The raw materials of sour plum soup are dark plum, hawthorn, sweet-scented osmanthus, licorice and rock sugar. Sour plum soup is very popular among old Beijingers. It can help digestion, promote qi circulation and remove blood stasis, promote fluid production to quench thirst, astringe lung qi and calm the nerves. It is a rare health drink in hot summer.
2, mung bean porridge
Mung bean water is an important food for health and heatstroke prevention in dog days. Mung bean is also a kind of medicine, which can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve summer heat and promote diuresis, and treat summer heat, polydipsia and edema. However, it should be noted that mung bean is a cool food with the same origin of medicine and food. Excessive drinking will lead to abdominal pain and diarrhea in people with physical weakness or spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency to drink in large quantities, otherwise it will lead to vigorous virtual fire, oral erosion, gingival swelling and pain and other symptoms.
3. Poria cocos fresh lotus seed porridge
1 lotus leaf (fresh or dried), 10 fresh perilla, 50g poria cocos, 100g fresh yam, 30g coix seed, 100g japonica rice or millet. First, the lotus leaves and perilla are decocted to remove residues, and Poria cocos, Chinese yam, washed japonica rice or millet are added into the soup to cook together into porridge. Before taking out the pot, add the right amount of sugar or salt according to the taste. Poria cocos fresh lotus seed porridge has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer-heat, calming the heart and tranquilizing the mind, stopping diarrhea and dysentery, and has the auxiliary treatment effect on cardiovascular diseases and neurasthenia (psychological consultation in neurology).
4. Chinese yam ribs
The dog days are hot and humid, and the human body sweats a lot, and trace elements such as potassium and calcium are seriously lost, which is easy to hurt yin and consume gas. At this time, you should eat foods that replenish blood and qi, nourish yin and strengthen the spleen. Chinese yam ribs are excellent nourishing yin ingredients and have the effect of supplementing calcium.