In fact, there are many foods that can clear away heat and reduce fire. In terms of diet, it is mainly to eat liquid, digestible, easily absorbed and light food, and we must avoid eating greasy, spicy and irritating food, as follows:

1, heat-clearing and detoxicating foods: chrysanthemum, cucumber, tomato, isatis root, mung bean, celery, water chestnut, purslane, day lily, etc. All of them have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and are suitable for various symptoms of excess fire;

2, bitter cold and fire food: bitter gourd, loofah, eggplant, wheat, bracken and so on. It can play a cooling role in clearing away heat and reducing fire, and is also suitable for the symptoms of real fire;

3. Diuretic and fire-purging foods: white gourd, coix seed, lentils, barley, white gourd, red bean, snakehead, duck, loach, carp, mung bean sprouts, etc.

4, other foods: choose the right food according to the season, for example, Chinese medicine has always believed that autumn is dry, it is appropriate to moisten it first, so eat more light, nourishing yin and moistening dry food, such as eating pears in autumn, which has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. And to keep the stool unobstructed, you can eat more pitaya in the fruit. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating sour food has the effect of convergence and tonifying the lungs, and eating spicy and irritating food has the effect of dispersing the lungs and purging the lungs. Therefore, in the diet, we should eat more sour food and less spicy food, and avoid irritating foods such as leeks, green onions and garlic.