Summer heat is unbearable, which is the most likely to hurt people's body fluids and consume gas. While "spleen governs summer" and "summer heat must be accompanied by dampness", the principle of combining clearing and nourishing should be adopted in summer health preservation, that is, eliminating summer heat and dampness, benefiting qi and nourishing yin. Diet conditioning should choose a variety of fresh and delicious, mild, easy to digest, tonic but not greasy food. For example:

(1) Foods for clearing away heat and dampness, clearing away heat and toxic materials: mung bean, broad bean, adzuki bean, soybean, raw radish, eggplant, Chinese cabbage, celery, water chestnut, coix seed, wax gourd, watermelon, cucumber, wax gourd, bitter gourd, chrysanthemum, lotus leaf, tea, etc.

(2) Sweet, cold and wet foods: wheat, sorghum, highland barley, tofu, white lentils, black sesame seeds, potatoes, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, asparagus, spinach, wax gourd and watermelon.

(3) Foods for invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and benefiting qi: spinach, lotus root, water bamboo, tomatoes, carrots, eggs, apples, milk, grapes, lotus seeds, mulberries, clams, geese, herring, crucian carp, silver carp and barley flour.