Summer health has a coup, three points by moving, seven points by eating!
The solstice of summer is coming, and the days are gradually approaching the long summer. Long summer is a unique time period in China culture and an important concept in traditional Chinese medicine. After summer, people's diet also needs to be adjusted accordingly to cope with the rhythm of seasonal health preservation.
Next, the deer will introduce several common foods suitable for summer consumption, in order to cope with the summer health of Chinese medicine, and help everyone to adjust their intestines and stomach and be healthy and smooth.
1, mung bean
The hot climate in summer is most likely to lead to heatstroke. At this time, a cup of cool mung bean soup to quench your thirst is the most summer flavor. Chinese medicine believes that mung beans are sweet and cold, enter the heart and stomach, and are rich in nutrition. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. It is a daily drink of China people every summer, and it is deeply rooted in people's hearts. In fact, the effect of mung beans does not stop there. As mentioned in the book "Diet Spectrum of Fun Life" of traditional Chinese medicine, "Mung beans are sweet and cool. When cooking, they can clear the gallbladder and nourish the stomach, relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and facilitate urination, which has caused diarrhea." It is a necessary summer heat+health care and nutrition treasure for the people.
Recipe recommendation: mung bean soup
Exercise:
Removing astringency
Wash mung beans (without soaking); Take water outside the formula (except 3000ml water) and put it in a pot to boil; Pour the washed mung bean, boil it again and take it out; Pour out the scalded water of mung beans.
seething
Take out the mung beans removed in front and put them into the pot; Take a part of 3000ml water in the formula and add it to the pot until the mung bean is 3cm (one and a half knuckles); Then, after the fire is boiled, cook it with medium heat until the mung beans burst and the water will soon dry up (this step is the key to sand production).
mung bean soup
Add the remaining 3000ml of water and bring to a boil. Remove the mung bean skin from the surface (if you like) and continue cooking 15min. Add sugar (it is best to taste the sweetness according to your own preference), then continue to cook 15min (suitable time), cool and put in the refrigerator.
2. wax gourd
Wax gourd is sweet in taste and cold in nature, which belongs to cool food from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, and is suitable for people in damp heat constitution. At the same time, wax gourd has low sugar content and high water content, which is very suitable for dieters. It can promote diuresis to reduce swelling, remove excess accumulated fat in the body, and has a good therapeutic effect on patients with diabetes, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension and obesity. Wax gourd with low sodium content is an ideal vegetable for patients with nephropathy and edema disease. If you want to choose one of the seasonal fruits and vegetables in summer, wax gourd is essential.
Recommended recipe: Braised winter melon
Ingredients: 300g wax gourd, 65438 chives +0 seasoning: 5g soy sauce, 5g soy sauce, 3g salt and 3g sugar.
Exercise:
Peel the wax gourd, remove the pulp and cut it into thin slices; After the vegetable oil pot is heated, add the wax gourd and stir fry; Stir-fry wax gourd until the corners are slightly yellow, add soy sauce, soy sauce, salt, sugar and appropriate amount of water, cover and cook for about 10 minute. After the wax gourd is cooked to taste, collect the juice over high fire, sprinkle with chopped green onion and take it out of the pot.
3. Bitter gourd
After introducing wax gourd, I will introduce another essential fruit and vegetable in summer-bitter gourd. Perhaps many people don't like its taste and find it hard to swallow, but there is a saying in Chinese medicine that "good medicine tastes bitter", which is also more suitable for bitter gourd. Bitter gourd has the effects of lowering blood sugar and clearing fire, and is suitable for people with greasy diet and high blood sugar. Bitter gourd has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, caring skin, lowering blood sugar, nourishing blood and softening liver. People with spleen deficiency and dampness often have symptoms of puffiness and edema, while bitter gourd is beneficial to water swelling and relieving summer heat. But it should be noted that it is not suitable for everyone. People who are usually in poor health or afraid of cold, spleen and stomach deficiency, eating a lot of bitter gourd may aggravate the condition, leading to stomach pain, abdominal pain and even diarrhea, so pay attention when eating.
Recommended recipe: Fried eggs with bitter gourd and miscellaneous vegetables
Exercise:
Wash bitter gourd, cut it in half, and beat it into pulp with a stainless steel spoon; Cut into strips first, and then slice; Dice carrots, peppers and onions, and beat eggs into egg liquid; Put all the dices in the broken egg bowl. Add a little salt and pepper; Add a small amount of cooking wine; After the seasoning is put away, stir it evenly with chopsticks. Put oil in the pot and heat it; Pour in bitter gourd egg liquid, fry over low heat until the bottom is solidified, and then turn over and fry the other side; Fry until golden on both sides, and serve.
4. Coix seed
Coix seed is one of the foods suitable for summer. Heavy humidity in summer is easy to cause various chronic diseases. Coix seed has the functions of eliminating dampness, benefiting qi and benefiting spleen and stomach. It is a common Chinese medicine and a common food. Coix seed is sweet and slightly cold, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, clearing away heat and expelling pus, relaxing muscles and tendons and removing arthralgia. It is also a commonly used medicine for diuresis and dampness. People with phlegm-dampness constitution are very suitable for eating coix seed in summer. At the same time, it also has the effect of beauty beauty for women, but it should be noted that due to the cold nature of coix seed, don't eat too much at a time.
Recipe recommendation: red bean barley porridge
Exercise:
Wash Coicis Semen and red beans and soak them in advance (12 hours or so); Boil the soaked barley and red beans in a pot with high fire; Wash red dates and longan meat for later use; When the soup is boiled, add red dates and longan meat; Turn to low heat and simmer until the red beans are slightly flowered and soft.
5. Watermelon
Watermelon is one of the favorite fruits in summer. It tastes sweet and juicy, and it is cool and refreshing, which is very suitable for relieving summer heat and boredom. But in addition to these, watermelon has many nutrients and functions. Such as assisting in lowering blood pressure, relaxing bowels, beauty beauty, diuresis, clearing away heat and relieving annoyance, etc. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is also a good Chinese medicine, known as "natural white tiger soup". But at the same time, it should be noted that watermelon is a cold fruit with the characteristics of clearing heat, purging fire and detoxifying. Usually eating more can relieve dry mouth, constipation, high incidence of facial acne and other physical manifestations, but this fruit is very inappropriate for people with cold constitution. Therefore, people with cold constitution need to eat less or avoid food.
6. energy
Ginger is a good Chinese medicine. There is a record in the annals of famous doctors: "Ginger tastes pungent and slightly warm. Entering the spleen, lung and stomach meridians can eliminate cold and heat, typhoid fever, headache and stuffy nose, cough against the upper qi, stop vomiting, eliminate phlegm and reduce qi. " Simply put, ginger has the functions of sweating, stopping vomiting, relieving cough and detoxifying. Because ginger enters the spleen and stomach, it has a prominent regulatory effect on the spleen and stomach. It is easy to be cold in air-conditioned rooms in summer. At this time, eat some ginger to tonify yang, dispel dampness and dispel cold, which is very suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and indigestion.
Recipe recommendation: ginger tea
Exercise:
Rub ginger into fine powder, boil ginger powder and black tea together, boil water for 3 minutes, then clarify the tea leaves and add a little honey to eat.
7.cucumber
In summer, many women like to use cucumber as a beauty mask, and its efficacy and function are well known. But just using it as a mask is really overqualified. Chinese medicine believes that cucumber tastes sweet and cold, and has the effects of clearing heat, diuresis, dehumidification, moistening intestines, reducing blood fat and losing weight. The water content of cucumber is 98%, containing only a small amount of carotene, vitamin C and a small amount of sugar, such as protein, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Cucumber also contains cellulose, which can promote the excretion of rotten food in the intestine and reduce cholesterol. According to research, malonic acid contained in fresh cucumber can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. For overweight and obese people, eating more cucumbers is beneficial to lose weight.
Recipe recommendation: cold cucumber
Exercise:
Two tender cucumbers, washed; Peel cucumber and cut into small strips, and chop garlic; Put the cucumber and minced garlic into a transparent bowl, add two spoonfuls of salt, mix well, and cover with curing 15-20 minutes (it can be cured in the refrigerator in summer); When you see that there is more than half a bowl of water in the cucumber, filter out the pickled cucumber water, then add two spoonfuls of white sugar, 5g soy sauce, 30g Zhenjiang balsamic vinegar, 20g sesame oil, chicken essence and pepper, mix well, and marinate 10- 15min.
8. Lotus root
Too much air conditioning in summer can easily lead to spleen deficiency. Lotus root is an essential food if you want to adjust your diet. Lotus roots are also indispensable seasonal fruits and vegetables. Chinese medicine believes that lotus root is sweet and cold; Entering the heart, spleen, stomach, liver and lung meridians, it is a very good food supplement material, which has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is suitable for anorexia patients. What is commendable is that the lotus root is cold when eaten raw and becomes warm when cooked. Therefore, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold had better cook lotus root before eating.
Recipe recommendation: sweet-scented osmanthus honey lotus root
Exercise:
Washing glutinous rice, draining water, peeling lotus root and washing; Cut a small piece of lotus root from one end, pour glutinous rice into the hole of lotus root with a spoon, and press it tightly with chopsticks; After the glutinous rice is filled, put the previously cut segments back in place and fix them with toothpicks; Put lotus root into a clean pot, add rock sugar and brown sugar at the same time, and add red dates together; Add water to lotus root, bring it to a boil, turn off the heat for 2 hours, or pressure cooker for half an hour. Finally, add sweet-scented osmanthus sauce, and soak the lotus root in the sugar water where the lotus root is boiled overnight to make it more delicious. At the same time, take out a part of lotus root juice, collect the juice with strong fire and boil it into thick syrup-like honey juice; Take out the lotus root the next day, and you will find that it turns red and tastes more delicious. Slice lotus root, pour syrup-like honey juice, and then pour osmanthus.
9. Chrysanthemum tea
Chinese medicine believes that chrysanthemum has the functions of dispelling wind and clearing heat, nourishing yin and nourishing liver. Modern medicine has found that eating or drinking chrysanthemum tea often can effectively treat coronary heart disease, hypertension and other diseases, and can also prevent colds and enhance body resistance. When working in summer, drinking a cup of chrysanthemum tea can reduce fire, relieve summer heat and improve eyesight, which is especially suitable for white-collar workers and office workers who need to face computers for a long time. But chrysanthemum belongs to cold food, so it is better for patients with weak body and cold stomach to drink less to avoid diarrhea and so on.
Long summer health, diet therapy to cope with physical fitness is the first key! People who don't know their physique may wish to find a TCM health manager to test their physique, which can better help you spend a healthy summer ~