1, bitter gourd

Momordica charantia is a good food in summer, which is rich in nutrients, mainly containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and other nutrients. Immature tender fruit as a vegetable, mature pulp can be eaten raw, cold, fried meat and grilled fish, crisp and refreshing, with unique flavor.

Bitter gourd has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and pathogenic factors, relieving fatigue, clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang. Momordica charantia contains protein in addition to bitter quinine. It is found that protein can stimulate immune cells and has anti-cancer effect.

2. Bitter vegetables

Sonchus oleraceus, also known as tea, camellia oleifera, Sonchus oleraceus and Sonchus oleraceus, is the whole grass of Sonchus oleraceus in Compositae.

Bitter vegetables mainly contain carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin C, minerals and other nutrients.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter vegetables are bitter and cold, and have the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. Li Shizhen pointed out in the book Compendium of Materia Medica: "Bitter vegetables adjust the twelve meridians, ease the mind and replenish qi, intellectual man fit against aging and improve eyesight ..."

Pickled bitter vegetables are delicious dishes to accompany meals in summer, which have the functions of refreshing, appetizing, relieving summer heat, clearing the heart and removing annoyance.

3. bitter bamboo shoots

Chinese medicine believes that bitter bamboo shoots are sweet, cool but not cold, and have the effects of relieving summer heat and detoxifying, losing weight and fitness, strengthening stomach and promoting digestion.

Bitter bamboo shoots are delicious food on the summer table. People usually use bitter bamboo shoots, ribs and pickles to make a pot of bitter bamboo shoots, which tastes bitter and delicious and has endless aftertaste. 4.

lettuce

Lettuce is also called thousand yuan vegetable and lettuce.

Chinese medicine believes that lettuce is cool, bitter and sweet, and enters the gastrointestinal tract. Has diuretic, diaphragmatic, qi regulating, heat clearing and thirst quenching effects.

It is suitable for treating dysuria, qi stagnation of spleen and stomach, anorexia, thirst and polydipsia. 5.

Lycium barbarum seedlings

Lycium barbarum seedling is also called beet and Lycium barbarum tip.

Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum seedlings are cool, sweet and bitter, and have the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and improving eyesight.

It is suitable for treating fever due to yin deficiency, thirst, hand and foot fever, liver and kidney deficiency, dry eyes, toothache due to deficiency of fire, etc. .