It is a traditional custom to eat jiaozi on the head, because when it rains, people have a bad appetite and can't eat anything, while jiaozi is a food that stimulates and satisfies the appetite in the traditional customs of China people.

2. Suffer hardships and get angry.

The hot summer days not only bring us physical discomfort, but also easily lead to more and more people's anger rising, which is manifested as emotional irritability, anxiety, excitability, insomnia and so on. These symptoms are called "summer mood disorder" in medicine. Therefore, "removing fire" is also a compulsory course for summer food supplement. In summer, the best choice is bitter gourd, tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables that are cool and cool in summer. At the same time, milk is slightly cold, which can replenish water, nourish yin and relieve fever, and is also a good product for "removing fire". Dog meat and duck meat is the best way to make up for it in summer.

3. Fruits and vegetables increase appetite

Chinese medicine believes that the stomach is the foundation of the day after tomorrow. In summer, people often feel loss of appetite, and the function of spleen and stomach is relatively slow. At this time, they might as well eat some fresh fruits and vegetables. The nutrients in fresh fruits and vegetables are generally half cellulose and half sugar, which can not only effectively supplement the necessary energy and water for human body, but also make people eat for a long time. Carrots, lemons and amaranth are the first choice. Eating more wild vegetables and fruits in season is of great benefit. But be careful not to eat cold or unclean food to avoid dysentery and diarrhea.

4. eat ginger to strengthen yang

As the saying goes: "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Ginger has a warming effect. You can eat more ginger in summer to nourish yang. Ginger is pungent and warm, and has many functions such as dispelling cold and sweating, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting. It's the best time to drink ginger tea in dog days. Put 4 slices of ginger, 4 slices of jujube and a proper amount of brown sugar into a cup of boiling water, and a cup of ginger jujube tea that warms the stomach and dispels cold will be perfect. Drinking ginger tea is a simple and easy health care method, and now it seems to be more and more popular. Ginger tea can be drunk all year round, but summer is the most suitable season for drinking ginger tea.