In comparison to summer, although it has already become cooler in autumn, it can still be quite humid and hot due to the lingering heat. In hot and humid environments, the body's metabolism is high and energy consumption is large, making it prone to a damp and hot constitution in the spleen and stomach. Do you know what dietary therapy can help with a damp and hot spleen and stomach? Which fruits should be eaten less by those with a damp and hot spleen and stomach? Let's take a look at the content.
What to Eat for a Damp and Hot Spleen and Stomach
1. Hawthorn Poria Tea
Ingredients: You will need 5 grams each of tangerine peel, poria, and hawthorn. Method: Boil 600ml of water and pour it into a bowl. When the temperature is appropriate, drink it.
Benefits: It can effectively improve the damp and hot constitution caused by eating high-fat, high-sugar, and high-salt snacks. The main symptoms of a damp and hot spleen and stomach include dry mouth, poor digestion, poor appetite, and virtual obesity.
2. Bitter Melon Coix Seed Porridge
Method: Take 30 grams each of bitter melon and coix seed, and 90 grams of adzuki beans and 60 grams of glutinous rice. Wash the bitter melon, remove the seeds, cut it into small pieces, and cook it with other ingredients until soft. Eat it on an empty stomach.
Benefits: This recipe has the effect of clearing heat and dampness. Bitter melon has a bitter and cold taste, which can clear heat, nourish blood, nourish the liver, strengthen the spleen, and nourish the stomach, improve vision, and detoxify. Coix seed is good for stomach health, dispelling dampness, clearing heat, and draining pus. Adzuki beans tonify the spleen and eliminate dampness, while glutinous rice benefits the spleen and stomach and relieves irritability and thirst. However, it should be used with caution by those with cold stomach and spleen deficiency, and those with dry and hard stools and pregnant women.
3. Poria Porridge
Method: Take 30 grams of poria powder, 30 grams of glutinous rice, and 7 red dates. First, boil the glutinous rice with an appropriate amount of water, then add the red dates. When the porridge is ready, add the poria powder and stir well, and simmer for a while.
Benefits: This recipe has the effect of tonifying the spleen and promoting diuresis. Poria is neutral in nature and has a sweet and bland taste. It can promote diuresis and remove dampness, invigorate the spleen, calm the mind, and soothe the nerves. It is commonly used to treat edema, oliguria, phlegm and dizziness, spleen deficiency with poor appetite, loose stools and diarrhea, restlessness, palpitations, and insomnia.
4. Bamboo Shoot, Watermelon Rind, and Carp Soup
Method: Take 1 carp (about 750 grams), 500 grams of fresh bamboo shoots, 500 grams of watermelon rind, 60 grams of mung beans, and an appropriate amount of ginger and red dates. Peel the bamboo shoots and remove the hard shell, then peel off the old skin and slice horizontally, soaking them in water for 1 day. Remove the gills and viscera of the carp, but keep the scales. Wash all other ingredients. Put all the ingredients into a pot of boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat for 2 hours. Add salt to taste and serve.
