"If you want to eat hot pot without getting angry, the first thing to do is to choose the soup base according to your own physique. People with yang deficiency constitution are not easy to get angry even if they are nourished. You can choose to eat at the bottom of the pot For example, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold on weekdays can try Chinese medicine hot pot for invigorating qi and nourishing blood, which can also enhance their physique without getting angry. People with yin deficiency or yang-heat constitution should try to choose clear soup hot pot, porridge hot pot or Chinese medicine soup for nourishing yin, and avoid spicy hot pot and qi-invigorating and yang-strengthening hot pot. For example, "Shashen Yuzhu old duck soup base" is suitable for patients with lung dryness, dry cough and constipation, but it is counterproductive for those with yang deficiency and cold phlegm.
2. Sesame sauce instead of Chili sauce
Excessive spices such as pepper, garlic and onion, or dipping materials such as sand tea sauce and Chili sauce can also cause certain damage to the gastric mucosa. People who are prone to get angry should not choose spicy oil, but consider sesame sauce, which is more suitable for patients with hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Lighter seasonings such as soy sauce and sesame oil also help to reduce "hot air". If it is not spicy or fragrant, it should be slightly spicy.
3. Eat more vegetables, chicken and fish instead of beef and mutton.
Eating hot pot needs meat. Yang Xiaohong suggested that chicken is warm and fish is cold, so chicken and fish can be used instead of hot beef and mutton. Put more vegetables when eating hot pot. Vegetables are mostly cold, but don't cook them for a long time.
4. Eat some food for purging fire.
You can't resist spicy hotpot. Can be paired with some cool vegetables, such as tofu, cabbage, wax gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, tomato, bamboo shoots, kelp, lotus root, mushrooms, water bamboo and so on. Tofu is the best companion to eat hot pot. It's a bean product containing gypsum. Putting tofu into hot pot properly can not only supplement a variety of trace elements, but also play the role of gypsum in clearing away heat and purging fire, removing annoyance and quenching thirst.
5. Drink herbal tea while eating hot pot.
It is also good to drink some herbal tea when eating hot pot, but people with yang deficiency should not drink too much. If you are not very weak, you can also drink some chrysanthemum tea and silver tea after meals to prevent getting angry. Or eat some fruits such as Sydney and watermelon, which can also help to "get rid of fire".