Starting from the summer solstice, it is accompanied by continuously rising temperatures and continuous rainfall. Hot weather can cause excessive physical exhaustion, often leading to loss of appetite, fatigue, and even accompanied by low fever (body temperature fluctuating between 37 ℃ and 37.4 ℃), which are all symptoms of bitter summer and affect our work and life.
On the summer solstice, which is the peak time for yang energy, we recommend a summer solstice egg. Drinking a bowl of it every day can not only eliminate bitter summer, but also nourish the body, nourish the heart and calm the mind, regulate the balance of yin and yang in the human body, and play a role in treating winter diseases in summer.
How to make this summer solstice egg?
Preparation: 5 eggs, 20 red dates, 80g ginger, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar
Method:
1. After cooking the eggs, peel them and set aside.
2. Put clean water into the pot, add chopped ginger shreds, red dates, and an appropriate amount of brown sugar and bring to a boil.
3. Add eggs and simmer on low heat for another 20 minutes. When eating, ginger shreds, red dates, and soup can all be eaten.
In fact, the custom of eating eggs on the summer solstice has a long history and is a traditional Chinese medicine nourishment. Usually, farmers eat a summer solstice egg during busy farming hours to relieve fatigue, replenish energy, and strengthen the body and stomach.
Ginger jujube tea, which is used for cooking eggs, is also an essential tea drink every summer for dispelling dampness, dispelling cold, tonifying deficiency, and nourishing blood. The summer solstice eggs cooked with it have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, nourishing the mind, and calming the mind.
Eating soup and eggs together can also eliminate accumulated cold and dampness toxins in the body, promote blood circulation and tonify blood, and have the effect of treating winter diseases in summer.
But I also want to remind everyone that the following types of people need to control their intake of summer solstice eggs:
1. Hepatitis patients
2. Kidney disease patients
3. High fever patients

Summer solstice has arrived, and in addition to paying attention to heatstroke prevention, we also need to strengthen the spleen and stomach, replenish physical strength for the human body. Therefore, starting from the summer solstice, let's have a summer solstice egg every day.

02 Summer Solstice Moxibustion, worry free throughout the year
The "acupuncture and moxibustion and Moxibustion Dacheng" contains the method of navel steaming for treatment: when the summer solstice is at the right time, when the winter solstice is at the right time... when the four seasons are combined, the nature of the whole world is verified by moxibustion.
The meaning is to apply hot compress to the navel during the Youshi period of the summer solstice and the Yinshi period of the winter solstice, which can use the positive energy of heaven and earth to achieve the effect of treating diseases and maintaining health without diseases!
According to the health preservation theory of "harmony between heaven and man" in traditional Chinese medicine, during the summer solstice, the yang energy of the human body reaches its peak. Moxibustion therapy can better exert its effects of supporting yang, dispelling cold, and eliminating winter diseases, so that the yang energy of the human body can be elevated and uplifted, and the external rheumatism and heat pathogenic factors are less likely to invade.
At this time, in addition to moxibustion on the navel, people with a deficiency cold constitution can also moxibustion on the Dazhui acupoint and Mingmen acupoint.
In summer, yang floats outside, and overeating cold and cool food can cause many digestive system problems, such as stomach pain, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc. Therefore, it is particularly important to protect the spleen and stomach in summer.
When there are problems with the spleen and stomach, moxibustion on Zhongwan and Zusanli is a good choice, and moxibustion on Tianshu acupoint can also be used.
Conventional methods of moxibustion: During the summer solstice season, moxibustion should be done 3-4 times a week for about 15 minutes each time. Moxibustion can be carried out by holding a moxa stick, or separated by ginger for 3-5 days. Moxibustion boxes can also be used. The frequency and duration of moxibustion should be adjusted flexibly according to individual physical condition.
You must do this during the summer solstice of 03
1. Emotional regulation
In the hot summer, it is advisable to regulate and calm the mind, often like ice and snow in the heart, that is, "the mind is calm and naturally cool.". Summer corresponds to the heart, and the heart corresponds to joy. Especially during the summer solstice, which is the extreme solar term of summer yang, it is important to maintain happiness and mental health. Avoid laziness, boredom, anger, and depression.
2. Living and recuperation
Go to bed late and wake up early, take a warm bath every day, and take a nap at noon: enter the best sleep state before midnight (23:00 to 1:00) at night, and take a nap from 11:00 to 13:00 during the day. The principle of taking a nap at noon is to take a nap and take a nap at noon.
3. Exercise and recuperation
When the evening is cooler, it is advisable to take a walk or jog by the water, in parks, in courtyards, etc. It is not advisable to engage in vigorous activities. Excessive sweating can damage yin qi and yang qi.
4. Eliminating heat and prickly heat toxins
Heat rash is a common acute skin inflammation in hot summer. Mild symptoms can be treated by wiping prickly heat powder, taking frequent showers and changing clothes, which will subside within a few days.
Taking a bath with mugwort leaves can effectively prevent heat rash. 30-50 grams of dried mugwort leaves, boil a large pot of water, pour it into the bathtub when the water temperature is moderate, detoxify and relieve itching.
During the summer solstice, Ai takes care of herself and has no worries throughout the year. Eating eggs during the summer solstice ensures that all illnesses do not occur.