1, medicinal porridge

Li Shizhen, a famous doctor, highly praised the health care function of medicated porridge. He said: "Eat a big bowl of porridge every day. If you are hungry, it will be ready when you are full of energy. The tonic is not fine, but it is extremely soft and greasy, which is compatible with the stomach. It is also the most wonderful diet. " Medicinal porridge is suitable for the elderly, children and people with weak spleen and stomach function. Therefore, the ancients said that "porridge is the best in the world" and "two rice meals are better than a big bag of ginseng and astragalus".

"Six Books on Medicine" praised: "Japonica rice porridge is used in Kundan biochemical cultivation, and glutinous rice porridge is a wonderful product for warming stomach and nourishing qi". It can be seen that porridge is important to people. Medicinal porridge is beneficial to human body, but it is not omnipotent. According to everyone's different physique and diseases, we should choose the right medicine and cook porridge to achieve satisfactory results.

drink water

In summer, water is also an indispensable substance for human body. Due to the hot weather, the human body's water evaporates and consumes too fast, so it needs to be replenished in time. It is best to drink boiled water at ordinary times. You can also drink mung bean water, chrysanthemum tea and other herbal teas to relieve summer heat, drink more sugary salt water and sweaty tea, properly supplement salt and minerals, maintain the electrolyte balance of the body and avoid dehydration.

In midsummer, the sun's heat drops, the smoke is suffocating, the water vapor rises and the humidity is full. So in this season, there are more people who feel damp and evil. In traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is a yin evil, which tends to be downward, heavy and sticky, easily deterring qi movement and damaging Yang Qi. Dietotherapy and medicated diet should clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

The ancient book says, "The great is extremely hot." The degree of heat is from small to large, followed by beginning of autumn, which is in line with the law of extremes meet, and we can see the degree of heat in summer.