Sun Wenyin, a physician in the late Ming Dynasty, has a saying: "If the spleen and stomach are injured, all the five internal organs will be lifeless." The spleen and stomach have a great influence on the five internal organs. The Qi and blood will be deficient, affecting the five internal organs. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes that the spleen and stomach are the foundation of nature. After you are born, all activities that you need to survive must rely on the spleen and stomach. If the spleen and stomach are good, there will be fewer diseases; if the spleen and stomach are injured, all kinds of diseases will occur.
In summer, when you eat ice cream, the air conditioner blows loudly, and you stay up late drinking heavily... this is the time that hurts your spleen and stomach the most. Below we have listed the ten things that hurt the spleen and stomach most in summer and see how many you have done.
The ten most harmful things to the spleen and stomach in summer
1. Eating cold drinks
As soon as summer comes, cold drinks have entered a hot-selling period. Some people eat without restraint, and coldness enters the body.
Cold damages the spleen, and the common manifestations are white and greasy tongue coating, ranging from abdominal pain and diarrhea to nausea and vomiting in severe cases. The way to relieve symptoms of discomfort is to drink some ginger soup. If you feel nauseous and want to vomit, you can also drink some Huoxiang Zhengqi water . When eating cold drinks, it is best to keep them in your mouth for a while to reduce irritation to the spleen and stomach.
2. The air conditioner blows hard
The cold air blown by the air conditioner is external cold, which is also bad for the spleen and stomach. Nowadays, many people are prone to cold stomach pain and even diarrhea when exposed to air conditioners and electric fans, which are all related to the invasion of the spleen and stomach by external cold.
Air conditioning has many evil effects. If you have a scarf or shawl, you can protect yourself from the cold in an air-conditioned room. Your yang energy is very precious. If you can cover it with clothes, don’t use your yang energy to force yourself.
3. Wear clothes that expose the waist and abdomen.
On the streets in summer, many fashionable girls wear navel-baring clothes. The cost of following the fashion is injury to the spleen and stomach. navel is a very important acupoint, named " Shenque point ", and behind it is Mingmen point .
Exposing the waist and abdomen will cause these two important acupuncture points to be invaded by cold evil, which will not only damage the spleen and stomach, but also damage the kidneys and bones. This area must also be covered when sleeping at night.
4. Drinking too much herbal tea
In recent years, herbal tea has gradually "went north" and become a favorite drink among the people. Authentic herbal tea contains cool Chinese herbal ingredients, such as chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, , lotus leaves, etc., which have the effect of removing internal heat. People with internal heat and internal heat can drink some appropriately. But for people whose spleen and stomach are already weak, drinking too much herbal tea will "make matters worse".
Experts point out that herbal tea is not suitable for long-term drinking, and women during menstruation, expectant mothers, parturient women, and young children should not drink too much.
5. Not eating staple food
When summer comes, many people have a bad appetite and do not like to eat staple food. However, Chinese medicine says that "grains provide nourishment". If you don't eat staple food, your spleen and stomach will become weaker and weaker.
If you have a poor appetite, you can eat appetizing foods, such as Sichuan pickles, or cook some health porridge, such as mung bean barley porridge, yam lentil rice porridge, sweet potato oatmeal porridge, etc. are all good choices.
6. Only eat vegetables raw, not cooked.
Cooking in the kitchen on a hot day is a kind of torture, so many people choose cold dishes without turning on the fire or eat them raw. However, cold dishes are too cold, and eating them raw is not easy to digest and will harm the spleen and stomach. There must be a hot dish cooked every day. Melons and beans are rich in nutrients, so you can eat more in summer.
7. Indulge in spicy and heavy flavors
On the streets in summer nights, spicy crayfish , spicy hotpot and other heavy-flavored snacks are the favorites of many people. The humidity in summer is heavy, so eating some spicy food can help dehumidify, whet your appetite and wake up your spleen. However, eating too much can irritate the mucous membranes of the mouth, esophagus and stomach, and can easily cause stomach fire and aphthous ulcers. This You can drink some mung bean soup or eat some watermelon to clear away the heat.
8. Drinking a lot of alcohol
The ancients said that "wine is the most damp and hot ". If you drink too much, it is easy to produce damp heat over time. How to diagnose damp heat? You can look at your tongue. People who drink for a long time have white greasy, yellow greasy tongue coating, and a thick layer of coating on it. This is a sign that dampness and heat have damaged the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach cannot transport water and grain, and water and dampness stay in the body. If you don't pay attention and continue to drink it, over time it will cause further damage to the spleen and stomach, cause qi deficiency and weakness, and even damage the liver and kidneys, manifesting as tremors in the limbs.
9. One meal when hungry and one meal when full.
The spleen and stomach like a regular life. Regular meals and eating slowly are the keys to maintaining the spleen and stomach. If you often go hungry and have a full meal, eat while walking or talk during meals, it will inevitably lead to weak spleen and stomach over time.
10. Stay up late
Summer is long and hot, so many people are used to going to bed late. There are also some office workers who have to stay up late and work overtime in order to work. Staying up late hurts yin, which can easily cause yin deficiency , qi deficiency , which will not only harm the spleen and stomach, but also the five internal organs. If you want to maintain good health, you must take a good " noon nap", that is, you can't go to bed later than 11 o'clock at night, and then sleep for half an hour at noon, which is good for your health.
What should I do if is due to spleen deficiency?
Today, I want to share with you a little action to nourish the spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the key to nourishing the spleen and stomach is to comply with the changing laws of Qi in various organs. Only through the orderly movement and transformation of the spleen and stomach can the whole body be adequately nourished.
The action of raising the arm alone as recorded in Baduanjin uses this mechanism and is very useful for regulating the spleen and stomach.
How to do it:
1. Stand upright, bend your legs and knees slightly, hold your hands in front of your lower abdomen, palms upward.
2. Turn the palm of your left hand and lift it up, turn the palm of your right hand and press down next to your right hip.
3. Spread your palms up and down, and stand straight with your legs at the same time, stretching your entire body.
4. Just hold it for 2 seconds at a time. Return your hands to their original position, close them in front of your lower abdomen, and relax your whole body.
5. After completing one set, switch to your right hand and do it again, repeating 30 times.
Notes: When raising your arms, inhale slowly and tighten your lower abdomen slightly; when lowering your arms, exhale slowly and loosen your lower abdomen slightly.
Source: Appointment with Famous Doctors
