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What food is good to eat in the long summer solar terms?

There was a saying that there are 24 solar terms in China a long time ago. Of course, the long summer is one of the more important solar terms, and we will go to the long summer soon. Of course, the long summer is a good opportunity for us to keep fit. So what should we pay attention to in the long summer? What food do we eat in the long summer is more helpful to our health?

One, seven porridge

When it comes to what to eat in the long summer, we must first say "seven porridge". In rural areas around Jiangsu and Zhejiang, people gather rice from seven neighbors together, add five-color beans and yellow sugar, and boil a large pot of porridge, which becomes "seven porridge". We share food to enhance the feelings of our neighbors. Of course, we are talking about health preservation now, and the essence of this porridge is actually in the five-color beans. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, enriching blood, invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling, and has a good adjuvant therapeutic effect on edema, beriberi, diarrhea, hematochezia, hypertension and obesity.

Second, long summer rice.

On the day of long summer, in addition to nourishing "seven porridge", many places also eat "long summer rice", which is glutinous rice cooked with Japanese bean meat. Japanese beans are broad beans. Chinese medicine believes that broad beans have the functions of invigorating spleen, tonifying middle energizer, benefiting qi, inducing diuresis and stopping bleeding. Glutinous rice is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and has the effects of tonifying the middle warmer, nourishing the stomach and strengthening the spleen, strengthening the exterior, stopping sweating, stopping diarrhea and quenching thirst, and removing toxic substances to treat sores. And it has nourishing effect on human body. So it is also good to cook some long summer rice.

Take 500 grams of glutinous rice, fresh broad bean meat 150 grams, 25 grams of bacon and 25 grams of bamboo shoots. Wash the glutinous rice, cut off the buds of fresh broad beans, dice the bacon and bamboo shoots, and put the glutinous rice, fresh broad beans, bacon and bamboo shoots into the rice cooker, which can reduce the water consumption by 20% compared with ordinary cooking. After cooking, loosen the glutinous rice with a spoon and add appropriate amount of salt and monosodium glutamate to taste.

3. Eggs, bamboo shoots and peas

Eggs, bamboo shoots and peas are common foods in our lives. Especially in the long summer, many people will eat eggs, bamboo shoots and peas, because eating more eggs, bamboo shoots and peas in the long summer can help us moisten the lungs and nourish blood, nourish yin and moisten dryness, and help healthy qi. Of course, eating more here does not mean eating several times a day, but eating once or twice a day is enough.

Through the above introduction, I believe you have a certain understanding of the diet in the long summer. You must pay attention to our eating habits. Only the health of our diet can ensure our health, so in the long summer, we can often eat these foods introduced above, which are not only very delicious, but also have a good health care effect.