10 foods to eat more in summer to relieve heat

　　[Bitter Melon] Some people regard watermelon as a treasure to relieve summer heat. In fact, theoretically speaking, bitter melon is the most appetizing and refreshing melon food that can relieve summer heat and clear the mind. Chinese people have experienced sayings since ancient times that "bitter taste can clear away heat" and "bitter taste can strengthen the stomach". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter melon is bitter in taste, cold in nature, and can clear away heat and relieve fire. The slightly bitter taste of bitter melon can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice in the human body, increase appetite and clear away heat. Heatstroke prevention , Therefore, it is appropriate to eat bitter melon in summer. Using fresh bitter melon to make juice or decoct it into soup is a good auxiliary dietary therapy for liver fire, red eyes, stomach heat, polydipsia, epigastric pain, and damp-heat dysentery. The herbal tea made from bitter melon can relieve the heat and refresh the mind after drinking it.

　　[Watermelon] can not only clear away heat and detoxify, relieve restlessness and quench thirst, but also act as a diuretic and help digestion. Therefore, people must eat some watermelon. Watermelon juice also contains rich nutrients needed by the human body, such as sucrose, Grape Sugar, fructose, citrulline, propionic acid, alanine, glutamic acid, arginine, phosphoric acid, malic acid, salts, carotene, vitamin C, etc.

　　[Cucumber] "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" mentioned that cucumber has a "sweet and cold smell, and taking it can clear away heat and promote diuresis." Therefore, it is beneficial to eat more cucumbers in the hot summer. The water content of cucumber is 96%~98%, which is the highest water content among vegetables. The fiber it contains is very soft, which has a certain effect on promoting the excretion of corrupted food in the intestines and lowering cholesterol.

　　[Winter Melon] has a very good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Eat more winter melon in summer to quench thirst, relieve heat, and be a diuretic. Because it is a diuretic and contains very little sodium, it is a good product for reducing swelling in chronic nephritis edema, dystrophic edema, and edema in pregnant women. It contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements necessary for the human body, which can regulate the metabolic balance of the human body.

　　【Luffa】has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Medical classics of the past dynasties and its "Compendium of Materia Medica" all say that luffa can "clear away heat and stimulate the intestines". Eating some loofah soup in summer can relieve heat and relieve fever. When making soup, the cooking time should not be long. It is best to maintain the bright green color of the loofah. Boil the loofah rind and loofah flowers together in water instead of tea, which also has the effect of preventing heatstroke and relieving fever.

　　[Mung Bean] After work and labor, drinking a bowl of mung bean soup will make you feel refreshed, get rid of polydipsia, eliminate all heat and feel relaxed and happy. This is because mung beans have the effect of clearing away heat, relieving heat, quenching thirst and diuresis.

　　[Eggplant] "Compendium of Materia Medica" says, "Eggplant is sweet in taste, cold in nature, and non-toxic. It mainly treats cold and heat, strain of the five internal organs and plague. Eating eggplant can disperse blood and relieve pain, relieve dysentery and diuresis, reduce swelling and widen the intestines." "Yilin Zhuan Yao" claims that eggplant "can relieve diarrhea, disperse blood, and stop diarrhea." Modern medical research shows that the rich vitamin P in eggplant can enhance the adhesion between cells, prevent and treat capillary rupture and bleeding, and promote wound healing. Therefore, eating eggplant regularly can prevent and treat cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and other diseases, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on chronic gastritis. Food Science and Technology Network advocates: scientific understanding of food, reasonable diet and health care!

　　[Salt boiled water] Traditional Chinese medicine calls "plain boiled water the king of medicines." From a nutritional point of view, all sugary drinks are not as valuable as boiled water, because pure boiled water can be quickly absorbed by the stomach after entering the human body, enter the blood circulation, exert metabolic effects, regulate body temperature, and clean the human body environment. When drinking boiled water, you should choose fresh cool boiled water (20°C to 25°C) that is naturally cooled after boiling. This kind of boiled water has specific biological activity and can easily enter the cells through the cell membrane and be quickly absorbed and used. It is best to add some salt when drinking boiled water. High temperatures in summer lead to excessive sweating, which reduces the salt content in the body. The osmotic pressure in the body will lose stability, leading to heat stroke. Drinking more salt boiled water or salt tea can replenish the salt lost in the body, thus achieving the effect of preventing heatstroke.

　　【Tea】Experienced health care doctors often instruct people to drink tea to supplement potassium. Potassium is an important trace element in the human body. Potassium can maintain nerve And the normal function of its muscles, especially the normal movement of the heart muscle. If there is a potassium deficiency, people will feel tired and weak, and their heat tolerance will be reduced. Severe potassium deficiency can lead to cardiac arrhythmia and general muscle weakness. Tea contains a lot of potassium, accounting for about 1.5% of its weight. Potassium is easily excreted with sweat, so tea with a suitable temperature should be the first choice drink in summer.

　　[Mature Vinegar] People drink more water in summer, which reduces gastric acid and reduces appetite. Appropriate amount of vinegar can increase the concentration of gastric acid, stimulate appetite and help digestion. If you add some vinegar when cooking, it can increase and thicken gastric acid, thereby increasing appetite. Summer is the popular season for intestinal infectious diseases, and being jealous can also improve the bactericidal effect of the gastrointestinal tract. Also, adding a few drops of vinegar during cooking will reduce the loss of vitamin C in vegetables and facilitate the absorption of iron from food.