The foods eaten for health in summer solar terms are: 1, Cao Xian. Cao Xian, also known as Cao Xian and Xiancao, is a kind of medicinal and edible plant. Its stems and leaves can be picked and dried to make Cao Xian. 2. tomatoes Tomatoes are slightly cold, belonging to the spleen and stomach, which can help clear away heat and detoxify and have sunscreen function. 3. mung beans. Mung beans are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and have the functions of relieving summer heat, clearing away heat and detoxifying. In hot weather, drinking mung bean soup is a good way to relieve summer heat. 4. Lotus seeds. Lotus seed has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart, and lotus seed heart has a better effect of clearing heat and removing fire, and can be used as tea.

Great summer heat, one of the 24 solar terms, is the last solar term in summer. Combat refers to c; The solar calendar is120; July 22-24 of Gregorian calendar. "Summer heat" is heat, and summer heat is extremely hot. Summer heat is relatively mild and hot, and it is the clearest and hottest solar term in a year, and "damp-heat steaming" reaches its peak at this time. Climatic characteristics of summer: high temperature and scorching heat, frequent thunderstorms and typhoons.

The summer solar term is the hottest time of the year, just before and after the "midsection" of the "dog days". In summer, the sun is like fire, the temperature is high, the humidity is high, and there is much rain. Although it is inevitable to suffer from high temperature and humidity, it is very beneficial to the growth of crops, and crops grow fastest during this period.

Since ancient times, there has been a folk custom of drinking herbal tea (tea) in the dog days of midsummer; Fucha, as its name implies, is a kind of tea to drink in dog days. This kind of tea boiled with Chinese herbal medicine has the function of cooling and dispelling summer heat. In addition, there are customs such as burning incense and drying ginger. "Great Summer" is the hottest and wettest season of the year, and the focus of health care at this time is "heatstroke prevention" and "dampness elimination".