The sweltering summer heat, especially since the start of the dog days of summer, has made many residents feel uncomfortable. How can one maintain health scientifically during this period? Recently, Zhang Kezhen, the chief physician of Beijing Taijitang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, offered some suggestions to netizens.
I. Sanfu Patch is in Season
The hottest days of summer (the "Dog Days of Summer") are when the outside temperature is at its highest, making it the most suitable time to receive Sanfu Patch treatment at the hospital. Because of the high outside temperature, the skin's sweat glands are open, allowing accumulated cold and dampness to be expelled through the skin under the influence of the medicine, which is very beneficial to health. Especially for some stubborn illnesses caused by cold, the effects of Sanfu Patch treatment during this time should be better than at other times.
2. Eating ginger in summer replenishes internal heat.
Zhang Kezhen pointed out that in summer, the internal organs are naturally at a lower temperature. However, due to the high external temperature and excessive skin openness, internal heat dissipates outward through the skin. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes nourishing Yang in spring and summer, and nourishing Yin in autumn and winter, with the saying "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Why eat some ginger in summer? Because ginger is warming, which helps to compensate for the excessive outward dissipation of internal heat.
3. Excessive exposure to cold can easily lead to diarrhea.
Many people eat bitter and cold foods and drink iced beverages to cool off in the summer. Zhang Kezhen points out that this is a health misconception. Drinking cold things at this time can easily lead to gastrointestinal diseases, causing diarrhea, abdominal pain, and a series of other problems. In addition, attention should be paid to the air conditioning temperature; the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors should not be too large in an attempt to cool down. Especially when people enter an air-conditioned room from the hot outdoors, if they are sweating a lot, turning the air conditioner up high and blowing directly into them is particularly bad for their health and can even cause colds and fevers.
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