After the summer heat, these two kinds of medicinal porridge and tea nourish the lungs and moisten dryness, nourish the stomach and produce fluid.

After the heat, the climate is dry and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large. At this time, it is necessary to moisten and nourish the lungs, but not too warm to prevent getting angry. Guo Wei, an attending physician in the Nutrition Department of Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, suggested that foods such as apples, pears, pomegranates, grapefruit, grapes, loquat, pineapple, sesame, glutinous rice, japonica rice, honey, platycodon grandiflorum, tremella, lotus root and so on. It can be eaten properly, which is beneficial to the production of body fluid in the stomach, relieving autumn dryness and not breeding excessive internal heat. "Among the common Chinese herbal medicines with the same origin of medicine and food, Ophiopogon japonicus, lily, yam and American ginseng are also suitable for summer consumption."

Some places like to eat duck. Duck meat is tender, full and nutritious, and contains protein, fat, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and other mineral elements and trace elements needed by human body. Wei Wei reminded, "Duck meat has a relatively low protein content and a high fat content. It needs to be peeled when eating, so pay attention to controlling the consumption."

In addition, Guo Wei also recommended two kinds of medicated porridge and tea, which can moisten the lungs and dry, nourish the stomach and produce fluid. Suitable for eating in summer, maybe cooking at home on weekends.

Duck porridge

Ingredients: Duck porridge contains duck meat, white radish, yam, lotus root, japonica rice, and appropriate amount of onion and salt for seasoning.

Production method: firstly, the duck meat is peeled and degreased, cut into small pieces, washed and sliced with white radish, yam and lotus root, and chopped into chopped green onion; Then put the duck meat and japonica rice into the casserole and add water. After the fire boils, cook the duck with slow fire until it is half cooked, then add radish, yam and lotus root, continue to cook until the duck is cooked, and add a little chopped green onion and salt to taste.

Function: Duck meat has the functions of nourishing the yin of the five internal organs, nourishing the stomach and promoting fluid production, white radish clearing away heat and benefiting the stomach, yam lotus root invigorating the spleen and nourishing yin, and the whole prescription nourishing yin, clearing heat and benefiting the stomach.

Shengjincha

Ingredients: olive, Dendrobium, chrysanthemum, water chestnut, Ophiopogon japonicus, reed rhizome, mulberry leaf, bamboo shavings, lotus root and yellow pear.

Production method: peel and slice these ingredients, put them in clear water and fry tea for future generations.

Efficacy: In the prescription, mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums clear away heat and diffuse lung, Ophiopogon japonicus, Dendrobium, Rhizoma Phragmitis, lotus root and pear nourish yin and moisten dryness, and bamboo shavings, olives and water chestnut clear away heat and resolve phlegm. This prescription mainly moistens the lungs, and has the effect of clearing away heat, so it is suitable for drinking in summer.

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