In early spring, the air is dry and there is little water, which is especially easy to dry throat, nose, lips and skin. Moist Cantonese sugar water can dissolve dryness and is a delicious dessert in the afternoon. There is almost nothing more labor-saving than boiling sugar water. You can arrange and combine many ingredients, add water and rock sugar, put them in a pot or stew for a few hours, and you will succeed.

Before that, the only thing you need to do is to read the following content and quickly become an expert in sugar water food.

Choose the properties of ingredients in sugar water according to your own physique;

Ingredient attribute: Can't moisten blindly. You need to choose the ingredients in syrup according to your constitution, so that syrup can be delicious and healthy. For example, watermelon, cantaloupe, persimmon, grapefruit, orange, lemon, coconut and pear are all cold foods, chestnuts, walnuts, papaya and longan are all warm foods, and corn, soybeans, black beans, peanuts, eggs, bird's nest, honey and milk are all peaceful foods.

White nourishing lung: In the traditional theory of our country, the color of food appearance has a subtle corresponding relationship with human internal organs; Blue food corresponds to the liver; Red (red) food corresponds to the heart; Yellow food corresponds to spleen; White food corresponds to the lungs; Black food corresponds to the kidneys. The weather is dry in early spring, of course, the ingredients that moisten the lungs should be mainly white. There are many white ingredients suitable for boiling sugar water. In addition to those classic combinations, you can also make changes and improvements according to your own preferences to make personalized healthy syrup.

The following ingredients nourish the lungs and moisten the face.

China Rana Rana: Nourishing kidney, tonifying lung and strengthening spleen.

Nanxing: it is flat and sweet, moistening the large intestine, moistening the lungs and relieving cough.

Lily: Sweet in nature, nourishing the middle energizer and benefiting qi, warming the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, and moistening the skin.

Tremella: clearing up, nourishing yin and stomach, moistening lung and promoting fluid production.

Milk: tonify deficiency, benefit lung and stomach, promote fluid production and moisten intestines.

Lotus seeds: strengthening the spleen, nourishing yin and nourishing the heart, and solidifying essence.

Bird's nest: invigorating spleen and appetizing, nourishing skin and protecting health.

Yuba: clear and moist.

Pine kernel: moisten the lungs.

Sea coconut: moistening lung and nourishing yin.

Chuanbei: moisten the heart and lungs, clear away heat and resolve phlegm.

Polygonatum odoratum: nourishing yang and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and clearing heat.

Zhi Zhu: Clearing lung and invigorating spleen, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm.

Sydney: promoting fluid production and relieving cough, moistening dryness and resolving phlegm, and relaxing bowels.

Ginkgo biloba: beneficial to lung qi.

Euryale ferox: tonify kidney, solidify essence, strengthen spleen and stop diarrhea.

Ophiopogon japonicus: it can clear the rain in the lungs and stomach, moisten dryness, and clear the heart and get rid of troubles.

Other suitable sugar water raw materials

Figs: moistening the lungs and clearing the throat, invigorating the stomach and clearing the intestines.

Eggs: nourishing yang and moistening dryness.

Jujube: moistening dryness, benefiting qi and promoting fluid production.

Jujube: Tonifying the spleen and stomach, promoting fluid production, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.

Siraitia grosvenorii: It has the functions of clearing away lung heat, moistening intestines and promoting fluid production.

Chestnuts: tonify kidney and strengthen tendons.

Walnut kernel: tonify kidney, solidify essence and benefit brain.

Persimmon: moistens the lungs but astringents the intestines. People with constipation should eat carefully.

Shuili Chuanbei Decoction

Pear 1 piece, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae 40g, 6 figs, crystal sugar 120g, and clear water 2000ML.

Exercise:

1. Wash the pear, remove the core and cut into pieces. Wash figs and Fritillaria.

2. Heat clear water, add pear, fritillary bulb and fig to boil, turn to low heat for about 30 minutes, and finally add rock sugar to dissolve.

The syrup has the functions of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, protecting lung health, nourishing qi and blood, and promoting intestinal health.

Longan meat ginseng dessert store

50g of longan pulp, 30g of American ginseng, honey 100ML, water 1500ML.

Exercise:

1. Bring water to a boil, then add American ginseng and longan pulp, and simmer for about 8 minutes.

2. Then add honey and boil it to drink.

The syrup has the effects of nourishing blood, improving intelligence, refreshing, invigorating qi and tonifying deficiency.

Jujube and Sydney tea

3 candied dates, Sydney 1 piece, a little almond (or not), water 1500ML, and a little honey.

Exercise:

1. Slice Sydney.

2. Pour the water into the pot to boil, then add candied dates, Sydney and almonds, and simmer for about 15 minutes. Then add honey to drink.

This syrup has the functions of moistening lung, cooling heart, eliminating phlegm and reducing fire.

Panax quinquefolium candied dates dessert store

50g of American ginseng, 4 candied dates, honey 100ML, water 1500ML.

Exercise:

1. Boil water, then add American ginseng and candied dates, and simmer for about 8 minutes.

2. Then add honey and boil it to drink.

This syrup has the following functions: invigorating qi and reducing fire, relieving hangover and clearing heat, and eliminating long-term fatigue and powerlessness.

North Sichuan Sydney dessert store

50g Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sydney 1, a little almond from north and south, clear water 1500ML, rock sugar 100g.

Exercise:

1, peel and cut Sydney into pieces.

2. Boil clear water, then add Fritillaria cirrhosa, Sydney and almond, and simmer for 10-20 minutes.

3. Then add rock sugar and cook until it melts.

This syrup has the following characteristics: sweet but not greasy, elegant apricot fragrance, and has the effect of moistening and improving eyesight.

Fritillaria cirrhosa and Sydney have the functions of dilating bronchi, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and protecting lung health. Chuanbei Sydney water is a natural antitussive.

Stewed honey with crystal pear

1 crystal pear, 100ML honey, 1000ML clear water.

Exercise:

1, the crystal pear is pitted and cut into pieces.

2. Put water, crystal pears and honey into the pot.

3. Steam for about 40 minutes.

This syrup has the following functions: clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, and protecting the stomach.

Stewed melon with Siraitia grosvenorii, rock sugar and longan

Clear water 2000ML, Siraitia grosvenorii 1, longan meat 60g, wax gourd 300g, rock sugar 100g.

Exercise:

1. Dice the wax gourd and cook it in water 15 minutes.

2. Add longan meat and Siraitia grosvenorii and cook for 30 minutes on low heat.

3. Then add rock sugar and cook.

This syrup has the functions of reducing asthenic fire, promoting diuresis and eliminating edema.

Siraitia grosvenorii is sweet and cool, which has the functions of clearing away heat and moistening lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and is also one of the secret recipes to protect throat.

Spring is suitable for eating sweet and irritating food, and eat less sour food, because these foods will affect the function of the spleen and stomach. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the liver and gallbladder meridians in the human body are very active in spring, so it is necessary to nurse the liver well, which can enhance immunity and keep the body in the best condition all year round.