So how to eat healthier in summer? We all know that mung beans are seasonal food in summer. In hot summer, a bowl of sweet mung bean soup will make thirst and summer heat dissipate for a while, which is a good thing for countless people. However, our health experts have heard that summer is the best time to treat winter diseases in summer. Huangdi Neijing, a classic work of traditional Chinese medicine, puts forward the idea of "nourishing yang in spring and summer", and the custom of "eating radish in winter and ginger in summer" has also spread to this day.

Then the problem is coming. Mung beans and ginger are obviously cold and hot foods. Are these two dietotherapy methods not contradictory? Should we drink mung bean soup to relieve summer heat and cool down in hot summer, or drink ginger soup to tonify yang in spring and summer?

Don't worry, Dr. Zhang will reveal the answer now. These two seemingly contradictory health-keeping concepts are actually not, but only for different people and situations. Just like Sichuanese eat spicy food and Northeasters eat salty food. A way that suits your physical condition is a good way to keep fit.

Ginger is pungent and warm, and has the functions of dispersing and warming. In summer, when the yang in nature is the most vigorous, take ginger to dispel cold and dredge collaterals, and then raise the body temperature with the help of the naturally rising yang, so that the cold in the body disappears. It is especially suitable for people with yang deficiency or body cold.

Ginger is recommended to be eaten in the morning, the yang will rise more vigorously, and the hidden evil spirits will be dispersed more easily. But remember not to eat too much, just two or three tablets, otherwise it will lead to stomach fever.

But eating ginger in summer is not suitable for people of all constitutions, especially those with yin deficiency or heat constitution. If you try to follow suit, it will lead to external heat and internal heat, consuming gas and hurting body fluid, which is not good. The specific manifestations of yin deficiency constitution are: fever in hands and feet, love to drink water, frequent dry mouth, dry eyes, dry nose, dry skin, upset and irritable.

Eating ginger in spring and summer is suitable for people who are afraid of cold due to yang deficiency. People with other constitutions should pay more attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling in summer, drink mung bean soup to clear away heat and detoxify, relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and have a moist and cool summer.

Summer climate has two main characteristics-heat and humidity. At this time, it seems that heaven and earth have become a big steamer, and we are in the middle, being "steamed" and sweating. With the great loss of sweat, the body fluid is gradually insufficient. Mung beans come to help as soon as they see it, enter the body along the digestive tract, help the river replenish water, and strive to maintain the ecological balance in the river with its rich minerals and vitamins.

What problems are easy to appear in hot summer? It's easy to forget tea and rice, and nothing is comfortable to eat. Chinese medicine believes that "dampness is easy to trap the spleen and stomach." In other words, wet weight in summer will lead to the decline of spleen and stomach function, and people will have loss of appetite and bloating. Mung beans are good at removing heat and dampness, which can increase the transport ability of spleen and stomach. It has been scientifically proved that phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidic acid in mung beans can stimulate appetite.

However, we need to remind everyone that because the ingredients of mung beans for relieving summer heat and diuresis are mainly in mung bean skin, mung beans for relieving summer heat should not be cooked for too long, and it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to cook.

Although most people can safely drink mung bean soup, there are not many taboos, but for the following people, don't drink too much.

For many people with peaceful constitution, when choosing mung beans and ginger, they should be based on the actual situation of their own lives.

Modern people's summer is no different from ancient times. We have air conditioners everywhere. If you stay in an air-conditioned room for almost 24 hours, your pores are closed and you won't feel a lot of heat and humidity. At this time, if you are greedy and drink cold, and eat a lot of cold drinks, fruits and mung bean soup, it will bury a cold disaster for your body and damage your yang day by day. Once your body's yang is damaged, there will be many diseases.

Therefore, for modern people, even if it is not yang deficiency, as long as there is no obvious heat, it is good to eat ginger in summer. If you are a high-temperature worker and rarely stay in an air-conditioned room, don't eat ginger like others. You must eat more mung beans to cool off the heat.

It can be seen that besides knowing some professional knowledge, dietotherapy and health care should be adjusted at any time according to its own situation, and it must not be followed by others. Think about it before you keep healthy!

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