Recipes that the elderly can maintain health in summer include: 1. Five-flavored yam and longan porridge. Ingredients: 100 grams of fresh yam, 15 grams of longan meat, 3 grams of schisandra, appropriate amount of sugar, and 50 grams of japonica rice. Method: Peel the yam, cut it into thin slices, put it in the pot with the longan and schisandra chinensis, add the washed japonica rice, add an appropriate amount of water, cook the porridge, and add sugar to taste. Take 1 dose daily with breakfast or dinner. Efficacy: The elderly are prone to insomnia. This dish can nourish and strengthen the body, nourish yin and calm the mind. 2. Lotus seeds and lilies stewed with rock sugar. Ingredients: 15 grams of lotus seeds, 30 grams of fresh lilies, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Make lotus seeds, remove the core, put them in a stew pot with lilies and rock sugar, add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 2 hours before eating. It has the effect of calming the mind and nourishing the mind, especially suitable for the elderly with yin deficiency and qi deficiency. 3. Braised squab with Eucommia and Codonopsis pilosula. Ingredients: 300 grams of young pigeon, 25 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 15 grams of astragalus, and 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula. Production (1) Slaughter and clean the squab, and blanch them in boiling water. (2) Wash Eucommia ulmoides, Astragalus root, and Codonopsis pilosula; wash and slice ginger for later use. (3) Put the squab, Eucommia ulmoides, Astragalus root, Codonopsis pilosula, and ginger into a pot of boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat and simmer for about 3 hours, then add salt to taste. It can nourish the kidneys and strengthen the muscles and bones for the elderly. 4. Green carrot and pork soup Ingredients: 500 grams of green radish, 200 grams of carrots, four candied dates, 500 grams of pork leg meat, a small piece of tangerine peel, and an appropriate amount of water. Method (1) Peel the radish and cut into corners; wash the pork pieces; soak the tangerine peel until soft and wash. (2) Put water and dried tangerine peel into a straight clay pot, bring to a boil over high heat, add all the ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for about three hours. Pay attention to buying radish for soup, it is better to be thick and heavy, round at the top and pointed at the bottom. It can produce body fluids and moisturize dryness, and can be used to treat dryness of the lungs, dry throat, and astringent eyes. 5. Ingredients for braised black bean and red dates black-bone chicken: half a black-bone chicken, a little black beans, and a handful of dates (1) Chop the black-bone chicken into small pieces, soak the black beans in advance until soft; add cold water to the pot and cook the black-bone chicken pieces, blanch the blood, remove and set aside Use; (2) Put oil in a pot and stir-fry chives, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, aniseed, cumin, add black-bone chicken pieces, stir-fry evenly, add white peppercorns, stir-fry tangerine peel until fragrant, add Shaoxing wine; take another pot and add boiling water Add the fried black-bone chicken pieces and black beans and cook together for about 1 hour. Add jujube and add a little salt to taste. Cook for another half an hour and then remove from the pan. Plate and garnish with mint leaves. Efficacy Black-bone chicken contains a large amount of vitamin A, trace elements selenium and melanin, which have the effects of scavenging free radicals in the body, inhibiting the formation of peroxidized lipids, anti-aging and inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, and are especially suitable for the elderly. If the above answer is helpful to you, please accept it.