1. Winter melon

Summer is the season when many kinds of melons are on the market. Eating more winter melon at this time can quench thirst and relieve heat, reduce fire and dryness, and also has many therapeutic effects.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that winter melon is cool in nature and sweet in taste. It enters the lungs, large intestine, and bladder meridians. It can clear away heat and relieve heat, reduce summer heat and relieve fire. It is a very good holy product for relieving summer heat.

Moreover, the cooling property of winter melon is not as strong as that of bitter melon and white radish, so even pregnant women do not need to eat it in particular. Patients with gout, high blood pressure, heart disease, liver disease, and beriberi edema may suffer from ascites and difficulty urinating. You can boil winter melon in water and eat it to help diuresis and eliminate edema.

When making winter melon soup, don’t rush to peel and remove the seeds. It is best to wash the winter melon skin and put it into the pot with the skin and skin. When the soup is cooked, remove the winter melon skin and seeds. Can have diuretic effect.

2. Tomatoes

Summer is the season when tomatoes are on the market. Many women like tomato and egg soup. It is appetizing and nutritious. They like it not only in their mouths, but also in their bodies. While it can prevent and improve various physical diseases, it can also eliminate cellulite and detoxify, changing your obesity constitution. It is an indispensable weight loss food in the weight loss diet!

Tomatoes are rich in lycopene. Its anti-acidification effect can effectively inhibit the activity of reactive oxygen species, and its anti-cancer ability is very high! In addition, vitamin K can have a certain preventive ability against osteoporosis. It can be said to be the savior of female bones! And vitamin E It is a good helper to maintain liver function and improve hangover.

3. Chayote

Gasho melon is comprehensively nutritious among melon vegetables. Regular consumption can enhance the body's resistance. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving heat, strengthening the spleen, appetizing, and diuresis.

In particular, Gassho melon contains high zinc, which has obvious effects on children's intellectual development, male and female infertility, and especially male sexual dysfunction. It can also alleviate vision decline in the elderly.

Chayote can be eaten raw or cooked. It is slightly sweet and refreshing like cucumber when eaten raw. When cooked, it can be fried, pickled, boiled, and made into soups, such as chayote fried chicken, cold chayote chili shreds, and chayote beef soup. , chayote, soybean and pork ribs soup are all dishes that are easy for ordinary families to cook.

4. Eggplant

Summer is also the season when eggplant is on the market. Do you know the effects of eggplant? The purple skin of eggplant is rich in vitamins and vitamins, which is unmatched by other vegetables.

Among them, vitamins can increase the elasticity of capillaries and improve microcirculation, and have certain preventive effects on patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis and scurvy. The special substances contained in eggplant fiber have the effect of lowering cholesterol.

Eggplant is native to Southeast Asia and was introduced to China after the Jin Dynasty. It can be divided into white eggplant, purple eggplant, green eggplant, black purple eggplant and green and white eggplant. In the past, white eggplant was not very common, but with its popularity in recent years, it has gradually become accepted.

Compared with ordinary purple eggplants, the white eggplant skin has medicinal value and can be used to remove freckles, treat rheumatic joint pain, etc.

5. Luffa

Luffa, also known as hanging gourd, is native to the ocean. It was introduced to my country in the Ming Dynasty and became a commonly eaten vegetable. Luffa has high medicinal value and is widely used in all aspects. Can be used as medicine. In summer and autumn, green loofahs are on the market in large quantities. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loofah is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and enters the liver and stomach meridians.

It has the effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, cooling blood and detoxifying. Luffa is very nutritious. It contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, iron, phosphorus, carotene, vitamins and other nutrients.

Not only does fresh loofah have curative effects, Chinese medicine believes that old loofah's tendons run through it, similar to the meridians of the human body. The energy of old loofah can guide the body's meridians and smooth the qi and blood. Luffa is rich in juice, so it should be cut and cooked freshly to prevent nutrients from flowing away with the juice.

6. Cabbage

Cabbage is rich in vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, etc. The total vitamin content is three times more than that of tomatoes. Therefore, it has strong antioxidant properties. Oxidation and anti-aging effects.

Cabbage is rich in folic acid, and folic acid has a very good preventive effect on megaloblastic anemia and fetal malformations. Therefore, pregnant women and children and adolescents during growth and development should eat more.

Cabbage is rich in sulforaphane. This substance can stimulate human cells to produce enzymes that are beneficial to the body, thereby forming a protective film against the erosion of foreign carcinogens. Sulforaphane is the strongest anti-cancer component found in vegetables so far.

7. Green beans

Green beans are a "frequent visitor" on the dining table. Although the calcium content of green beans is not too much, it contains a large amount of vitamin K. Research by andrology experts shows that vitamin K can increase bone density in patients with osteoporosis and reduce the risk of fractures.

Green beans include beans, beans, lentils, etc. The beans are large in body, thick in meat, and have large grains. They are more difficult to cook thoroughly, so you need to pay more attention when cooking. The method to prevent kidney bean poisoning is very simple, just boil all the kidney beans and simmer them thoroughly.

In addition, be careful not to buy or eat old green beans, and remove the ends and pods of the green beans, because these parts contain more toxins.

8. Celery

Celery contains nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. Among them, the content of vitamin B and P is relatively high.

The content of mineral elements calcium, phosphorus, and iron is higher than that of ordinary green vegetables. Celery is not only rich in nutrients, but also has medicinal value. Celery is also a cooling vegetable and can be eaten appropriately in summer according to your dietary preferences.

Celery petioles are high in water and low in calories and are a good source of potassium. Celery is high in iron and contains a large amount of crude fiber, which can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and eliminate edema.

Research shows that celery contains chemicals that stimulate fat consumption in the body, and is rich in crude fiber, which facilitates excretion of feces, thereby reducing the absorption of fat and cholesterol, so it has a better weight loss effect.

9. Cucumber

Cucumber has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling, producing body fluids and quenching thirst. It can assist in the treatment of body heat and polydipsia, sore throat, eye diseases caused by wind-heat, jaundice due to damp-heat, and difficulty in urination. The propanoic acid contained in cucumbers can inhibit the conversion of sugars into fat. In addition, the fiber in cucumbers has a certain effect on promoting the excretion of putrefactive substances in the human intestine and lowering cholesterol, and can strengthen the body.

Cucumbers are rich in vitamin E, which can prolong life and resist aging. The cucumber enzyme in cucumbers has strong biological activity and can effectively promote the body's metabolism. Apply cucumber juice to the skin to moisturize and relax wrinkles.

10. Bitter Melon

It is hot in summer and people can easily get angry. Eating bitter melon can relieve heat and relieve fatigue, stimulate people's appetite, stimulate the appetite, aid digestion, and help improve immunity. It is the most suitable melon vegetable to eat in summer.

Bitter melon is bitter in taste and cold in nature, and has the function of clearing away heat and purging fire. The weather is getting hot, and everyone is deliberately eating more bitter melon to clear away the heat. Although bitter melon tastes bitter, the bitterer the bitter melon, the better. Because the bitterer the bitter melon, the higher the content of bitter melon and the higher the nutritional value.

In fact, it is not impossible to reduce the bitter taste of bitter melon. You can sprinkle the cut melon slices with salt and salt them for a while, then filter out the water and then cook. Bitter gourd vegetables can be made if they are too bitter.

11. Asparagus

Asparagus is sweet and cold in nature, and has heat-clearing and diuretic effects. Therefore, eating asparagus is a good choice for people in the hot summer. In addition, the tips of green asparagus are rich in vitamin A, which is also very good for improving eyesight.

Asparagus is rich in flavonoids, which has antioxidant effects. Regular consumption has a good effect on anti-aging, and it also has anti-tumor effects. In the hot summer, it would be nice to make a cold asparagus dish