What are the benefits of drinking more salt and boiled water in summer? What about sugar water?

In summer, the weather is hot and sweaty, so we need to replenish water. From a medical point of view, salty boiled water is most beneficial to human health. When people sweat too much or have diarrhea and dehydration, salty boiled water has the greatest affinity for cells and can quickly enter dehydrated cells. When tired, it can relieve lactic acid accumulation and eliminate fatigue immediately. For example, when blood is sticky and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases may be in danger of infarction, salty boiled water is the best diluent and blood stasis removing agent. Salty boiled water means boiling water with a little salt. It is simple and convenient to make, economical and practical, and really beneficial to health.

Drinking sugar water is beneficial to promote metabolism and make the brain have enough energy, which is suitable for students and other brain users. Drinking too much can lead to diabetes and obesity, so it is recommended to drink only half a cup every day, not before going to bed.

The efficacy of salty boiled water and sugar water

Drink a glass of light salt water on an empty stomach every morning to clean the stomach, pass the stool, protect the mouth, prevent bacteria and prevent colds.

Salt is not only an essential condiment, but also has great health care function. Chinese medicine believes that salt has the effects of detoxification, clearing away heat and moistening dryness. The most powerful explanation is that scrubbing the wound with salt can diminish inflammation. In terms of health, salt has brought people a lot of help. When you are eating unsanitary food, or eating too much and miscellaneous, and feel abdominal pain, you can take a sip of light salt water every 15 minutes (it is best to bake the salt until it is slightly yellow first). If constipation is caused by eating fried food, you may wish to drink a glass of light salt water on an empty stomach in the morning.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that salt has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, salt can "harmonize viscera, eliminate lodging and make people strong". Therefore, drinking a cup of light salt water on an empty stomach after getting up in the morning is conducive to reducing fire and benefiting the kidney, keeping the stool unobstructed and improving the digestion and absorption function of the stomach.

When the throat is inflamed, you can drink a glass of salt water in the morning. Several times a day, it has anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects.

Old people often wash their throats with light salt water to prevent respiratory tract infection.

Sugar water is the general name of Guangdong Han dessert snacks, belonging to Cantonese cuisine. There are many kinds, such as bean paste, lotus seed syrup and so on. Basically, some fire-fighting materials are boiled with water and sugar, which is very refreshing and is the favorite snack of Cantonese people.

Sugar water, like soup, has the function of nourishing health. There are many materials that can be used as syrup. Different materials have different effects, some are cold, some are hot and dry. According to different main materials and different auxiliary materials, the complementary effect can be achieved.

Experts say that drinking sugar water can relieve irritability and insomnia. When you are restless and unable to sleep, drinking sugar water can produce a lot of serotonin in your body and help you sleep.

In fact, the two main components of cough syrup commonly used for relieving cough in children at night are not much different from ordinary sugar water. Therefore, sugar water also has a certain cough relieving effect, but it cannot be used as medicine.