In midsummer, yang heat drops, fumigation accumulates, water vapor rises, and moisture is full, so in this season, more people feel wet evil. In traditional Chinese medicine, dampness is a yin evil, which tends to be downward, heavy and sticky, easily deterring qi movement and damaging Yang Qi. Dietotherapy and medicated diet should clear away heat and relieve summer heat.
What to eat for health in the long summer: delicacies;
Assorted eggplant:
[Ingredients] 500g tender eggplant, coriander 15g, garlic, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, refined salt and pepper.
[Practice] Wash and peel the eggplant, cut it into small pieces, put it in a bowl, sprinkle a little salt, then throw it into cold water, soak the eggplant into brown, take it out and steam it in a steamer, then take it out and let it cool; Garlic paste; Heat a wok with high fire, add sesame oil, stir-fry chilies, pour the oil into a small bowl, add soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar, refined salt, monosodium glutamate and minced garlic, make juice, and pour it on eggplant slices; Wash coriander, cut into sections and sprinkle on eggplant slices. Serve.
【 Efficacy 】 Clearing away heat and dredging orifices, relieving swelling and diuresis, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach.
Note: Beans contain hemagglutinin A, which is a toxic protein, and its toxicity can be greatly weakened after heating. Therefore, beans must be thoroughly blanched to prevent poisoning.
Assorted platter:
[Ingredients] Tofu 1, tender beans 50g, tomatoes 50g, fungus 15g, sesame oil, vegetable oil, refined salt, monosodium glutamate and chopped green onion.
[Practice] Dice tofu, beans, tomatoes and fungus. Boil the pot with water, blanch the tofu, beans, tomatoes and fungus respectively (the tomatoes can be slightly scalded), take them out and drain them, and put them on a plate for later use. Heat a wok, add vegetable oil, add pepper, add chopped green onion, salt, tomato and monosodium glutamate, stir-fry evenly, pour on the scalded tofu, beans and fungus, then pour sesame oil and stir-fry evenly.
【 Efficacy 】 Promote fluid production to quench thirst, strengthen spleen to relieve summer heat, detoxify and eliminate dampness.
Mung bean pumpkin soup:
[Ingredients] 50 grams of mung beans, 500 grams of old pumpkins and a little salt.
【 Practice 】 Wash mung beans with clear water, add a little salt (about 3 grams) when the water is still wet, stir well, marinate for a few minutes, and then rinse with clear water. Peel the pumpkin, wash the pulp with clear water and cut it into 2 cm square pieces for later use. Add 500 ml of water to the pot, boil the mung beans for 2 minutes, pour in a little cold water, then boil, put the pumpkin in the pot, cover the pot, and cook for about 30 minutes with slow fire until the mung beans bloom, and add a little salt to taste.
[Efficacy] Mung beans are sweet and cool, clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, detoxifying and diuresis; Eat with pumpkin, produce fluid and benefit qi. It is the best diet for heatstroke prevention in long summer.
Bitter gourd chrysanthemum porridge:
[Ingredients] Bitter gourd 100g, chrysanthemum 50g, japonica rice 60g, rock sugar 100g.
[Practice] Wash bitter gourd to remove the pulp and cut it into small pieces for later use. Wash the japonica rice, rinse the chrysanthemum, put them in the pot together, pour in some water, and cook over high fire. After the water is boiled, put bitter gourd and rock sugar into the pot and continue to cook with slow fire until the rice blooms.
【 Efficacy 】 Clear away heat and relieve summer heat, stop dysentery and detoxify. Suitable for heatstroke, polydipsia and dysentery.
Note: When drinking this porridge, don't eat anything warm, dry, spicy or thick.