Peach, one of the four treasures of summer solstice solar terms, is healthy and produces fluid.
Now that fresh peaches are on the market, people who love peaches can feast their eyes again. According to Chinese medicine, peaches have the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, nourishing yin, promoting fluid production, moistening the intestines and relaxing bowels, and are especially suitable for people with symptoms such as deficiency of both qi and blood, sallow complexion and emaciation, palpitation and shortness of breath, constipation and amenorrhea. Eating peaches regularly can strengthen the body and prolong life. Although peaches are nutritious and rich in gum. Modern medical research has found that peaches with high sugar content can make people fat, improve skin elasticity and make skin rosy. For thin people, eating peaches often has the functions of strengthening the body, enriching muscles and beautifying the skin.
As we all know, peaches have a fine layer of fluff on the surface, and some people will peel it off. In fact, peach skin is rich in pectin, which is nutritious and tastes good. It's a pity to peel it off. Here are some tips for cleaning the fluff on the surface of peaches.
1. Wet the peach with water, grab a pinch of fine salt and evenly spread it on the surface of the peach, gently rub it for a few times, then soak it in water for a while, and finally rinse it with clear water for several times.
Don't touch peaches with water. Brush the peach surface with a clean brush, and then wash it with salt water.
3, you can soak in alkaline water for a while, without rubbing, peach hair can fall off.
Summer solstice solar terms, health promotion, Four Treasures of the Study II, watermelon.
China has long had a folk proverb:? Eat watermelon on a hot day, don't grab medicine? . Watermelon is cold and sweet, and enters the heart, stomach and bladder meridian. Has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, promoting salivation, quenching thirst, and promoting diuresis to relieve vexation. Eating some watermelons often can clear the fire and reduce the fever.
The function of producing body fluid of watermelon not only refers to the pulp of watermelon, but also includes the greenest watermelon skin and the whitest watermelon skin. Peel off the hard watermelon skin, put it in boiling water for 5 minutes, and add a proper amount of rock sugar to make it a good heatstroke prevention product. White melon peel, cut into strips, added with a small amount of rice vinegar, salt and sugar, put it in a frying pan and stir-fry it slightly, which becomes an appetizer for soothing the liver and benefiting the gallbladder, and is more suitable for protecting the liver after drinking.
Recommended recipe: crispy tenderloin
Ingredients: watermelon skin, tenderloin, egg white, cooking wine, salt and wet starch.
Practice: Peel fresh watermelon skin, shred, add a little salt and mix well. After curing for a period of time, squeeze out the salt water. Slice tenderloin, put it in a bowl, add cooking wine, salt, egg white and wet starch, mix and size. Add oil to the wok. When the oil is heated to 60% over medium heat, add the shredded pork and break it up. Remove and drain the shredded pork after it turns white. Leave the remaining oil in the original pot, add a small amount of broth to boil, add shredded watermelon skin and shredded pork, stir-fry a few times, and thicken with wet starch.
Summer solstice solar terms, health, Four Treasures of the Study III, lotus root.
Lotus root is rich in mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in human body, cholesterol in food and triacylglycerol, so that it can be excreted from feces, thus reducing lipid absorption. Lotus root exudes a unique fragrance, contains tannins, has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, can stimulate appetite, promote digestion, stimulate appetite and strengthen the body, and is especially suitable for people with poor appetite and loss of appetite. Lotus root is rich in trace elements such as iron, calcium, protein, vitamins and starch, which can tonify qi and blood and enhance human immune function. Lotus root is rich in tannic acid, which can constrict blood vessels and can be used to stop bleeding. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus root can cool blood, disperse blood stasis, stop bleeding and leave no blood stasis, which is a good diet therapy for blood syndrome of fever.
Lotus root is cold and sweet, which can clear away heat and produce fluid, moisten lung and cool blood. Rich crude fiber can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, and B vitamins, folic acid and trace elements such as iron and zinc can promote the repair of oral mucosa epithelium. Drinking lotus root ribs soup often can prevent and treat oral ulcers, but choose the old lotus root with porous and white skin. This is also a common soup in the family.
Recommended recipe: Lotus root ribs soup
Ingredients: 500g of lotus root, 400g of ribs and 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: wash the lotus root, remove the nodes and cut into sections, and soak it in light salt water 15 minutes; Wash and chop the ribs. First, put the ribs and ginger into the casserole and add 2500ml of water (about 10 bowl). After the pot is boiled, add lotus root, simmer for about 1.5 hours, and add appropriate amount of salt. This quantity can be used by 3~4 people. If it is used to prevent and treat oral ulcers, it should be used 3 to 4 times a week.
You should also drink more mung bean porridge and sour plum soup during the summer solstice. Mung beans can clear away heat and detoxify, relieve summer heat and diuresis, and treat summer heat, polydipsia and edema. Sour plum decoction can help digestion, promote qi circulation, dissipate blood stasis, promote fluid production, quench thirst, astringe lung qi, and calm the nerves. Regular drinking can protect health and strengthen the body, and it is a rare health drink in hot weather in summer.
Four treasures of bitter gourd for health in summer solstice solar terms
Bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold. What is it called in Compendium of Materia Medica? Clearing heat and relieving fatigue, clearing heart and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang? . It is not only rich in dietary fiber, which can delay the absorption of sugar in food, but also has the highest vitamin C content in melons, about 6? Nine times. In addition, the contents of carotene, riboflavin, calcium, iron, phosphorus and other minerals in bitter gourd are also very rich.
Traditional medicine believes that bitter gourd tastes bitter, is born cold, and is cooked and warm. Raw food can clear away heat, relieve summer heat and purge fire, and clear away heat and trouble; Cooked food can nourish blood and liver, moisten spleen and kidney, clear away heat and relieve fatigue, clear heart and improve eyesight, invigorate qi and strengthen yang, and relieve fever, polydipsia, dysentery and miliaria. Some people will boil bitter gourd to alleviate its bitterness. However, it should be noted that bitter gourd is heated for too long, although it can remove bitterness, but the loss of vitamin C will be very serious. Therefore, the bitter gourd is blanched with clear water, or soaked for a short time. That is to say, the bitter gourd is sliced and soaked in cold water for about 10 minute, which not only reduces the bitterness, but also does not lose nutrition. In addition to making cold bitter gourd, fresh bitter gourd can also be washed, chopped and squeezed into juice.
Recommended recipe: bitter gourd preserved egg crucian carp soup
Ingredients: bitter gourd 1, preserved egg 1, crucian carp 1, ginger and a little salt.
Practice: Wash bitter gourd and cut into pieces, dig out the pulp and cut into pieces; Wash preserved eggs, remove shells and cut into pieces for later use; Cleaning the slaughtered crucian carp, scraping off the black membrane in the abdomen, and draining water; Put two spoonfuls of oil in a hot pan, fry crucian carp on both sides until slightly yellow, pour in six bowls of water and ginger slices, bring to a boil, turn to medium heat for 20 minutes, add bitter gourd and preserved egg roll 10 minute, and season with salt. This soup can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, improve eyesight and detoxify, strengthen spleen and promote diuresis.