An expert specializing in health management and nutrition gives Lujiazui workers advice on dietary therapies, illness prevention, and medical treatment. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A salon on how to keep healthy over the long hot summer was launched recently in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area of Shanghai.

General health and well-being is often linked with many of the key tenets of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). TCM is built on a foundation of more than 2,500 years of Chinese medical practice that includes various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, exercise, and dietary therapy.

Some of the foods that health management experts suggest eating over the long hot summer. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

An expert specializing in health management and nutrition gave a selection of workers from Lujiazui advice on dietary therapies, illness prevention, and medical treatment.

She said that the diet in summer should consist of mild flavors and fruits such as yellow peaches, grapes, watermelon, figs, pears, and Hami melon (a type of cantaloupe named after Hami, Xinjiang).

The expert also suggested drinking cold mung bean and adzuki bean soups, helping to provide relief from the stifling summer heat.

Attendees experience a popular TCM treatment for sunstroke – scraping a patient's neck, chest or back with special tools, at a salon on ways to keep healthy in summer held in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Some attendees experienced a popular TCM treatment for sunstroke, which entailed scraping a patient's neck, chest or back with special tools.

The organizers of the event said they wished for local workers to learn some basic TCM knowledge and dietary therapies, in order to help them stay healthy.