May 20, 2019
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【投奔初夏】吹冷氣好爽但傷身
#夏天記得保護陽氣
#錯誤消暑反而中暑
#星期一BlueMonday
夏日消暑袪濕小貼士
炎炎夏日要消暑少不免開大冷氣，左手雪糕、右手凍飲誓要透心涼！暑熱容易令汗出過多，有傷津液，以上行為未能消暑之餘，反而有可能令風寒濕邪入侵，影響體內津液運行及脾胃運化失調，適得其反導致中暑！中醫理論認為「人以天地之氣生，四時之法成」，人要順應四季的氣候變化調理身體，在這個初夏季節交替之時，除了要著眼於夏天養心及養陽氣的調理外，潮濕悶熱的天氣下也要好好養脾胃，才可順利排出身體的濕氣，令人更覺精神爽利。所以說，利用正確的方法消暑袪濕才是初夏養生之道！
初夏宜忌：
❌飲食生冷食物，免生寒濕傷脾胃，可以適當食用消暑食材如瓜類
❌常穿緊身衣物，以免未能揮發汗水，加劇皮膚敏感症狀
❌風扇、冷氣直吹，冷氣理想温度為25.5°C
✔外出戴帽或以傘遮陰，穿棉、麻質衣服通爽透氣，驅走汗味
✔規律運動，微微出汗有助排濕
✔曬太陽能養陽氣，但記得不時補充水份及不要曬太長時間
✔抽時間放空腦袋或冥想，夏日宜養心，調養精神情志
✔適量進食酸味食材開胃斂汗，苦味食材清熱除煩
Tips for clear summer heat and dispel dampness
It’s been quite hot and a lot of people turn on air conditioning, have ice cream and cold drinks to cool down. The summer heat can cause people to sweat too much and leading to decrease of body fluids. Actually, the above behaviours cannot clear summer heat but will allow wind-cold and dampness pathogens to attack the body, causing the fluid and spleen and stomach transport to malfunction which leads to heat stroke. Chinese medicine believes that people should have health living according to the four seasons and climate change. During early summer, aside from nourishing your heart and qi, you should strengthen the spleen and stomach in this moist and humid season. Then you can dispel dampness and feel more refreshed. Using the right methods to clear summer heat and dispel dampness is the best way to maintain health in early summer!
Dos & Don’ts in early summer
❌Eat or drink cold/raw food. Coldness and dampness will harm spleen and stomach. Appropriately consume ingredients such as melons to relieve summer heat.
❌Always wear tight materials that will disrupt sweat flow which can worsen skin allergies.
❌Avoid seats near the fan or air condition. The proper temperature of air condition is 25.5°C.
✔Wear a hat or bring an umbrella to protect from sunlight. Wear breathable materials such as cotton or linen to drive away sweat.
✔Exercise regularly. Slightly sweating helps to dispel dampness.
✔Sunbathing helps to raise yang qi. Remember to always drink water and do not sunbathe for long time.
✔Take time out to space out or meditate. It is better to take care of your heart in summer by cultivating your spirit.
✔Appropriately consume sour ingredients to stimulate appetite and suppress sweating. Also eat bittering ingredients can clear heat and relieve irritability.
