At this time, the yang is the most abundant, the human body is relaxed, and the meridians and qi are running, which is the best time to warm the lungs and dispel cold pathogens.
Grasping the dog days to recuperate the body can get twice the result with half the effort. Today, I will share a health care strategy. Please keep it safe!
Eat three melons
1, wax gourd: controlling pressure and reducing fat.
Wax gourd is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and promote diuresis, reduce swelling and eliminate dampness; Typical foods with high potassium and low sodium contain potassium100 mg, which helps to control blood pressure; Rich in all kinds of amino acids needed by the human body and high in dietary fiber, it is the gospel of people with three highs!
2, loofah: diuretic, anti-constipation
Luffa is sweet, cool, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis; Saponins and mucus contained in it are beneficial to smooth stool, prevent constipation, accelerate the detoxification process of the body and help to improve metabolism.
3, cucumber: prevent constipation, beauty
Cucumber is sweet, cool, bitter and nontoxic, and enters the spleen, stomach and large intestine. Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Cucumber is 96% water, and each cucumber contains only 100g calories, which is very suitable for dieters.
Eat three kinds of meat
1, mutton-driving away the cold in the body
As the saying goes: a bowl of mutton soup in dog days does not need a doctor to open it. Eating mutton and drinking mutton soup in dog days can strengthen the body, nourish yin and replenish qi.
After drinking mutton soup, sweating can eliminate moisture and cold in the body and improve immunity.
2, chicken-supplement physical strength
Chicken is high in protein, easy to digest and absorb, and can quickly replenish physical strength and a large amount of protein consumed and lost due to sweating.
3, trotters (medium)-rich in vitamins
Sweat more in dog days, lose a lot of body fluids, and lose more trace elements.
Pig's trotters are not only rich in collagen, but also contain calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K and other beneficial components.
Eating stewed trotters can supplement trace elements and improve immunity.
Drink three mouthfuls of soup.
1, winter melon seaweed soup
Wax gourd is sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and reduce swelling; Moreover, it contains no fat and low sodium content, which is very beneficial to patients with hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Kelp is rich in minerals, which can reduce blood sugar and blood lipid; Rich in cellulose, it can promote intestinal peristalsis.
2. Tofu and loofah soup
Tofu is light in taste and rich in protein; Luffa contains a lot of vitamin C.
It is hot and stormy in dog days, and the water evaporates quickly. Luffa can help the human body replenish water and eliminate toxins in the body.
3. Lotus leaf porridge
Lotus leaf contains many alkaloids such as nuciferine, which has diuretic and heatstroke prevention effects.
Eating lotus leaf porridge can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, cool blood and stop bleeding.
Have three drinks.
1, three fresh drinks
Boil 30g of fresh bamboo leaves, 30g of fresh lotus leaves and 30g of fresh mint leaves in water for 65438+/-00 minutes, take juice, and add proper amount of honey instead of tea.
Peppermint leaves contain peppermint oil, which is a natural refreshing drink brewed with water, which can refresh the mind, clear the heart and improve eyesight; Fresh bamboo leaves are blindly clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and diuresis; Lotus leaf is mainly used to treat summer heat and polydipsia, which is good for relieving summer heat.
2, three fresh drinks
Flos Lonicerae 10g, Rhizoma Smilacis Glabrae 20g, and raw broad bean 30g, decocted in water until the beans are cooked, and eaten with juice.
Smilax glabra can clear away heat, detoxify and remove dampness; Honeysuckle clearing heat, detoxicating and detumescence; Broad beans are used to remove dampness and detoxify; Especially suitable for people who are prone to prickly heat and sores in dog days.
3. Sanhua drink
Flos Chrysanthemi Indici, Flos Nelumbinis each 10g, and Flos Jasmini sambac 3g, washed, brewed with boiling water, covered slightly and served as tea.
These three kinds of flowers instead of tea can relieve summer heat, enlighten people with incense and remove heart disease. Pay attention to wild chrysanthemums, especially those that are yellow, sessile, complete, fragrant and have incomplete flowers.