Lotus seed soup

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, lotus seed soup has been the most popular in Fukui. Medicine believes that lotus seeds are sweet and flat in nature, and have the functions of nourishing the spleen and astringent intestines, nourishing the heart and benefiting the kidney. Drinking lotus seed soup every day in summer can strengthen the heart and ambition, nourish the heart and benefit the spleen. Middle-aged and elderly people eat it, which makes people healthy and beneficial to health.

It is scientific to drink lotus seed soup in summer to prolong life. First, remove the seeds from the lotus seeds, then soak them in water for one hour, during which the tremella is torn and washed, and then brewed with clear water for a while. Take a pot, add appropriate amount of water, add tremella and lotus seeds and stew for two hours until the soup becomes transparent, and add appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Drink sheep in summer

In southern Shandong, there is a custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) on the day of summer heat. In Zaozhuang city, many citizens go to the local mutton soup kitchen to "drink summer sheep" in the hot summer. The habit of eating Fu sheep in Zaozhuang is related to the local farming and climate. Nutritionists have conducted in-depth research on this and think that the nutritional level of mutton in dog days is the highest.

In dog days, heat accumulates in the human body. At this time, drinking mutton soup and drinking Chili oil, vinegar and garlic will inevitably make you sweat all over. This kind of sweat can take away the heat accumulated in the five internal organs and expel toxins from the body, which is very beneficial to health.

Eat fairy grass

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" in summer. Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant resource. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical effect of relieving summer heat. After drying the stems and leaves, it can be made into Xiancao, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.