As soon as the long summer solar term arrives, the weather will gradually turn hot and people's physical condition will change accordingly. Chinese medicine says that the season of nourishing the heart is in summer. Therefore, in the long summer, it is necessary to adapt to the changes of solar terms and pay attention to cultivating "heart" in diet in order to survive the heat.
Diet should be light.
After the long summer, the heat is pressing, making people fidgety and sad, and their appetite will also drop. Therefore, the diet should be light, mainly digestible and vitamin-rich foods, and try to eat less big fish and meat and greasy and spicy foods. Eating more lotus seeds, bean products, chicken, lean meat, sesame seeds and corn, and drinking more milk can not only supplement nutrition, but also play a role in strengthening the heart.
Appropriately "increase acid and reduce bitterness"
In the long summer season, the change of nature is that the yang grows longer and the yin weakens. Compared with human viscera, the liver is getting weaker and stronger. At this time, the dietary principle is to increase acid and reduce bitterness, tonify kidney and help liver, and harmonize stomach. When the weather turns hot, people tend to lose body fluids when sweating, so they need to eat sour food, such as tomatoes, lemons, strawberries, ebony, grapes, hawthorn, pineapples, mangoes and kiwis. Their sour taste can stop sweating, diarrhea and dampness, prevent excessive sweating, consume gas and hurt yin, promote fluid production and quench thirst, strengthen stomach and promote digestion.
Recommend some nourishing recipes for everyone.
Lotus-leaf preserved chicken: take 2 slices of fresh lotus leaves, 30g of ham, 250g of boneless chicken, 50g of water mushroom, 12g of corn flour, salt, sugar, chicken oil, Shaoxing wine, onion, ginger, pepper, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil. Slice chicken, mushrooms and ginger. Wash the lotus leaf, blanch it with boiling water, remove the pedicle and cut it into 10 triangle for later use. Blanch the mushrooms with boiling water, take them out, take a bath, put them on a plate with chicken, add the above seasonings and stir well, then put them on the 10 triangular lotus leaf, add a slice of ham each, wrap them in rectangular bags and steam them in a cage for about 2 hours. This dish helps to nourish the heart, strengthen the spleen and tonify deficiency.
Lotus-seed pork tripe: take 1 pork tripe, 50g lotus seeds, and appropriate amount of sesame oil, refined salt, ginger, onion and garlic. First, soak the lotus seeds in water, put them in the pig's belly, sew them with thread, put them in a pot, stew them with water, and then take them out to cool. Pork belly is cut into uniform filaments, put on a plate with lotus seeds, and then mixed with sesame oil, refined salt and onion and garlic seasoning. This dish can dispel heart fire, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach.
Fruit salad: peel and seed apples, pears and bananas, cut them into slices one inch long and three minutes wide, cut oranges, cut strawberries in half, and put them into a container and mix well. Wash and disinfect lettuce leaves for later use. Use lettuce leaves at the bottom of a small dish and put the mixed fruit slices on it. Then pour the whipped cream and lemon juice into the salad dressing and mix well, then pour it on the fruit slices. Salad is bright in color, sweet and refreshing, and the method is simple. The variety and quantity of fruits can be increased or decreased at will according to personal taste. However, it is recommended to eat it immediately after it is cooked, and it is not advisable to leave it for too long.
Tomato sago porridge: Remove the pedicle of tomato, wash it with cold water, scald it with boiling water, remove it and put it in cold water, tear off the skin, cut it in half, and then cut it into cubes with a knife; Washing sago, soaking in cold water, taking out and draining; Add about 1000 ml of cold water to the pot, add sago, bring to a boil over high fire, add tomato pieces, and cook over low fire; Add sugar and osmanthus fragrans and serve.