Radish has the functions of promoting digestion, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can be eaten raw or made into radish soup. It is suitable for people with gastrointestinal damp-heat, peptic ulcer and poor appetite.

2. Coix seed

Coix seed is the top grade for eliminating dampness and swelling. Coix seed is a good food to remove dampness and poison in the body, and it also has anti-cancer effect. In midsummer, when it rains continuously and the air is wet and sticky, many people will "hurt the summer heat". At this time, eating barley porridge can play a role in eliminating dampness and benefiting the stomach, eliminating edema and strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach.

3. kapok

Kapok petals are bright red and can be used as medicine after drying. Sweet and light in taste, cool in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, relieving exterior syndrome and stopping bleeding. Clinically, it is often used for gastrointestinal damp-heat such as dysentery, diarrhea and food retention, and it is one of the commonly used drugs. The climate is hot and humid, and people mostly feed on fish, so it is prone to gastrointestinal diseases such as loss of appetite, indigestion, diarrhea and dysentery. And kapok can just improve the above symptoms.

4. White lentils

White lentils are "the valley of spleen", and they are thought to be "diarrhea-relieving, summer-relieving, spleen and stomach warming, damp-heat removing and thirst quenching". Chinese medicine believes that white lentils have the efficacy of invigorating spleen and eliminating dampness, and are often used by people with symptoms such as loose stool's disease, diarrhea, loss of diet, loss of appetite, fatigue and weakness.

5. Corn

Corn has the functions of diuresis, detumescence, calming the liver, benefiting gallbladder, invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, regulating middle energizer, stimulating appetite, benefiting lung and calming heart, and clearing away damp heat. Corn contains flavonoids, which has a certain effect on macular, so eating more corn can improve your vision.

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