Celery (clearing heat and promoting diuresis)
Sweet and sour in nature. Slightly cold. Has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, calming liver and cooling blood. Eat often. It has a good curative effect on cough with excessive phlegm, toothache and eye swelling. Celery also reduces gallbladder hardness and blood pressure.
Bitter gourd (removing fire to relieve summer heat)
Bitter food is the natural enemy of fire. Bitter food is bitter because it contains bitter substances such as alkaloids and urea. The best bitter food is bitter gourd. Whether it is cold salad, stir-fry or soup, as long as it can be cooked well without losing its "cyan", it can achieve the purpose of "removing fire"
Pumpkin (Buzhong)
It has the effects of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels, contains nutrients such as protein and amino acids, and is also rich in carotene, and has the functions of protecting eyesight, improving blood sugar and strengthening the qi of heart and kidney.
Flammulina velutipes (clearing away heat and annoying)
Flammulina velutipes can invigorate qi and nourish blood, clear heat and dry dampness, and relieve depression and anger. It is also rich in protein, carotene, fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients.
Lotus root (calming the heart and cooling the blood)
It has the effects of clearing away heat, calming nerves, cooling blood and removing blood stasis, contains minerals such as vitamin B, phosphorus and iron, and can improve anemia, diminish inflammation and bacteria, reduce blood lipid and lower blood pressure.
Spinach (moistening intestines to quench thirst)
It can nourish blood, moisten intestines and quench thirst. In order to avoid the formation of calcium oxalate from oxalic acid and calcium in spinach, it is suggested to blanch it with hot water first, and then eat it after removing oxalic acid.
Luffa (cooling blood and detoxifying)
Luffa is a common vegetable in summer, which is rich in vitamins and minerals, slightly cold, and has the health-preserving effects of dredging meridians, cooling blood and detoxifying. It is an indispensable vegetable in summer.
Lettuce (purging fire and benefiting qi)
Lettuce has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, purging fire and benefiting qi, and has a refreshing taste. It is an edible vegetable in summer.
The best healthy vegetables and recipes from summer solstice;
Lettuce salad
Ingredients: 350g fresh lettuce, onion, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, salt and sugar.
Practice: Wash lettuce, peel it, cut it into long strips and small pieces, put it in a plate, add refined salt and stir, marinate for 1 hour, take it out and drain it, add monosodium glutamate and white sugar and mix well. Cut the onion into chopped green onion, sprinkle it on lettuce, add sesame oil when the pot is hot, pour it on chopped green onion when the oil is hot, and stir well.
Efficacy: Benefiting five internal organs and dredging meridians.
Bitter gourd and soybean sparerib pot
Bitter gourd tastes bitter and cool, and has the function of clearing away heat and toxic materials. Soybean is sweet in taste and flat in nature, which can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, benefit blood and tonify deficiency, and detoxify. If you see obvious symptoms of heat, such as dry mouth and bitter taste, yellow urine and hot annoyance, you can take it.
Ingredients: bitter gourd 300g, soybean100g, ribs 500g.
Practice: Wash and blanch the ribs first, then rinse them with clear water, put them in a casserole with bitter gourd diced and soaked soybeans, and add water. Boil on high fire for 15 minutes, then turn to low fire and stew for 60 minutes. Serve after seasoning.
Fried towel gourd with shrimp
Ingredients: loofah 100g, shrimp 200g, cooking oil 20ml, salt 2g, a little cooking wine, a little soy sauce, water starch, shredded ginger and garlic slices.
Exercise:
1. Wash the loofah, peel it and cut it into hob blocks; After washing the shrimp, remove the head and shell and peel it into shrimp.
2. Put the shrimp in a bowl, add 5 ml of cooking wine and 5 ml of water starch, mix well and marinate for 10 minute. Heat the wok on the fire, pour in 10 ml oil, when the oil temperature reaches 70%, add the shrimps and stir-fry until the shrimps turn red, and take them out for later use.
3. Heat the wok again, pour in the remaining oil, add fresh shredded ginger and garlic slices, stir fry for a while, add shrimps, add appropriate amount of cooking wine, soy sauce, salt and water starch, and stir fry evenly.
Efficacy: Luffa is sweet and flat, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, cooling blood and detoxicating, relaxing bowels, dredging collaterals, promoting blood circulation and promoting lactation. Shrimp is rich in minerals such as protein, potassium, iodine, magnesium and phosphorus, vitamin A and aminophylline, and its meat is soft and easy to digest.