Health food in summer and solar terms
1, vinegar
Vinegar is essential in cooking, especially in summer dishes. In summer, bacterial reproduction is active and intestinal infectious diseases increase. At this time, vinegar can kill all kinds of germs.
2. Duck meat
Duck is sweet, salty and cold. According to the treatment principle of "heat is cold" in traditional Chinese medicine, it is especially suitable for people with low fever, physical weakness, eating less, dry stool and so on.
3. Bitter food
As the saying goes, hot food is "bitter" and better than tonic. Bitter food contains amino acids, bittersweet, alkaloids and so on. It has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, summer-heat dispelling, refreshing, anti-fatigue and other functions.
4.watermelon
Watermelon is sweet and cold, which is also called "cold melon" by the people. It is the first choice for relieving summer heat and quenching thirst among melons. There is a folk saying that "it's half a melon, and it's nothing if it's hot." When heatstroke, fever, upset, thirst or other acute fever occurs in summer, watermelon should be used as an auxiliary treatment.
5, mung bean porridge
Eating more porridge in summer is a traditional health care method in China, which is of great benefit to the body. It is best to drink mung bean porridge, which is cool and has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. The porridge used for heatstroke prevention also includes lotus leaf porridge, fresh lotus root porridge and raw reed root porridge.
6. tomatoes
The research results of German and Dutch scientists show that eating more tomatoes can protect against the sun. If you eat 40 grams of tomato sauce every day, the risk of sunburn will be reduced by 40%. Scientists believe that this may be that lycopene is playing a major role.
Agricultural activities in summer solar terms
I. Vegetable cultivation
1, after the summer heat, you can sow some heat-resistant leafy vegetables such as amaranth, fungus and spinach in batches in the open field. In arid areas, attention should be paid to replenishing water to vegetables, and in places with heavy rainfall, more attention should be paid to preventing root rot.
2. Eggplant crops such as tomato, pepper, sweet pepper and eggplant planted in solar greenhouse in autumn and winter are in the sowing period. In order to choose a good nursery site, it is necessary to disinfect and treat the seeds, focusing on the prevention and control of tomato yellow leaf curl virus.
3. Ginger has been cultivated in small soil, which is very harmful to the roots. You can use the energy of "Haizhuangyuan" to restore the root system, resist high temperature, prevent root spitting and prevent waterlogging.
Second, fruit tree planting.
1, fruit tree management should pay attention to reducing fruit cracking and controlling branch thinning. Summer pruning should be carried out 15 -20 days before the release of autumn shoots. For early fruit trees with summer shoots larger than 25 cm -30 cm, the heart should be removed or cut short, and the aged trees should be cut short appropriately to promote the development of new shoots and rejuvenate the trees.
2. The autumn shoots of apples began to grow in the middle and late July. At this time, it is necessary to supplement certain nitrogen and potassium fertilizers to provide nutrients for fruit expansion and flower bud differentiation in time. At the same time, adding trace elements in calcium and magnesium to the leaves during this period can effectively prevent the later stage of fruit problems such as bitter pox, pockmark and Shui Xin, increase the surface luster and hardness of fruits, and prolong the storage period of fruits.
Three. Crop planting
1. The leaf area of cotton reaches the maximum at flowering and boll stage, which is the peak of water demand. It is best to require that the field soil moisture accounts for 70-80% of the field water capacity. Less than 60% will lead to flowering and bolling, so irrigation must be done immediately. It should be noted that it is not advisable to irrigate when the temperature is high at noon, so as to avoid excessive changes in soil temperature and aggravate the shedding of buds and bolls.
2. The flowering and pod setting period of soybean is also the key period of water demand, and it is very sensitive to water shortage. The agricultural proverb says, "When the soybean blooms, you touch the shrimp in the ditch." Water it in time when it is dry. For fast-growing crops, sufficient water should be ensured at this time.
Fourth, field farming.
1. For areas where double-cropping rice is planted, early rice should be harvested in time, which can not only reduce the harm caused by wind and rain in the later period, but also ensure high yield and harvest, so that double-cropping rice can be planted in time and strive for sufficient growth period. According to the change of weather, arrange flexibly, cut more on sunny days and variety on cloudy days. We should finish planting for two nights before the end of July, and start in autumn at the latest.
2. The summer maize in Huanghuai Plain has been jointing and heading, which is the most critical period for yield formation, so it is necessary to guard against the harm of "neck drought".
V. Other agriculture
Summer is coming and the temperature is rising. It's hot, so animal husbandry needs heatstroke prevention. Farmers should pay attention to the sun (disease) and rotten hooves and take preventive measures in time. High temperature can easily lead to water hypoxia in fish ponds. Once the fish submerges the pond, it will cause certain losses to the farmers. Pay attention to the head floating before sunrise, and the fish infestation in the whole pond can be calmed down by throwing alum water or spraying salt water.
Main points of summer diet
1: supplementing qi and nourishing yin
It is hot in summer, and sweating is easy to hurt body fluid and consume gas. "At this time, in addition to supplementing enough water, you may wish to eat some foods that are cool and have the effect of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, such as mung beans, soybeans, red beans, dark plum, kudzu root, Ophiopogon japonicus, licorice, Dendrobium, codonopsis pilosula, American ginseng, yam, lily and so on. It can be used to cook porridge and soup and nourish the body. " However, if you are a person who walks around in an air-conditioned room all day, you should eat less food that nourishes yin, but you can drink a little Jiang Shui to prevent the yin heat in your body and expel the cold in your body. "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", and warm ginger can protect the spleen and stomach.
Mung bean soup, three bean drinks and sour plum soup are all things that nourish yin and soothe the nerves, and can be easily made at home. Mung bean soup is a must for many families in summer. It can not only nourish yin, but also increase their depressed appetite in summer. However, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and weak constitution should pay attention to drinking less. Sandou drink is made of three kinds of beans: mung bean, red bean and soybean. Sour plum soup is prepared from Mume Fructus, Fructus Crataegi, Glycyrrhrizae Radix, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, crystal sugar and osmanthus fragrans.
Step 2 clear away heat and relieve summer heat
Many fruit juices are natural summer drinks, such as watermelon juice, sugarcane juice and water chestnut juice, which are called "natural nectar drinks". These three drinks are sweet in taste, moist and nourishing yin, and are deeply loved by men, women and children. Watermelon is an excellent summer product, but it is not suitable for frozen consumption. If it is, it may hurt the spleen and stomach, so it can be eaten at room temperature.
"Many people drink more tea in summer, but tea is actually a cold food, so it is advisable to drink as little as possible." It should be noted that fruits such as litchi, longan, orange and so on. Although it can quench thirst, it is warm and often causes problems such as sore throat and aphtha, so when eating it, enough is enough and not greedy.
3. Nourish the heart and clear the heart
It is often said that you should suffer more in summer. Summer belongs to fire, and the center of five internal organs belongs to fire. There are many floating fires in the human body in summer. Bitter foods such as bitter gourd and bitter vegetables can be eaten properly, but it depends on personal circumstances. Take bitter gourd as an example, it is rich in vitamins B, C, calcium and iron. , help to dispel pathogenic heat.
The best way to eat bitter gourd is to use it in cold salad after cooking, so as to better retain its cellulose. Lotus seeds can also nourish and protect the heart in season. It's sultry in dog days, and people are easily upset. Eating lotus seeds that soothe the nerves can calm the mood.
But the elderly and children, as well as those with cold constitution, had better eat less bitter food. After all, bitterness has a cleansing effect, and fire in the body is delicious.