"Chinese medicine tea" "Ice cream assassin" hurts you unexpectedly, three teas can help you cool down in the hot summer

Recently, the term "ice cream assassin" has become popular on social media platforms. This "assassin" is actually a person who randomly picks up a seemingly "people-friendly" ice cream from the freezer of a small supermarket. When he takes a bite, he never expects that the unimaginable price will "stab" him from behind. In fact, if you eat a lot of ice cream and other cold drinks, you should also be careful not to "stab" your health. Experts and doctors from the Zhongda Hospital affiliated to Southeast University remind you not to be greedy for coolness in summer, be careful of headaches and other diseases, and try Chinese medicine tea to accompany you to spend the summer.

Eat a big bite of ice cream and you will get an annoying headache. In the scorching summer, air conditioning and cold drinks are the best match. However, the weather is hot and people's spleen and stomach digestive functions are relatively weak. Eating a lot of cold drinks to cool off may cause acute gastroenteritis, with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and may also cause headaches.

Sun Yanjun, deputy chief physician and director of the Pain Department of Zhongda Hospital, said that every summer, many young patients who seek treatment for headaches due to excessive cooling are often diagnosed with headaches caused by consuming cold drinks or using overly cold air conditioners. Their headaches are often located in the middle of the skull, sometimes in the temporal, frontal or posterior orbital regions, and manifest as instantaneous stabbing pain or unbearable pain.

Experts explain that this is mainly because cold drinks can irritate the oral mucosa when they are taken in, which can cause the muscles and blood vessels in the head and face to contract and spasm, causing pain. In hot seasons, the head is prone to sweating outdoors, and the blood vessels are dilated at this time. If you drink cold drinks or the air conditioner blows directly on your head, it may cause abnormal function of the intracranial blood vessels, leading to symptoms such as headaches, dizziness or blackouts. In addition, this type of headache may also be related to paroxysmal discharges of the trigeminal nerve.

In order to prevent pain after cooling down, experts suggest that you should not be too greedy for the moment and avoid swallowing large amounts of cold food quickly. If you have headaches, you should stop drinking cold drinks immediately, or turn up the air conditioner temperature, and apply hot compresses and massage. If there is no relief, you should seek medical attention immediately. In addition, try not to wear off-shoulder or belly-exposing clothing in an air-conditioned room, and keep your head and neck warm.

Three kinds of Chinese medicine teas to cool you down in the hot summer. The "ice cream assassin" is too "fierce", so why not try Chinese medicine teas, which are delicious, mild and healthy. Hou Qian, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Zhongda Hospital, recommends three kinds of teas, which are suitable for all ages, cool down the heat, stimulate the appetite and eliminate dampness.

1. Plum, tangerine peel and licorice tea

Ingredients: 50 grams of black plums, 6 grams of tangerine peel, 3 grams of licorice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: Put the above three ingredients into a pot and add appropriate amount of water. After boiling, add rock sugar and adjust to a moderate sweetness. For diabetic patients, rock sugar can be replaced with xylitol, which also tastes better.

Efficacy: "Suwen·Discussion on the Method of Storing Qi in Time" says: "The heart governs summer, and the heart is bitter and slow, so eat sour food to astringe it." Sourness can astringe, so eating more acidic food in summer can help consolidate the surface and restrain sweat, and prevent the loss of qi and yin. The sour and sweet black plum, tangerine peel and licorice tea can stimulate the appetite and eliminate dampness, and is suitable for the public to drink frequently in summer.

2. Watermelon Cuiyi Tea

Ingredients: Wash and dry the green watermelon rind, a small amount of rock sugar.

Method: Make tea with 10 grams of watermelon rind and add a small amount of rock sugar for flavoring.

Efficacy: Wash and dry the watermelon peel, which is a Chinese medicine called watermelon green rind. It can clear the heart fire. In summer, some people have symptoms of tongue tip swelling and pain, oral ulcers, depression, etc., which are caused by heart fire. They can drink this tea, which has a very good effect. However, it should be noted that people with spleen and stomach deficiency should not drink it.

3. Three-bean drink

Ingredients: 30 grams of coix seed, 30 grams of mung bean, 30 grams of red bean, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: Wash all the ingredients and put them into a pot. Add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cook over low heat until done. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar and it is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Three Bean Drink has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. It is suitable for regular consumption in summer, and children can also drink it with confidence.

Correspondent: Liu Min