Bitter food is the natural enemy of fire. Bitter food is bitter because it contains bitter substances such as alkaloids and urea. Traditional Chinese medicine research has found that these bitter substances have the functions of relieving fever, removing summer heat and eliminating fatigue. The best bitter food is bitter gourd. Whether it is cold salad, stir-fry or soup, as long as it can be cooked well without losing its "blue color", it can achieve the purpose of "removing fire". Apart from bitter gourd, there are other bitter foods that also have good "removing fire" effects, such as almonds, bitter vegetables, kudingcha, celery and cabbage. It can also clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

In addition to bitter food, there are many fruits and vegetables in this season. We should eat more sweet and refreshing fresh fruits and vegetables. Experts point out that Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, watermelon, hawthorn, apple and grape are rich in minerals, especially calcium, magnesium and silicon, which have the magical effect of calming the nerves and reducing fire. Therefore, we should eat more and often eat these foods.

"Fire-removing" food:

milk

Milk Many people think that drinking milk in summer will aggravate "getting angry" and cause irritability. In fact, drinking milk in summer will not only "get angry", but also clear away heat and toxic materials and get rid of liver fire. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that milk is slightly cold, which can nourish yin, clear away heat and detoxify, and play the role of "removing fire". Moreover, milk contains as much as 70% water, which can also supplement the water lost by the human body due to sweating in summer. It should be noted that milk cannot be frozen into ice, otherwise it will destroy many nutrients.

strawberry

Strawberries are not only delicious, but also have medicinal value. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the effect of "removing fire", which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat and relieve boredom.

watermelon

Watermelon is cool, it won't cause "getting angry" and upset when eaten, and it is rich in potassium salt, which can make up for the shortage of potassium salt in the body caused by a large amount of consumption. But be careful not to put the watermelon in the refrigerator for more than 3 hours.

soybean

Soybean can replenish protein while nourishing yin and "removing fire", and high temperature consumes a lot of protein.

tomato

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". Food that gets angry easily.

Chicken, bacon, peppers, oranges, lychees, etc. Is the most common fire, while vegetables, soup, apples, pears and so on. It should be eaten when the fire is reduced, and you need enough sleep.

Pay attention to eating fruit. Some fruits are hot fruits, such as litchi, orange, pineapple, longan and pomegranate. Onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, wine, pepper, pepper, smoked food, Sichuan mala Tang, etc. are all easy to get angry.

Recommended food for reducing fire:

1, the most effective food for reducing fire: green tea, beer, coffee, chrysanthemum tea, crab, honey, mung bean cake and cold rice noodles.

2. Among vegetables, bitter gourd, Chinese kale, spinach and rape, celery, wax gourd, raw radish, cucumber, raw lotus root, lettuce, eggplant, loofah, water bamboo, arrowhead, laver, day lily (dried), kelp, bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots, chrysanthemums, potatoes and mung bean sprouts can remove heat.

3. Fruits include: watermelon, pear, banana, grapefruit, pear, lotus root, persimmon cream, banana, watermelon, pear, orange, persimmon, fresh lily, sugarcane, hawthorn, mango, kiwi, kumquat and hawthorn, which are neutral and edible: apple, grape, lemon, dark plum and loquat.

4. Others: peanuts, lotus seeds, hazelnuts, pine nuts, lilies, ginkgo, jujube, pumpkin seeds, watermelon seed paste, roses, agar, lobster sauce, salt, green tea, sugar, honey and cocoa.

5. Animal food: duck meat, rabbit meat, river crab, snail meat, horse meat and duck eggs, which are neutral and can also be: pork, goose meat, carp, herring, crucian carp, silver carp, turtle, loach, squid, chicken blood, eggs, pigeon eggs, quail eggs and perch.

6. Cereals: mung beans, rice, indica rice, corn, sweet potatoes, red beans and their products.

7. Milk and dairy products, soybeans and soybean products group: milk.

8. Precautions: Do not eat alcohol, tobacco, garlic, spicy food, mutton, dog meat and smoked food, eat less spicy food, eat less greasy food and drink more water. Both mung bean soup and Wang Laoji have the function of removing fire. When carrying out dietotherapy for excessive internal heat, the following principles should be followed:

(1) The main dietary varieties are soft, crisp and easy to digest and absorb, while non-staple food dishes are mainly steamed, stewed and boiled, and greasy and indigestible foods are seldom eaten.

(2) Drink plenty of water to supplement the loss of water when the body is angry and hot, and promote metabolism, promote fluid production and diuresis, and accelerate the excretion of toxins and calories.

(3) Do not eat spicy food, such as pepper, dried ginger, raw garlic, strong tea, tobacco, spirits, coffee, green onions, etc. , so as not to produce heat to help fire, burn body fluid and aggravate the condition.

(4) The actual burn victims should eat more cold and heat-clearing foods, such as mung beans, eggplant, wax gourd, loofah and bitter gourd. And do not eat things that help the sun generate heat, such as leeks, mutton, dog meat, sparrow meat, sorghum, longan, cherries, apricots, etc.

(5) People with deficiency fire should pay attention to supplement food, such as tremella, lily, mulberry, clam meat, turtle meat, etc. And it is not advisable to eat more cold fruits and all kinds of cold food.