What are the traditional foods to eat during the Great Heat in the South?

1. Grass jelly

Eating jelly grass is a custom in many areas of Guangdong during the Great Heat. Grass jelly, also known as jelly grass, is a medicinal and edible plant. After its stems and leaves are dried, it can be made into jelly grass, which is a summery dessert.

2. Green grass tofu

Green grass tofu is Wenzhou’s eating habit during the Great Summer. Decoct jelly grass, licorice, prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbs into a tofu shape. It can be eaten after cooling. It can cool and detoxify, produce body fluids and quench thirst.

3. Old Winter Melon and Fresh Lotus Soup

In the Pearl River Delta area, every time there is a severe summer heat, many families will cook Old Winter Melon and Fresh Lotus Leaves Soup to relieve heat. The leaves are clear and moist, have a light fragrance, and have strong heat-relieving power. When combined with old winter melon, they have the effects of relieving heat, removing irritability, diuresis, strengthening the spleen and reducing dampness.

4. Ginger tea

Drinking ginger tea is a custom of Taizhou people during the Great Heat. Because ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, it has been passed down from generation to generation.

5. Laoya soup

Laoya soup is made by slowly simmering old duck and adding lotus root, winter melon, gorgon fruit, and coix kernels to cool down and nourish the soup. It is not only rich in nutrients, but also has the effects of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, nourishing blood and promoting fluid circulation, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production.

6. Broiler

Broiler has a tonic effect on children who are in the growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people whose hormone levels have declined. Adding an appropriate amount of ginger when cooking can adjust the temperature difference between the inside and outside of the human body in summer, and play a role in dehumidifying and strengthening the body. Diet Tips for Summer

1. Eating more thin food is an important way to maintain health in summer, such as porridge for breakfast and dinner, and soup for lunch. Adding some lotus leaves when cooking porridge has the functions of relieving summer heat, nourishing the stomach and intestines, and producing body fluids and quenching thirst. When cooking porridge, adding some mung beans or just using mung beans to make soup has the functions of relieving heat and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and detoxification, producing body fluids, and diuresis. .

2. Pay attention to eating more fresh fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, green peppers, wax gourds, bayberries, melons, and plums; supplement water and inorganic salts, and pay special attention to potassium supplements, such as beans and their products, Mushrooms, etc.; eat more foods that can clear away heat and dampness, such as watermelon, bitter melon, peach, ebony plum, strawberry, cucumber, etc.; supplement protein in an appropriate amount, such as fish, lean meat, eggs, etc.