Chinese medicine believes that summer is yang evil, its sexual heat rises and dissipates, it is easy to consume gas and hurt, which makes people feel uncomfortable such as loss of appetite, thirst and fatigue. At this time, it is advisable to eat light and peaceful products, adjust the balance of yin and yang in the body in summer, and appropriately choose a traditional Chinese medicine diet of "medicinal food homology".
Medicinal diet refers to the rational combination and compatibility of different Chinese medicinal materials and foods under the guidance of the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, and cooking, which has a unique color, aroma, taste, shape and effect, and has the effects of health care, disease prevention and treatment.
Dr. Xu Jia of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of ziyang Street Community Health Service Center in Shangcheng District, Hangzhou City, recommends three medicinal foods suitable for summer:
1. Lotus leaf tangerine peel duck stew
Ingredients: Duck
Herbs: lotus leaf, tangerine peel, white lentils
Benefits: Clears heat and dampness, relieves heat and vitality.
Duck meat has a cool taste, can remove the hypothermia, raw liquid, is a good tonic for summer days. Lotus leaves can raise the heat, tangerine peel can rationalize the qi and strengthen the spleen, and white lentils can reduce dampness and cool down.
2. Yam tempeh stewed steak
Ingredients: Steaks
Herbs: yam, light tempeh, coix seed
Effect: Remove dampness and strengthen the spleen, improve qi and eliminate annoyance.
The meat of the steak is fresh and tender, rich in protein, which can nourish qi and blood and strengthen muscles and bones. Yam can be beneficial to qi and nourish yin, light tempeh can solve the table to remove annoyance, coix kernel can be healthy spleen wet.
3. Loofah soup with aloe root Ingredients: Loofah
Herbs: Reed root, white grass root, goji berries
Effect: Quench thirst, dehumidify the eyes.
Loofah has a sweet and cool taste, is a vegetable often eaten in summer, can quench thirst, relieve heat and annoyance. Reed root can clear the heat and fire, white grass root can reduce fire and water, and goji berries can be refined.
Warm reminder: Medicinal food is not a simple addition of food and Chinese medicine, and it needs to be eaten under the guidance of a Chinese medicine practitioner.
(Qianjiang Evening News Hourly News Correspondent Photo/Wen Xu Jia Reporter He Lina)