Middle-aged and elderly people "attack heat with heat", such as drinking hot tea, taking hot baths, and doing physical exercise, which can enhance their physical fitness and prevent diseases in the middle-aged and elderly. The specific method is as follows:

1. Cooling down with hot tea According to data, drinking a cup of hot tea can reduce the body temperature by 1 to 2 °C after 9 minutes, so drink 2 to 3 cups (about 2000 ml) of hot tea (about 2000 ml) every day in midsummer with a temperature of 40 to 50 °C ( It is best to use green tea), which can not only stimulate the expansion of skin capillaries, promote heat dissipation, but also help the digestion and absorption of food. In addition, theophylline in tea has a diuretic effect, and urination can also take away part of the heat, making people feel cool.

2. Three meals are heated. In summer, eating noodles is the favorite of many people. But the elderly should pay attention to the following points: First, it is best not to run cold water after the noodles are cooked; second, the temperature of the noodle soup should be appropriate, and it should not be overheated to prevent scalding the esophagus. In addition, in summer, you can also use some seasonings such as green onions, ginger, and peppercorns in moderation. These spicy and warm seasonings can help yang and eliminate dampness.

3. Take a hot bath In summer, although a hot bath will cause a lot of sweat, the hot water will dilate the capillaries, which is conducive to the heat dissipation of the human body. The elderly can take a bath once every 1 to 2 days. It is best not to take a bath. Those with poor constitution can sit on a chair and take a bath. The water temperature is controlled at about 40 ℃, and each time is 10 to 15 minutes. With little or no soap, cleanse your skin with an emollient body wash. You can also rub the chest and back with a soft towel, which can stimulate and activate the human immune cells in a "dormant" state and improve disease resistance.

4. Hot water foot soaking, massage and other benign stimuli, for dizziness, headache, insomnia caused by nervous system dysfunction, diarrhea, abdominal distension, low appetite and other diseases in the digestive system, as well as frequent urination and dysuria in the genitourinary system , nocturnal emission, dysmenorrhea and other diseases, can play a good therapeutic role.

5. Heat-resistant exercise The specific method of heat-resistant exercise is: take about 1 hour every day to do physical exercises such as running, boxing, fitness dance, walking, etc., each exercise must achieve the purpose of sweating, in order to improve the body's health. Cooling function. However, it should be noted that exercise should not be excessive, especially when the temperature is higher than 28°C and the humidity is higher than 75%, the amount of exercise should be reduced to prevent heat stroke.