Because of the dry climate in winter, many people are prone to get angry, and there are heat symptoms such as dry mouth and throat, fever, dry eyes, sore throat and dry stool. Drinking chrysanthemum tea can alleviate the symptoms of getting angry. However, chrysanthemum is cold, and drinking too much is bad for the stomach, so you need to drink it according to your own situation.
2. Wax gourd
It is freezing in winter, people like to eat warm and tonic foods such as meat, and wear thick clothes. In addition, the air is dry, the amount of exercise is reduced, and drinking water is insufficient, which is easy to cause "getting angry", and symptoms such as sore throat, dry mouth and wind-heat cold appear. The wax gourd is cold and has the effect of clearing heat and benefiting water. At this time, eating some wax gourd in moderation can play the role of clearing heart fire, purging spleen fire, quenching thirst and reducing heat. "Materia Medica Rejuvenation" also records that wax gourd can: "clear heart fire, purge spleen fire, remove dampness and wind, reduce swelling and quench thirst, and remove heat."
3, white radish
White radish is a kind of cool food, which has the effects of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm, and relaxing the bowels, and has a good relief effect on discomfort such as excessive phlegm and sticky phlegm. Dicing white radish and pear and boiling them in water together can help treat cough with yellow and sticky phlegm.
4. Tofu
Tofu is sweet and cool, and it is a food for tonifying, clearing away heat and preserving health. If eaten regularly, it can tonify the middle energizer, clear away heat and moisten dryness, promote fluid production and quench thirst, and clean the stomach. It is more suitable for people with heat constitution, bad breath and thirst, unclear stomach and recuperation after fever.
5. Pears
Pear has been honored as the "Sect of Hundred Fruits" since ancient times, which has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough, eliminating phlegm and reducing fire. In winter, if the climate is too dry, then thirst, constipation, dry cough and so on appear; Or symptoms such as polydipsia, cough and wheezing and yellow phlegm caused by internal heat, you can eat more pears.
6. Water chestnut
Water chestnut is a fresh and moist fruit in winter season. It tastes sweet and juicy, and is rich in mucus. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm. It is also known as the five shows of Chinese sweetness and coolness with lotus root, arrowhead mushroom, bamboo shoot and water chestnut. It has a good adjuvant therapeutic effect on diseases such as body fluid injury caused by fever, vexation and thirst, cough due to lung heat, and cough with yellow phlegm.
7. tomatoes
Tomatoes can be seen all year round and are rich in nutrition. Vitamin C in tomatoes has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. It can also clear away heat and toxic materials, calm the liver and "reduce fire". Eating tomatoes in winter can improve thirst and get angry. Tomatoes with high moisture content are one of the most pathogenic fruits and vegetables.
8. Mung bean sprouts
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mung bean sprouts are cool and sweet, and it is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that it can relieve alcohol and heat toxicity and benefit triple energizer. Therefore, eating mung bean sprouts often can play the role of clearing the stomach and detoxifying, and is a good dish for eliminating phlegm and damp heat.
9. Lily
Chinese medicine believes that lily is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold. It enters the heart and lungs, and is a product for clearing and tonifying. It has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, clearing away heart fire, calming nerves, relieving fever and diuresis, relieving cough and asthma, regulating stomach and invigorating spleen.
10, bitter gourd
"Living with Interest Diet Spectrum" says that "Bitter gourd is bitter and cold when it is clear; Detergent heat, improve eyesight and clear heart. " In addition, the southern Yunnan materia medica also records that bitter gourd can "purge six meridians, clear away summer heat, replenish qi and quench thirst." It can be seen that eating bitter gourd can relieve the heat in the heart and has the effect of clearing away heat and reducing fire. In summer, due to climate and other reasons, people are prone to get angry and get sore in their mouths. At this time, we can get rid of these troubles with the help of bitter gourd.