How to treat physical weakness in summer

　　Longhua, Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Gu Yun, director of the Department of Geriatrics, explained that in fact, supplements can be taken all year round, but the supplement methods may be different, and everyone's physical condition is different. Whether and how to supplement are different from person to person.

　　Can I take supplements in summer?

　　In summer, you will lose weight, and your physical fitness will also decline, resulting in the phenomenon of "no disease, three parts deficiency". Whether supplements can be taken depends on whether the body has symptoms of deficiency. Director Gu pointed out that supplements are not limited to seasons. As long as there is a "deficiency" situation, supplements can be taken. However, the supplement method also has certain requirements. Different groups of people and different situations adopt different supplement methods. Director Gu believes that tonic in summer should mainly focus on clearing and nourishing, combined with methods such as strengthening the spleen, dispelling heat, and reducing dampness. Special attention should be paid to protecting the spleen and stomach to avoid feeling greasy. You can choose mung beans, watermelon, loofah, winter melon, tomato , cucumber, duck meat, grass carp, crucian carp, etc., as well as medicinal and edible Tremella fungus, lotus seeds, yam, tangerine peel, hawthorn, etc. In addition to dietary supplements, some nourishing drugs and health products can also be appropriately selected for medicinal supplements, such as American ginseng, Codonopsis pilosula, astragalus, Poria, wheat germ, Shenqu, etc. For people with poor appetite and thick and greasy tongue coating, yam, dangshen, poria, watermelon rind (watermelon rind), lentils, etc. should be used in combination with the method of strengthening the spleen and reducing dampness. According to the principle of "nourishing Yang in spring and summer" in traditional Chinese medicine, Yang Qi can be nourished and strengthened through the nourishment of Fuxia, which can alleviate some chronic diseases that are common in winter due to insufficient Yang Qi. sexually transmitted diseases , and some yang deficiency symptoms can be improved, and some can even be cured.

　　However, traditional Chinese medicine prevents and treats disease Pay attention to syndrome differentiation and treatment. Whether it is a deficiency syndrome or a positive syndrome, a yang deficiency or a yin deficiency, the syndrome must be differentiated by a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner through observation, smell, inquiry, and other methods. You cannot draw conclusions on your own. Before taking dietary supplements or medicinal supplements, it is recommended to be under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.

　　Will old people and weak bodies become "deficiency"?

　　After the age of 40, as the age increases, the functions of everyone's internal organs begin to gradually decline. If properly maintained, diseases or various physical and mental discomforts will not occur. However, many people are often unable to take good care of their bodies due to various reasons, or are troubled by diseases, or are physically and mentally exhausted. Especially in the hot summer season, such conditions as general weakness, loss of appetite, and dizziness are more common. Are these what we usually call "physical weakness"? Director Gu believes that it is easy to feel tired and weak in summer, and it is not all caused by "physical weakness". Deficiency syndrome: Many people say that they are deficient in daily life. What is deficiency syndrome? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "deficiency" means deficiency of healthy qi. "The so-called righteousness refers to a person’s ability to resist disease. Deficiency is mainly due to insufficient disease resistance of the human body. Deficiency syndrome refers to the general term for syndromes in which human body's healthy energy is weak and insufficient. As the name suggests, people with deficiency syndrome are difficult to fight against the invasion of external diseases (pathogenic microorganisms, etc.) and are prone to various diseases. This group of people needs to be replenished. Syndrome of mixed deficiency and excess: The body is weak and the ability to resist disease is insufficient, so disease pathogens can easily invade the body. It is said that "where evils gather, their qi must be deficient." This kind of people have both physical weakness and discomfort reactions caused by disease pathogens invading the body. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the body and eliminate evils, replenish "righteous qi" and eliminate "evil qi" at the same time.

　　Empirical evidence: Reality mainly refers to the cohesion of evil spirits. The evil qi discussed in traditional Chinese medicine include excessive wind, cold, heat, dampness, dryness, and fire in nature, that is, the six exogenous factors caused by external factors, as well as internal evil caused by dysfunction of the internal organs. In summer, heat-dampness is the most common evil.