What do you eat in the dog days? Eat three leaves when the fire falls.

The weather is getting hotter and the summer heat is getting stronger, which is the period when people are most likely to get angry. Speaking of relieving summer heat and reducing fire in the dog days of midsummer, nutrition experts suggest that you can try to "eat three leaves", that is, eat three leaves to reduce fire. Now let Lao Huangli introduce it to you.

Mint leaves: cool and relieve summer heat.

Mentha haplocalyx leaves are the leaves of the plant Mentha haplocalyx, which are pungent in taste and cool in nature. They belong to lung and liver meridians, and have the functions of expelling wind and cold, clearing the head, benefiting the throat, penetrating rash and relieving depression. It is mainly used for exterior syndrome of wind-heat syndrome, headache, dizziness, red eyes, sore throat, sinus pain, toothache, measles, itching, liver depression, hypochondriac pain and abdominal distension.

You can eat some mint leaves in dog days, such as adding mint leaves when cooking mung bean soup, so that the cooked mung bean soup will be cool and refreshing. In addition, you can boil mint water in the refrigerator for later use, and then add mint water when squeezing juice or making ice products.

Patchouli leaves: effective against heatstroke

Pogostemon cablin has the functions of stopping vomiting, relieving summer heat, sterilizing and eliminating dampness. In the dog days of summer, porridge or tea is cooked with Pogostemon, or some Pogostemon leaves are added when cooking, which is effective for summer dampness, spleen and stomach dampness, abdominal distension, heavy limbs, nausea and vomiting.

Lotus leaf: relieving summer heat and appetizing

Lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat, and belongs to liver, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. Has the effects of clearing away summer heat, promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Eating lotus leaves in dog days can not only relieve summer heat, but also stimulate appetite. People can use lotus leaves to make mung bean soup, just like mint leaves, and put a little when cooking mung bean soup.