As the saying goes, "nourishing the liver in spring and nourishing the heart in summer", traditional health care holds that the activities of the five internal organs of the human body will change with the ups and downs of yin and yang in the four seasons, while the main fire in summer corresponds to the heart, which is the source of human life, so the maintenance of the heart in summer is very important. The ancients divided food into five colors: blue, red, yellow, white and black, in which red corresponds to the heart and nourishes the heart after sleep. Dog days also recommend the traditional "three red soup". The folk proverb: "three reds when sleeping, no worries when sleeping" is exactly the case.

What are the three ingredients of tri-red?

1, red beans: use red beans here. Red beans have always been high-quality ingredients with the same origin of medicine and food, and they are also recognized as dampness-removing ingredients by ordinary people. After sleeping, the human body is hot and humid, so eating some red beans properly can alleviate the discomfort caused by hot and humid days.

2. Red-skinned peanuts: peanuts are sweet and flat. Like adzuki bean, it is a food with the same origin of medicine and food. Besides protein, it also contains dietary fiber, vitamins, iron and other nutrients. Supplementing nutrition, stimulating appetite and absorption are not problems. No wonder Zhang Lu, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, praised him as "longevity fruit, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach and is suitable for people with hard diets."

3. Jujube: There is a folk saying that "eating jujube becomes immortal". Jujube is rich in all kinds of nutrients needed by the human body, so eating more will help improve the vitality of the body.

Sanhong soup is a soup made of the above red beans, safflower and red dates as the main raw materials. No matter men, women and children, when they are depressed in summer, they can drink a bowl of Sanhong soup every once in a while, which can not only clear away heat and dampness, but also supplement nutrition and boost their vitality. It is a health soup that is very suitable for dog days.

Ingredients required: half a bowl of red beans, moderate amount of safflower, 6 red dates and a small amount of rock sugar.

1, wash half a bowl of red beans, soak them in proper amount of water for more than 1 hour, and wash the safflower, soak them in water, wash the red dates and cut them into discs.

2. Pour enough water into the boiling pot, add the soaked red beans and red-skinned peanuts, boil over high heat and turn to low heat for about 30 minutes. By this time, the red beans have almost boiled and blossomed.

3. Pour the cut jujube slices into the pot, continue to cook with low fire for about 15 minutes, add appropriate amount of rock sugar according to your own taste, stir until the rock sugar melts, then turn off the fire, and a bowl of sweet three-red soup is ready.

There is no fixed proportion of red dates, red beans and safflower in Sanhong soup, and the amount of ingredients can be decided according to your own preferences. If you want the taste of peanut red beans to be softer, you can extend the cooking time, wait until all the red beans are ripe and flowering, and then add red dates to cook, so that the bean quality of Sanhong soup will be softer.