Drinking porridge has a long history in China, especially in summer. Many people like to drink porridge. There has always been a saying that "medicine is better than food", because porridge is widely used, with exquisite materials, rich varieties and unique flavor. Together with other cereals and medicinal materials, they are deeply loved by people and help to prevent and treat diseases.

In summer, the scorching sun makes many people feel very tired. In summer, when people are thirsty, they all want to drink some porridge, but they are particular about drinking porridge, especially medicinal porridge as a diet therapy. But don't imagine that drinking medicated porridge is as energetic as taking tonic. It's not that simple, and a porridge can't be effective. Porridge usually takes a while to take effect.

Recommend several kinds of slimming porridge in summer.

First, jujube mung bean porridge, jujube mung bean in moderation, after boiling with an open flame, change the temperature to stew until the mung bean is crisp and rotten, then add sugar and let it cool. The porridge has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer-heat, quenching thirst, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling.

The second kind is lotus seed porridge. Lotus seeds are soaked in warm water to remove the core, ground into powder, and cooked into porridge with stem rice. It has the effects of removing pyrolysis annoyance, calming the heart, tranquilizing the mind, nourishing the heart and tonifying the kidney, consolidating essence and strengthening the spleen.

The third kind is lotus leaf porridge. Wash a fresh lotus leaf, boil soup to get juice, cook porridge with stem rice, add sugar and mix well to eat. This porridge has the functions of heatstroke prevention, diuresis, blood pressure reduction and blood circulation promotion.

The fourth kind is lily tremella porridge.

Lily and tremella, after the stem rice is boiled, add lily to cook porridge, then add tremella and sugar and mix well to serve. The porridge has the effects of clearing away heat, diminishing inflammation, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.

The fifth is bitter melon porridge. Bitter gourd is cooked with rice and eaten with rock sugar. Has the effects of relieving summer-heat, lowering blood pressure, clearing away heart fire, improving eyesight, relieving vexation and removing toxic substances. However, the taste of bitter gourd may be a little uncomfortable for ordinary people. You can drink it with bitter gourd skin and egg soup. Bitter gourd has powerful functions in summer.