1, cucumber tofu fish head soup

Ingredients: a catty of cucumber, a live fish head, four pieces of tofu and three pieces of ginger.

Practice: remove the corner edge of cucumber and clean the corner shape; Wash the fish head with chopped pepper and cut both sides; Wash tofu with cold water. Put the chopped fish head and ginger slices into the pot, introduce appropriate amount of boiling water, cook on the stove for 10 minute, add tofu and cucumber, then cook with slow fire for 15 minute, and take the seasoning.

Functions: clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, removing blood stasis and toxic materials, cleaning face and removing spots, dredging meridians, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It can be used for heat syndrome, heat thirst, excessive phlegm, asthma, cough, muscle and bone pain, and blood gas obstruction.

2. Old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and crucian bean curd soup

Raw materials: pumpkin 800g, fresh lotus leaf 12, Polyporus umbellatus and Alisma orientalis 1 5g, Dutch bean and coix seed 20g, grass carp1strip, raw pork 50g and ginger 3g.

Practice: wash each soup base and slice the east melon; Chinese herbal medicine invades bubbles; Slaughter and clean grass carp, cook it with raw pork and ginger, add 3000ml of cold water (about 12 bowl), simmer for about two and a half hours, and then add salt.

Function: Chinese medicine believes that wax gourd has the functions of relieving summer heat and dampness, nourishing stomach acid, cleaning up filth, eliminating carbuncle, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. Lotus leaves have the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting hair growth and clearing yang, removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, which are common in heat thirst, summer dampness and diarrhea. Polyporus umbellatus can promote diuresis, Alisma orientalis can promote diuresis, clear away heat and toxic materials, grass carp can nourish the spleen and promote diuresis, and Peng Zhong can invigorate the spleen and stimulate appetite, promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, and warm the middle energizer. In addition, it is combined with Dutch beans and coix seed as soup, which can refresh the mind, clear away heat and fire, strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, and nourish the body.

3. Lily, red dates, lotus seeds and tremella soup

Ingredients: 2 tremella, appropriate amount of lily, appropriate amount of lotus seeds, appropriate amount of medlar and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Practice: soak the tremella in cold water, wash it, take it out and tear it into small pieces; Peel and wash fresh lily; Soak Lycium barbarum in clear water for 5 minutes, remove and drain; Wash red dates and lotus seeds for later use. Fill the casserole with water, and add tremella, red dates, lotus seeds, fresh lilies and medlar in turn. Cook this soup for about an hour and a half until the soup is slightly sticky and the tremella is transparent. After boiling for one hour, add appropriate amount of crystal sugar (the amount of crystal sugar depends on everyone's taste) and cook for another 20-30 minutes.

4, melon any honey treasure duck soup

Ingredients: 350g duck collarbone, 50g coix seed, 300g east melon, 2 slices of ginger, green lemon 1 half (or rice wine), 2 shallots, and salt.

Practice: duck clavicle is washed with cold water to remove blood. Marinate with one and a half lemonade (or rice wine) 10 minute, and wash and soak Coicis Semen in advance 1 hour. The collarbone of the sauce duck is watery. Peel ginger and cut into sections for later use. Add 1500ML cold water and ginger slices to the casserole. Add duck clavicle and coix seed after the water is boiled, and turn off the heat after the fire is boiled. Boil 1 hour. Wash the east melon without peeling it. Cut into pieces and cook in duck soup for another 30 minutes. Season with salt and turn off the heat.

Function: Wax gourd can clear away heat and relieve summer heat and detoxify, Coix seed has the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, eliminating dampness, whitening and reducing swelling, and goose meat has the functions of nourishing yin, invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. Drinking winter melon and barley duck soup in dog days is sweet and delicious. It not only has the effects of clearing away heat and fire, relieving summer heat and removing dampness, but also can lose weight, whiten acne, strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, which is also a beauty beauty.

5, loofah tofu fish head soup

Ingredients: a catty of loofah, one head of fresh fish, four pieces of tofu and three pieces of ginger.

Practice: the loofah goes to the corner edge, washed and cut into corners; Wash the fish head and cut both sides; Wash tofu with clear water. Put the fish head and ginger in the pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, simmer for 10 minute, add tofu and loofah, simmer for 15 minute to taste.

Precautions for tonic in dog days:

Summer tonic should be cleaned up, which can not only supplement the body energy, but also promote fluid production and quench thirst. But don't take warm medicine, and don't make up. You must choose mild and cold foods, and you'd better remember the following principles to make up for them.

1, summer is hot, sweats a lot, consumes a lot of energy, and the night is short, so sleep may not be as good as other seasons, so physical fitness will decline, while most people will have problems such as physical weakness, poor health, poor nutrition, weak resistance, and easy to get sick in summer, so they should eat more drugs that benefit qi and promote fluid production, such as American ginseng and Ophiopogon japonicus, or supplement them with food, eat more rabbit meat and eat more.

2. Chinese medicine theory holds that summer corresponds to the fire in the five elements, and summer belongs to the heart in the five internal organs. Therefore, in summer, we should pay more attention to protecting the heart and avoid the deficiency of qi, blood, body fluid caused by anger. In summer, you can eat more bitter food, such as bitter gourd, which can dispel summer heat and reduce fire.

3, heavy moisture in summer will affect the spleen and stomach, leading to decreased appetite, and you can eat more light and digestible food. People with spleen deficiency should choose foods that strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, such as adzuki beans and coix seed. It is not advisable to eat spicy and greasy food.