1 Monopterus albus

There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in summer". Monopterus albus is the most nourishing recently. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, expelling wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles. It is best to eat Monopterus albus in summer, which can prevent diarrhea caused by indigestion in summer and protect the cardiovascular system.

2. mung bean sprouts

Eating mung bean sprouts often can clear the stomach, clear away heat and toxic materials, remove damp heat and clean teeth, which has a good health care effect. Clinically, mung bean sprouts decoction is used to treat traumatic infections such as furuncle and scald. Riboflavin contained in mung bean sprouts can be used to treat oral ulcers, regulate five internal organs, dredge meridians and relieve toxins, and can be used for excessive drinking, damp-heat stagnation, anorexia and physical weakness.

3. Lotus root

There is a folk custom of "eating lotus roots in summer" in China. As early as the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, lotus root was designated as a tribute to the imperial cuisine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that raw lotus root has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and stopping bleeding, and can be used to treat fever, polydipsia, vomiting blood and gonorrhea. Cooked food has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting digestion and stopping diarrhea, and solidifying essence.

4. energy

Ginger is one of the healthy foods in summer. As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer" and "three slices of ginger in the morning are better than ginseng chicken soup". After long summer, when summer comes, many people will lose their appetite, and ginger is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of food, which is beneficial to heatstroke prevention and summer vacation. In summer, people love to turn on the electric fan air conditioner, which is easy to cause a cold. At this time, drinking ginger syrup in time will help to discharge the cold in the body.

5. New rice

In the past, there was a folk custom of "eating new things in summer", that is, after the summer heat, farmers tasted new rice, ground the newly cut rice into rice, and prepared to worship the food of the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone tasted new wine. It is said that "eating new things" means "eating new things", which is the first new day after the summer festival. Cities generally buy a small amount of new rice for cooking in old rice, plus newly listed vegetables. Therefore, there is a folk saying that millet is eaten in summer and grain is eaten in summer.

6.lentils

The tender pods and beans of lentils are edible and can be fried, boiled, pickled or dried in the sun. There are black and white seeds. White lentils are mainly used as medicine, and their beans are boiled with sugar, which is comparable to lotus seeds. "Compendium of Materia Medica" also explains this: "Hard-shelled white lentils, their offspring are full, white and yellowish, fishy, warm in nature, nearly neutral, and also the valley of the spleen. Its soft shell and black magpie color are slightly cool, but it is edible and also regulates the spleen and stomach. " In addition, there are reddish-brown lentils, the so-called "red snow beans" in Guangxi, which also have the therapeutic effect of clearing liver and improving eyesight. But like many beans, some chemicals contained in raw lentils are toxic to human body and must be cooked before eating.

7. Concanavalin

There is a passage about green beans in Su Wen lue in Qing Dynasty: "Sword bean, a kind of green bean. Pick tender pods, remove the hard silk on both sides, cut them off and fry them in soy sauce. Or boiled in water with soy sauce and sesame oil. It is also beautiful if stewed with tofu. Kidney beans and lentils are taken care of. " However, the sword bean mentioned here is another kind of bean. Now green beans are actually "sword beans". Bean pods are richer and more tender than sword beans, which can be fried or accompanied with meat, and the latter is more used as medicine.

8. tomatoes

Tomatoes were introduced to China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and they were named "tomatoes" because they came from the west. Lycopene is one of the unique ingredients in tomato and one of the strongest antioxidants in nature at present, and its anti-cancer, anti-radiation and anti-aging effects are particularly obvious. However, this ingredient is more conducive to absorption only after it is dissolved in oil, so cooked tomatoes can play a more nutritional role than raw or cold. In hot summer, the sun protection function of tomatoes is also first-class, and a bowl of tomato eggs or tomato brisket is a good choice.

9. Watermelon

It is not uncommon to eat watermelon in cold winter, but when it comes to this fruit, it is more a memory related to midsummer. Watermelon originated in Africa and spread widely in China since it was introduced to China in Han Dynasty. Scholars also seem to like it. There are many poems about watermelons in the past dynasties, and a poem "Red Melon" by Qu You in the Ming Dynasty also left it with the reputation of "Jasper House". Watermelon pulp contains sugar and high water content. Among many fruits in summer, it is the best fruit for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Ben Jingyuan soon regarded it as "natural white tiger soup" and had the reputation of "enlightening the mind and sprinkling dew on the heart". In addition, watermelon peel and watermelon seeds are also edible and have certain therapeutic effects.

What should I pay attention to in summer high temperature?

1. Don't eat cold food for breakfast: Many people are eager to be cool in hot weather. For breakfast, they use fruit and vegetable juice, iced coffee, iced juice, mung bean paste or iced milk instead of hot porridge or hot milk. This practice will not affect the body in the short term, but in the long run, it will damage the digestive function and even cause flatulence, loss of appetite and other symptoms.

Even if the weather is sultry, you should eat hot food such as hot porridge, hot soybean milk and hot milk for breakfast, and then eat some pasta and eggs. Don't eat fruit until 90 o'clock.

2, spicy food should be moderate: the weather is too hot to make people lose their appetite and desire, but eating too much pepper and pepper will stimulate the gastric mucosa, causing gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases.

3, warm food should be eaten less: food has a sexual taste, and the human body has a difference between cold and heat. People with hot constitution should pay special attention to eating less warm food in dog days. This kind of food mainly includes: mutton, grass carp, silver carp, hairtail, eel, walnut kernel, apricot, cherry, longan, bayberry, coconut and so on.

4, warm tea to cool off the summer drink: drinking warm tea can relax sweat glands and radiate body heat, thus lowering body temperature and helping to cool off the summer heat. Tea is also rich in trace element potassium, which can make up for potassium ions discharged during sweating and help correct burnout and loss of appetite.