Experts say that Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, replenishing the stomach and clearing the heart. It also contains ingredients such as glucose, fructose, sucrose, and vitamin A. It can be used for children in summer to relieve heat, clear inflammation, relieve cough, and strengthen the heart. Boiled with rice, it can significantly enhance its effects of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin, clearing away heat and relieving troubles.

Ingredients and methods: 10 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 2 jujubes, 5 grams of rock sugar, 150 grams of white japonica rice, 500 ml of water. Wash the Ophiopogon japonicus, put it in a casserole, add water and fry over high heat to get the juice, and set aside for later use. Add water to the pot, bring to a boil, add washed japonica rice to cook porridge, cook until semi-familiar, add Ophiopogon japonicus juice and rock sugar, then boil to form porridge.

Applicable people: Suitable for infants and young children during summer heat

Lotus leaf and mung bean porridge

Ingredients: 2 lotus leaves, 30 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of japonica rice, Appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Preparation method: Wash the japonica rice and soak it for half an hour; wash a lotus leaf and cut it into cubes of about 3 cm, add water and boil for 10 minutes, remove the residue and keep the juice for later use; put the japonica rice and mung beans in the pot, and put Pour in the lotus leaf juice, add an appropriate amount of water, cook it into porridge, add rock sugar and wash another lotus leaf to cover the porridge surface, cover the pot, take off the lotus leaf after half an hour and it is ready to eat.

Effects: Lotus leaves can clear away heat and detoxify, while mung beans can clear away heat and promote fluid production, diuresis and swelling. This porridge can prevent heat stroke in summer, and is also suitable for patients with summer heat, polydipsia, heat stroke and other symptoms.

Cold melon and duck meat porridge

Ingredients: 100 grams of cold melon, 100 grams of duck meat, 100 grams of millet, and appropriate amount of salt.

Preparation method: Remove the pulp from the bitter melon, cut into small cubes, put it into the pot with the washed duck meat and millet, boil it and cook it over low heat to make porridge.

Effects: Lianggua can clear away heat, detoxify, clear the heart and improve eyesight; ducks are waterfowl and are cold in nature. They can not only replenish excessively consumed nutrients, but also eliminate the discomfort caused by heat. This porridge is suitable for people who work outdoors in the summer when the heat is high. However, people with yang deficiency constitution or those with cold should consume it with caution.

Hawthorn porridge to prevent heatstroke

30 grams of raw hawthorn, 100 grams of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of sugar. Add water to raw hawthorn and boil it into a thick juice. Remove the hawthorn residue and add it to the quick-cooking porridge. Continue to cook the porridge over low heat. After it is cooked, add sugar and stir well.

Effects: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate food accumulation, dissipate blood stasis, and relieve summer heat. Modern pharmacology has confirmed that hawthorn can significantly enhance humoral immunity and cellular immune function, and is antibacterial and antioxidant. Helps digestion, increases coronary blood flow, strengthens the heart, lowers blood pressure and other beneficial effects.