One is mung bean soup. Mung bean has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, resisting oxidation and promoting defecation. It also has the reputation of "vitamin and mineral resource bank" in the field of nutrition, and has good health care effect when used in porridge, soup and so on. In hot summer, add a small amount of rock sugar to mung bean soup, let it cool and drink it to relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and it tastes excellent.
The second is red bean soup. Red beans have many functions, such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, diuresis and detumescence, ventilation and vexation. It has a good auxiliary treatment effect on enteritis, dysentery and diarrhea. When the temperature is high in summer, people are usually irritable, have a bad appetite, and occasionally have gastrointestinal diseases. Drinking red bean soup often can solve these problems well.
The third is barley soup. Coix seed has diuretic, spleen invigorating, arthralgia relieving, heat clearing and pus expelling effects. Coix seed is known as "the king of Gramineae in the world" because of its high nutritional value. It has the characteristics of easy digestion and absorption, and its effect is mild whether it is used for nourishing or medical treatment. Coix seed is a very good choice for eliminating dampness, and it has a very good effect on people with heavy humidity, frequent edema and like to eat greasy food.
Mung beans are mainly used for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, red beans are mainly used for strengthening the spleen and regulating the stomach, and coix seed is mainly used for diuresis and detumescence. Take these three combinations as the first choice of healthy diet in summer, and the whole summer will be more comfortable and refreshing. However, because mung beans and coix seed are cold foods, pregnant women should eat them carefully.