Eat more melons of all kinds. Winter melon is a diuretic, anti-inflammatory, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It can also sober up and lose weight. Winter melon peel soup can treat mild edema. Use winter melon, lotus leaves, and barley to cook the soup. It is a refreshing drink in hot summer to clear away dampness and heat. Luffa can relieve heat, dispel wind and reduce phlegm, cool blood and detoxify. If you have dry stools, you can peel and slice fresh loofah and fry it to make soup for regular consumption. Bitter melon contains unique bitter melon glycosides, which can dispel heat and clear the heart after eating it in summer. It has a good effect on stomach fever, damp-heat dysentery, vomiting, diarrhea and hematuria. The fine fiber of cucumber has a certain effect on the excretion of corrupted food in the intestines and lowers cholesterol. Papaya is beneficial to the body's digestion and absorption of food. Pumpkin has the functions of replenishing vital energy, reducing inflammation and relieving pain, detoxifying and killing insects. The juice of raw pumpkin can be used externally to treat burns and scalds, and taken internally, it can drive away roundworms. In addition, pumpkin can promote insulin secretion in the body and effectively lower blood sugar. It is a healthy food for diabetic patients.

Eat more cool vegetables

In addition to pumpkins and gourds, summer vegetables include bitter melon, loofah, cucumber, vegetable melon, watermelon, melon, tomato, eggplant, celery, and sunflower. (Purple horn leaves), lettuce, asparagus, watercress, jicama, etc. are all cool vegetables.

Eat more bitter foods

In summer, heart fire is easy to increase. Bitterness can relieve heat and dampness. Appropriate eating of bitter foods can restore the spleen and stomach's transportation function and increase appetite. Bitter melon, bitter herbs, bitter tea, bitter buckwheat, beer, and bitter bamboo shoots are all excellent foods to prevent heatstroke in summer. In addition, bitter foods such as coffee can also be used as appropriate.

Don’t drink water randomly during the hot summer months

During the scorching heat, the human body needs to drink a lot of water. Experts remind you that in order to protect your health, you need to pay attention to the "six do's" and "six don'ts" when drinking water in Futian: drink slowly, don't drink too hard; drink warm water, don't drink ice water; drink water regularly, don't wait until you are thirsty Drink again; drink boiled water, not raw water; drink fresh warm water, not "stale" water; drink more warm water with light salt and less drinks.

In addition, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, cold drinks should not be consumed for breakfast in summer. It is advisable to eat hot food for breakfast to protect stomach qi.

Heatstroke prevention medicine kit

Huoxiang Zhengqi Pills (water, powder): It has analgesic, antibacterial and antiseptic effects. In summer, patients with exogenous wind and cold will benefit most from this medicine.

Rendan: It has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, avoiding filth and stopping vomiting. It is a commonly used medicine to prevent heatstroke in summer. It is mainly used for headaches, dizziness, nausea, abdominal pain, acclimatization and other symptoms caused by high temperature.

Ten drops of water: It has the functions of dispelling heat, dispersing cold, and strengthening the stomach. At the same time, it can also be used externally to treat prickly heat or minor skin injuries.

Liuyi Powder: It has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting dampness, and protecting the gastrointestinal tract. It has a good effect on those who are upset and thirsty, have short yellow urine or have vomiting and diarrhea. However, it should not be used by those with yin deficiency, no dampness and heat in the body, and pregnant women.

Shu Zheng Tablets: It has the functions of dispelling summer heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and resuscitating the patient's orifices, and mediating gastrointestinal function. It is mostly used for first aid treatment of heat stroke coma. The medicine can be stopped after waking up. You can also grind the tablet into fine powder and place it in the nasal cavity. However, this medicine should not be used by pregnant women.

Recipes recommended by famous doctors

Old Chinese medicine practitioners highly recommend two prescriptions. The three peels are easy to obtain, and the three leaves can be purchased from drug stores. The preparation methods are very simple. Let’s give it a try.

Recipe 1

50 grams each of fresh watermelon rind, winter melon rind and loofah rind. Fry the three peels in water for 15 minutes, add appropriate amount of sugar to the juice, and drink it warm as tea.

This prescription clears heat, dispels summer heat and is a diuretic.

Recipe 2

10 grams each of Patchouli leaves, Patchouli leaves and Mint leaves. Add water to submerge the medicine, then boil and cover.

This recipe relieves heat, refreshes the mind, strengthens the spleen and refreshes the brain, and is especially suitable for those who have suffered from heatstroke.