1, medicinal porridge

Doctor Li Shizhen spoke highly of the health-keeping function of medicated porridge. He said: "Eat a big bowl of porridge every day. If you are hungry, it will be ready when you are full of energy. The tonic is not fine, but also soft and greasy, and is compatible with the stomach. It is also the most wonderful diet. " Medicinal porridge is suitable for the elderly, children and people with weak spleen and stomach function. Therefore, the ancients said that "porridge is the best in the world" and "two rice meals are better than a big bag of ginseng and astragalus".

"Six Books on Medicine" praised: "Japonica rice porridge is used in Kundan biochemical cultivation, and glutinous rice porridge is a wonderful product for warming stomach and nourishing qi". It can be seen that porridge is important to people. Medicinal porridge is beneficial to human body, but it is not omnipotent. According to everyone's different physique and diseases, we should choose the right medicine and cook porridge to achieve satisfactory results.

drink water

In summer, water is also an indispensable substance for human body. Due to the hot weather, the water in the human body evaporates and consumes too fast, so it is necessary to replenish water in time. Usually, you can drink boiled water, mung bean water, chrysanthemum tea and other herbal teas to relieve summer heat, drink more sugar, salt water and tea in case of excessive sweating, and properly supplement salt and minerals to maintain the electrolyte balance of the body and avoid dehydration.

In midsummer, the sun's heat drops, the smoke is suffocating, the water vapor rises and the humidity is full. So in this season, there are more people who feel damp and evil. In traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is a yin evil, which tends to be downward, heavy and sticky, easily deterring qi movement and damaging Yang Qi. Dietotherapy and medicated diet should clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

Step 4 season

mung bean

Chinese medicine said: "Mung beans are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat, diuresis and acne. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", mung bean: "It can thicken the stomach, act as a pillow, improve eyesight, cure headache caused by head wind, relieve vomiting, cure acne poison and benefit swelling".

wax gourd

Chinese medicine believes that wax gourd is sweet, slightly cold and non-toxic. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis, quenching thirst, relieving vexation, eliminating dampness and relieving summer heat. It is an ideal daily food for reducing fever and diuresis. Boiling soup with skin is more effective.

bitter gourd

Bitter gourd is flat in nature and bitter in taste, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and clear heart and improve eyesight. Traditional medicine believes that bitter gourd is born cold, cooked and warm. Raw food can clear summer heat, purge fire, relieve fever and relieve annoyance; Cooked food can nourish blood and liver, moisten spleen and kidney, clear away heat and relieve fatigue, clear heart and improve eyesight, invigorate qi and strengthen yang, and also relieve fever, polydipsia, dysentery and miliaria.