The quality of sleep often affects our quality of life and health. Traditional Chinese medicine often says: "If you don't sleep well, it's mostly because your liver is hot." "With the advent of summer, the weather is getting hotter, and the liver fire in the human body is also rising. In order to improve the quality of sleep, we can regulate liver fire through a reasonable diet, among which summer is especially suitable for eating more vegetables to clear liver fire. In this article, we'll introduce three kinds of liver-clearing dishes and how to make them deliciously, which we believe will help you have a refreshing summer and a good night's sleep.
1. Bitter chrysanthemum
Bitter chrysanthemum is a common liver-clearing vegetable, which has the effect of reducing fire and detoxifying. It is rich in a variety of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C and carotene, which help to improve the uncomfortable symptoms caused by liver fire. Here's a delicious recipe for bitter chrysanthemum:
Recommended recipe: walnut kernels mixed with bitter chrysanthemum
Ingredients: 200 grams of bitter chrysanthemum, 3 cloves of garlic, 2 dried red peppers, 50 grams of walnut kernels, appropriate amount of cooking oil, a little salt, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of sesame oil.
Here's how:
1. After washing the bitter chrysanthemum, drain the water, cut it into long sections, put it on a plate, cut the garlic cloves into garlic cubes, cut the dried red pepper into minced pieces, and cut the walnut kernels into large pieces for later use.
2. Heat oil in a pot, add garlic and dried red pepper and stir-fry, pour the hot oil on the bitter chrysanthemum, add an appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce and sesame oil to taste, sprinkle in walnut kernels, and stir-fry evenly.
2. Lettuce
Lettuce is a sweet and delicious vegetable, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuretic and laxative. It is rich in dietary fiber and vitamins, which help to reduce liver fire and improve sleep quality. Here's a delicious lettuce recipe:
Recommended recipe: Vegetarian fried lettuce slices
Ingredients: 300 grams of lettuce, 1 carrot, 50 grams of black fungus, appropriate amount of chopped green onion and garlic, appropriate amount of cooking oil, a little salt, appropriate amount of light soy sauce, appropriate amount of chicken essence.
Here's how:
1. Wash and peel the lettuce, cut into slices, wash and peel the carrots and cut them into slices, soak the black fungus, wash them, cut them into small pieces for later use, and prepare an appropriate amount of chopped green onions and garlic.
2. Heat oil in a pan, add chopped green onion and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then stir-fry the lettuce slices and carrot slices until they are broken. Add the black fungus and continue to stir-fry evenly. Finally, add an appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce and chicken essence to taste, and stir-fry well.
3. Bitter gourd
Bitter gourd has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing fire and cooling blood, and is an ideal ingredient for clearing liver fire in summer. It is rich in vitamin C and bitter melonin, which can help detoxify the liver and promote sleep. Here's a delicious bitter gourd recipe:
Recommended recipe: bitter gourd vegetarian dumplings
Ingredients: 2 bitter gourds, 2 eggs, 50 grams of black fungus, 1 carrot, appropriate amount of dumpling skin, salt, light soy sauce, sesame oil, and cooking oil.
Detailed instructions:
1. Wash the bitter gourd, peel and remove the seeds, cut into thin strips, cut the black fungus into shreds after soaking, peel and shred the carrots for later use.
2. Beat the eggs into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of salt and stir evenly into egg mixture, heat oil in a pot, pour in the egg mixture and fry it into egg cakes, take out and cut into shreds for later use.
3. Put bitter gourd, black fungus, carrot and egg into a basin, add an appropriate amount of salt, light soy sauce, sesame oil, cooking oil, stir well, wrap into the dumpling skin, wrap it for later use, boil water in the pot, put the dumplings into the cooking, and remove it.
By consuming the above three liver-cleansing dishes, we can effectively regulate liver fire and improve sleep quality. In summer, in addition to eating more of these liver-cleansing dishes, we should also pay attention to drinking more water, avoiding overeating, and maintaining good work and rest habits, so that we can spend a cool and comfortable summer and have a sweet sleep.
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