The ancients classified 365 days one by one: five days and one wait, three waits for one section, a total of 24 solar terms in a year, and divided it into four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Spring includes six solar terms: Lichun, Liangshui, Sting, Spring Equinox, Qingming, and Guyu, and spring is characterized by the rise of yang qi and the growth of all things. In summer, there are Lixia, Xiaoman, Mangsang, Summer Solstice, Xiaoxia and Daxia, which means that the anode is yin and nature is flourishing.
Chinese medicine pays attention to "nourishing the yang in spring and summer, and nourishing the yin in autumn and winter". The Yellow Emperor's Neijing Su qing records: "Spring food is cold, summer food is cold, in order to nourish the yang; Autumn food is warm to nourish the yang; The autumn food is warm, and the winter food is hot to nourish the yin. That is, in Chinese medicine, it is said that "when the four times are born, when the four times are reversed, they die", although this is a bit exaggerated, it is not without reason. Therefore, whether it is exercise, diet or drinking herbal tea, health maintenance should be carried out according to the needs of time, solar terms, and the body, only in this way can we do more with less.
After the summer solstice festival, the heat of the sky falls on the ground, and the moisture on the ground after the rain steames into the air, and the humidity and heat are intertwined, making people lose food, weight, irritability, various spleen and stomach problems, temper, and moisture are important. Eat more potatoes, black fungus, fish, pineapple, cress, figs, winter melon, corn and other foods, it is advisable to continue to increase bitterness and heat, where there is less rain, drink more porridge that clears heat, detoxifies and reduces swelling, and where there is more rain, drink some porridge that can nourish the yin and nourish the gods, clear the heat and relieve the heat and dampness.
1. Barley mung bean porridge
Method: Wash the barley kernels, mung beans and rice, add water and boil it into a thin porridge, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and reducing dampness, clearing heat and relieving heat.
2. Winter melon umami porridge
Directions: Peel the winter melon, wash and cut into small pieces, mince the cooked ham, wash the mushrooms and carrots and dice them; Wash the rice and soak in water for 30 minutes. Put the pot on the fire, add the right amount of water (or stock), rice, bring to a boil on high heat, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes. Put the minced ham, diced shiitake mushrooms, diced carrots, winter melon pieces, corn kernels into the porridge, continue to cook for 20 minutes after boiling, add salt to taste, sprinkle with coriander, this porridge has the effect of clearing heat and nourishing the stomach.
3. Watermelon peel porridge
Directions: Peel the watermelon peel and peel the remaining melon, rinse it, cut it into cubes, marinate it slightly with salt for a while, and wash the rice; Put water, watermelon peel, rice in the pot, first boil over high heat, then change to low heat and cook for about 15 minutes, add salt to taste, this porridge has the effect of clearing heat diuresis and reducing swelling.
4. White lentil porridge
Method: First wash the rice and white lentils, take the pot and add the appropriate amount of water, put the washed white lentils and rice into the pot, first boil it on high heat, and then change it to a low heat to boil into porridge, this porridge has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, strengthening the spleen and stomach.
5. Mung bean bamboo leaf porridge
Directions: Wash and boil fresh lotus leaves and bamboo leaves with water, remove the residue and extract the juice. After washing the mung beans and rice, add water to boil into a thin porridge, add the juice that has just been boiled, simmer slowly until the porridge is cooked, and finally you can add a little rock sugar to taste, this porridge has the effect of refreshing the heat and reducing dampness and heat.
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