1, mung bean. Sweet in taste, cool in nature, enters the heart and stomach meridian, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and diuresis. Pay attention to the following questions when drinking mung bean soup. First, if you want to increase the heat-clearing effect, after cooking porridge or soup, eat it with the skin; Second, it is best not to add sugar, otherwise it will reduce the role of mung beans in clearing heat and promoting diuresis; Third, mung beans are cold, and people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more.

2. Red beans. It is sweet, enters the heart and small intestine, and has the effects of diuresis, dehumidification, pus discharge, swelling reduction and detoxification. Its heat-clearing effect is weaker than mung bean, but it has a strong diuretic and dampness-removing effect. It can not only treat common edema, but also treat "large ascites", that is, ascites due to liver cirrhosis. Red beans are generally used for porridge or stuffing. Adzuki bean can detoxify and remove dampness, help to remove dampness and discharge pus, and also have diuretic effect.

3. Glutinous rice. Sweet and light in taste, cool in nature, entering the spleen, lung and kidney meridians. Has the effects of promoting diuresis, eliminating dampness, invigorating spleen and benefiting qi. In some areas in the south, there is more rain in the summer rainy season, so drinking barley porridge often can get rid of summer heat and dampness. It should be noted that people who are prone to constipation should not eat it often. Coix seed can moisten intestines, which is beneficial to eliminate moisture in the body and also has the effect of eliminating dampness and discharging pus.