Appearing in the dog days between the summer heat and the autumnal equinox, the weather is particularly hot, and the summer heat and humidity are strong, which makes people sleepless. Chinese medicine points out that spleen is the main health care in dog days, and diet pays more attention to strengthening spleen and eliminating dampness. Then let's take a look at six dog days health dishes to clear away heat, reduce fire, eliminate summer heat and damp.

1, old cucumber soup

Ingredients: half a catty of old cucumber, 8 taels of pork tenderloin, 1 kloc-0 tael of adzuki bean, raw coix seed and lentils, and proper amount of dried tangerine peel and candied dates.

Practice: peel and gourd ladle the old cucumber and cut it into pieces; Wash pig tendon, splash water, rinse slightly, and cut into pieces; Soak pericarpium Citri Tangerinae in water to soften, scrape off the gourd ladle, and rinse other materials with water; Put all the ingredients in a stew pot and stew for 2 hours.

Efficacy: Old cucumber can be described as a magic weapon to relieve summer heat. Old cucumber refers to ripe cucumber. The skin of cucumber was originally turquoise, but it will gradually turn yellow after a long time of maturity, so it is also called old cucumber. It has strong heat-clearing ability and less coldness, so it is a good ingredient to deal with summer heat in summer.

2, yam ribs

Ingredients: 300g of yam, 350g of ribs and a little chopped green onion.

Practice: wash all the ingredients, and wash the ribs with boiling water to remove the fishy smell and bloodshot; Put a proper amount of water in the pot and stew the ribs. When the water boils, add the chopped yam. After stewing for about 20 minutes, the color of the soup turns white and the fragrance is scattered. Add the right amount of salt and chopped green onion.

Efficacy: The dog days are hot and humid, the human body perspires heavily, and the trace elements of potassium and calcium are seriously lost, which is easy to hurt yin and consume gas. At this time, the food that nourishes blood and qi, nourishes yin and nourishes spleen should be eaten. Chinese yam ribs are excellent nourishing yin ingredients and have the effect of supplementing calcium.

3. Mixed assorted foods

Ingredients: tofu 1 block, tender beans 50g, tomatoes 50g, auricularia auricula15g, sesame oil, vegetable oil, refined salt and monosodium glutamate chopped green onion.

Practice: Cut tofu, beans, tomatoes and fungus into cubes. Boil the pot with water, blanch the tofu, beans, tomatoes and fungus respectively (the tomatoes can be slightly scalded), remove and drain, and put on a plate for later use. Heat a wok, add vegetable oil, put pepper in the wok, and then add chopped green onion, salt, tomato and monosodium glutamate into the wok, stir well, pour it on the scalded tofu, beans and fungus, and pour sesame oil on it and stir well.

Efficacy: This dish can promote fluid production to quench thirst, strengthen the spleen and clear away summer heat, detoxify and eliminate dampness, especially suitable for dog days.

4, tomato fried bitter gourd

Ingredients: one bitter gourd, one tomato and a little garlic.

Practice: first slice bitter gourd, tomato and garlic for use; Then put oil in the wok and heat it, add garlic slices to the wok, stir-fry bitter gourd slices for a while after the garlic slices are browned, and add appropriate amount of salt; Finally, stir-fry the tomato slices quickly. Before the tomato slices are disfigured, put some chicken essence into the pot and put it on the plate.

Efficacy: Eating bitter food in dog days has the effects of clearing away heat and summer heat, relieving fatigue and helping people spend the dog days healthily.

5, three bean soup

Ingredients: mung bean, adzuki bean and black bean10g each, and brown sugar.

Practice: Wash the three beans and soak them in cold water for half an hour; Put three beans into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, and the boy will stew; After about 40 minutes, the bean fragrance overflows, and after the bean becomes soft, add a proper amount of brown sugar.

Efficacy: As early as ancient times, it was recorded in Compendium that soup was cooked every day and eaten with children, and the acne was self-thinning. In case of pox poison, also use this soup to drink it; When it is pounded and applied, its poison will disappear by itself. Sandou soup has the effects of detoxifying and relieving fire, and is one of the best recipes in dog days.

6. Huaishan red bean, winter melon and pork tendon soup

Ingredients: 50 grams of adzuki bean, 25 grams of yam, 500 grams of pork tenderloin, 600 grams of wax gourd, 4 pieces of dried tangerine peel/kloc-0, and 3 slices of ginger.

Practice: Wash and soak adzuki beans, yam and dried tangerine peel, and remove the pulp from dried tangerine peel; Scrape wax gourd, washing, and cut into block; Wash the pork tenderloin, and the whole piece is not cut; Put the ingredients together with ginger in a clay pot, add water and boil; After boiling, simmer for 2 hours and add appropriate amount of oil and salt.

Efficacy: adzuki bean can remove dampness, nourish heart and strengthen spleen and stomach. Wax gourd has the effects of clearing away heat, clearing away summer heat, detoxifying, diuresis and detumescence. And yam is also very rich in nutrients, which has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, benefiting qi and eliminating dampness. This dish is suitable for the health care of summer heat and dampness in dog days.