As soon as the long summer arrives, various media have made suggestions on summer diet and health preservation. Careful readers find that different articles have quite different views on whether to suffer more. Some people advocate that summer health care should be based on nourishing the heart and suffering more, while others think that eating "bitterness" in summer is not a wonderful method of health care, and the suggestion should be to "save suffering and increase enthusiasm"

The above-mentioned health-keeping views of "fighting" each other have really puzzled many readers: Is it right or wrong? Who should I listen to? In this regard, Chinese medicine experts believe that it is impossible to generalize, and appropriate adjustments should be made according to individual specific conditions on the premise of a balanced diet. For example, people who work outdoors in hot summer can suffer more "bitterness" to clear away heat, fire and dampness; People who stay in the air-conditioned environment of the office for a long time and sweat less will be properly "stimulated" in their diet, or help to promote qi and strengthen yang.

Phenomenon: the idea of "fighting" in summer health?

"I always think that it is safe and reasonable to keep healthy through diet, but I lack common sense in this area, and most of them try it through the introduction of the media or relatives and friends." Ms. Lin is a full-time housewife. In her spare time, she often reads books and newspapers or pays attention to various health topics on the Internet, especially diet health. She found that when the long summer came last Friday, newspapers and the Internet were advocating healthy eating, but some articles had completely different views. Some experts argue that summer health care should focus on nourishing the heart and suffering more, while others think that eating "bitterness" in summer is not a wonderful method of health care, and the suggestion should be to "keep suffering and increase enthusiasm".

"In the past, in this season, the elderly at home loved to eat bitter gourd, saying that it was' summer sleep is better than tonic'." Ms. Lin said that it is precisely because of this that she always thought that summer should be more "bitter". When visiting the food market recently, she found that bitter gourd was very popular, and the stall owners who went to "help" exchanged ideas with some old street shops. It is said that "eat more bitterness" can relieve summer heat and reduce fire. However, she found that some recent articles suggested that summer should be "bitter with bitter", that is to say, eat more spicy food, saying that since ancient times, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, and don't ask a doctor for a prescription."

"These views are' fighting' with each other. Who is right and who is wrong? Who should I listen to? " Ms. Lin, who is really in love, has no opinion.

Experts say: bear hardships and clear the heart, increase the heart and nourish the lungs.

"The reason why people have different views on diet and health in summer is actually caused by different starting points. Advocating bitterness pays attention to reducing heart fire, and advocating' increasing Xin' (Xin is interpreted as spicy here) pays attention to nourishing the lungs. " Professor Lin Guohua, director of the outpatient department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, explained from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine that the functions of the five internal organs of the human body correspond to the changes of the five elements and seasons in nature, among which summer belongs to the "fire" in the five elements and corresponds to the "heart" in the five internal organs. Huangdi Neijing has the saying that "bitterness enters the heart" (bitterness enters the heart) and "heart hates heat". Therefore, many opinions about summer health care all mention "suffering hardship" and "nourishing the heart" by lowering "heart fire".

Similarly, in summer, the "heart fire" is too strong, and the "lung qi" is damaged, while the "pungent into the lungs" in the five elements, if you want to nourish the lung qi, you should "increase the pungent" in your diet. Sun Simiao, the king of medicine in the Tang Dynasty, once put forward in his important book "Thousands of Women" that "it is advisable to save and increase labor in the summer of 72 days to nourish the lungs. "Modern people who often drink cold drinks and lament low-temperature air conditioning in summer are more likely to hurt their lungs because of cold food. Therefore, some experts advocate eating more nourishing things in summer, which will help to promote lung qi.

Everything in the world contains the law of yin and yang, black and white, beautiful and ugly, fragrant and smelly, and food has both sides. After all, everything in the world is not 100% perfect, so we should discuss vegetables further. Besides hunger and health preservation, are there any taboos that will hurt people? We should know everything first; Only in this way can we know what to avoid, and after eating for a day can we be safe and healthy.

1, daylily

▲ Soak for two hours and cook.

Fresh day lily, because it contains "narcissus toxin", can cause allergic symptoms such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. If you eat it raw, you must soak it in water for two hours first, then cook it with strong fire until it is cooked, and it is easy to cause allergies.

Fresh golden yellow dried daylily is afraid of sulfur processing, which will cause food poisoning. Therefore, it is better to soak the dried day lily in warm water for 30 minutes, then blanch it in boiling water 1 minute, and then filter and dry it before cooking, which is safer.

2. Eggplant

▲ Do not eat during menstruation and spleen and stomach deficiency.

Eggplant is cool and slippery, and the spleen and stomach are deficient in cold, so it is not suitable to eat more. Women should also eat as little as possible before and after menstruation. Cooked eggplant will be poisoned and can't be eaten. Eggplant contains ingredients that induce allergies. Eating too much will make people nervous, and people with allergies should avoid eating.

3. taro

▲ People with excessive phlegm and allergic constitution are not suitable.

Taro mucus can irritate the throat mucosa, which may aggravate cough and produce more phlegm, so people who cough a lot of phlegm should not eat it.

Taro's unique mucus will make the palm red, swollen and itchy, but the effective medicinal ingredients are on the mucus, so don't deliberately wash off the mucus before cooking. But people with allergies had better eat less.

4, leeks

▲ Don't eat after drinking warm sex.

Leek is warm, and if you eat too much, you will feel dizzy, especially after drinking.

Patients with wind-heat cold, excessive internal heat, measles, tuberculosis, constipation, hemorrhoids, etc. You shouldn't eat it

The fiber of leek is very thick, so people with digestive tract diseases or indigestion should not eat too much at a time, otherwise they will be bloating and sad.

5. Spinach

▲ Avoid eating with foods with high calcium content.

Spinach contains more grass, and it is easy to form grass after eating with high calcium food. Calcium causes stones, spinach should avoid contact with foods with high calcium content, such as tofu, black sesame seeds, yogurt and so on. , and should not be eaten at the same time in a meal or in a short time, especially those who have stones. It's best to avoid eating.

The most important thing is to distinguish between "suffering" and "increasing enthusiasm"

Should summer diet be "bitter" or "exciting"? Lin Guohua believes that "we can't generalize".

"Lingnan is hot and humid in summer, and eating more bitterness contributes to dryness and dampness in human body." Lin Guohua said that Chinese medicine believes that "bitterness" has three major effects, besides "reducing fire", it can also "dry dampness" (that is, dispel summer heat dampness) and "strengthen yin" (purging fire and hiding yin), so it is reasonable for people in many places in Guangdong to eat more "bitterness" after summer.

Even so, it does not mean that southerners have to "make up for the hardships" in summer. Lin Guohua suggested that whether it is "bitter" or "exciting", it is best to make adjustments according to individual differences on the premise of a balanced diet, instead of copying it mechanically to avoid overeating. For example, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more, so as not to cause adverse reactions such as nausea and diarrhea; However, people with qi deficiency should not eat more spicy things, so as not to hurt vital qi more. In addition, different working environments will also have a great impact on the body, so you can pay more attention to diet to recuperate. For example, people who work outdoors in high temperature and hot summer can suffer more "bitterness" to clear away heat and diarrhea, dispel summer heat and dampness; However, people who stay in the air-conditioned environment in the office for a long time and sweat less, properly adding spices in their diet is conducive to the circulation of qi and blood and yang.

Tip: "Suffering hardships" and "increasing enthusiasm" are both exquisite.

"Summer should be more bitter or bitter? How to eat the effect after syndrome differentiation is also very particular. " Professor Chen Ruifang, director of the Health Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, gave the following tips:

Make good use of cooking and grasp the bitterness and cold.

Bitter vegetables are mostly cold and can clear away heat, but many neighbors worry that eating this food often in summer will hurt their stomachs. In this regard, Chen Ruifang suggested that different people can cook. For example, when young people who really have a fever want to eat bitter gourd to clear away heat and reduce internal heat, it is best to slice it and eat it cold. Because this practice is closer to the original taste, it can play a role in diet therapy.

If you want to enjoy it for the whole family, it's best to make bitter gourd ribs soup: cut bitter gourd into pieces, blanch it with boiling water, then fry it with oil and garlic to reduce its coldness, and then cook it with ribs until it is cooked. After such treatment, the soup and residue are sweet but not bitter, which not only wakes up the stomach, clears away heat and produces fluid, but also does not hurt the spleen and stomach because of being too bitter and cold.

In summer, in addition to bitter gourd, lettuce, towel gourd and bitter vegetable can reduce fire and clear heat, or you can eat some alternately, but you should pay attention to the right amount every time to avoid injury.

Eat more ginger and garlic and less pepper in summer.

Lung qi deficiency should be "enhanced" through diet. Chen Ruifang thinks it's best to choose spicy food, with more ginger, onion and garlic and less pepper. Because ginger, onion and garlic are less irritating than peppers, they are milder. People with lung qi deficiency can nourish yang and replenish qi in summer, so as not to be too hot. What needs special reminder is that Hunan cuisine and Sichuan cuisine have become popular all over the country, and many people will eat spicy food regularly even in summer. On the contrary, such people should be more careful, especially those who are too hot, often stay up late to get angry, or have chronic conjunctivitis or other digestive diseases, constipation and hemorrhoids, and they should not get sick because of eating spicy food.