Bitter food not only clears away heat, but also relieves heat and summer heat and fatigue. Therefore, eating bitter food such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable and bitter buckwheat in summer can strengthen the spleen, stimulate appetite, not only keep the evil of damp heat away from you, but also prevent heatstroke, which can kill two birds with one stone. In addition, bitter food can also make people feel refreshed and relaxed, which is conducive to restoring energy and physical strength in hot summer, and alleviating or eliminating discomfort such as general fatigue and listlessness.
2. Increase heat and relieve summer heat
Intake of food for invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis. Mung bean soup is a traditional Chinese folk food for relieving summer heat, which can be safely eaten by people with spleen and stomach deficiency and physical weakness. In addition, lotus leaves, watermelons, lotus seeds and wax gourd also have good heat-clearing and summer-relieving effects. Lentils and Coix seed have a good spleen-strengthening effect, and they are the best food for patients with spleen deficiency in summer.
3. Foods that nourish qi and yin are indispensable.
In the summer, the weather is very hot, sweating more, and it is easy to consume gas and hurt the yin. At this time, people are often "three points without illness." Therefore, in addition to timely hydration, we should often eat some light foods that can replenish qi and nourish yin to enhance our physical fitness. Such as yam, jujube, sea cucumber, eggs, milk, honey, lotus root, fungus, soybean milk, lily porridge, chrysanthemum porridge and so on.
"Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, without a doctor's prescription". Since ancient times, TCM doctors and folks have said that "ginger cures all diseases". Because ginger contains oleaginous volatile oils such as gingerol, gingerol, phellandrene, citral and aroma; There are also gingerol, resin, starch and fiber. Therefore, ginger has the functions of excitement, perspiration, cooling and refreshing in the hot season; Can relieve fatigue, fatigue, anorexia, insomnia, abdominal distension, abdominal pain and other symptoms; Ginger also has the function of strengthening the stomach and stimulating appetite. The summer climate is hot, and the secretion of saliva and gastric juice will be reduced, thus affecting people's appetite. If you eat a few slices of ginger at dinner, it will increase your appetite;