Bitter taste can stimulate the taste buds of the tongue, activate the taste nerves, stimulate salivary glands and promote saliva secretion because of its freshness and refreshment; It can also stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and bile. When these functions are combined, it will increase appetite, promote digestion, and help to strengthen physique and improve immunity.

Second, suffering can clear the heart and strengthen the brain.

Bitter and noisy food relieves the heat in the heart, has the function of clearing the heart, makes the mind clear and makes the brain function better.

Third, bitterness can promote hematopoietic function.

Bitter food can keep the bacteria in the intestine in a normal balance. This function of inhibiting harmful bacteria and helping beneficial bacteria contributes to the function of intestine, especially the hematopoietic function of intestine and bone marrow, and improves the anemia state of children.

Fourth, bitterness can clear away heat and detoxify.

Chinese medicine believes that bitterness belongs to yin, which has the function of relieving qi, and has the function of clearing away heat and calming the nerves for irritability caused by excessive internal heat. Clearing heat and relaxing bowels can not only reduce fever, but also excrete toxins from the body with defecation, so that children will not get boils or suffer from other diseases. In daily life, the key to bitter food is to pay attention to choice and eat it reasonably.

Bitter foods are mostly vegetables and wild vegetables, such as lettuce leaves, lettuce, celery, fennel, coriander, bitter gourd, radish leaves, turnips, alfalfa, sake koji, moss and so on. Dried and fresh fruits include apples, apricots, water chestnuts, almonds, black dates, mint leaves and so on. In addition, there are buckwheat and naked oats. There are also Schisandra chinensis and lotus seed cores, which can be eaten and used as medicine. It is best to soak it in boiling water and drink it. Schisandra chinensis is suitable for winter and spring, and lotus seed core is suitable for summer.

Tofu bitter melon soup

Tofu tastes sweet and cold, while bitter gourd tastes bitter and cold. It can clear away heat, clear stomach and reduce fire, which is better for children with hiccups and constipation.

Ingredients: 2 pieces of tofu, 50 grams of bitter gourd, and proper amount of seasoning.

Production: cut tofu into small pieces, wash bitter gourd, cut into thin slices, add appropriate amount of water to casserole, stew for 2 hours on low heat until the rotten tofu is cooked, and then add seasoning. General salt, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, etc. It is used to make it salty, but salt can also be added separately to suppress bitterness, because people who eat it like to mix it.

Features: This soup is rancid and slightly bitter.

Bitter gourd sparerib soup

It's hot in summer, so giving your baby some soup with fire can effectively prevent colds. This soup is suitable for 3-4 people. The following is the practice of bitter gourd sparerib soup:

Ingredients: 2 bitter melons, about 600g ribs, 4-5 dried oysters and 2 candied dates.

Practice: 1. Wash bitter gourd, cut it in half, dig out the pulp in the middle with an iron spoon, and cut it into pieces of about 2-3 cm, not too small, or it will be rotten when cooked.

2. After the ribs are cut into small squares, blanch them with boiling water, remove them and wash them.

3. Put bitter gourd, ribs, dried oysters and candied dates into a pot and cook for 90 minutes-120 minutes before drinking.

This soup can be drunk by both adults and children. Give it to the baby without seasoning (monosodium glutamate, salt).