The weather is quite dry and hot, and people are also prone to fire. Therefore, in our diet, we can learn more about health-preserving soups that can help us cool the body and remove dampness. By doing it ourselves, we can achieve a good effect of invigorating the spleen and removing dampness. The following several健脾祛湿 soups have obvious effects.

1. Method for invigorating the spleen and removing dampness

Materials:山药10g,茯苓10g,溪见草10g, pork bone (for those with poor spleen and stomach, pork lung and spleen are better)

Method: Boil the whole pot of old fire soup, serving size: for 2-3 people

2. Method for harmonizing the middle and removing dampness

Materials: kapok 15g, egg flower 15g, honey locust flower 15g, Job’s tears 15g, pork jowl lean 1 liang, fried mung bean 15g, tangerine peel or amomum 6g

Method: Boil the whole pot of soup, serving size: 1-2 people

3. Iron-hand Winter Melon and Crucian Carp Soup

Function: Invigorating the stomach and removing dampness

Materials: winter melon 1 jin, crucian carp 1 piece

Preparation: A. Remove the scales, internal organs, and gills of the crucian carp, wash it clean;

B. Heat oil in a pan, fry the crucian carp until both sides are slightly yellow, then remove it with a spatula;

C. Peel and clean the winter melon, then cut it into pieces;

D. Put the winter melon into the sand pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring it to a boil over high heat, add crucian carp, cook for half an hour over low heat, and season to taste.

Special note: Used for symptoms such as summer heat, physical weakness, fatigue, dizziness, headache, oral ulcers, and pharyngeal swelling with a lot of phlegm.

4. Bitter Melon and Pork Ribs Soup

Effect: Cooling the body and dispelling summer heat, reinforcing the body

Ingredients: bitter melon, pork ribs

Preparation: A. Wash the bitter melon, cut it into triangular small pieces;

B. Cut the pork ribs into pieces, season them, and add them to the high-quality stock;

C. Boil for 6-7 hours.

Special note: The bitter melon must be fresh, otherwise it will destroy the freshness of the whole pot of soup.

The medicinal effects of osmanthus red sugar

Osmanthus red sugar has the effects of pungent and warm, promoting saliva and invigorating the stomach, activating blood circulation and benefiting the Qi. Osmanthus ancient method old red sugar has high nutritional value. Long-term consumption of osmanthus red sugar water can eliminate depression, balance the emotional state of the body and mind, and relieve mental stress, especially for women, it has the effect of beautifying and preserving youth.

This product is a natural medicine. Regular consumption of osmanthus red sugar water can alleviate fatigue after a day’s work, promote metabolism, regulate endocrine function, and relieve liver Qi.

The fragrance of osmanthus itself can soothe the mind, and osmanthus red sugar water can be consumed for a long time. It not only has the effect of whitening the skin but also leaves a lingering fragrance in the mouth, making people long for it endlessly. Osmanthus red sugar water is also an indispensable health product for women.

Many people have the habit of drinking honey water in their daily lives. To most people, the main effect of drinking honey water is to promote defecation and moisten the intestines. However, drinking ginger honey water has the effect of removing spots. For women with freckles and spots on their faces, they can drink more honey water in their daily lives to promote fat metabolism.

The biggest wish of women with spots is to get rid of them. They have used expensive skin care products, but the effect of removing spots is not significant. Today, I will teach you a simple food therapy method to remove spots. Don’t miss it, spot women!

Ginger contains gingerol, which has a strong inhibitory effect on lipofuscin, and honey also has a certain inhibitory effect on age spots. When these two ‘perfect matches’ are taken together, it’s no longer a problem to deal with spots.

After drinking ginger honey water for a year, the age spots on my face and the back of my hands have significantly improved, with varying degrees of shrinkage or color lightening, and even some shallow age spots have disappeared. Now I have been doing it for several years, and there are no more age spots.

The method of taking ginger honey water is very simple, wash the appropriate amount of ginger and cut it into slices or shreds, the amount can be decided according to your own habits and taste, soak it in boiling water for about 10 minutes, then add a spoon of honey and stir well before drinking. Drink a cup every day without interruption, and it will definitely be effective.

In many people’s impression, butternut and pumpkin are the same kind of vegetable, and there is no difference between them. In fact, this statement is wrong. There are many differences between them, and the difference in appearance is one of them. Pumpkin is relatively smooth, while butternut has grooves.

First, the difference between butternut and pumpkin

The outer skin of pumpkin is a solid color or has spots like flowers; it looks a bit thin and long. Butternut has yellow and black or yellow white stripes, and it looks a bit round and bulky.

Butternut and pumpkin have soft and hard skins. Hard-skinned butternut is very common, while pumpkin only has this situation after being planted in a string. The outer skin of the mature pumpkin is still smooth, while the butternut will show large grooves.

The butternut you see in supermarkets or markets should be pumpkin, not butternut. Pumpkin is a vegetable that can be stir-fried, stewed, or made into filling for vegetarian dumplings or buns. Some families also cut the flesh out of the pumpkin, cut the outer skin into ring-shaped strips, dry it in the sun, and it becomes a unique flavored preserved vegetable, also becoming raw materials for some rural restaurants.

Butternut is different. Although it can be eaten as a vegetable when it is young, it is very rare; in rural areas, butternut is mostly used for extracting seeds and as feed after it matures.

Second, the nutritional value of pumpkin1. Beauty product

Pumpkin is rich in vitamins and water. Regular consumption can supplement the required vitamins for the human body and make the skin more moist and lustrous. It is a beauty product for those with dark yellow skin.

2. Treating constipation

Pumpkin is rich in fiber, which can promote the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, accelerate the body’s metabolism, and has a good effect on detoxifying and nourishing the skin, preventing and treating constipation.

3. Enhance human immunity

Pumpkin contains an interferon inducer that can enhance the body’s immunity, regulate the body’s metabolism, and achieve the effects of weight loss and anti-virus.

4. Therapeutic effects

Pumpkin, while rich in nutrients, can also have a therapeutic effect on some diseases. Regular consumption of pumpkin can help treat symptoms such as edema, abdominal distension, thirst, boils, nephritis, and liver cirrhosis with ascites.

5. Prevent and treat diabetes

Pumpkin can enhance immunity, play a role in anti-virus and anti-tumor; it can promote the secretion of insulin in the human body, effectively prevent and treat diabetes, prevent liver and kidney diseases, and help enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.

6. Relieving cough and phlegm

Pumpkin is rich in protein, minerals, vitamins and other substances, without any fat. It also contains substances such as citrulline, adenine, and aspartic acid, and has a very low sodium content. It has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, relieving restlessness and thirst, moistening the lungs and stopping cough, and reducing swelling and resolving phlegm.

Both luffa and onions have high nutritional value, and moderate consumption is very beneficial to the human body. Cooking them together also has good edible value, but it should be noted that both ingredients are easy to cook, and they must be stir-fried quickly with high heat, otherwise, a lot of water will come out.

I. How to cook stir-fried luffa with onions

1. Heat the wok with oil and sauté the sliced garlic.

2. Add the chopped luffa slices and stir-fry until the luffa becomes slightly soft.

3. Add a moderate amount of chopped onions and stir-fry well.

4. Add a moderate amount of salt and spicy fresh sauce and stir-fry well.

5. Add a moderate amount of soy sauce to cook the vegetables.

6. Add a moderate amount of chopped green onions.

7. Stir-fry the green onions quickly until they change color.

Tip

The ingredients are easy to cook, so they should be stir-fried quickly with high heat, otherwise, a lot of water will come out.

II. The effects and functions of the luffa

(I) The effects of the luffa

The luffa is cold in nature and sweet in taste, entering the lung, stomach, and kidney meridians. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the luffa has the functions of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, relieving thirst and stopping thirst, moistening the lungs and stopping cough, and reducing swelling and dissipating nodules. It can be used to assist in the treatment of symptoms such as edema and abdominal distension, thirst, boils, and skin diseases, as well as nephritis and liver cirrhosis with ascites. The luffa contains an interferon inducer that can stimulate the body to produce interferon, enhance immunity, and exert antiviral and antitumor effects. The luffa is rich in moisture and has the effect of moisturizing the skin.

(II) The effects of the luffa

The luffa is rich in moisture and has the effect of moisturizing the skin.

The luffa regulates the human body’s metabolism and has the effects of weight loss and cancer prevention.

The luffa has the effect of promoting urination and clearing heat. It can treat edema, abdominal distension, jaundice, stranguria, and can clear heat and moisten the lungs, helping the body’s metabolism.

The flesh of the luffa is relatively fine, with a lot of meat and strong texture, sweet and delicious, and has the effect of appetizing.

The aged luffa can have its rough flesh and rind removed, and the outer shell of the luffa can be dried to make containers for holding water or wine.

The digestive function of infants and young children is not fully developed, so it is easy to have poor digestion, which is also a problem that many parents are worried about. Poor digestion in infants and young children can be regulated, especially by developing good eating habits, and it can also be improved through food therapy.

At the beginning of the illness, early fasting can be adopted, usually for 6-12 hours, which can be determined according to the child’s condition and nutritional status. For those with mild illness and poor nutritional status, the fasting time can be shorter; for those with severe illness and better nutritional status, the fasting time can be slightly longer. Children with vomiting and diarrhea not only lose a lot of water but also lose a lot of sodium, so appropriate fluid replacement should be given to the child, early and often, with small amounts of light sugar and salt water, and some orange juice and calcium tablets can also be eaten.

7 cloves of garlic, an appropriate amount of watermelon. Place the garlic inside the watermelon, wrap it with paper and seal it with mud, then dry it with charcoal fire and grind it into powder. Take 3 grams each time, dissolved in boiling water.

75 grams of tea leaves, 15 grams of Chinese prickly ash bark. The medicine should be soaked in water for one day and one night, boiled to half a bowl of water, taken three times a day, half a teaspoon for children under 1 year old, 1 teaspoon for 1-2 years old, 1.5 teaspoons for 3-4 years old.

45 grams of tea leaves, 15 grams of dried tangerine peel. The medicine should be soaked in water for one day and one night, boiled to half a bowl of water, half a teaspoon for children under 1 year old, 1 teaspoon for 1-2 years old, 1.5 teaspoons for 3-4 years old, three times a day.

5. Keep boiling until the rice cake is soft, then add dissolved sugar.

Tips

1. Adzuki beans are not easy to cook, and they must be soaked in advance.

2. Adzuki beans should not be eaten in excess to avoid causing body heat.

3. People with edema, poor urination, and foot fungus are suitable for eating adzuki beans, and women during their period and postpartum are also suitable for taking them, but those with dry heat and frequent urination should not eat them.

4. Adzuki beans should not be eaten with tea, coffee, or high-calcium foods.

Two, Effects and Functions

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that adzuki beans have a sweet, sour, mild, and non-toxic taste, with the effect of transforming dampness and strengthening the spleen, which is suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. They are often used in food therapy for hypertension, atherosclerosis, edema caused by various reasons, and for cooling the body, detoxifying heat, strengthening the stomach, and other purposes.

Three, Nutritional Value1. Adzuki beans contain a large amount of saponins, which can stimulate the intestines, so they have a good diuretic effect, can detoxify alcohol, and are beneficial for heart disease and kidney disease, edema.

2. The gourd is rich in water content and has the effect of moisturizing the skin. Regardless of which weight loss method is followed, people who are on a diet often feel that their complexion becomes yellow and their skin becomes loose. The water-rich gourd can restore your original hydrated appearance.

3. The gourd contains an interferon inducer that can stimulate the body to produce interferon, enhance immunity, and can exert antiviral and antitumor effects.

4. The gourd contains potassium and vitamin K, which can be beneficial to health.

5. The gourd also contains a relatively large amount of fiber, including hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin. These substances cannot be hydrolyzed by human digestive enzymes, but can promote peristalsis in the intestines, benefiting the excretion of feces.

1, According to the ‘Compendium of Materia Medica’ and modern medical research, almonds have the following therapeutic effects.

It is suitable for smokers as it can relieve coughs, expectorate phlegm, strengthen the function of the throat and trachea, nourish the lungs, consolidate the lungs, and resist the cold and wind.

2, Rich in fiber, it can promote peristalsis, regulate the stomach and intestines, aid digestion, and treat constipation.