jujube
Jujube contains vitamin C, riboflavin, thiamine, rutin, protein, organic acids, sugars, amino acids and minerals.
Summer is the season of dates, and there is a saying that "dates are seen in summer and the autumn equinox is clean". It is the allusion to eating red dates in summer. Jujube tastes the best and has the highest nutritional value at this time. After eating, it has the functions of beauty beauty and prolonging life.
mushroom
Mushrooms contain protein, vitamins, calcium, iron, eight amino acids, inorganic substances, polysaccharides and other nutrients, which can promote human metabolism and improve human immunity after eating.
With more rain in summer, mushrooms are easy to grow in the mountains. Eating mushrooms at this time is the best health food, especially suitable for people in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.
wine
Wine contains malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, alcohol, phenols, sugars, amino acids, protein, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. After eating, it has the function of beauty beauty and promoting health.
During the summer and solar terms, the grapes in the open air are ripe. Grapes are cheap at this time, which is a good time to make a lot of wine. Generally speaking, homemade wine can be opened in about a month, and the more you drink, the more mellow it becomes.
seafood
Seafood contains pigment protein, unsaturated fatty acids, protein, amino acids, fat, protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, iodine and other nutrients, which can enhance physical fitness, improve intelligence and strengthen brain after eating.
In summer, it's time for fishing and harvesting. At this time, fish and shrimp are delicious and the weather is cool, which is the most suitable time to go out to eat seafood.
loofah
Luffa is a seasonal vegetable in summer and solar terms. At this time, Luffa is rich in nutrition, and contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, saponins, xylose gum, citrulline, vitamins, minerals and other ingredients. After eating, it has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, expelling wind and resolving phlegm.
Suggestion: Luffa contains a lot of cosmetic ingredients such as vitamin C, which can beautify the skin, prevent the skin from aging, and make the skin naturally fair, tender and shiny.
bitter gourd
Bitter gourd contains protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, carotene, momordicin, amino acids and other nutrients. After eating, it can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, clear liver and improve eyesight, which is very suitable for summer and solar terms.
Suggestion: Bitter gourd is cool, so pregnant women, menstruating women and those with deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat it to avoid discomfort.
wax gourd
Wax gourd contains carbohydrates, vitamins, protein, minerals, riboflavin, thiamine, nicotinic acid and other nutrients. After eating, it has the health care effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, inducing diuresis and relaxing bowels. If the skin of winter melon is cooked together when cooking soup, the effect will be better.
Suggestion: Winter melon is cold, and it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency, spleen deficiency, loose stool diarrhea and those who take tonics.
What traditional food do you eat in summer?
Longan porridge
After entering summer, it will gradually enter late autumn. Just after a summer, the human body consumes a lot of energy. Longan is warm and has nourishing effect. For many old people, they like to peel a bowl of longan in summer and eat it with porridge.
Glutinous rice pill
Tangyuan, also known as white balls, is mainly composed of glutinous rice and white sugar, contains more carbohydrates, tastes sweet and is suitable for relieving summer heat and boredom.
How to make it: Rub glutinous rice flour into granules, then put it in a pot and add some sugar to make a delicious glutinous rice pill.
herbal tea
When summer comes, people like to fry some herbal tea to help their bodies clear away heat. The main ingredients of herbal tea are seasonal cool herbs, such as mint, honeysuckle, lotus leaf and other foods.
Plum syrup
After the hot summer, many people's appetites have gone bad, so people like to drink some sour plum soup in summer to help their bodies nourish. There is a saying that "the sour plum soup in summer is all gone."
Production method: brew dried plums with boiling water, add a small amount of rock sugar, cool and put in the refrigerator. After drinking for a few hours, they will feel sweet and sour and taste excellent.
duck
Duck meat is cool, and it is a meat dish suitable for summer. After eating, it can nourish yin and tonify deficiency, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. There are many ways to eat, including salted duck, roast duck, boiled duck, lemon duck, boiled duck, lotus leaf duck, walnut duck, ginger duck and roast duck.
Summer fitness recipes
Sesame spinach
Ingredients: 500g fresh spinach, 0/5g cooked sesame/kloc-,salt, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate.
Practice: remove the roots of spinach, wash it, blanch it in a boiling water pot, take it out and soak it in cold water, cool it thoroughly, take it out and drain it, cut it into pieces, put it in a plate, add salt, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil respectively, stir it evenly, and then sprinkle sesame seeds on the spinach.
Efficacy: tonify liver and kidney, open chest and moisten dryness.
Mixed tofu with green pepper
Ingredients: tofu 1, 3 green peppers, coriander 10g, sesame oil, salt and monosodium glutamate.
Practice: thoroughly cook the tofu with boiling water, take it out and let it cool, and cut it into squares of 1 cm. Blanch the green pepper with boiling water, chop it up, and chop it up with coriander. Stir tofu, green pepper, coriander, sesame oil, salt, monosodium glutamate, etc. , and put them on a plate.
Efficacy: Yiqi Kuanzhong, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and toxic materials. Especially suitable for people with poor appetite and loss of appetite.
Lily lotus seed soup
Ingredients: dried lily100g, dried lotus seeds 75g, crystal sugar 75g.
Practice: After soaking the lily in water for one night, rinse it off. Soak the lotus seeds for 4 hours and rinse. Put lily and lotus seeds into a clear water pot, bring to a boil with high fire, add rock sugar, and simmer for 40 minutes.
Efficacy: soothe the nerves, nourish the heart and strengthen the spleen and stomach.
Preserved lily
Ingredients: 60 grams of raw lily and 2 tablespoons of honey.
Practice: Wash lily with clear water, put it in a bowl, pour honey on it, steam it in a steamer for 30 minutes, or dry it in the sun or air. Eat seven times before going to bed.
Efficacy: clear the heart and soothe the nerves. Suitable for people who have restless sleep and are easily awakened by fright.
Life and rest in summer and solar terms
After the summer heat, the temperature gradually decreased and the daily temperature difference increased. At this time, in daily life, we should pay attention to increasing or decreasing clothes according to the temperature.
The solar terms in summer are in the alternate period from hot to cool, and the yang in nature tends to converge, and the rise and fall of yin and yang in human body also changes accordingly. At this time, the daily routine should be adjusted accordingly. Pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early, which can avoid the cold in autumn. Getting up early is helpful to stretch the lung qi.
Summer and solar terms mental conditioning
In midsummer, "Quiet is quiet". In summer, autumn becomes more and more obvious, and a cold scene gradually appears in nature. At this time, people are prone to sad emotions, which is not conducive to human health.
Therefore, in terms of mental conditioning, we should pay attention to convergence in summer, so that we can have a calm mind and a quiet mood and avoid ups and downs. Usually you can listen to music, practice calligraphy, fish and other extracurricular activities to calm your nerves.
Diet and recuperation in summer and solar terms
In summer, the liver and heart are weak and the lung is full of qi, so the diet should be salty and pungent, replenish qi and tendons, and nourish the spleen and stomach. It is advisable to eat more salty foods, such as water chestnut, astragalus root and kudzu root, and less spicy foods, such as ginger, onion, garlic, leek, star anise and fennel.
On the other hand, you can eat fresh fruits and vegetables, tremella, lily, lotus seeds and other moist foods to prevent autumn dryness, which is in line with the clearing nature of the lungs, and can also be adjusted with medicated diet.
Exercise health in summer and solar terms
The amount of exercise should not be too large. Try to choose activities with less exercise to avoid sweating and hurting the yang.
For example, in Eight Notes on Respect for Life written by Gao Lian in the Ming Dynasty, he sat up every day, turned left and right, beat his back five to seven times with his hands, and then knocked his teeth 36 times, breathing and swallowing body fluid.
You can also do more radio gymnastics, play Tai Ji Chuan and take a walk.