0 1. Bitter gourd

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd is the first choice because of its sweet taste, flat nature, detoxification, nourishing and beauty, which can dispel pathogenic heat, remove harmful substances in the body, relieve fatigue and clear heart and clear will.

Bitter as bitter as bitter, bitter gourd has a remarkable effect of reducing fire and detoxifying. When cooking, stir-fry garlic slices first, and then add bitter gourd. Stir-fry garlic slices quickly with high fire, and then stir-fry until crispy. Add a little vinegar, soy sauce, salt, etc. Cook for 20 minutes. You can add a proper amount of ham. It won't taste too bitter. In addition, bitter gourd also has anti-cancer effect, which can enhance the autoimmune ability.

02. cucumber

Cucumber has obvious effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, expelling toxin, caring skin, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Cucumber acid can promote human metabolism and excrete toxins. It is very beneficial to lung, stomach, heart, liver and excretory system. Helps to relieve the symptoms of thirst and excessive phlegm in summer.

Cucumber can be eaten raw or fried.

03.auricularia auricula

Auricularia auricula also has the effects of detoxifying, clearing the stomach, enriching blood and stopping bleeding. Auricularia auricula contains a kind of gum, which can absorb dust and impurities, help eliminate waste, detoxify and clear stomach.

04. Macroalgae

Kelp is salty and cold, and has the effects of eliminating phlegm, relieving asthma, expelling toxin and relaxing bowels.

05. carrots

Carrots are sweet, cool and rich in vitamins. They have the effects of nourishing blood and detoxicating, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, and accelerating the discharge of mercury ions in the body.

spinach

Chinese medicine believes that spinach has a cold taste, which can benefit the stomach, clear away heat and relieve hangover, and treat heat due to cold.

How to eat spinach in summer? Mustard spinach powder. Blanch spinach with water, cool it with cold water, cut it into small pieces and put it in a container, add the soaked and cut fine vermicelli, then add diluted mustard, a small amount of sesame oil, vinegar, salt, sesame sauce and other wastes, without soy sauce. Stir a little and serve on a plate.

07. Chinese yam

Raw yam has the best detoxification effect. Now supermarkets also sell hard-core yam, slender stems, peeled juice for reference, or fried food.

08. Lotus root

Lotus root has the function of diuresis and detoxification. It can be mixed with sugar or fried.

celery

Celery is rich in fiber, which can filter waste in the body, detoxify, regulate water balance in the body and improve sleep.

10. Water spinach

The scientific name of water spinach is also called water spinach. Rich in vitamins and crude cellulose. Water spinach is cold, so it can be squeezed to relieve food poisoning, because its juice can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus. Eating water spinach often in summer can prevent heatstroke and reduce fever, cool blood and detoxify, and prevent dysentery.

How to eat: hot and sour water spinach, boiled water spinach, vegetarian fried water spinach.

1 1. Purple sweet potato

Purple potato is also called black potato. Its nutritional value is extensive, so I won't repeat it here. Purple sweet potato is rich in cellulose, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, detoxify and remove rot. Eating purple potatoes in summer can help eliminate toxins and clean up the stomach.

12. Aloe vera

Aloe is bitter in taste, cold in nature, and has the function of stopping diarrhea. Aloe vera can remove intestinal and liver toxins and clean blood vessels. Clinically, it is mainly used to treat intestinal heat constipation, malnutrition, moth-eaten, lymph node tuberculosis, scabies, chest diaphragm irritation and so on.

13. Luffa

Luffa has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Ancient medical books and their compendium of materia medica all say that loofah can "clear away heat and benefit intestines". Eating loofah soup in summer can relieve the heat. When cooking soup, it should not be cooked for a long time, and it is best to keep the bright green of loofah. The skin of towel gourd and its flowers boil water together instead of tea, which also has the function of heatstroke prevention and antipyretic.

14. Eggplant

Eggplant is sweet and cold. It can be used for treating cold and heat, strain of five internal organs, plague, promoting blood circulation to relieve pain, stopping dysentery, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling, relaxing bowels and removing fire.

15. kale

Kale is a kind of cabbage, mainly produced in southern China. It is a very popular home-cooked dish in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other southern regions. It tastes cold but not hard, crisp but not tough. Su Dongpo once wrote a poem praising it: "Chinese kale is like a mushroom, crisp and beautiful." From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese kale is sweet and pungent, which is beneficial to resolving phlegm, detoxifying and expelling wind, and is very suitable for eating in summer.

16. Wax gourd

Wax gourd has obvious effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Eating more wax gourd in summer, quenching thirst, relieving summer heat and diuresis can regulate the metabolic balance of human body.

17. Soybean

Soybean can nourish yin, "reduce fire" and supplement protein, because high temperature consumes a lot.

There are also some vegetables for removing fire: rape, raw radish, lettuce, water bamboo, arrowhead, laver, day lily (dried), bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots, chrysanthemums, potatoes, mung bean sprouts and so on.

Second, fruit.

watermelon

Watermelon is cold and sweet, and enters the heart, stomach and bladder. Has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, promoting salivation, quenching thirst, and promoting diuresis to relieve vexation. Eating watermelon often can clear the fire and reduce the fever. Watermelon contains a lot of water. When there is acute fever, thirst, sweating and irritability, eating a few sweet and juicy watermelons will immediately improve the symptoms.

02. strawberries

Fresh and juicy strawberries, sweet and sour, have the effects of "reducing fire" and "removing fire", which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat and relieve troubles.

03. tomatoes

Although tomatoes can be seen all year round, tomatoes in summer are the richest, sweetest and most nutritious. It can also clear away heat and detoxify, and calm the liver and "remove fire".

Fruits that can remove fire include cantaloupe, banana, grape, sour plum, mulberry, lemon, raw water chestnut, pear, grapefruit, orange, persimmon, sugarcane, mango, kiwi, kumquat, apple, ebony, loquat, fig and carambola.

Some hot fruits should be eaten less, such as litchi, orange, pineapple, longan and pomegranate.

Third, porridge

0 1. coix seed+red bean

The efficacy of coix seed in eliminating dampness should not be underestimated. It can promote blood circulation and water metabolism in the body, promote diuresis and reduce swelling, and sweat a lot in summer. Eating more barley is good for your health. Red beans can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce constipation and promote urination. Coix seed and red bean soup has the best effect of eliminating dampness. Note: Don't cook coix seed and rice together. If the effect is balanced, it will not play a role in eliminating dampness.

02. mung beans

Mung bean soup is undoubtedly the best soup to dispel summer heat and reduce fire this summer. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating dampness, promoting diuresis, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. Drink more mung bean soup, which is conducive to detoxification and swelling, refreshing. Cooking time should not be too long to avoid the destruction of organic acids and vitamins and reduce their efficacy.

Mung bean and coix seed soup can also help dispel summer heat and detoxify.

03. Xiaomi

Millet does not contain gluten, does not stimulate the intestinal wall, belongs to mild fiber, is easy to digest, and is suitable for eating with detoxification meals. Millet porridge is very suitable for detoxification, has the effect of clearing away heat and diuresis, is rich in nutrition, and is also helpful for whitening.

Fourth, tea drinks.

0 1. Sour plum soup

The raw materials of sour plum soup are dark plum, sweet-scented osmanthus, licorice, hawthorn and rock sugar. It can help digestion, promote fluid production, quench thirst, astringe lung qi, remove dryness and soothe the nerves, thus achieving the effect of reducing fire.

02. milk

Many people have misunderstandings about milk, thinking that milk will cause "excessive internal heat". In fact, milk is cool, which can nourish yin and detoxify and play the role of "removing fire".

03. Chrysanthemum tea

04. vinegar

Properly diluted aged vinegar can promote metabolism, stimulate appetite, increase appetite, sterilize and reduce fire.

05. tea

Tea has obvious detoxification effect, cool nature and bitter taste. In this hot summer, drinking some tea is really one of the good drinks to clear away the heat and reduce the fire.

06. honey

Honey is sweet, which has a significant effect on moistening lung, relieving cough, relaxing bowels, expelling toxin and caring skin. Helps to expel toxins and beauty beauty, and is also beneficial to the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases and neurasthenia.