In the hot summer, the sun is like fire, and the heat is unbearable, making people have nowhere to escape. At this time, maybe you will hide in an air-conditioned room, maybe you will hold an iced soda for a long time, but think about it carefully, but how many hidden dangers have been left for your health! Here are some fruits and vegetables to ensure that you can quench your thirst and keep fit. What a trick to kill two birds with one stone! White lentils: flat in nature, sweet in taste, and have the functions of clearing heat, drying dampness, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. It is especially suitable for people who vomit and diarrhea in summer due to damp heat, eat less for a long time and vomit due to spleen deficiency. Mung bean: it is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and relieve summer heat and annoyance. It is a good summer heat product. "Herbal Yan Hui" said well: "Mung beans can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, calm heat and moisten dryness, and clear away heat and detoxify." In hot summer, people often cook mung beans into porridge, which is very beneficial to health. Watermelon: Ancient doctors called it "natural white tiger soup", which has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, relieving annoyance and quenching thirst. "Classic meets the original" said: "Watermelon can induce pericardial fever and excrete it in the small intestine and bladder. It can solve the thirst of the sun, the thirst of Yangming and the thirst of fever, so it is called natural white tiger soup. " However, there is a folk saying that "watermelon can dispel the heat, but eating more will hurt the gas." This is because watermelon has a strong ability to clear away heat and relieve summer heat. People with deficiency of spleen and stomach should eat less or not in hot weather, otherwise the accumulation of cold will help damp and he will get sick. However, if you add a few drops of good wine to eat, you may be able to eliminate this shortcoming. So the proverb says, "A watermelon is a few drops of good wine, which tastes sweet and fragrant, and is suitable for both cold and warm." Mume: In the folk, it is very useful to fry Mume with rock sugar into Mume soup, and then let it cool as a cold drink for drinking in summer. Plums taste sour, and rock sugar tastes sweet and sour, which is very delicious. Chinese medicine has the saying that "sour and sweet turn yin". Drinking Wu Mei soup in hot summer has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, dispelling summer heat and nourishing yin. Not only that, Mume has inhibitory effects on Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae, Typhoid Bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio cholerae and many other germs. Therefore, ebony soup is not only a cool drink in summer, but also can prevent intestinal infectious diseases. Grape: It is a kind of juicy berry, which is flat in nature and sweet in taste, and has the functions of nourishing qi and blood and stimulating appetite. The ancients gave a good evaluation of grapes, saying that "when the grapes are involved in autumn in late summer, there is still enough heat, sweet but not sour, cold but not cold, long taste and strong juice, which can relieve troubles and quench thirst." It can be said that it is a good fruit, suitable for summer. Coconut pulp: also known as coconut juice and coconut wine, it is the pulp in coconut endosperm. "Illustration of Chinese Medicinal Plants" says: "Coconut juice nourishes, relieves summer heat and quenches thirst." Therefore, drinking coconut milk in summer can not only replenish body fluids lost with sweat, but also have the effects of tonifying deficiency, dispelling summer heat and quenching thirst. Especially for people with congestive heart failure and edema, it is more suitable for eating. Pineapple: Pineapple is juicy, sweet and sour, with rich aroma and unique flavor. It has the functions of clearing away summer heat, quenching thirst, promoting digestion and stopping diarrhea. Water chestnut: it is an ideal fruit in summer. It is cold and juicy. Whether eaten raw or cooked, it is a good product for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Eating water chestnut is very effective when you are thirsty, dry throat, hot air in your lungs, red eyes, fever in your mouth and nose, and coughing up yellow phlegm. Diarrhea is easy to occur in hot summer. Drinking water chestnut juice can clear the heat depression and filth in the stomach and can receive the effect of adjuvant therapy. Bitter gourd: cold in nature and bitter in taste, it has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, improving eyesight and reducing fever. Suitable for people who are irritable and thirsty in summer, even when they have heatstroke and fever. People regard bitter gourd as a seasonal vegetable food in summer. When cooking, cut the bitter gourd vertically, marinate it with salt water for a while, that is, remove half of the bitterness, and then slice the bitter gourd, which can be stir-fried or used to cook fish and meat. It is not bitter, but more delicious. People also have the habit of drinking bitter melon soup as herbal tea, which has the effects of relieving summer heat, dispelling summer heat and quenching thirst. Wax gourd: it is the most popular melon in summer because of its cool nature, sweet taste, soft meat and unique coolness. Winter melon simmer soup is commonly used by the people and is a good product for relieving summer heat; Drinking fresh melon juice or mashed juice can relieve summer heat; In summer, it is used to make soup with meat and mushrooms, which has the effect of relieving summer heat and boredom. Cucumber: It is cool, sweet, cool and juicy, and has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Cucumber eaten raw or cold is a good vegetable in summer. Old cucumber simmer soup is also a natural health drink to relieve summer heat and quench thirst. Melon: Also known as cantaloupe, it is cold in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of relieving summer heat, quenching thirst and diuresis. "Fun Life Diet Spectrum" also said that it can "clear away heat and facilitate defecation, remove annoyance and quench thirst, cure hunger and cure summer dysentery". Therefore, it is more appropriate to eat in hot and dry summer. Tomato: Also known as tomato. According to Lu Chuan's materia medica, it is "sweet and sour, slightly cold, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and digestion, and treating thirst and loss of appetite". Tomato is rich in vitamins, among which vitamin C is the most, and it also contains many elements such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and sodium. It is both a vegetable and a fruit, so it is also called "the fruit of vegetables". In hot summer, eating tomatoes mixed with sugar can not only quench thirst, strengthen stomach and digestion, but also enhance human immunity. People also use it to prevent heatstroke in summer. They are used to using tomatoes in moderation, washing and slicing them, and taking decoction instead of tea as a drink. Amaranth: cool and sweet, it is an ideal vegetable in summer. Hot weather often makes people upset and restless. Boiling soup with amaranth has the function of relieving summer heat and clearing heat, which is especially suitable for teenagers to take in summer. In addition, amaranth contains high concentration of lysine, which is very helpful for human growth and development. It is the best food for pregnant women before giving birth in summer. Mushrooms: also known as sunflowers and watercress. Cold in nature and sweet and sour in taste, it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials and cooling blood, and is especially suitable for eating in hot summer. Compendium of Materia Medica once said: "Sunflower seeds are planted in March, and the tender seedlings are edible. Spread in May, the leaves are like apricot leaves, but they are thick and soft, which is suitable for both vegetables and meat. " Therefore, sunflower is a good seasonal vegetable in summer. Luffa: cold and cool, it is a good vegetable in summer, which has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and dispelling summer heat. "Luchuan Materia Medica" also says that it can "promote fluid production to quench thirst, relieve summer heat and relieve annoyance". People are also used to eating more loofah, or making soup, or cooking in hot summer. Ginger: It is a common condiment. Warm in nature, spicy in taste and easy to disperse. Gao Li, a famous doctor in the Yuan Dynasty, pointed out: "In summer, the fire is strong, so you should sweat it, so eating ginger can't help." Especially in modern life, cold drinks and air conditioners are more common in summer, so it is very easy to feel cold evil. It is most appropriate to eat ginger often. Mint: It's cool and sweet. It has the functions of dispelling wind and heat, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. It is suitable to be taken as a refreshing drink in hot summer and midsummer, and can prevent heatstroke. However, two points need to be reminded: first, mint should not be fried for a long time, because its main effective component is volatile oil, which will reduce its efficacy if cooked for a long time; Second, it is not advisable to take more clothes for a long time, as Ben Feng Jingyuan said: "Taking more clothes for a long time makes people feel cold." Volvariella volvacea: cold in nature and sweet in taste. Not only the meat is tender and delicious, but also it has high nutritional value. It contains a lot of vitamin C and protein, including 8 kinds of essential amino acids, but it is low in fat and cholesterol-free, and has the effect of relieving summer heat and lowering blood pressure. Therefore, in the hot summer, it is advisable to eat cool and heat-clearing straw mushrooms. Especially for people with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hepatobiliary diseases, eating in summer has many benefits. Fresh lotus root: cold in nature and sweet in taste. According to the "Materia Medica Yan Hui" cloud: "Lotus root, a medicine for cooling blood and dispersing blood, clearing heat and relieving summer heat." "Herbal Classic Shu" also said: "Lotus root, sweet and cold, can cool blood and stop bleeding, clear heat and clear stomach." It can be seen that eating fresh lotus root in hot summer has the functions of clearing away heat and cooling blood, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, and relieving summer heat and annoyance. 250 grams of fresh lotus root is also commonly used among the people. Wash the slices, add appropriate amount of sugar, and decoct them as herbal tea to prevent heatstroke. Porphyra: In summer, the weather is hot, and people sweat a lot, resulting in a large loss of water, electrolytes and vitamins. At this time, it is most appropriate to eat more seaweed. After eating, it can regulate the body, balance the blood pH, relieve summer heat and clear the heart fire. It is an ideal nourishing food in summer. In addition, chrysanthemum, mung bean sprouts, adzuki bean, radish, cauliflower, celery, water bamboo, Nostoc flagelliforme, water shield, citrus, orange, banana, olive, apple, boat-fruited Sterculia, fish, duck, snail, clam and clam should be eaten in midsummer.