In summer, people's diet will have various effects. So what are the benefits of different foods? Today, we will introduce what to eat in summer, so that everyone knows what vegetables to eat and what tea to drink. Let's take a detailed look below.
Each type of food has different effects. In this summer, if you understand health preservation, you will know some of the effects of the following foods. Let's take a closer look.
These dietary therapies are effective in summer
For upset stomach, ginger and plum tea
Method: Chop 10g of fresh ginger and 30g of dried plum, put them in a thermos with 6g of green tea, pour boiling water, cover tightly, steep for half an hour, then add a small amount of brown sugar. Let it sit for a while, drink it while hot, 3 times a day.
Effect: Ginger and plum tea comes from the classic medical book "Shi Yi De Xiao Fang" compiled by the medical scientist Wei Yi Lin in the Yuan Dynasty. This tea can clear heat, generate body fluids, stop diarrhea, aid digestion, and warm the middle of the body. It is used for various summer diarrhea and dysentery caused by unclean or irregular diet.
Ginger is warm and pungent in nature, and it has the functions of inducing sweating, warming the middle of the body, stopping vomiting, warming the lungs, and detoxifying fish and crab toxins. Therefore, when we have food poisoning or eat seafood such as preserved eggs or fish and crabs, we usually add ginger powder or ginger juice.
Dried plums have a sour and astringent taste, and they are neutral in nature. The sour and astringent properties can constrict vital energy and sweat, promote saliva production, stop thirst, stop diarrhea, and harmonize the stomach. They can be used for excessive sweating, scattered mind, restlessness, and loss of appetite. Note that those with weak spleen and stomach and cold-induced diarrhea should not drink this tea.
For sore throat, sweet orange peel soup
Method: Cut 6g of bitter orange peel and 3g of licorice into small pieces or grind them into coarse powder, steep in boiling water, and drink it instead of tea, 2 times a day.
Effect: Sweet orange peel soup, first mentioned in the book "Shang Han Lun", was originally called bitter orange peel soup, used to treat "sore throat after 2-3 days of Shaoyin disease". Later, it was quoted by the Qing Dynasty physician Wu Jutong in his book "Wen Bing Tiao Bian" and used to treat "sore throat in Wen disease Shaoyin stage".
Since ancient times, sweet orange peel soup has been considered a common remedy for treating sore throat by generations of physicians. As mentioned in "Medical Wisdom", "For all sore throats, use sweet orange peel soup." Licorice is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and it belongs to the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians. It can clear heat, detoxify, resolve phlegm, relieve cough, relieve pain, and harmonize the properties of other medicines. Bitter orange peel has a bitter and pungent taste, and it is slightly warm in nature. It enters the lung meridian, can resolve phlegm, relieve cough, and has the functions of promoting lung ventilation and draining pus. It can be seen that the combination of the two can promote lung function and soothe the throat.
The foundational work of pediatric Chinese medicine, "Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue" written by the Song Dynasty physician Qian Yi, records that the decoction can be used to treat pediatric lung heat, wind heat blockade, and throat swelling and pain. This tea can be consumed in small amounts and frequently by minors, using 1/3 of the dosage, taken 3-4 times a day.
For excessive sweating and dry mouth, Five-Flavor Chinese Wolfberry Drink
Method: Put 6g of schisandra berries and 8g of Chinese wolfberries into a pot with 800ml of clean water, simmer over low heat until boiling, filter out the clear liquid, pour into a covered cup, add 5g of white sugar, stir well, and drink in portions.
Effect: Tonifies the spleen and stomach, nourishes the liver and kidneys, nourishes the heart and blood, produces body fluids and relieves thirst. For those who feel tired, sweat a lot, and have a dry mouth in summer, known as "summer deficiency", drinking a soup made with schisandra berries and Chinese wolfberries or soaking them in hot water can make a person feel more energetic. Five-Flavor Chinese Wolfberry Drink is an excellent product for summer health and nourishment.
