The terrible thing about the dog days is that it is not only hot, but also stuffy and wet.

Initial period: July11~ July 20th, *** 10 days.

Mid-range: July 2 1 to August 9, ***20 days.

Terminal: August10 ~ August 19, *** 10 days.

Preventing diseases and preserving health in dog days, and eliminating summer heat and dampness are two major themes. So, how to eat in dog days to drive away the heat and moisture in the body?

1

Eat two melons at first.

Just entering the dog days, summer and humidity hit, and the body can't adapt to climate change for a while, so it will lose appetite and upset the stomach. So eat these two kinds of melons when sleeping, which is very useful for appetizing and promoting digestion ~

0 1 bitter gourd-clearing heat and reducing fire

People are prone to heatstroke and get angry at high temperature. Bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold, clearing away heat and toxic materials and reducing fire. At this time, it is best to eat.

Bitter gourd contains momordicin and picroside, which can stimulate appetite and promote digestion. Moreover, it contains more lipoprotein and rich vitamin C, which can enhance immunity and protect cardiovascular system.

Bitter gourd with sauce

Practice: remove the pulp of bitter gourd, cut it into shreds or slices, scald it with boiling water, then rinse it with cold water and drain it. According to your own preferences, you can match a variety of cold dishes.

Bitter gourd and kelp lean broth

Ingredients: 500g bitter gourd, 0/00g kelp/kloc-,250g lean meat, salt and monosodium glutamate.

Exercise:

① Cut the bitter gourd into two petals, remove the core and cut into pieces; Soak kelp for 1 hr, washing and shred; Cut lean meat into small pieces.

② Put all the ingredients into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and cook until the lean meat is cooked and seasoned.

Bitter gourd and kelp lean broth

Ingredients: 500g bitter gourd, 0/00g kelp/kloc-,250g lean meat, salt and monosodium glutamate.

Exercise:

① Cut the bitter gourd into two petals, remove the core and cut into pieces; Soak kelp for 1 hr, washing and shred; Cut lean meat into small pieces.

② Put all the ingredients into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, and cook until the lean meat is cooked and seasoned.

02 wax gourd-summer heat and dampness.

The water content of wax gourd is as high as 96%, the calorie is extremely low, and the quality is easily digested. It is a good product for relieving summer heat and quenching thirst.

Moreover, wax gourd is good at clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It's perfect to eat in hot and humid dog days ~

Dongguabei

Ingredients: Coix seed (fried), wax gourd, dried tangerine peel, lentils, lean meat and scallops.

Practice: Dig out the flesh of wax gourd for later use, wash other materials and put them into wax gourd, fill them with clear water, seal them with plastic wrap and put them into the pot, and cook for 2~3 hours. When the flesh of melon is translucent, it can be seasoned and eaten.

Wax gourd and meat are a perfect match. With different meats, you can have different health-preserving effects:

Some people may say that in the dog days, they want to eat watermelon. But one thing to remind you:

Never eat watermelon in dog days, especially those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. Because watermelon is a cold food, eating too much is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, causing bloating and diarrhea.

2

Zhongfu eats 1 flower.

As the saying goes, "the cold is in the March 9th, and the heat is in the upper middle", and the upper middle is the hottest time, so it is suitable to eat some herbs to relieve heat toxicity, such as honeysuckle.

Honeysuckle has always been the "star of medicinal diet", which is sweet and cold in nature, can clear away heat and detoxify, and is generally suitable for making tea.

Honeysuckle tea

Practice: 20 grams of honeysuckle, add a little rock sugar after boiling water, or directly brew with boiling water, add honey to adjust the service.

Adding one thing will make a big difference:

Wuhua tea

Practice: divide Flos Lonicerae, Kapok, Flos Chrysanthemi, Flos Sophorae Immaturus and Flos Puerariae equally, and decoct for drinking.

Guangdong people often drink Wuhua tea, because it is hot and humid in summer in the south. Wuhua tea can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve summer heat and promote diuresis, and protect the stomach. It has a certain effect on preventing wind-heat cold and getting angry, and can also improve mild diarrhea, dyspepsia and loose stool in summer.

Note: Five scented teas are cold and not suitable for people with weak physique (for example, they usually like to drink hot water and are afraid of cold food).

Honeysuckle can be used for external use in addition to food.

Washing honeysuckle with water can improve halitosis caused by chronic oral inflammation; Taking it with boiling water has a certain effect on eczema, children's hot furuncle and miliaria.

three

Finally, drink 3 soups.

Throughout the summer, the spleen and stomach received too many fruits and cold drinks for us, which was inevitably damaged. Therefore, the last stage should not only relieve summer heat and dampness, but also protect the spleen and stomach. These three soups are more suitable:

0 1 Sandou decoction-relieving summer heat and eliminating dampness without hurting spleen

Many people will drink mung bean soup to relieve summer heat, but mung bean soup is cold, and drinking too much will easily cause spleen and stomach discomfort. So it might be better to drink three bean soup at last.

In the three bean soup, mung beans clear away heat and relieve summer heat, red beans remove dampness, and black beans strengthen the spleen and tonify the kidney.

Mung beans and red beans are cold, and the addition of black beans just plays a mediating role. This can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and it is not easy to hurt the spleen and stomach.

Ingredients: 20 grams of mung beans, 20 grams of red beans, 20 grams of black beans, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Exercise:

① Wash the beans and soak them in water for half a day;

(2) Put the three beans into the pot, add 600 ml of water, simmer with low fire to 150~200 ml, add appropriate amount of white sugar or rock sugar, and serve with soup.

02 ebony soup-relieving summer heat, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion.

The sour taste of dark plum can stimulate saliva secretion, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Northerners love to drink sour plum soup in summer to quench their thirst and relieve summer heat.

Besides promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving summer heat and dissipating heat, Wu Mei soup is also very useful for stimulating appetite and digestion, and is suitable for drinking when the weather is hot and there is no appetite.

Ingredients: dried ebony, dried hawthorn150g, osmanthus fragrans and licorice 50g each, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Exercise:

(1) Boil dried ebony and hawthorn with water;

② Put the soaked dried ebony and hawthorn into a teapot, add osmanthus fragrans, licorice and rock sugar, and pour in appropriate amount of boiling water for brewing.

03 Shen Si Soup —— Damp-removing Soup Suitable for Most People.

Many people know that it is necessary to get rid of dampness in the long summer. No matter what, as long as it can get rid of dampness, it can be cooked in one pot. But things that don't suit you, if you don't get rid of dampness, will hurt your body.

But many people can't tell their own physique, so I'll give you a trick: choose a more peaceful dampness-removing ingredient. For example, Shen Si soup is neither too hot nor too cold, and most people can drink it.

Practice: Poria cocos, yam, lotus seeds and Euryale ferox are each about 20g, and cooked together.