Bite three times when you are lurking, and feel refreshed when you are hot. What do you mean by three? From ancient times to the present, dog days have always been highly valued in workshops, especially in the past, the conditions for cooling off summer heat were limited, and in the dog days of "steaming on the top and cooking on the bottom", life seemed to be extremely painful. Up to now, people have invented central air conditioning, which makes it common to fall asleep with a quilt on the dog days, but there are more and more health problems. Especially in an air-conditioned room, going outdoors is like entering a big steamer. Every rapid change of quenching and heating is a test to human body. Therefore, in the dog days, we must make adjustments. Don't eat blindly, turn on the air conditioner and drink cold drinks. Instead, we should learn to eat reasonably and let ourselves spend 40 days in dog days safely.

Yam; Yam is a kind of food buried in the ground, which absorbs all kinds of nutrients when it grows. Yam can not only be eaten, but also used as medicine, which is common in many health-preserving medicated diets. Sweet potato is rich in mucus, protein, vitamins, dietary fiber, polyphenols, calcium, iron and other mineral components, which are beneficial to the stomach, kidney function and blood circulation system. Especially in dog days, old people and children have bad stomachs, so they can eat more yam. Yam can be made into coarse cereals, sweet potatoes and vegetables, so it can be eaten in many ways, such as steaming, boiling, meat, sweetness and saltiness. Drinking more light food in dog days is very nourishing, so it is very classic to make soup with sweet potatoes.

Lotus root; "The next day, the lotus leaf is infinitely green, and the lotus reflects the sun in a different color." Lotus is the soul of midsummer, especially in dog days, which happens to have different shapes. From ancient times to the present, literati are willing to describe lotus with pen and ink and praise it as a representative of purity. In natural summer, in addition to enjoying the lotus, you can't miss tasting the lotus root, so the lotus root has been given many beautiful names, such as exquisite jade, bamboo shoots and wishful wrist. Lotus root is rich in sweet and crisp juice, and it is also the top grade of health preservation in summer. It contains sugar, vitamins, dietary fiber and various nutrients, and is a kind of rhizome food with the same origin of medicine and food. Both men and women should eat more.

Lily; Lily is a kind of green plant with both appreciation value and use value. The lilies we often eat are all blindly Chinese medicine. Lily is rich in starch, protein, glycogen, B vitamins, calcium and phosphorus. It's very hot in dog days, so it's hard to sleep. You can often eat some lilies, which will help calm your nerves and help you sleep. At present, there are two common lilies in the market: dried lilies are generally used for soup and porridge, and fresh lilies are generally used for cooking. No matter what kind of lotus root it is, it tastes glutinous, sweet and unique.