24 solar terms: the big board

    (Gregorian calendar July 22 to 24,)

    (grass for RuShu heavy rain for soil embellish bosoms

     【 appropriate 】 tonifying qi, winter heat illness summer cure

    【 avoid 】 loss of appetite, wet summer

     Great heat marks a year to the most hot period began. "Big" to have a "very" mean, weather into the "big" or "hot" weather stage. Great heat when ZhongFu around, in great heat season appear around 40 degrees of humidity in most parts of our country the weather is very common. In this very hot season, note heat-prevention is urgent.

     In ancient China, is divided into three great heat will wait: "wait for a corruption grass; 2 wait for soil RuShu embellish; three wait heavy rain." single Great heat, the firefly worm eggs out, so the ancients thinks fireflies is corruption grass into; The second wait is said it started to get warm, and land is very damp; The third wait is often have large said thunderstorms will occur, the rain has weakened the wet weather started slowly, the transition to the beginning of autumn.

    "Slight heat" to "great heat" this time, the weather changes, the thunderstorm is frequent, while going out with rain gear. Because this time coming "ZhongFu" stage, so one would be wet, hot, whole body and there is always wet sweat, only the daily noon of time would feel some cool meaning, the food is easy to metamorphic during.

    Great heat to the human body, such as cold influence the gas of damage to human body and high temperature heat to the body is a kind of test, this time we must do well for summer.