Why do we need to prevent "cold" in summer?

Do you need cold protection in summer? In hot summer, people often pay attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling, but ignore the harm of cold and humidity to people.

Excessive eating raw cold, blowing air conditioner, taking cold bath and other artificial cooling methods.

1. The rooms where people live in cities are air-conditioned and open day and night, which is very easy to cause the body to suffer too much cold. If you are not careful, you can also have facial paralysis. 2. Working environment the central air conditioner is turned on too much, so that many white-collar workers have to prepare sweaters to prevent the evil invasion of wind and cold. 3. Summer is a supermarket for cold drinks and cold food. People's diet is mainly ice cream, iced coffee, iced drinks and cold dishes, such as cold bitter gourd, cold cucumber and cold tomato. What's more, drink cold beer every day.

1. Improve the living environment.

Try to avoid living in low, damp places. More windows should be opened for ventilation in sunny days, and less windows should be opened in rainy days when the outside humidity is too high, or the dehumidification function of electric fan, air conditioner, electric blanket and iron should be used to ensure that the indoor humidity does not exceed 60%, so as to ensure that the clothes are dry and fresh and free from cold and humidity.

2. Avoid the evil of external cold and dampness.

Don't avoid the heat and cool in summer. Don't sleep outdoors or in a ventilated place indoors. Don't blow the electric fan directly to the human body during nap or sleep at night. Don't adjust the temperature of the air conditioner too low. Don't be naked when it's hot. It's best to wear a vest or cover your abdomen with a towel to avoid feeling cold at night. Sweat clothes should be kept out of the water and avoid getting wet as much as possible. When your head and body are sweating profusely, you must not rush your body with cold water for the sake of instant happiness.

3. Adjust your diet and eat less raw and cold fruits.

In particular, the elderly, children and the infirm and sick should not indulge in cold food and drink, and should properly eat some medicine and food with the function of strengthening the spleen, thickening the intestines and dehumidification, such as lentils, mung beans, coix seed, yam, Euryale ferox, red adzuki beans, lotus seeds, etc.

4. Old and frail people with deficiency of spleen and kidney yang.

When necessary, it can use the agent of warming the kidney, strengthening the spleen and helping Yang, such as aconite, dried ginger, Atractylodes macrocephala, yam, Poria cocos and coix seed, so as to enhance the physique and reduce the evil of cold and dampness.   

In summer, while preventing heatstroke and cooling, don't ignore the prevention of "cold".