Bitter foods include: bitter melon, bitter chrysanthemum, kale, lettuce, grapefruit, aloe vera, lotus seeds, buckwheat, oatmeal, tangerine peel, green tea, etc.

1. Bitter chrysanthemum

Bitter chrysanthemum is also considered to be a vegetable that can "clear away heat and relieve fire". It is suitable for eating raw and cold salad. It has a light bitter taste mixed with the fragrance of vegetables, giving it a unique flavor. Data shows that bitter chrysanthemum is rich in vitamin C, carotene and other nutrients.

In cooking, many people choose to eat bitter chrysanthemum cold and raw, such as bitter chrysanthemum mixed with fern root powder, peanuts mixed with bitter chrysanthemum, etc.

2. Kuding tea

Kuding tea is really bitter. Although there is a little bit of bitterness in the tea, this kind of tea is too bitter. , I later learned that this kind of tea can only be felt by tasting it carefully, and the sweetness becomes sweeter as you taste it.

Kuding tea also has some health benefits, so you can drink some regularly in daily life, provided that you can accept its bitterness.

3. Bitter vegetables

Bitter vegetables are also a popular vegetable in summer, and their scientific name is chicory. Raw bitter vegetables have a bitter taste, so they must be blanched before eating.

The common folk method is to blanch the selected bitter vegetables, dry them out and let them cool, then add minced ginger and garlic, salt, chicken essence, sesame oil and other seasonings, stir evenly and serve. .

The health-preserving effects of bitter foods:

1. Clear the heart and strengthen the brain

Bitter foods contain a certain amount of theobromine and caffeine. It has a comfortable and relaxed feeling in the brain, which can make people relax from the hot and troubled mental state and restore their energy.

2. Reduce fire and replenish qi

For people with strong heart fire and weak heart qi, you can eat some bitter food during winter health care, because it can not only relieve heart fire, but also nourish the qi. Nourish heart yin.

So people who usually fall in love with fire can eat some bitter foods, such as Kuding tea, lotus seed heart, bitter melon, etc., so as to reduce the fire in their heart.