The summer climate is hot, with long days and short nights. Compared to other seasons, people should pay more attention to health and wellness in terms of clothing, food, housing, and transportation. Especially for women, there are more precautions in terms of makeup, dressing, and other aspects.

Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that "summer qi is connected to the heart qi, and sweat is the heart fluid". To maintain health during the beginning of summer, one should go to bed early and wake up early, and pay attention to nourishing yang (because yang energy is on the surface during summer). Only then can it correspond to the growth of all things. Therefore, it is necessary to avoid sweating profusely, and it is absolutely not advisable to blow air into an air conditioner with a very low temperature. Sweating excessively can damage yang, but it is important to maintain a happy mood and avoid getting angry. Anger can harm the liver, while worry can harm the spleen.

Women's Summer Health: 4 Habits and 4 Taboos

suitable

1. Thought should be quiet and peaceful

In the scorching summer, people are prone to stuffiness, restlessness, fatigue, and irritability. So, first of all, you need to calm your mind, be clear headed, and your heart will naturally cool down.

2. Diet should be light and mild

The diet in hot summer should be light, soft, and easy to digest, with less intake of high-fat, thick, and spicy foods that can cause internal heat. A light diet can clear heat, prevent heatstroke, reduce sweating, replenish fluids, and also enhance appetite. Having plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits and vegetables can not only meet the required nutrition, but also prevent heatstroke.

The staple food should be thin, such as mung bean Congee, lotus seed Congee, lotus leaf Congee, etc. You can drink some cool drinks appropriately, such as sour plum soup, chrysanthemum tea, etc. However, cold drinks should be moderate and should not be excessively cold, otherwise it will harm the yin and damage the body. In addition, eating some vinegar can not only stimulate saliva and stimulate appetite, but also inhibit and kill bacteria, and prevent gastrointestinal diseases.

3. Housing should be cool and comfortable

If the indoor temperature is low in the morning and evening, the doors and windows should be opened for ventilation. At noon, the outdoor temperature is much higher than indoors, so it is necessary to tightly close doors and windows, draw curtains, or add a layer of paper gauze to keep the heat away from the outside. In this way, a cool indoor environment will calm the mind and make napping and resting comfortable.

4. Amusement should be quiet and peaceful

In the scorching summer, one should not travel long distances, but seek solace nearby. In the morning, with the first light of dawn and fresh air, one can take a walk and exercise in the lush gardens, breathing in the old and welcoming the new. In the evening, after the sun sets, you can stroll by the river or lake. The cool breeze will calm your mind like water and relieve the fatigue of the day.

avoid

1. Not suitable for using raw water

The so-called raw water refers to cold water that has not been boiled. Raw water contains many pathogenic bacteria, such as sexually transmitted disease pathogens. If the perineum is washed with raw water, the virus in the water may adhere to the external genitalia, labia minora, and even enter the damaged area of the vagina, where it grows and reproduces, causing disease.

2. Not suitable for cutting armpit hair

Some people think that wearing short sleeved or sleeveless dresses in summer with exposed armpit hair is unsightly, so they use scissors to cut it off, and some even use a blade to scrape off the armpit hair. In fact, doing so is harmful to health and can easily cause bacterial infections in the armpit area. It not only causes local pain and discomfort, but also leads to symptoms such as lymph node enlargement.

3. Not suitable for wearing metal jewelry

Sweating is more common in summer, and the nickel and chromium contained in metal jewelry such as earrings, necklaces, and bracelets can dissolve in sweat and penetrate into the skin, causing contact dermatitis.

4. Long stockings should not be worn for a long time

In summer, the temperature is high, and the sweat pores on the human skin are in a relaxed state, releasing heat to maintain normal body temperature. If long socks are worn for a long time, not only will the sweat pores not be able to relax, affecting the discharge of sweat, but the skin metabolites in sweat will also stimulate skin itching and even cause skin inflammation.