For human viscera, the liver qi gradually weakens and the heart qi gradually increases in the long summer. At this time, the dietary principle is to increase acid and reduce bitterness, and to tonify kidney and help liver. Ensuring normal gastrointestinal function and resisting the invasion of summer heat is an important part of summer health preservation. After the long summer, people sweat a lot, which will lead to insufficient yang. The skin is easy to open and drain, and eating more acidic foods and drugs can make the skin shrink properly. Mume, Crataegus pinnatifida, Papaya and Schisandra chinensis all have astringent properties and can be used to treat diarrhea and sweating. It is suggested that you make hawthorn cakes at home in summer. They are delicious and healthy.

After the long summer, the spirit of the sun is rising and the weather is getting warmer. Eating greasy food or food that is easy to get angry will cause fever inside and outside the body, resulting in acne, oral ulcer, constipation and other diseases that are easy to get angry. In order to solve the dysfunction of the spleen and stomach at this time, the diet should be light, add more water, and eat more digestible foods rich in vitamins. Eating more thin food is an important way to keep fit in summer. It is said that cooking long summer porridge should be done at the head of the village. Dig a pit on the spot, install a large iron pot, order porridge and get a smoke ring. The person who manages this porridge is definitely a kind-hearted grandmother with high prestige among the masses. It is said that after eating this kind of porridge, the neighborhood is harmonious, and I am bent on going to Xia Geng for summer sowing. Eating porridge in the morning and evening and soup at lunch can not only promote fluid production to quench thirst, reduce temperature and reduce fever, but also nourish the body, which is conducive to regulating the balance of yin and yang in the body. In addition, duck, shrimp, crucian carp, lean meat, edible fungi (mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, tremella, etc. ) and coix seed also have the functions of stimulating appetite, supplementing nutrition, relieving summer heat and keeping fit.