Summer tonic, Chinese medicine often adopts the method of "clearing tonic", that is, using food or drugs that can not only replenish the body, but also promote fluid production and relieve summer heat and quench thirst to supplement the deficiency in the body. In summer, you should choose the following foods to quench your thirst:

Mung beans: cold in nature and sweet in taste. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence. In hot summer, drink some mung bean soup to quench your thirst. If you eat poisonous food by mistake, mung beans can also be used to detoxify. Eating mung bean sprouts in summer is also good for your health.

Cucumber: cool and sweet. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Cucumber tastes a little bitter, because it contains a kind of fenugreek, which can enhance the immune function of human body.

Luffa: According to "Lu Chuan Ben Cao", Luffa "quenches thirst and relieves annoyance. Treating fever, dry mouth, body heat and irritability has its own specialties. " Luffa is not only a good vegetable in summer, but also has the effect of preventing and treating diseases.

Watermelon: cold in nature and sweet in taste. Clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, relieving vexation and quenching thirst. Watermelon is rich in fructose, glucose, malic acid, amino acids, vitamin C and other substances, which can quickly replenish a lot of water and energy lost by the human body in summer. The so-called "half a melon in summer, no need to catch medicine."

Wax gourd: its taste is light and refreshing, which is good for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Suitable for soup and cooking. Wax gourd is rich in nutrition and has been a good food supplement since ancient times. It not only has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, but also is an extremely effective supplementary food for patients with chronic nephritis, chronic hepatitis, chronic bronchitis, hypertension, heart disease, edema and fever. Stewed duck with wax gourd, coix seed, lily and lotus seeds to relieve summer heat.

Bitter gourd: bitter and cool in taste, it has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving summer heat and fatigue, clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight, and has certain curative effects on damp heat, vomiting, diarrhea, heatstroke, hematuria and diabetes.

Tomatoes: slightly cold, sweet and sour. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Tomatoes are fruits and good vegetables. They are suitable for raw food and cooked food, and can supplement vitamin C that the human body lacks.

Honeysuckle; Boiling water with honeysuckle and chrysanthemum can relieve summer heat, clear brain and improve eyesight. If paired with hawthorn, it can help digestion and promote blood circulation. Adding honey for nutrition is suitable for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.

American ginseng: cool and tonic, it can invigorate qi and reduce fire, promote fluid production and eliminate fatigue. Sweating in hot summer will consume healthy qi, yin and body fluid. Injury of yin and body fluid leads to deficiency fire, and naturally there will be symptoms such as fatigue, dry mouth and throat, upset, red tongue and red urine. Take1~ 2g of American ginseng and soak it in boiling water instead of drinking tea.