It's hot and sweaty in summer. Therefore, in order to maintain health, we should first pay attention to replenishing water. It's best to drink boiled water at ordinary times. If necessary, we should supplement salt and minerals appropriately to maintain the body's essential health. In addition, due to the hot summer climate, it is easy to hurt the body fluid and consume gas, so we should also pay attention to porridge health.
Li Shizhen believes that eating porridge and intestines and stomach is the best way to eat. "Six books on medicine" says: "japonica rice porridge is zishenghua Yukun pill, and glutinous rice porridge is a wonderful product for warming stomach qi. Because medicinal porridge is suitable for the elderly, children and people with weak spleen and stomach function, the ancients also called it 'the first tonic in the world'.
Congee should be mainly used for Invigorating Qi, clearing heat, strengthening spleen and nourishing stomach. Qingbu food includes mung bean, lily, cucumber, bean sprouts, duck, etc.; Qingshu food includes mushroom, laver, watermelon, tomato, etc.; Jianpi Yangwei food includes adzuki bean, Coix, pumpkin, etc. Here are some typical summer porridge. I wish you a hard summer.
1、 Mung bean japonica rice porridge: 60 grams of mung bean, 100 grams of Japonica rice. Soak mung beans in warm water for 2 hours, then add 1000 ml water to cook porridge with japonica rice. This porridge can be eaten once a day in the morning and once a day in the evening. It has the functions of dispelling heat toxin, stopping thirst and eliminating edema. It is especially suitable for the elderly and children.
2、 Balsam pear chrysanthemum porridge: 100 grams of balsam pear, 50 grams of chrysanthemum, 60 grams of Japonica rice, an appropriate amount of rock sugar. Wash balsam pear, remove flesh and cut into small pieces. Wash the japonica rice and chrysanthemum, put them in the same pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil the water over high heat, add the bitter melon and rock sugar into the pot, and cook them over low heat until the rice rotten porridge is thick. This porridge can clear away summer heat, stop dysentery and detoxify. It is suitable for supplementary food therapy of heatstroke, thirst and diarrhea. Avoid eating wet, spicy, thick and greasy food at the same time.
3、 Watermelon skin porridge: 100g watermelon skin, 50g rice. Peel the watermelon and dice it. Wash the rice and put it into the casserole. Add some water and watermelon peel. Boil it with high heat, then turn it into porridge with low heat. Add sugar. It has the functions of heat clearing, diuresis and detumescence. Eating it often can prevent heatstroke.
4、 Job's tears and adzuki bean porridge: Job's tears 20g, adzuki bean 30g, rice 100g, appropriate amount of water. Soak job's tears and adzuki beans in cold water for 2 hours, wash the rice, add appropriate amount of water, and cook into porridge, which can strengthen the spleen and moisten, clear away heat and eliminate heat.
Last but not least, in the heat season, people are prone to "liver fire" and often have inexplicable upset, listlessness, loss of appetite and other problems, which is also known as "emotional heatstroke". Emotional heatstroke is harmful to health preservation and physical and mental health in summer. Especially in the elderly, emotional disorders can cause myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia and blood pressure rise, and even lead to sudden death. Therefore, people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases must avoid extreme emotions such as anger and anxiety and try to be calm and cool.