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Summer Health Care Must Prevent Fire<br>Other

🔑 Keywords: TCM Health Care · In hot summer weather, failing to pay attention to health care easily leads to “internal fire,” so special attention must be paid to preventing fire.<br>(1) Prevent “external fire”—high ambient temperatures. Prevention measures include avoiding direct sunlight exposure, wearing sun hats when outdoors or working, and maintaining a quiet, clean indoor environment with good ventilation and cooling to prevent external heat from invading internally.<br>(2) Prevent “internal fire”—internal heat resulting from imbalance of yin and yang in the body. Common types include:<br>1. Heart fire—heart fire is divided into deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire manifests as low-grade fever, night sweats, palpitations, restlessness, insomnia, forgetfulness, dry mouth, red tip of the tongue. People with deficiency fire may drink lotus seed and rice porridge regularly or brew herbs like raw Rehmannia and Ophiopogon for tea. Excess fire presents as recurrent oral ulcers, dry mouth, short red urine, irritability, and red tip of the tongue. Those with excess fire may use Daochi San or Niuhuang Qingwei Wan to clear heat.<br>2. Organ fire—dry cough without phlegm or sticky phlegm, sometimes with traces of blood, tidal fever, night sweats, hot palms and soles, insomnia, flushed cheeks, dry mouth and tongue, hoarse voice, red tender tongue. People with organ fire may eat porridge made from jujubes and rice or drink tea brewed with Adenophora and winter wheat.<br>3. Stomach fire—also divided into deficiency and excess. Excess fire manifests as increased appetite, hunger, epigastric discomfort, bitter taste, dry mouth, hard stools. Those with excess stomach fire may drink tea made from Gardenia and Bambusa. Deficiency fire presents as mild cough, reduced appetite, constipation, bloating, red tongue with little coating. Such individuals may consume nourishing fluids like pear juice, sugarcane juice, honey, etc.<br>4. Liver fire—commonly presents as high blood pressure, severe headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste and bad breath, irritability, pain in both flanks, restlessness, red edges of the tongue. Treatment includes Longdan Xiegan Tang or pills.<br>Anyone suffering from internal fire should receive medication alongside increased fluid intake to cool and clear heat, regulate body temperature, eat more fruits to fight inflammation and cool off, maintain a calm mind, avoid haste, anger, and suppress inner fire to achieve the state of “calm mind brings natural coolness” and prevent self-generated internal fire.

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