Bitter gourd dispels heart fire, and lotus root prevents autumn dryness.
Bitter gourd: Bitter gourd has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxicating, improving eyesight, benefiting qi and replenishing essence.
Hot thirst: 1 slice of fresh bitter gourd, cut off the pulp, slice and decoct in water;
Heatstroke: Take 1 fresh bitter gourd, cut off the pulp, put it in tea, cover it, hang it in a ventilated place, and dry it in the shade. Take 6 ~ 9g of tea and 6 ~ 9g of bitter gourd each time, and replace tea with water decoction or boiling water immersion.
Common home-cooked dishes include "fried frog with cold melon", "ribs with cold melon" and "stuffed cold melon". The simplest thing is to cook bitter melon soup: take half a catty of fresh bitter melon, remove the pulp and cut into pieces, add 100g lean meat and cut into pieces, add appropriate amount of water to the pot and cook together, and add appropriate amount of salt to taste after cooking. This soup has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.
Lotus root: Lotus root is sweet in taste and flat in nature. It has the effects of diminishing inflammation, removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and dampness, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
Moistening lung and resolving phlegm: Wash and peel fresh white lotus root, squeeze it into lotus root juice, mix it with honey, and drink it every morning to prevent autumn dryness, moisten lung, relieve cough and resolve phlegm.
Removing blood stasis: choose tender lotus root, wash it, peel it and eat it raw. Eating at this time will help to resolve the blood stasis in the maternal body.
Common home-cooked dishes include fried lotus root slices, diced lotus root, fried lotus root box, steamed lotus root box, or used to cook lotus root soup: cut half a catty of fresh lotus root into pieces, add half a catty of ribs, add appropriate amount of water to the pot, and add appropriate amount of salt to taste after cooking. This soup has the effect of clearing dryness.
Medicinal tonic: it should be based on clearing tonic and flat tonic.
"Autumn tonic should be based on clearing and leveling." According to Liu Jiaoshou, the decoction for clearing summer heat and benefiting qi made by Wang Mengying, a food doctor in Qing Dynasty, played a great role in saving energy at this time. Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Radix Ophiopogonis, Herba Dendrobii, japonica rice, and Radix Glycyrrhizae are mainly used for invigorating qi and promoting fluid production; Watermelon Cui Yi, Rhizoma Coptidis, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Lotus Root, and Bamboo Leaves are used to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, induce diuresis and relieve annoyance, which have good effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production. In a word, the tonic now mainly focuses on nourishing yin and invigorating qi-
Common drugs for nourishing yin are Lycium barbarum, Scrophularia, Polygonatum odoratum, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc., all of which can promote the secretion of body fluids and have immunomodulatory effects.
Common tonics are ginseng, astragalus, atractylodes macrocephala and poria, which can replenish qi and nourish yuan. However, the dosage is difficult to handle, and it is best to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.