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What is the best health soup for Cantonese people to drink in dog days?
In summer, the human body is full of yang, sweating frequently, and water and nutrition are seriously lost. Especially in the hot weather in dog days, if you want to cool down and relieve summer heat, have some health soup, which can not only nourish and moisten dryness, but also prevent heatstroke and cool down.

1, stewed old duck soup with white gourd, ginger and yaozhu

Ingredients: a catty of wax gourd, one or two pieces of ginger, an old duck, three or two pieces of lean pork, one piece of dried tangerine peel and a little salt.

Practice: Jiang Yaozhu soaks, and the continent fights. Wax gourd with skin and melon kernel, bite, cut into thick slices. Wash the old duck, remove hair and viscera, cut the head and tail of the duck, cut the edge, cut it into four pieces, and boil it in boiling water for five minutes. Wash lean meat and dried tangerine peel. Add water to the casserole, boil it until the water boils, then add the ingredients, continue to cook for three hours on medium fire, add a little salt to taste, and serve. Efficacy: This soup has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, nourishing and beautifying. If you are weak, debilitated, lack of body fluid and dry skin, you can use this soup as a diet therapy. ?

2. Bitter gourd, soybean and lily sparerib soup

Ingredients: 500g of bitter gourd, 80g of soybean, 30g of fresh lily, 400g of ribs and 4 slices of ginger. Practice: Wash bitter gourd, remove seeds and cut into thick slices; Soak soybeans and wash them; Wash fresh lily; Wash the ribs and cut them into sections. First, put the ribs, ginger, soybeans and bitter gourd into a casserole, add 2500ml of clear water (about 10 bowl), boil it with strong fire, then simmer for about 1 hour, add fresh lily and cook for about 10 minute, and add appropriate amount of salt. This quantity can be used by 3-4 people. Efficacy: Bitter gourd, soybean and lily sparerib soup is a common tonic soup in Guangdong folk, especially in Chaoshan area in summer. Now on this basis, lily is added to moisten the lungs, making it more nourishing and moistening the lungs, more peaceful, clearing away heat without hurting yang, nourishing but not greasy, and it is a clean and delicious family soup suitable for all ages.

3. Tofu brain fish soup: 500 grams of local crucian carp, 2 pieces of tofu brain, 80 grams of tofu brain, 3 slices of ginger and 8 bowls of water. Practice: Wash zucchini, peel and cut into thick slices; Wash yuba, soak it soft, and cut into sections; Slaughter and clean crucian carp, scrape off the black film in the abdomen, drain the water and fry both sides with a little oil; Pour 8 bowls of water into an earthenware pot and bring to a boil. Add all the ingredients and bring to a boil. Turn the heat down and cook for an hour. Season with salt and drink. Efficacy: Relieve summer heat, stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen and moisten intestines, eliminate food stagnation and lose weight. Jiegua, also known as Maogua, is a seasonal vegetable in summer. Its meat is tender and smooth and tastes sweet. Regular consumption has the effects of relieving summer-heat, quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.