Xiari Qushi Decoction

The first course: towel gourd and bamboo sun soup

Luffa is cool and sweet, and has the effects of clearing away heat and blood, detoxifying and relaxing bowels, moistening skin and beautifying, and dredging meridians. At the same time, loofah also contains saponins, which has a certain cardiotonic effect. Luffa's unique interferon inducer can stimulate the body to produce interferon, which plays an antiviral and anticancer role. Dictyophora dictyophora is a precious edible fungus, which has the functions of benefiting qi and nourishing yin, moistening lung and relieving cough, clearing heat and promoting diuresis. The soup made of loofah and dictyophora is especially suitable for eating in hot summer, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat and dampness, and is a delicious food in hot summer. Most people can eat it, but it is cold. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should try not to eat too much. When cooking, you must add some Jiang Mo and pepper to dispel the cold.

Ingredients: 2~3 dictyophora, 1 towel gourd, a little salt and pepper.

Practice: soak 2~3 dictyophora in water in advance until the dictyophora becomes soft; Peel the loofah and slice it for use. Put a proper amount of water in the pot. After the water is boiled, add bamboo shoots and loofah slices in turn. After about 3 minutes, add salt and a little pepper. Because dictyophora is delicious, you can skip the chicken essence. A simple and light soup of bamboo fungus and towel gourd is ready.

The second paragraph: stewed lean meat with kapok.

Chinese medicine believes that kapok tastes sweet, light and cool, and has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and stopping bleeding. It is often used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, hemoptysis, hematemesis, blood collapse, bleeding from golden sore, sore poison, eczema and other diseases. Modern research shows that kapok is rich in trace elements such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and zinc, and has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anticancer effects. Stewed lean meat with wood has the effects of strengthening the spleen, relieving summer heat and eliminating dampness, and is suitable for health care in summer.

Ingredients: 30g of kapok, 250g of lean pork and 3 slices of ginger.

Practice: wash kapok, wash pork and cut into pieces, put them into casserole together, add ginger and appropriate amount of water, boil over high fire, skim off floating foam, and cook over low fire 1 hour.

The third paragraph: raw fish soup, winter melon and red beans.

Raw fish soup red bean and winter melon soup is light and not greasy, rich in nutrition, and has the function of eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen. Red beans are one of the common soup ingredients in Guangdong. Has effects in invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, relieving swelling and removing toxic substances. Wax gourd can relieve summer heat, and raw fish can strengthen the spleen and induce diuresis. Ingredients: 60g of red beans, 750g of white gourd, 2 strips of raw fish, 0/50g of lean meat/kloc-0, and 3 slices of ginger. Practice: Wash red beans, wash white gourd, peel, wash raw fish, slaughter and remove scales and viscera, fry with slow fire until slightly yellow, wash lean meat, and cut the whole piece without a knife. Put it in a clay pot filled with ginger, and add 2500ml of clear water (about 10 bowl of water). After the fire boils, simmer for 2.5 hours, and then add appropriate amount of salt and oil for 3-4 people to eat.

The fourth paragraph: shepherd's purse fish head soup

Fish head tastes delicious, easy to be digested and absorbed by human body, contains less fat, is rich in vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin K, and also contains unsaturated fatty acids beneficial to health. As the weather is hot and humid, most people lose their appetite due to the accumulation of moisture. At this time, using shepherd's purse with fish head that can clear away heat and promote diuresis can just achieve the purpose of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, appetizing and warming the body. Add ginger slices to fish soup. First of all, warm ginger can make up for the coldness of fish head. At the same time, in areas with heavy rainfall, ginger is also beneficial to expelling cold and warming, tonifying yang and improving immunity; Secondly, ginger can remove the fishy smell of fish head and make fish soup more delicious. Ingredients: the first crucian carp, 250g shepherd's purse, a piece of ginger, salt and water. Practice: cut the fish head in half, remove the gills, wash it with clear water for later use, pick and wash the shepherd's purse for later use, and cut the ginger into thick slices for later use; Boil half a pot of water, add fish head and ginger slices, continue to cook for 5 minutes, and then turn to low heat for 5- 10 minutes. Turn to high heat again, add shepherd's purse, turn off the heat when shepherd's purse is cooked, and add a little salt to taste.

Section 5: honeysuckle duck soup

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that water duck has the effects of warming middle warmer and benefiting qi, nourishing liver and benefiting qi, nourishing yin deficiency and not drying, and can strengthen the body, so it has high medicinal value. Duck meat is sweet, slightly cold and nontoxic. Has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, promoting digestion, regulating stomach, promoting diuresis, relieving swelling, and removing toxic substances. It has a good therapeutic effect on weakness and loss of appetite after illness. In addition, water ducks are deeply loved by consumers because of their sweet meat and low fat content. Honeysuckle has been known as a good medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials since ancient times. It is sweet and cold, fragrant, sweet and cold, clearing heat without hurting the stomach, and fragrance can dispel evil spirits. Yin Hua duck soup is very suitable for summer.

Ingredients: 25g honeysuckle, duck 1 bird, 2 figs, 4 pieces of dried tangerine peel1/,2 pieces of fresh ginger, water 1000ml, and a little salt.

Practice: Wash honeysuckle, wash water duck, put it in boiling water for 5 minutes and then take it out; Wash tangerine peel, soak until soft, and scrape off the capsule. Boil 1000 ml water, add honeysuckle, duck, fig, dried tangerine peel and ginger, simmer for 2 hours, and season with salt.

Section 6: Five Finger Peach, Smilax and Pork Bone Soup

Five-finger peach root is used as medicine to strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs, promote qi and diuresis, relax tendons and activate collaterals. In traditional Chinese medicine, the five-finger peach is also called Nanqi, which is the "Astragalus" in the south. This shows that it not only has the function of invigorating qi and strengthening spleen of Astragalus membranaceus, but also has no warmth of Astragalus membranaceus, so it is very suitable for southern climate application. Guangdong people love to use it as pig bone chicken soup to get rid of summer heat and dampness. Boiling Wuzhimaotao Decoction is often used with Coix seed, Smilax glabra and yam. , corn, beef, and meat such as chicken, chicken feet and pig bones. It is a good conditioning product for eliminating dampness and arthralgia and strengthening bones and muscles.

Ingredients: Finger Peach, Smilax glabra and pork spine.

Practice: Wash the five-finger peach and Smilax glabra and soak them slightly; Chop pig spine, wash it, pick it up and put it into water; Boil the water, add all the ingredients, simmer for 20 minutes, simmer for an hour and a half, and season with salt.

In addition to clearing away heat and dampness in diet, we should also pay attention to the following points: the days are long and the nights are short in summer, some white-collar workers often work overtime at night, and those who don't work overtime will also eat midnight snacks, have proper entertainment and prolong nightlife. Therefore, sleep time at night is often insufficient, and taking a nap is even more important. Special attention should be paid to the combination of work and rest. It is very important to use air conditioning fans reasonably in summer. The air conditioning temperature should not be too low. It should be controlled above 24 degrees Celsius during the day and 28 degrees Celsius at night, with dehumidification. Especially when sleeping at night, don't blow fans and air conditioners directly.

Guangdong summer fire soup

First: perilla ginger and red jujube soup

Ingredients: perilla, ginger and red dates.

Practice: after washing the red dates, take out the stone and slice the ginger for later use; Fresh perilla is also washed and shredded for later use; Put all the prepared ingredients into the casserole, then add appropriate amount of water and simmer for 30 minutes; Take out the perilla leaves and ginger slices and continue to cook for 15 minutes. There is no seasoning, because there are red dates, so the soup is sweet.

Efficacy: This prescription has a good effect of warming stomach and dispelling cold, and can also promote gastrointestinal digestion if taken frequently.

Second: Danggui Ejiao venison soup

Ingredients: angelica, donkey-hide gelatin, venison, red dates, medlar and salt.

Practice: Wash angelica and red dates, put them in a casserole, fry them with strong fire for ten minutes, and then take out the liquid medicine; Cut the venison into pieces, blanch it in boiling water, skim off the floating foam, take it out, and finally put it in clean water and put it in the pot; Put all the ingredients in the pot and stew for about an hour. After the venison is tender and rotten, add salt.

Efficacy: It has a good blood-enriching effect and is suitable for some patients with blood deficiency. In addition, if women have anemia or irregular menstruation, taking this prescription also has a good nourishing effect.

Third: Du Rong Zhu Yao Tang

Ingredients: Eucommia ulmoides, Cistanche deserticola, pork loin, onion ginger, cooking wine and salt.

Practice: wash pork tenderloin, remove fascia, and then cut flowers for later use; Wash the rest of the medicinal materials, put them in a casserole, fry for 20 minutes, and then leave the liquid medicine for later use; Put onion, ginger, cooking wine and main ingredients into a pot, add water and stew for 40 minutes; Finally, adding the prepared liquid medicine; After cooking, add salt and you can cook.

Efficacy: it has a good effect of tonifying kidney and nourishing yin, and the nourishing effect is very mild. Regular use is good for health.