Xiaoman is one of the twenty-four solar terms and the second solar term in summer. Xiaoman-refers to the summer crops with full seeds, but not yet mature, just small and not yet full. Every year from May 20th to 22nd, when the sun reaches 60 degrees, it is in full bloom.

When the solar terms are small, the diet should be light to facilitate digestion. Eat more foods that clear away heat and promote diuresis, such as mung bean porridge, lotus leaf porridge and red bean porridge. In order to facilitate the excretion of damp-heat evil in the body. At the same time, you can also eat corn, sorghum, melon and other foods.

In addition, it is also important to make soup as much as possible during the small season. At this time, there are mung bean sprout clam soup, balsam pear kapok beef soup, Hu Aishan red bean zucchini pigsty soup, shepherd's purse ginger fish head soup, salt and pepper old hen pork tripe soup, American ginseng red date sashimi soup, and chicken feet soup. These soups have the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin, eliminating dampness, warming the stomach and nourishing the body.

But at this time, you should not eat greasy, moist and moist food, such as animal fat and fishy fish. Try to eat less sour and spicy food, such as raw onion, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, pepper, fennel, cinnamon, leek, eggplant, mushroom, marine fish, shrimp, crab and other seafood, cattle, sheep, dogs, goose and so on.