Dietary health preservation methods for summer heat and solar terms

Every year around July 23rd of the Gregorian calendar, the solar term "Summer" begins when the sun reaches 120 degrees. It is 12 of the 24 solar terms and the last solar term in summer. The following is my summer diet regimen for you, I hope it will help you.

What food do you eat in summer?

1, drink ginger tea

Drying ginger, drinking ginger tea and eating ginger juice to adjust eggs are the dietary customs of Taizhou people in midsummer. Because ginger juice can remove moisture from the body, it is passed down from generation to generation.

2, eat fairy grass

Many places in Guangdong have the custom of "eating fairy grass" after the summer solar terms. Cao Xian, also known as Mesona blume and Cao Xian, is a better person. It has a good summer effect and is known as "Cao Xian". After drying the stems and leaves, it can be made into Xiancao, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and is a summer dessert.

Step 3 eat lychee, mutton and rice.

In Fujian and other areas, many people also like to eat litchi, mutton and rice grains in hot summer. Now this has become a custom. Some people say that eating lychee in hot summer will make you better. Litchi is a kind of nutritious fruit, which is rich in substances and can be said to be a good tonic. Some people say that litchi has the same nutritional value as ginseng.

You should know that litchi is a specialty of Putian, and litchi is also divided into Song Jiaxiang, Zhuang Yuanhong and Eighteen Niang Hong, all of which are excellent varieties. In Putian, especially around the summer heat, litchi has become a ripe season with flowers blooming and flowers overflowing. According to previous customs, litchi is often used as a gift between relatives and friends when summer comes.

Rice grains are made by mixing rice with white rice distiller's yeast, allowing it to ferment and fully mature; On the day of the great summer heat, it is said that cutting into pieces and adding some brown sugar to cook can "greatly replenish vitality". On summer day, relatives and friends often give litchi and mutton to each other.

4, drink old melon fresh lotus leaf soup

In Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta, almost every household cooks summer soup in summer or hot weather. Old wax gourd and fresh lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat is a traditional diet soup for relieving summer heat in Guangdong. It is mainly composed of old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and adzuki bean.

Step 5 eat noodles

When summer comes, Linyi has the traditional custom of "drinking summer sheep" (that is, drinking mutton soup) or eating noodles in summer. On this day, every married daughter and married son will go back to their parents' home, kill a sheep and cook a pot of cold noodles. The whole family will happily drink mutton soup and eat noodles and have a hot summer.

6, stir-fried grass tofu

The custom in Wenzhou in summer is to stir-fry grass tofu. Grass bean curd refers to bean curd made from Cao Xian, licorice, Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines, which can be eaten after cooling, cool and detoxify, promote fluid production and quench thirst. In the past, many families could cook for themselves.

7. Eat ginger juice to adjust eggs

People in Jiaojiang, Taizhou also have the custom of eating ginger juice to adjust eggs in summer. Ginger juice can eliminate moisture in the body, and ginger juice can adjust eggs and "replenish people". Some elderly people like to eat chicken porridge, which is said to tonify yang.

8. Eat chicken

Southerners have the habit of eating chicken in summer. There is a traditional folk tonic method, which is to eat broilers in summer. Broilers contain certain growth hormone, which is beneficial to children in growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone level. When cooking chicken, add a proper amount of ginger to adjust the temperature difference between inside and outside the human body in summer, so that the human body can adapt to the external environment and play a role in eliminating dampness and strengthening the body.

Health preservation methods under high temperature in summer

First, daily life: anti-glare, heatstroke prevention and cooling, anti-yin and heatstroke prevention.

Summer is hot and humid, so we should pay attention to three defenses in daily life: anti-glare, anti-heatstroke and anti-occlusion.

1, heatstroke prevention and moisture prevention

Before and after the midsummer solar term, the ground temperature is the highest in a year. In many places, the temperature will be higher than 40 degrees Celsius, and there will be more rainfall. Rain will be transpiration by high temperature, and the atmosphere will be dense. Old people and children, patients with hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases need special attention in daily life. Try to avoid outdoor activities at noon and afternoon when the temperature is the highest, avoid too intense exercise in the morning and evening, and take more walks, do exercises and other soothing ways.

2. Anti-glare

With the change of atmospheric environment, the intensity of ultraviolet rays is getting higher and higher. In recent years, the number of patients with solar dermatitis has gradually increased. Sun protection is not only a patent for beauty, but also a problem that the elderly, children and fair-skinned people need to pay attention to. Try to avoid direct sunlight when going out. Even if you go out on a foggy day or cloudy day, you can apply sunscreen products to protect yourself from the sun. Sunburn can be peeled with fresh aloe, and the juice can be applied to the affected area. After ten minutes, rinse with clear water.

3. Anti-yin and heatstroke prevention

Because of the hot and humid weather, people tend to be greedy for cold and drink cold. If you are in a state of air conditioning or overeating for a long time, summer heat combined with wind and cold will easily lead to headache, sore throat, physical pain and fatigue, abdominal distension and diarrhea. It is not advisable to stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time and have proper ventilation. Especially after sweating, when the pores are wide open, it is necessary to avoid cold air from entering the body directly.

Due to the long summer, the high temperature at night is easy to cause shallow sleep, and it is necessary to make up for sleep briefly during the day. Don't sleep for more than 20 minutes in the afternoon or afternoon. If it takes too long, it should slow down the blood circulation and make you feel more tired after waking up.

Second, diet: the number of spleen and dampness is the first.

Excessive external dampness in summer should lead to stagnation of spleen and stomach qi and poor operation, so strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness is the first thing. Should eat more whole grains, lotus seeds, yam, coix seed, poria cocos, white lentils and other things to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. Milk and cold meat such as ducks, pigeons and turtles are also suitable for this festival.

To clear away heat and relieve summer heat, you can eat cold foods such as mung bean soup and bitter gourd, but those with spleen deficiency and dampness should not take them, so as not to damage spleen yang and aggravate internal dampness.

Seasonal fruits in summer, such as litchi, mango and watermelon. Most of them are high in sugar and calories, and should be taken in moderation to supplement the energy consumed by hot and humid weather itself, but it is not advisable to eat more and increase the burden on the spleen and stomach.

Many people like to barbecue cold beer on summer nights, which is a common cause of spleen and stomach damage. People with spleen and stomach deficiency should be especially cautious.

Sour plum soup is also a good summer product, but dark plum is a sour product. Self-made sour plum soup should be supplemented with dried tangerine peel and other products to nourish body fluid and prevent moisture from stopping gathering.

Third, nourish the heart: avoid thinking and worrying.

In summer, the spleen and stomach are in season, and the spleen hides meaning and thinks about it. "Soul Pivot itself" says: "Therefore, those who serve things are called the heart, and the heart has the meaning of recall. What they mean is ambition, what they mean is the thought that comes from will, the thought that comes from long-term attention, and the wisdom that comes from attention. "

Thinking too much is easy to hurt your temper, spleen deficiency can't hide your feelings, and people are easy to recall the past and regret themselves, leading to depression or aggravating the original depression.

Pay more attention to the present during the summer heat. If you have a lot of troubles, you might as well dump them outside, or communicate with others, or write them down on paper to avoid troubles and sadness. You can listen to relaxing music more, and when the temperature is right, you can take a breath more in the morning and evening than walking outdoors.

Fourth, acupoint health care: massage or moxibustion

You can choose the original points of the spleen and stomach meridian: Taichong and Taibai, which can nourish the soil; Moxibustion: Zhangmen, Zhongwan, massage or moxibustion can be used.

Pay attention to glare prevention, heatstroke prevention, moisture prevention, and shade prevention. Diet should strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, and massage or moxibustion can also be used.

Heat-preserving recipe

1, stir-fried beef with black bean and bitter gourd

Wash the required main materials and auxiliary materials. After washing bitter gourd, remove the white pulp and cut into large pieces. Marinate the washed beef with raw flour, soy sauce, a little salt, oil, shredded ginger and a little water for half an hour. Soak the lobster sauce in clear water, then pick it up and drain it. Cut garlic into minced garlic, then pour in fermented soybean and stir together. Stir, pour into the pot, add a little oil, stir-fry until fragrant, and then take it out. After the pot is cleaned, stir-fry the beef for about 40 seconds, and then put the bitter gourd, garlic and lobster sauce into the pot and stir-fry. /kloc-Add seasoning after 0/0 minutes, and this fried beef with black bean juice and bitter gourd with heat-clearing and detoxicating effects can be served.

2, watermelon skin porridge

Peel the watermelon and cut it into dices. Wash the rice, put it in a casserole, add some water and watermelon peel, boil it over high heat, then turn to low heat to cook porridge and add sugar.

3. Coix seed, dried tangerine peel and carp soup

Wash Coicis Semen, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Fructus Benincasae, Carp, Lean Meat and Ginger respectively. Soak the medicinal materials, peel the wax gourd, and cut into pieces. Wash carp, fry until slightly yellow, and pour a little hot water. Cook lean meat and ginger together, add 2000 ml of water (about 8 bowls), cook with strong fire and stew with low fire for about 1 hour.