Summer heat mainly occurs in infants and young children under 3 years old, who have continuous fever, thirst, polydipsia, sweating or reduced sweating due to high temperatures in summer. Medicinal porridge can be effective in treating these symptoms.
Lotus leaf porridge: Take two fresh lotus leaves, wash them and boil them in about 500 ml of water. After filtering, take the juice and add 30 grams of glutinous rice to cook into a thin porridge. Add an appropriate amount of white sugar and consume it in the morning and evening. It can clear heat and relieve summer heat, suitable for those with persistent fever.
Kudzu root powder porridge: Take 20 grams of kudzu root powder (finely ground kudzu root sediment) and 50 grams of glutinous rice, add an appropriate amount of water to cook into a thin porridge, and consume it in the morning and evening. It can relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and is suitable for those with persistent fever and dry mouth and thirst.
Lotus leaf mung bean porridge: Take a large fresh lotus leaf, 20 fresh bamboo leaves, wash them, boil them in an appropriate amount of water, take the juice, first cook 20 grams of mung beans until they bloom, and then add 30 grams of glutinous rice to cook into a thin porridge. Consume it in the morning and evening. It can relieve summer heat, harmonize the middle energizer, and is suitable for those with fever, thirst, and loss of appetite.
Cooling and nourishing porridge: Take 1 gram of American ginseng, 6 grams of Ophiopogon japonicus, 6 grams of Dendrobium, 6 grams of Anemarrhena, 30 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar. First, wrap Ophiopogon japonicus, Dendrobium, and Anemarrhena in a cloth and boil them in water for 30 minutes. Remove the residue and keep the juice, then add American ginseng powder and glutinous rice to cook into a thin porridge. Add rock sugar for flavoring, and consume it in the morning and evening. It can clear summer heat, nourish yin and qi, and is suitable for those with persistent fever, no sweating or reduced sweating.
Lotus leaf and lotus root porridge: Take a large fresh lotus leaf, 1 small section of fresh lotus root, 30 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of white sugar. First, wash the lotus leaf and boil it in about 500 ml of water, then filter and take the juice. Cut the lotus root into small pieces, add it to the juice along with the glutinous rice, and cook into a thin porridge. Add white sugar for flavoring and consume it 3 times a day. It can clear heat, relieve summer heat, and invigorate the stomach, suitable for those with persistent fever and loss of appetite.
Silkworm cocoon jujube and adzuki bean porridge: Take 10 silkworm cocoons, 15 red dates, 10 grams of adzuki beans, and 30 grams of glutinous rice. First, boil the silkworm cocoons and extract about 500 ml of juice. Then remove the pits from the red dates, add adzuki beans and glutinous rice, and cook into a thin porridge. Consume it in the morning and evening. It can invigorate qi, clear summer heat, invigorate the spleen and harmonize the middle, suitable for those with persistent fever, fatigue, poor appetite, and loose stools.
