In the hot summer, the function of the stomach and intestines tends to weaken due to heat stimulation, leading to symptoms such as drowsiness, chest discomfort, and loss of appetite. It can even cause heat stroke and harm health. To ensure the normal functioning of the stomach and intestines, it is important to choose food that nourishes the body and enhances resistance to effectively combat the heat and prevent heat stroke. The following cooling summer porridges can help you beat the heat.
(1) Honeysuckle Porridge
Honeysuckle has a sweet and cold nature, with a clear and fragrant aroma. Boil 30 grams of honeysuckle to extract about 150 milliliters of concentrated juice. Then cook 50 grams of glutinous rice with 300 milliliters of water to make a thin porridge. Take it warm in the morning and evening to prevent and treat heat stroke. It is most suitable for people with symptoms of heat, headache, red eyes, sore throat, high blood pressure, and coronary heart disease.
(2) Mung Bean Porridge
Mung beans have a sweet and cold nature. They have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving thirst, cooling down, diuresis, and nourishing the skin. Cooking glutinous rice with mung beans can better relieve heat, relieve restlessness, quench thirst, and detoxify.
(3) Peppermint Porridge
Take 30 grams of fresh mint or 15 grams of dried mint, decoct it to extract the juice, and set it aside. Then cook 100 grams of rice into porridge, and when the porridge is almost cooked, add the mint juice and some rock sugar. Boil for a while. This porridge has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, dispersing wind, and soothing the throat. Mint leaves have a spicy and cool nature, with a clear and fragrant aroma, making the porridge delicious.
(4) Lotus Leaf Porridge
Take a fresh lotus leaf, wash it and cut it into small pieces, put it in a gauze bag, and decoct it in water to extract 150 milliliters of concentrated juice. Add 100 grams of glutinous rice, appropriate amount of rock sugar, and 500 milliliters of water to cook a thin porridge. Eat it once in the morning and evening. Lotus leaf has a fragrant and slightly bitter taste, with the effects of clearing heat, relieving restlessness, quenching thirst, reducing blood pressure, and promoting weight loss. Cooked with glutinous rice and rock sugar, it is a very good remedy for clearing heat and relieving summer heat.
(5) Lotus Seed Porridge
Lotus seeds have the function of clearing the mind, relieving restlessness, invigorating the spleen, and stopping diarrhea. Cooking lotus seed porridge with glutinous rice has a therapeutic effect on summer heat, restlessness, and insomnia.
(6) Pogostemon Porridge
Take 15 grams of pogostemon (double the amount for fresh ones). Add 180 milliliters of water and boil for 2-3 minutes. Filter out the residue. Clean 50 grams of glutinous rice and cook into porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add the pogostemon juice and cook for another 2-3 minutes. Eat it warm 3 times a day. Pogostemon has a pungent and warm nature and is commonly used in summer. It has preventive and therapeutic effects on heat stroke, indigestion, chest tightness, vomiting, and diarrhea. Of course, the taste of pogostemon porridge may not be great, so it depends on personal preference.
These porridges mentioned above are common cooling foods for the summer. It's great to be able to drink a bowl of cooling porridge at home during the hot summer. Of course, diet is just one aspect of maintaining health. It is important to have a light diet, especially in summer. Avoid spicy food and occasionally drink some porridge to nourish the stomach and reduce internal heat.
