There is a saying in China folk proverb: "Little summer is also, big summer is also, boiled in water." The weather is getting hotter in summer, and the increase of rainfall makes the pathogenic dampness gradually vigorous, and people often feel loss of appetite, fatigue and even cause gastrointestinal diseases. Professional nutritionists point out that at this time, you can drink more summer-relieving soups that can clear away heat, clear the heart and stimulate appetite, so let's take a look at several summer-relieving soups arranged in the 24 solar terms.

Bitter gourd boiled salted egg soup

Ingredients: 2 salted duck eggs, 600g bitter gourd and 4 slices of ginger.

Practice: salted duck eggs are shelled to leave egg liquid, and the yolk is chopped; Wash bitter gourd, peel it thinly, and then cut the tender part of melon meat thinly to make it into filaments. Add water 1250 ml (about 5 bowls) and shredded ginger to the wok, bring to a boil over high fire, add salted egg yolk and wax gourd until just cooked, add salt and oil, and then slowly push the egg mixture until it is even.

Efficacy: bitter melon has the effect of clearing heart and appetizing. Salted duck eggs can clear lung fire and reduce yin fire. The soup is sweet and delicious, and has the effects of clearing away heat and nourishing yin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.

An old wax gourd lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat

Ingredients: 2 fresh lotus leaves, 500g old wax gourd, 5 bundles of fried lentils 12g, coix seed, adzuki bean, Polyporus, Alisma orientalis, Smilax glabra, kapok and corduroy.

Practice: Wash and soak the materials slightly, wash the old wax gourd, and cut the skin and kernel into large pieces. Put it in a pottery jar with lotus leaves, add 2750 ml of clear water (about 5 bowls of water), boil it with strong fire for 3 hours, or add appropriate amount of salt and take it lightly; You can also add brown sugar to sweeten it. This amount can be used by 3-4 people, and should be taken every day or every other day in hot summer.

Efficacy: Guangdong folk traditional decoction for relieving summer heat has the functions of relieving summer heat, relieving annoyance and promoting diuresis, and is very effective for summer heat, light mouth, thirst, irritability, yellow urine, insomnia and anorexia. Lotus leaves have a particularly strong effect of relieving summer heat, and they are matched with old wax gourd, lentils, coix seed and corduroy flowers. , can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, detoxify and clear heat, so that it can clear heat without hurting the spleen, and diuresis does not hurt the yin.

Chinese caterpillar fungus flower mung bean partridge soup

Ingredients: partridge 1, lean meat100g, cordyceps sinensis 25g, mung bean 50g, figs and salt.

Practice: Wash partridge and lean meat, cut into large pieces, put all the materials into the pot, add appropriate amount of water to boil, simmer for 1 hour after boiling, and add appropriate amount of salt to taste.

Efficacy: Mung bean has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and promoting diuresis; Partridges have the functions of nourishing five internal organs, stimulating appetite, strengthening yang and tonifying kidney, and strengthening the body. Cordyceps sinensis has the functions of protecting lung and kidney, nourishing essence and strengthening body. When all the materials are boiled together into soup, they can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, benefit the lungs and eliminate phlegm, and strengthen the body. They are often used to treat summer heat, heatstroke and lung heat with excessive phlegm.