Poor gastrointestinal function ~ beware of "bitter summer disease"
Every summer, many people will lose their appetite, have a bad appetite, get worse in spirit and get tired easily. Some people lose weight obviously, and even feel dizzy, chest tightness and nausea in severe cases. All these uncomfortable symptoms are considered as "bitter summer" by Chinese medicine.
Lu, a master of traditional Chinese medicine, said that people who are prone to suffering from bitter summer diseases usually have insufficient stomach qi and weak digestive function, so they are particularly prone to get sick in hot seasons, because the heat in summer hurts their vitality.
You can eat these to prevent bitter summer disease ~
How to alleviate and prevent the bitter summer disease and help the body calm in the hot season? Diet conditioning is a good way! It is suggested to reduce the staple food and eat less greasy food to reduce the gastrointestinal burden. Eat more mung beans, wax gourd, loofah, water chestnut, bayberry and other foods to cool off the heat.
In addition, when the heart is hot in summer, you can eat some bitter food appropriately. Bitter food can reduce fire and relieve summer heat, inhibit summer heat and dampness, strengthen spleen and stomach, and enhance gastrointestinal function. Moreover, bitter food also has the functions of anti-bacteria, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and disinfection, helping digestion, stimulating appetite, refreshing the mind and eliminating fatigue. Common bitter food, such as bitter gourd, dandelion and lotus plumule.
Must eat in summer ~ tomato, golden needle and egg soup
In particular, there is a common seasonal vegetable to eat, that is, tomatoes that are so red that people can't help but have an appetite. Chinese medicine believes that red enters the heart and tomatoes not only nourish the heart. Lu even mentioned directly in the book "Health Soup Therapy: Master of Chinese Medicine teaches you to drink soup, so don't take medicine" that tomatoes are sweet and sour, cool in nature and slightly cold, which can clear away heat and quench thirst, nourish yin and cool blood, produce body fluids to quench thirst, strengthen stomach and digestion, clear away heat and toxic materials, cool blood and calm liver, stimulate appetite and regulate anorexia.
However, tomato and egg drop soup is often drunk, which seems a bit boring! At this time, you might as well add some Flammulina velutipes to the soup! Lu Zheng Zhi explained that Chinese medicine believes that Flammulina velutipes can benefit the liver, stomach, intelligence and tumor; Flammulina velutipes stem also contains a lot of dietary fiber, which can adsorb cholic acid, lower cholesterol and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis. Adding tomato and egg drop soup to cook together can make the soup more nutritious and delicious.
Tomato, golden needle and egg drop soup
Ingredients: 2 medium-sized tomatoes, Flammulina velutipes 1 stick, leek 1 root, 2 cloves of garlic, and eggs 1 piece. Salt, white powder water, sesame oil, vegetable oil, the right amount.
Exercise:
Cleaning Flammulina velutipes, juicing, and cutting into sections; Wash tomatoes and cut them into small dices for later use; Chop shallots and chopped green onions, chop garlic, and break eggs until a layer of small bubbles appears on the surface.
Add 1 tsp vegetable oil to wok, stir-fry chopped green onion, add diced tomatoes and stir-fry until soup appears.
Add appropriate amount of boiling water to the pot, add Flammulina velutipes after the fire boils, boil again, and thicken with white powder water.
Add some salt to taste, boil again, add the broken eggs, and push the egg blossoms in the same direction.
Finally, add minced garlic, mix well, turn off the heat, and drop a few drops of sesame oil before cooking.
Kitchen notes
Flammulina velutipes is a common ingredient on the table of modern people, whether it is to add delicacy to dishes or supplement nutrition. Flammulina velutipes has high health care value, but its ingredients contain a harmful substance-colchicine, so it must be fully cooked before eating, otherwise it will easily cause poisoning.
Schematic diagram of tomato egg drop soup. Chinese medicine believes that Flammulina velutipes can benefit liver, stomach, intelligence and anti-tumor.