In the hot summer, the way of keeping in good health is essential. Among many nourishing methods, summer health porridge is especially respected, which not only clears away heat and relieves summer heat, but also regulates the body. The following is a complete list of practices of summer health porridge to help you enjoy summer time.

Lotus and lily porridge: clearing the heart and calming the nerves, strengthening the spleen and stomach.

Lotus seeds and lilies are known as "clearing the heart and calming the nerves". Eating in summer can effectively relieve symptoms such as intense heart fire, insomnia and dreaminess. Adding Poria cocos for nourishing stomach and spleen and Lycium barbarum for clearing heat and moistening lung has the effects of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, moistening lung and relieving cough.

Practice: Wash lotus seeds, lilies, Poria cocos and Lycium barbarum, add water to the pot until the lotus seeds are soft and rotten, and serve.

Mung bean and barley porridge: eliminating dampness, clearing heat and diuresis.

Mung beans and coix seed are both good products for removing dampness in summer. Mung bean can clear away heat and toxic materials, relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and Coix seed can strengthen spleen and promote diuresis, moisturize and whiten skin. The combination of the two can not only dispel the moisture in the body, but also improve the skin problems and make the skin fresh and shiny.

Practice: Wash mung beans and coix seed and soak them in cold water for one night. The next day, filter off the water, add water and boil until it is thick, and serve.

Lotus leaf and lotus root porridge: invigorating spleen, promoting digestion and stopping diarrhea

Lotus leaves have the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, diuresis and detumescence, while lotus roots clear away heat and moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea. Eating in summer can effectively improve symptoms such as loss of appetite and diarrhea.

Practice: wash lotus root and cut into pieces, wash lotus leaf and shred. Put rice, lotus root blocks and lotus leaves into a pot, add water and boil until the rice is cooked and soft.

Winter melon and red bean porridge: relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling

Wax gourd can clear away heat and promote diuresis, relieve summer heat and quench thirst, and adzuki bean can eliminate dampness and diuresis, reduce swelling and detoxify. Eating in summer can effectively relieve summer heat and diuresis and relieve edema symptoms.

Practice: Peel and cut the wax gourd, and wash the red beans. Put rice, wax gourd and adzuki bean into a pot, add water until the rice is cooked and the melon is soft.

Lily yam porridge: moistening lung, strengthening spleen and benefiting qi

Lily moistens the lungs and relieves cough, nourishes the heart and calms the nerves, and yam nourishes qi and strengthens the spleen and stomach. Eating in summer can effectively nourish yin and moisten the lungs, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and relieve symptoms such as cough and burnout caused by summer heat.

Practice: Wash the lily and yam and break the lily. Put rice, lily and yam in a pot, add water and boil until the rice is cooked and the lily is soft and rotten.

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Summer health porridge, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat and conditioning the body, is a good product for summer health. You may wish to choose a suitable one according to your physique and needs, nourish summer time and enjoy cool and healthy.