Summer is the hottest season of the year, and it is also the season when all things grow most luxuriantly. Therefore, the "Huangdi Neijing" summarizes the characteristics of the impact of climate on living things in this season as "the third month of summer, this is the season of beauty, the harmony of heaven and earth, and the prosperity of all things." It means that the three months of summer are the season when all things are prosperous and beautiful. At that time, the heat in the sky drops and the earth's atmosphere rises. Most of the plants in this climate bloom and bear fruit. Because of this characteristic of summer, the dietary maintenance principle of this season should follow "In summer it is better to increase pungency and reduce bitterness", which means that summer heat is in season and bitter taste enters the heart. If you eat more bitter flavors, it is easy to help the heart fire and reduce it. Kefeijin, in order to prevent lung qi from being injured, it is advisable to eat more pungent foods that are good for the lungs (because "pork enters the lungs") to replenish lung qi. Due to the hot summer weather, human skin is loose and prone to sweating. Therefore, cooling and tonic foods or supplements should be taken to clear the heart and nourish the lungs, nourish yin and promote fluid production. In addition, appetite decreases in summer and spleen and stomach functions are relatively sluggish. People are prone to heatstroke, summer heat, and carbuncle. Therefore, it is advisable to choose light foods at this time, which can help to increase appetite, strengthen the spleen, help transportation, and clear away heat and detoxify. food. According to the above principles, it is advisable to choose sweet, cold and tonic foods in summer. In terms of classification, the first category is foods that nourish yin, promote fluid production and prevent heatstroke, such as watermelon, cucumber, winter melon, loofah, tomatoes, bayberry, ebony, mung beans, etc.; the second category is foods that nourish yin and nourish the lungs. Foods or supplements, such as lilies, Polygonatum odorata, Nansha ginseng, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc.; third, foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, remove dampness and detoxify, such as chrysanthemum brains, barley, bitter melon, lentils, corn, beans, peas, adzuki beans, Purslane etc. Suofang Shi, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In order to make it easier for readers to operate and choose applications according to their own conditions, the following are introduced: 1. Homemade refreshing and tonic heatstroke prevention drinks during summer 1. Sour plum soup: Take 20 grams of black plum and 10 grams of licorice. Wash the 2 flavors, use 500 ml of water, boil for several seconds in a clay pot for about 20 minutes, filter out the residue, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar (diabetics may not add sugar), mix well and let cool before drinking. It has the functions of producing body fluid, quenching thirst, preventing heatstroke and cooling. 2. Cool mint drink: Take 15 grams of fresh mint leaves, 6 grams of raw licorice, and 10 grams of mung bean clothing. Put it in a casserole with 500-1000 ml of water. Boil it for 15 minutes, remove the residue, filter, and cool down. drink. It has the functions of dispelling wind and heat, cooling and detoxifying, and is suitable for people who have poor sweating and are prone to prickly heat. 3. Honeysuckle soup: Take 30 grams of honeysuckle and 6 grams of raw licorice, put them in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, boil for 15 minutes, filter out the residue, and drink as soon as it cools. It has the effect of clearing away heat, detoxifying, preventing heat stroke and treating boils. It is suitable for people who suffer from heat stroke, folliculitis and prickly heat in summer. 2. Recipes suitable for people suffering from summer heat (some people have no appetite, have a bland mouth, feel uncomfortable in the chest, and even have bloating and loose stools every hot summer day, so they are called "hot summer") 1. Red bean porridge: take red beans 30 grams, 10 grams of peas, 100 grams of japonica rice. Wash the 2 beans, wash the japonica rice, put it in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 60 minutes until the porridge is ready, then drink. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, reducing dampness, producing body fluids and quenching thirst. 2. Barley porridge: Take 30 grams of barley, 20 grams of lentils, and 100 grams of japonica rice. Wash the 2 flavors, rinse the japonica rice, put it in a casserole, use 1000 ml of water, bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 60 minutes until the porridge is formed, then drink. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen, reducing dampness, harmonizing the stomach and clearing away heat. 3. Lotus leaf porridge: Take 40 grams of lotus leaves, 20 grams of Poria cocos, and 100 grams of japonica rice. Wash the 2 flavors, rinse the japonica rice, put it in a casserole, use 1000 ml of water, bring to a boil, then reduce to low heat and simmer for 60 minutes until the porridge is formed, and it is ready to drink. It has the functions of invigorating the spleen, resolving inflammation, resolving dampness and clearing away heat. 3. Food prescriptions suitable for summer fever (some children have abnormal body temperature regulation function every summer and have a persistent increase in body temperature, which can last for 1-2 months. If no other diseases are found, they are called "summer fever" ) 1. Drink watermelon juice, mung bean soup and silver flower dew frequently instead of tea. 2. 50 grams each of raw lotus root juice, pear juice, and raw water chestnut juice, mix well and drink frequently instead of tea. 3. Lotus leaf and bamboo leaf tea: Take 30 grams of lotus leaves, 20 grams of bamboo leaves, and 15 grams of Perrin leaves, put them in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, boil and cook for 20 minutes, remove the residue and filter, and drink as soon as it cools. . It has the effect of clearing away heat, reducing dampness and relieving summer heat. 4. Dietary formulas for detoxifying and reducing dampness and beauty (in the hot summer, you sweat a lot, which is prone to boils and sores, and the human skin is easy to be damaged, so it is a common concern for people to choose some prescriptions for detoxifying and transforming dampness into skincare and beauty products) 1 , Watermelon and tomato juice: Remove the seeds from the ripe watermelon pulp and squeeze out the juice with clean gauze; peel and remove the seeds from the red ripe tomatoes and squeeze out the juice with gauze. Mix the two juices and drink it. Drink it on the same day it is made. 100 ml per day for one summer. It has the functions of clearing heat, preventing prickly heat, and beautifying the skin. 2. Winter melon and luffa soup: Take 500 grams of winter melon and 300 grams of luffa, peel and wash them, cut them into small pieces, put them in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, boil and cook for 30 minutes. Add appropriate salt and MSG before drinking. . Winter melon is rich in nutrients, can dilute water and lose weight, moisturize the skin, resist aging, and whiten and rejuvenate the skin. It is a good summer beauty product; loofah has tender flesh, rich nutrition, and has the functions of moisturizing the skin, removing wrinkles, and losing weight. Regular consumption of this soup in summer has good effects on skin protection, weight loss, moisturizing, and wrinkle removal. 3. Cold cucumber: Cut the washed cucumber into thin slices, marinate it with refined salt for a while, then add minced garlic and appropriate amount of sesame oil, mix well and serve.

Cucumber is rich in water, multiple vitamins and trace elements, and its vitamin C content is five times higher than that of watermelon. In particular, it is rich in a variety of sugars and amino acids necessary for human growth, development and life activities. It can provide sufficient nutrients for the skin and muscles. It can effectively fight skin aging, reduce wrinkles, lose weight, detoxify and beautify the face. Therefore, women in summer should eat more cucumbers. 5. Treat winter diseases in the summer to prevent the recurrence of chronic lung diseases. The so-called "winter disease and summer treatment" refers to chronic bronchitis, asthma and other chronic diseases that are prone to relapse in winter. Preventive and root-building treatment should be used when they are relatively relieved in summer to prevent These chronic diseases come back again and again. Although "treating winter diseases in summer" is rich in content, dietary therapy and nutrition are very important prevention and treatment measures. Therefore, patients can also adopt corresponding dietary therapies according to their own physical conditions. Here we focus on introducing several dietary therapies to prevent chronic respiratory diseases (asthma, chronic bronchitis). 1. Cordyceps stewed old duck: Take 10 grams of cordyceps and 1 old duck. Put the Cordyceps in the belly of the duck, add water to stew it, season it and eat it. Consistently eating it in summer can nourish the kidneys and lungs, improve the body's immunity, and prevent cough and asthma attacks. 2. Astragalus-cooked black-bone chicken: Take half a black-bone chicken and 30 grams of astragalus. Remove the feathers and internal organs from the black-bone chicken, cut it in half, cut it into pieces, put it in a casserole, and cook it with astragalus. When the chicken is cooked, add condiments and then eat it. Consistently eat it in the summer, which has the effect of nourishing qi and nourishing the lungs. , nourish the kidneys and blood, improve the body's defense ability, and prevent cough and asthma attacks. 3. Ginseng and walnut porridge: Take 6 grams of ginseng powder, 30 grams of walnut meat (broken), and 100 grams of japonica rice. Wash the japonica rice, put it in a casserole, add 1000 ml of water, and cook until the porridge is formed. Add ginseng powder and walnut meat and cook briefly before eating.

Consistently consumed for 1-2 months in summer, it has the effects of replenishing qi and kidneys, relieving qi and relieving asthma

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