to increase consumption.It's easy to deal with those little fat meats who can't go down in winter.In order to prevent moisture, we usually eat more foods that can clear away heat, dampness, and detoxify, such as bitter gourd, watermelon, fresh peach, dark plum, strawberry, tomato, mung bean, cucumber, etc.Avoid overeating in life, eat less raw and cold food, eat less greasy food and a lot of meat, these foods are prone to produce or aggravate internal dampness, and aggravate symptoms.Usually, you should also prepare some Shenling Baizhu pills at home (available in general pharmacies, and the medicinal properties are relatively slow). Once you have spleen and stomach discomfort, abdominal pain and diarrhea, you can use it to relieve temporary symptoms.If the discomfort increases, you must go to a regular hospital for treatment.In addition, develop good living habits.In summer, the human body sweats a lot, the pores are open, and it is easy to be attacked by wind and cold air.Therefore, when you sleep, you should cover your chest and abdomen with a thin cotton blanket or towel to prevent cold; don't let the electric fan or air conditioner blow directly, and don't wash your head and feet with cold water.

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