Sprite bitter gourd is a good and simple home-cooked dish. The main ingredients are medlar, sprite, honey, orange juice and bitter gourd. First, clean the bitter gourd, scrape off the pulp with an iron spoon, then wash it with running water and soak it in cold boiled water.

Pour a can of Sprite into a container, put a handful of Lycium barbarum, drain the bitter gourd soaked in Sprite, and add a little orange juice and honey when eating.

Eating this way will not only be bitter, but also slightly sweet. Bitter gourd is the first choice for clearing away heat and reducing fire. Momordica charantia has the effects of detoxifying, eliminating dampness, cooling and heatstroke prevention, and is rich in vitamin C, which can effectively improve our body's immunity, and beauty beauty has a strong effect.

Therefore, bitter gourd, a vegetable recommended in summer, is a must. Eating bitter gourd on a hot day can reduce fire, and the bitter element contained in bitter gourd can also strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Quinine, an alkaloid substance contained in bitter gourd, has diuretic, blood circulation promoting, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effects.

Bitter gourd has a high content of vitamin C, which can prevent scurvy and improve the body's resistance. In addition, bitter gourd also contains substances similar to insulin, which can lower blood sugar. Diabetic patients can eat more bitter gourd in summer, but they can't mix it with Sprite.

2. Cold tomatoes clear away heat

Tomatoes are a vegetable that often appears on the table in summer. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin C, which has a good whitening effect on our skin and is the first choice for girls to whiten and protect their skin.

In addition, tomatoes have the functions of sterilization and cancer prevention, cooling blood, clearing stomach and strengthening spleen, and can also clear away heat and detoxify in summer, with good effect.

When we mix tomatoes cold, the most common thing is to mix them with sugar. In fact, we can eat it raw, sour and sweet, and it tastes good.

3. Andrographis paniculata relieves summer heat

Andrographis paniculata, also known as Sophora alopecuroides, is cold and bitter, and can be used as medicine and food. It can effectively relieve summer heat and reduce fever, and it can also cool blood and reduce swelling. The effect is very good, and it has a very good effect on acute bacillary dysentery, acute gastroenteritis, urinary tract infection, cold, tracheitis and pneumonia.

The most obvious effect of andrographis paniculata is to clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and it can also purge fire, which is very useful for treating tuberculosis, fever and hot shower.

4. Artemisia selengensis increases appetite and appetite

People don't like to eat much in summer, and loss of appetite is a common phenomenon. You can eat some chrysanthemums at this time, because chrysanthemums have a very special fragrance, and they are crisp to eat and easy to cook.

Artemisia selengensis is rich in directional volatile oil, which has the functions of regulating qi, inducing resuscitation, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. Artemisia selengensis also contains more potassium substances, which can regulate body fluid metabolism and eliminate edema.

5. Cucumber can relieve summer heat.

Cucumber has whitening effect and contains crude fiber, vitamin B 1, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin C and other minerals, which can quench thirst and relieve summer heat.

Eating cucumber often in summer can reduce swelling and diuresis, treat sore throat and edema of limbs caused by excessive internal heat in summer, and has a strong effect on heating and enriching blood in stool.

In addition, cucumber also has the effect of losing weight. Cucumber is an indispensable vegetable in summer. The best way to eat cucumber is to eat it directly raw or cold. It tastes very good.

6. Lettuce can clear away heat and diminish inflammation

Raw vegetables wrapped in meat, or eaten raw with dipping sauce, taste good. Lettuce is one of the indispensable vegetables in many series of diets, and its taste is crisp and refreshing.

Lettuce is rich in lettuce, which has the functions of clearing away heat, diminishing inflammation and hypnosis. Lettuce is low in calories, and people who lose weight can choose to eat lettuce, which has a good effect and can also clear away heat and diminish inflammation.

7. celery is detoxified by heating

Celery is a normal cold food, which is rich in nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, cellulose, vitamins and minerals, among which the content of vitamins is more, and the content of mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron is higher than that of ordinary green vegetables.

Celery is not only rich in nutrition, but also has high medicinal value, and has strong heat-clearing and detoxification effects. You can eat more celery in summer, or you can juice celery and drink it.