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What to eat for health in summer?

Drinking medicated porridge, mung bean water and chrysanthemum tea in summer and drinking plenty of water can keep you healthy.

Medicinal porridge

Li Shizhen, a famous doctor, highly praised the health care function of medicated porridge. He said: "Eat a big bowl of porridge every day. If you are hungry, it will be ready when you are full of energy. The tonic is not fine, but it is extremely soft and greasy, which is compatible with the stomach. It is also the most wonderful diet. " Medicinal porridge is suitable for the elderly, children and people with weak spleen and stomach function. Therefore, the ancients said that "porridge is the best in the world" and "two rice meals are better than a big bag of ginseng and astragalus".

"Six Books on Medicine" praised: "Japonica rice porridge is used in Kundan biochemical cultivation, and glutinous rice porridge is a wonderful product for warming stomach and nourishing qi". It can be seen that porridge is important to people. Medicinal porridge is beneficial to human body, but it is not omnipotent. According to everyone's different physique and diseases, we should choose the right medicine and cook porridge to achieve satisfactory results.

water

In summer, water is also an indispensable substance for human body. Due to the hot weather, the human body's water evaporates and consumes too fast, so it needs to be replenished in time. It is best to drink boiled water at ordinary times. You can also drink mung bean water, chrysanthemum tea and other herbal teas to relieve summer heat, drink more sugary salt water and sweaty tea, properly supplement salt and minerals, maintain the electrolyte balance of the body and avoid dehydration.