How to stay cool in the scorching summer? This is a question that many people consider during the summer. In order to comfortably get through the hot summer, besides maintaining a good mental state, it is also important to have a proper diet. Therefore, the editor has selected four delicious medicinal recipes from traditional Chinese medicine to help you stay cool and relieve the heat.
Medicinal Recipe 1: Bitter Melon Meatballs
Ingredients: 500g bitter melon, 250g pork, small cabbage, starch, monosodium glutamate, salt, sesame oil as needed.
Instructions: Wash and drain the bitter melon, cut it into five centimeters long segments, and remove the seeds. Mix the cabbage juice, meat, starch, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, and salt together. Stuff the mixture into the bitter melon segments, place them in a plate, and steam until cooked.
Effects: This dish is characterized by its freshness, tenderness, and bitter fragrance. It nourishes the spleen and kidneys, nourishes the blood and liver, and clears the mind and eyes. It can treat sores, pain, and swelling.
Medicinal Recipe 2: Coix Seed and Peas
Ingredients: 250g peas, 100g coix seed, vegetable oil, salt as needed.
Instructions: Cook the coix seed in water until done, and reserve the soup. Stir-fry the peas until partially cooked, then add the coix seed and soup and simmer until cooked. Season to taste.
Effects: This dish is light and delicious. It has the effect of eliminating dampness and reducing swelling, and can treat athlete's foot. It is suitable for assisting in the treatment of tumor patients.
Medicinal Recipe 3: Two-Winter Tomato
Ingredients: 260g tomatoes, 2 eggs, 10g fresh asparagus root, 10g ophiopogon root, lard, salt as needed.
Instructions: Steam the fresh asparagus root and ophiopogon root in water for about half an hour, and reserve the juice. Peel and slice the tomatoes, beat the eggs, add monosodium glutamate and salt as needed, and stir-fry in a pan. Then add the asparagus root and ophiopogon root and stir-fry until cooked.
Effects: This dish, made with fresh asparagus root and ophiopogon root, is characterized by its fragrance, freshness, and delicious taste. It has the effects of refreshing, moisturizing, relieving dryness, and relieving heat.
Medicinal Recipe 4: Huanglian Green Beans
Ingredients: 250g green beans, 3g coptis chinensis, 5g mosla, salt, sugar, vegetable oil as needed.
Instructions: Soak the coptis chinensis and mosla in boiling water for half an hour, filter the infusion (medicinal juice) and set aside. Wash and drain the green beans, heat the vegetable oil in a pan until 80% cooked, stir-fry the green beans, add the medicinal juice and enough water, and simmer until the beans are cooked. Before removing from the heat, add a little salt and sugar to taste, and thicken the sauce.
Effects: This dish is characterized by its delicious taste, fragrance, and lasting sweetness. It has the effect of clearing dampness and heat, and can treat gastritis, enteritis, and dysentery.
