1, bitter vegetables?
The most representative of the customary food in Xiaoman solar terms is bitter vegetables, which is one of the earliest wild vegetables eaten by China people. It is said that Wang Baochuan ate bitter vegetables in the cold kiln for 18 years in order to survive. Bitter vegetables, bitter with astringency, astringent with sweetness, fresh and refreshing, cool and tender, rich in nutrition. ?
2. Lettuce?
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lettuce is bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature, which is beneficial to the five internal organs, dredging meridians, opening the chest and diaphragm, benefiting qi, strengthening bones and muscles, removing breath, whitening teeth, improving eyesight, promoting lactation, promoting urination and detoxifying, and can be used for hematuria, dysuria, puerperal hypogalactia, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
3. loquat?
"Little full loquat half slope yellow". Among the fresh fruits, only loquat is probably on the market at the right time. Loquat is a kind of fruit with strong seasonality and short market time, so we must seize the time if we want to eat it. Many cough syrups contain loquat ingredients, because loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten the lungs, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and treat various coughs. ?
4. Cherry?
Cherry contains sugar, citric acid, carotene, vitamin C, iron and other ingredients, especially the iron content is the highest among fruits, and the carotene content is five times higher than that of apples and grapes, which is of great benefit to the prevention and treatment of anemia and eye protection.
5. Litchi?
Litchi is mainly produced in the south and is known as the "king of fruits". Litchi is sweet and sour, warm in nature, and enters spleen and liver meridians. Moreover, litchi also has the functions of invigorating spleen and nourishing blood, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, regulating qi and relieving pain, and is suitable for deficiency-cold stomachache, abdominal pain and diarrhea; Stomach pain, abdominal pain and hiccup due to qi stagnation. Those with heat syndrome and yin deficiency and excessive fire are forbidden to eat. ?
6. Bitter gourd?
Eating bitter gourd in summer is a good way to clear away heat and detoxify. Bitter gourd has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, invigorating kidney and spleen, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and has certain effects on treating dysentery, sores, heatstroke and fever, excessive miliaria, conjunctivitis and other diseases. Momordica charantia L. is known as the "fat killer", which can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharide.