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What should I eat in solar terms? Four kinds of food are indispensable.

Mango solar terms food recommendation

Plum: In the south, May and June are the ripe season for plums. In the Three Kingdoms, there is an allusion of "Plum Boils Wine to Talk about Heroes". Plum contains a variety of natural high-quality organic acids and rich minerals, and has unique nutritional and health-care functions such as purifying blood, regulating intestines, reducing blood fat, relieving fatigue, caring skin, regulating acid-base balance and enhancing human immunity. However, most fresh plums are sour and difficult to eat directly, and they need to be processed before they can be eaten. This process is to boil plums.

Carp: As the spawning season approaches, fish accumulate a lot of fat and nutrients, and their bodies are fat and strong, so the meat is the most delicious and sweet. The climate in summer is warm and humid, so drinking some carp soup is helpful to dispel dampness, stimulate appetite, induce diuresis and reduce swelling. From the nutritional point of view, carp is rich in high-quality protein, minerals and vitamins, which are easy to digest and absorb, and suitable for all kinds of people, including children, pregnant women and the elderly.

Mulberry: Chinese medicine believes that Mulberry is sweet and sour, slightly cold, enters the heart, liver and kidney meridians, and has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, promoting fluid production and moistening intestines, blackening hair and improving eyesight. It is mainly used to treat dizziness, tinnitus, palpitation, irritability, insomnia, soreness of waist and knees, premature whiteness, thirst, dry mouth and constipation caused by deficiency of yin and blood. Mulberry into the stomach can supplement the deficiency of gastric juice, promote the digestion of gastric juice, promote the secretion of intestinal juice and gastrointestinal peristalsis, so it has the function of tonifying and strengthening. Eating mulberries regularly can improve eyesight and relieve the symptoms of eye fatigue and dryness.

Coix seed: Coix seed is called "Coix seed" in Chinese medicine, and it is listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. It can eliminate dampness and benefit the stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach, and can strengthen the body and replenish qi if taken for a long time. Coix seed is cool and stable, and it is a commonly used medicine for diuresis and dampness elimination. It is best to soak coix seed in water or cook soup to remove moisture.