Food to relieve summer heat: ▲Cucumber.

It contains vitamins A, C, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other ingredients. It is especially rich in potassium and has the effect of relieving summer heat and clearing away heat.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" points out: "Cucumber smells sweet and cold, and taking it can benefit heat and water." Cucumbers can be eaten raw or cooked. You can also peel and slice them, add a little sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate and garlic paste to mix with meals.

▲Watermelon.

It is cold in nature and is also called cold melon among the people.

Eating a few pieces of watermelon on a hot summer day is both sweet and delicious, refreshing and thirst-quenching.

Watermelon can not only quench summer heat and quench thirst, but is also very nutritious and contains a variety of nutrients needed by the human body.

When heatstroke, fever, irritability, thirst, oliguria, or other acute febrile diseases occur in summer, watermelon should be used as auxiliary treatment.

In addition to eating the pulp of watermelon, the rind can also be eaten by decoction.

▲Luffa.

It has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat.

Medical classics of the past dynasties and the "Compendium of Materia Medica" all say that luffa can "clear away heat and stimulate the intestines".

Eating some loofah soup in summer can relieve heat and relieve fever.

When making soup, the cooking time should not be long. It is best to maintain the bright green color of the loofah.

Boil the loofah rind and loofah flowers in water instead of tea, which also has the effect of preventing heatstroke and relieving fever.

▲Winter melon.

Winter melon is cold in nature and has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing the spleen, diuresis and dehumidification.

It can be sliced ??and cooked in soup or stir-fried, or boiled and dipped in seasonings.

▲Bitter melon.

It is cold in nature and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says that bitter melon can "remove evil heat, relieve fatigue, clear the heart and improve eyesight", and has certain therapeutic effects on heat stroke, dysentery, malignant sores, thirst and other diseases.

Bitter melon is rich in nutrients and contains a variety of amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

As long as bitter melon is cooked properly, it has a light bitter taste with a refreshing fragrance, and it tastes unique.

▲Mung beans.

It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, detoxifying and diuresis.

Mung bean porridge has a weak cooling effect, while mung bean soup alone has a stronger effect.