Secrets for getting through the dog days

In the scotching sauna weather, many people find ways to relieve heat and sunstroke. Today let us learn how to get through the dog days from a famous TCM practitioner.

Firstly, people often experience decreased appetite in the scotching summer. Many of them eat plenty of cold watermelons and drink iced water instead of having the normal three meals a day. In reality, eating some high–protein foods such as bean products, duck, beef, mutton and fish could relieve summer heat. "If one eats too much cold food, the heat cannot get out of the body, and this easily makes people get sunstroke," said Zhao Liren, the famous TCM practitioner.

Secondly, people often suffer from stiff neck in the dog days. Many people turn on the air conditioners and go to sleep at night. Low indoor temperature is the 'hidden killer' which causes stiff neck, because the pores in the skin are blocked and the normal operation of blood is affected. The temperature of the air conditioner should be controlled about 25 to 26 degrees Celsius in summer.

Thirdly, people are prone to acne in sauna weather. Some young people wash faces with cold water after they come back from the outside, which blocks the pores in the skin and leaves toxin in the face. Some other persons always take a bath with cold water, stimulation of the skin and sudden capillary contraction easily cause many diseases. The reasonable approach is to have a warm bath or clean the body with lukewarm water after the sweat eliminates.