The diet for keeping healthy in summer heat should be supplemented by clearing heat, invigorating qi and clearing heat, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach, and supplemented by medicated porridge. Clear food includes mung beans, lilies, cucumbers, bean sprouts, duck meat and so on. Foods that tonify qi and relieve summer heat include mushrooms, lavers, watermelons and tomatoes. Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, Radix Pseudostellariae and Radix Astragali can also be selected.

Supplements:

1, duck

Sweet, salty, flat, slightly cold, enters the stomach and kidney meridians. Duck meat has the effects of tonifying deficiency, clearing away heat, removing dampness and toxic materials, nourishing yin, nourishing stomach, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, and is suitable for treating hematemesis due to strain, spleen deficiency and warmth. According to modern nutrition, duck meat contains protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B 1, B2, nicotinic acid and other nutrients.

2. American ginseng

Cool and nourishing, it can strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil spirits, reduce fire and promote fluid production, and eliminate fatigue. In hot summer and summer, heat and excessive sweating will lead to the loss of vital energy, yin and body fluid, yin injury and deficiency fire, as well as fatigue, burnout, red tongue, red urine and other symptoms. Take1~ 2g of American ginseng and soak it in boiling water instead of drinking tea.

3.loach

Excellent food with high protein and low fat, and contains a lot of vitamin A, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, nicotinic acid and other substances, so some people call it "ginseng in water". Chinese medicine believes that Misgurnus anguillicaudatus has the functions of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating qi, quenching thirst and sobering up. Can be used for treating thirst and polydipsia, fever and xerostomia, sexual impotence, infectious hepatitis, hemorrhoid and scabies. In addition, the mucus secreted by loach skin is also a drug called "loach synovial fluid", which can be used to treat diseases such as urinary tract obstruction, heat stranguria and carbuncle swelling.

4. Fish

Fish is not only delicious but also nutritious. Its protein content is as high as 20%, which is twice that of ordinary pork. It is a high-quality protein with high absorption rate. Fish is also rich in thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin D and a certain amount of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Vitamin D, calcium and phosphorus in fish are very beneficial to bone growth and can effectively prevent osteoporosis. Although the fat content in fish is low, the omega-3 fatty acids in it contribute to human health. Studies have proved that omega-3 fatty acids in fish have many functions, such as lowering blood sugar, protecting heart and fighting cancer. Although Chinese medicine believes that there are differences in the nature and taste of different kinds of fish, it is also a good food for health in summer as long as you pay attention to selection.