The valley rain has just passed, don't look at the sudden drop in temperature now, in a few days it will enter the high temperature mode again. As summer approaches, the weather will only become more and more muggy in the future, and many people will turn into "Lin Daiyu", looking wilted all day, and this does not want to eat, that does not want to eat.
If you are a young person, you can carry it in a short period of time, and it is okay to eat less. But not for a long time, so let alone the elderly.
However, you can usually eat some appetizing food, which is not spicy food, but hot and appetizing bitter food. There is a saying that "the heat of the day is better than the supplement". So, when the weather is hot, what are the benefits to the body of eating more bitter foods?
Eat bitter food, 4 benefits are waiting for you
1. Improve appetite - hot weather will cause loss of appetite, bitter food can stimulate taste buds and enhance digestion;
2. Clear heat and remove fire - bitter food is rich in alkaloids, cold in nature, can extinguish fire and clear heat;
3. Refreshing and relieving fatigue - the caffeine substances contained in bitter foods can refresh and make people sober after ingestion;
4. Replenish qi and nourish the heart - the five flavors correspond to the five organs, and bitterness corresponds to the heart, so eating bitter food is beneficial to nourish the heart and qi;
Therefore, when the weather is getting hotter and hotter and you can't raise your appetite, men, women and children can eat these 4 sufferings more, cool and comfortable, and enter summer steadily.
1. Bitter melon
Bitter melon has a bitter taste and cold nature, and is the most common bitter food. Although it is not delicious, it has a good health effect, which is rich in lipoproteins, vitamins and other nutrients. Therefore, as long as people who are more concerned about health, they will often eat bitter melon in summer.
There are many cooking methods of bitter melon, it can be cold mixed, stir-fried, and it is relatively crispy to eat, and it is recommended to eat 3~4 times a week.
2. Qingchi chrysanthemum tea
Anyone who has drunk chrysanthemum tea knows that the taste of chrysanthemum tea is also slightly bitter. But it is undeniable that chrysanthemum tea has a good effect on clearing heat and removing fire, and has always been loved by middle-aged and elderly friends.
Although there are many varieties of chrysanthemums in the mainland and can be bought everywhere, it is still recommended to choose varieties with better taste and more nutrition, such as Qingchi chrysanthemum. Qingchi chrysanthemum is produced in the famous "hometown of chrysanthemums" Kaifeng, the natural environment is suitable for its growth, the blooming flowers are large, golden color, slender and dense petals, looking atmospheric and beautiful.
On the basis of such high quality, Qingchiju also has a sophisticated technology, and the dried flowers made by drying in the shade and natural drying are more original, and the color, fragrance and taste are well preserved. Combined with modern fresh-locking technology, the internal nutrient loss rate of Qingchiju has also been greatly reduced.
Take out a green chrysanthemum, pour hot water into 3~5 minutes, wait for the color of the tea soup to be slightly yellow, and a faint chrysanthemum fragrance appears, you can drink it in your mouth. If you taste it carefully, the taste is smooth and clear, and you can taste a hint of sweetness in the light bitterness, and the taste is wonderful.
3. Kuding tea
"Kuding tea" tea, as its name suggests, is very bitter to drink, but it is very suitable for drinking when it is hot. Kuding tea is a kind of herbal tea material, containing a variety of minerals, amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients, daily brewing and drinking, in addition to supplementing the nutrients needed by the human body, but also quenching thirst, clearing heat and refreshing breath.
If you feel that bitter tea is too bitter, the brewing time can be shortened as much as possible and brewed lightly. As the saying goes, "bitterness is sweet", don't look at the bitter taste of bitter tea, taste carefully, its bitterness also has a hint of sweetness, the taste is mellow.
4. Cassia at Haishan Restaurant
Cassia is an herbaceous seed and a kind of tea material, because of its bitter taste and cool nature, it is very suitable for brewing and drinking when it is hot, and can hydrate and cool off. It is also suitable for people who are usually prone to fire and face computers for a long time.
Generally speaking, it needs to be stir-fried before making tea with cassia seeds, on the one hand to reduce its coldness, and on the other hand to brew well. However, because many people do not control the heat of fried cassia seeds, it is recommended to buy fried in advance, such as cassia seeds at Haishanfang.
The raw materials of Cassia Seeds come from Bozhou, Anhui Province, and the high-quality cassia seeds are selected, with full and uniform grains and moderate size. Stir-fried at the right temperature, the finished product will have a faint coffee aroma and a charred and crispy skin.
Usually brewing, take about 10 grams of cassia seeds of Haishanfang, under the full smouldering of hot water, the color of the tea soup turns into a translucent brown, drink a sip, the taste is mellow, and there are many benefits.