Eat four kinds of melons in summer.
watermelon
The folk proverb says: "You don't need to take medicine when eating watermelon on a hot day", which greatly affirms the king position of watermelon in summer melon. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that watermelon is cold and sweet, and it can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and promote diuresis to relieve annoyance. Known as "Little White Tiger Soup". Watermelon has high water content, and contains protein, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, fructose, vitamin A, vitamin C, lycopene and various amino acids necessary for human body, so it has high nutritional value.
Watermelon is not only delicious, but also a rare Chinese medicine, which has the function of clearing heat and diuresis. If you eat melons at ordinary times, you can leave the skin and wash it. Cold salad or stir-fry is a good choice.
It should be noted that watermelon is cold, and eating too much is easy to damage the spleen and stomach yang, causing bloating, diarrhea and loss of appetite. People with indigestion, early cold, oral ulcer, diabetes and renal insufficiency should not eat more.
wax gourd
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that winter melon is sweet and light in taste, slightly cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, clearing stomach and reducing fire. In addition, the skin of winter melon is also a traditional Chinese medicine that can induce diuresis and reduce swelling blindly.
Wax gourd meat contains propanedioic acid, which has the function of reducing weight and lipid. Girls who are losing weight should not miss it. At the same time, because wax gourd contains low sodium, low sugar, low fat and high potassium, it is most suitable for patients with edema, hypertension and diabetes, and has an auxiliary treatment effect.
loofah
Chinese medicine believes that loofah is sweet, cool and non-toxic. It has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting bowel movement, cooling blood and detoxicating, dredging channels and collaterals, relieving summer-heat, quenching thirst, expelling wind and resolving phlegm, promoting blood circulation and milk ejection, and killing insects. It is a good health care product in summer.
Luffa contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, citrulline, B vitamins and vitamin C, and is nutritious. What's more, loofah juice is known as "beauty water". Regular consumption can clean skin, remove skin oil, replenish moisture, tender skin, remove fine lines and improve rough and dry skin.
bitter gourd
Although bitter is bitter, bitter ingredients can lower blood sugar and blood lipid. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, clearing heart and improving eyesight, and relieving summer heat and fever. Momordica charantia contains a variety of vitamins, pectin, amino acids, momordicoside, galacturonic acid, minerals and vitamins, and is an indispensable nutrient for human body. Cold bitter gourd, bitter gourd mixed with celery, bitter gourd egg cake, bitter gourd fried pork slices, bitter melon soup … As long as you are not afraid of suffering, there is always a dish for you.
Because bitter gourd is the coldest of common melons and fruits, pregnant women and people with deficiency of spleen and stomach should eat less and avoid eating it raw. Ordinary people should also eat bitter gourd in moderation to avoid cold injury to the spleen and stomach.
Nutrition experts recommend two kinds of summer-heat relieving soup.
Tremella and lotus seed soup
Lotus seed has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and it is a good food therapy in summer.
Materials:
Water-soaked tremella, dried lotus seeds, crystal sugar
Exercise:
1. Take out the tremella, wash and chop it, and wash the lotus seeds;
2. Put the water, rock sugar and other materials into the casserole together, turn to low heat after the fire is boiled, and stew until the tremella and lotus seeds are soft and glutinous.
It will taste better if you put it in the refrigerator.
mung bean soup
Mung bean soup is a traditional folk food for relieving summer heat in China, and it can be safely eaten by people with deficiency of spleen and stomach and physical weakness.
Materials:
Mung beans, sugar
Exercise:
1. Wash mung beans and soak them in clear water for 2 hours.
2. Pour the soaked mung beans into the pot with clear water, and the ratio of mung beans to clear water is 1: 10.
3. After the fire is boiled, turn to low heat and cook until the mung beans bloom and turn off the fire. Put the cooked mung bean soup into a clean small bowl, add some sugar, and let it cool before eating.
(Editor: Yuan Hanling, Gao Hongxia)
Recommend four nourishing dietotherapy remedies.
1. Lotus Leaf Watermelon Cui Yi Drink: Lotus Leaf and Watermelon Cui Yi each 10g, decoct in water, filter to get the liquid medicine, add a little sugar, and take it orally.
2. Shengmai drink: American ginseng with deficiency of both qi and yin can be used for summer injury, or "Shengmai drink" with ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus and Schisandra chinensis.
3. Stewed lotus root with lean meat: one to two ounces of lean meat, one section of lotus root, rehmannia root10g, and several slices of watermelon Cui Yi, which can clear summer heat and replenish qi together.
4. Longan, red dates, lotus seeds and egg soup:
Ingredients: longan meat 10g, lotus seeds 10g, red dates 10g, 2 eggs, and 50g rock sugar.
Practice: remove the heart of lotus seeds and the core of red dates, put eggs, longan meat and rock sugar together in a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, put it on a big fire and boil it, then cook it with slow fire to adjust the taste. The soup has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, nourishing heart and calming nerves, and is suitable for people with sallow complexion, emaciation, palpitation, forgetfulness and poor sleep.
Three kinds of health porridge help you spend the summer.
Bitter gourd chrysanthemum porridge (summer, clearing away heat and toxic materials)
Summer is also a high incidence period of digestive system diseases, but it is different from spring. In spring, because the weather is warm and cold, the climate is changeable, and there are more patients with stomach diseases, but in summer, most of them come to the hospital for treatment with intestinal diseases. Dysentery is a typical intestinal disease in summer. "Su Wen Taiyin Yangming Theory" has a cloud: "Diet is not suitable, daily life is from time to time ... diarrhea is the second, and long-term diarrhea is the intestine." The incidence of dysentery is mainly due to inattention to food hygiene or close contact with dysentery patients. The incidence of children is higher than that of adults, so parents are reminded to pay more attention to food hygiene in summer to ensure the freshness and cleanliness of food, and it is best not to eat food stored in the refrigerator for a long time.
Summer may wish to eat some bitter gourd chrysanthemum porridge, which has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, stopping dysentery and detoxifying, especially suitable for patients with heatstroke and dysentery. I also want to remind you that when you drink porridge, don't eat anything warm, dry, spicy and thick, such as garlic, pepper, pepper, fennel, wine, leek and so on.
The raw materials are bitter gourd 100g, chrysanthemum 50g, japonica rice 60g, and proper amount of rock sugar.
Practice Wash bitter gourd, remove pulp and cut into small pieces for later use. Wash japonica rice, wash chrysanthemum, put it in a pot, pour in appropriate amount of water, and cook with strong fire until the water boils. Put bitter gourd and rock sugar into the pot and continue to cook with slow fire until the rice is cooked.
Usage: Take 1 bowl of warm clothes in the morning and evening for 2 days.
Kelp and winter melon soup (summer, summer, water)
Some people will have symptoms of edema, lethargy and unresponsiveness in summer. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it is more common in people with spleen deficiency and poor physique. The unhealthy spleen is caused by surgery, fatigue, old age, improper diet and other factors, which damage the qi of the spleen and stomach, leading to spleen weakness and abnormal function. The main function of the spleen is to transport delicate Shui Gu. When the spleen is unhealthy, people's digestion and absorption function will be weakened, and the nutrients in the blood circulation will be reduced, so there will be indigestion, lethargy, unresponsiveness and memory loss. When the body is in this malnutrition state for a long time, it will affect metabolism, slow down blood circulation and be prone to edema. Weakness of temper can be seen in all seasons, but it is more obvious in summer, especially in June and July of the lunar calendar. The climate is humid, the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, and the performance of weakness of temper and poor health will be aggravated.
The treatment of this kind of patients should be based on invigorating spleen, benefiting qi and promoting diuresis, and some kelp, wax gourd and watercress soup can also be eaten appropriately. The ingredients of this soup are very simple, just soak kelp, peeled wax gourd, peeled broad bean petals and seasoning. This soup is delicious and has a good effect of relieving summer heat and benefiting water. Besides hypometabolic syndrome caused by hypothyroidism, it is also suitable for patients with hypertension and dyslipidemia, as well as patients with heatstroke, polydipsia, edema, hyperhidrosis, headache and dizziness. Wax gourd and kelp have good diuretic effect, and broad bean has good spleen-strengthening effect, so you can obviously feel more urination and edema after drinking for a few days.
60 grams of kelp soaked in raw materials, 250 grams of wax gourd, 5 grams of peeled broad bean petals, and proper amount of seasoning.
First, put the washed and sliced kelp and broad bean petals into a pot, stir-fry with sesame oil, then add 200ml of water, cover the pot and boil. When the broad beans are almost ripe, put the diced melon and salt into the pot and the melon will be ripe.
Usage: Take with meals, in moderation.
Note: people who are allergic to broad beans should not take them, or do not put them.
Perilla mint porridge (summer, clearing away heat and toxic materials)
Be careful of the wet and cold in summer. In summer, there is air conditioning indoors, which is cooler, while the outdoor temperature is high and the air humidity is relatively high. This kind of hot and cold room is easy to cause a cold. At the same time, the throat will feel very dry and there will be a dry cough. Therefore, in summer, we should pay attention to clearing away damp-heat in the body and beware of damp-heat colds. If you have a damp-heat cold, you can drink perilla leaf mint porridge, which will help you recover faster. The porridge has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing away throat and benefiting throat, and is suitable for treating common cold with wind-heat and summer-heat dampness. It is important to note that it should be eaten only in summer and should not be eaten in excess.
Folium Perillae has the effects of dispelling cold, regulating qi and nourishing, and can be used for treating common cold, aversion to cold, fever and cough and asthma. Mint is cool and pungent, and has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, clearing the head and penetrating rash. The combination of the two drugs has obvious effect on the treatment of damp-heat cold. The reason why it is not appropriate to eat more is because both of them are cold, and eating too much is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach.
Raw materials: fresh perilla leaf 15g, fresh mint 15g (dried product 10g), 90g japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: First, wash the perilla leaves and mint, put them in a casserole, add water to decoct until the juice is thick, stop fire, and filter to get the juice. Then put the washed japonica rice into the pot to cook porridge. After cooking, add perilla leaves, mint juice and rock sugar, and then cook for 3 minutes.
Usage: Take it twice a day and cool it after lunch and dinner.
Synthesized from People's Daily-Health Times, China Medical News, Guangzhou Daily and Health News.