It's the yellow plum season of the year again, drizzling, humid and muggy. Hot and humid weather is not only depressing, but also prone to various health problems. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the diet in the rainy season should be in accordance with the principles of clearing and replenishing, strengthening the spleen, dispelling heat and dissipating dampness", what to eat to prevent "mold" in the rainy season? Let's go to the vegetable market with Xiaohong to explore seasonal dampness dishes.
Walking into Dong'an Vegetable Farm, Xiaohong noticed that winter melon, bitter gourd, loofah, corn, yam and other dampness-dissolving dishes occupied a conspicuous position in many stalls, attracting many citizens to stop and choose. The stall owner enthusiastically introduced: "This season, the fried winter melon, loofah, and bitter gourd are particularly popular, they not only have a crisp taste, but also have a good heat-clearing and detoxification effect. ”
In front of another stall, Xiaohong saw fresh red rice amaranth, celery and other vegetables neatly arranged, and the stall owner said that these dishes were selling the best right now. "Amaranth can be mixed cold, or it can be boiled in soup, the taste is fresh and tender, and it is rich in nutrition." The stall owner said as he showed reporters how to pick fresh red amaranth.
According to the stall owners, from 8:30 a.m. to around 10:30 a.m. is the best time for market business, and many citizens will take advantage of the cool morning to buy fresh ingredients.
Edamame is also a popular choice this season. For the convenience of customers, the stall owners also deliberately peeled the edamame beans and waited for customers to choose. A citizen who was picking edamame told reporters: "Edamame is the standard in summer, and the cold salad and stir-fried vegetables are delicious and nutritious. ”
In addition to fresh vegetables, red adzuki beans and barley are also popular at the dry goods stalls. The stall owner told reporters that these ingredients can be used to boil water and drink together, which has the effect of strengthening the spleen and dissipating dampness, which is very suitable for eating in the rainy season.
Xiaohong reminded that traditional Chinese medicine believes that dampness is divided into dampness and heat and cold and dampness, and red bean barley water is suitable for damp heat constitution with no serious symptoms, but it should not be drunk as a health tea for a long time. If people with cold and damp constitution often eat red bean barley water, it will make matters worse and damage yang energy. Raw barley is cool, people with cold body and yang deficiency are not suitable to take it, you can fry raw barley until it is slightly yellow to remove its coldness, and the effect of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness is also more obvious.
The rain has been incessant these days
When everyone goes out to buy groceries
Don't forget to bring an umbrella
Reporter: Wang Jie
Photo: Wang Jie
Source: Shanghai Hongkou