Four types of porridge suitable for the Beginning of Summer:

1. Mung bean porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of white rice.

Method: Appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash the mung beans and white rice, cook the porridge, add rock sugar when cooked, mix well, and then it is ready to eat.

Efficacy: Clearing away heat and relieving heat, dispelling heat and relieving annoyance, producing body fluids and quenching thirst.

2. Lotus seed and lotus leaf porridge

Ingredients: One piece of fresh lotus leaf, 100 grams of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Method: Take a piece of fresh lotus leaf, wash and chop it, put it in a gauze bag and fry it in water, take 150 ml of thick juice, add some lotus seeds (cooked in advance), and then add 100 grams of japonica rice. , appropriate amount of rock sugar, add 500 ml of water, cook into gruel, eat once in the morning and evening every day.

Efficacy: Lotus seeds have the functions of clearing the mind and removing troubles, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. Lotus leaf has a slightly astringent aroma and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving heat, quenching thirst, lowering blood pressure and losing weight. When cooked with lotus seeds, japonica rice and rock sugar, the porridge is sweet and refreshing. It is an excellent medicine for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Therapeutic effect.

3. Tremella and lotus seeds porridge

Ingredients: 15 grams of dried white fungus, 100 grams of dried white lotus, 80 grams of rock sugar;

Method: Combine dried white fungus and lotus seeds Soak in water for 2 hours. Remove the old stems and impurities from the white fungus and tear it into small florets. Then rinse it with the soaked lotus seeds in water, drain and set aside. Pour the white fungus, lotus seeds and rock sugar into a pressure cooker and add half a pot of water. , cover it, bring it to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 30 minutes; finally open the lid to let out the air, and eat it hot or let it cool and refrigerate it before eating, the taste is better when eaten cold.

Efficacy: It can beautify and nourish the skin, and can also clear away heat and relieve summer heat. Among them, lotus seeds can nourish the spleen and stop diarrhea, nourish the kidneys, strengthen the essence, nourish the heart and calm the mind; Tremella can improve the detoxification ability of the liver and protect the liver function.

4. Red bean and honeysuckle porridge

Ingredients: 50 grams of red beans, 50 grams of rice, 5 grams of honeysuckle, and appropriate amount of sugar.

Method: Soak the red beans and rice in water overnight in advance. Put the red beans into a cooking pot, add an appropriate amount of water and boil, then add the rice and cook together; the red beans are cooked, and after the rice porridge is cooked, add honeysuckle and Boil the honeysuckle in water for 10 minutes, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and let it melt, then turn off the heat and eat.

Efficacy: Honeysuckle has been known as a good medicine for clearing away heat and detoxifying since ancient times. It has antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and immune system regulating effects. Red beans have the effects of diluting water, reducing swelling, diuresis, strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea. They are rich in iron and can make people look rosy. Eating more red beans can also replenish blood, promote blood circulation, strengthen physical strength, and enhance resistance. All effects are significant.