To nourish the spleen, it is first suggested to start with diet. The principle of diet should be to strengthen the spleen, clear away heat and promote diuresis. Light, bitter, cold, nutritious and digestible food is the best choice. Avoid sticky and indigestible food, but eat iced food and cold food. Foods that can be eaten to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness are:

1, you can eat more barley and red bean porridge in the long summer. Coix seed red bean porridge has a good effect of dehumidification and weight loss, especially for obesity caused by moisture in middle-aged and elderly people.

2. Yam can also be cooked in glutinous rice and red bean porridge. Yam, known as "small ginseng", is a sacred product for nourishing the spleen and stomach, which can tonify the kidney and replenish essence, moisten the lungs and replenish qi.

3. Jujube is suitable for hot and humid summer diet. Jujube has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, and calming the nerves, which is very suitable for people with spleen deficiency.

4, orange peel (that is, dried tangerine peel) is also very effective for strengthening the spleen. You can add some fresh orange peel when cooking. Even if you don't need to cook, it's good to soak dried orange peel in water.

5, Chinese medicine "Poria cocos" also has the function of dehumidification and spleen strengthening, and can also be added appropriately when stewing. As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", and the spicy ginger juice sweats, which is most suitable for dispelling body moisture after getting wet and preventing colds.

6. In addition, all vegetables and fruits with the word "melon", such as wax gourd, watermelon, bitter gourd, etc., have certain diuretic and dehumidifying effects, and can be consciously eaten in summer.

People's Daily Online-What is the best way to nourish the spleen in long summer to help drive away moisture?