Lixia, ginger and jujube tea suitable for summer!

May ushered in the first solar term of summer - Lixia, the dipper points to the southeast, Wei is the beginning of summer, and all things flourish, starting from Lixia.

After Lixia, the days become longer, the temperature rises, and the number of hot summer and thunderstorms increases. When the weather is hot, the heart sometimes becomes inexplicably irritable, and people become irritable and like to lose their temper. This is the manifestation of excessive heart fire caused by high temperature.

In terms of diet, you can eat more light, easy-to-digest, vitamin-rich foods, and eat less greasy and irritating foods, otherwise it is easy to cause heat inside and outside the body, and symptoms such as acne, oral ulcers, and constipation will appear.

These snacks suitable for summer are shared with everyone!

• Astragalus ginger and jujube tea

People with qi and blood deficiency, cold stasis, and heavy dampness are suitable to drink it now

Every year from Lixia to Sanfu, you need to boil ginger and jujube tea. The weather is hot in summer, and people sweat a lot and consume a lot of energy. In addition, they use air conditioners to keep cool and eat cold food. Although they are not sick, their bodies are very "weak", and they are always tired, sleepy, and have no energy all day.

Therefore, it is not enough to just "remove dampness" in summer, but also to "replenish deficiency". Make a cup of this Astragalus, ginger and jujube tea by yourself, drink it in the morning, and you will sweat a little after drinking it. Your whole body will be smooth and your complexion will be prosperous~

• Astragalus is mild in nature, replenishes qi and strengthens the exterior
• Ginger, relieves the exterior and dispels cold, warms the yang and strengthens the spleen
• Red dates, replenishes the middle and replenishes qi

Having a cup every now and then can not only replenish qi and raise yang, strengthen the spleen and warm the stomach, but also expel the cold and moisture in the body. You can drink it until the end of the three-fu days~

Ingredients

• Astragalus 3g
• Ginger 10g
• Jujube 6

Method:

1. Wash and cut small yellow ginger into strips, remove the core of the jujube and cut into small pieces;
2. Put the ginger and red dates in a pot and roast them slightly to stimulate the aroma, then put in the Astragalus and roast them slightly to stimulate the aroma and then remove them from the pot.
3. Soak or boil, it will make you feel good.

• Mung bean, lily and lotus seed porridge

Must drink in summer, calm the mind, help sleep, clear heat and moisturize dryness!

In the hot summer, people tend to be irritable, sleep unsteadily, and wake up easily. You can try this mung bean, lily, and lotus seed porridge!

Mung beans are cool in nature, can clear away heat and detoxify, relieve summer heat and relieve irritability; lily and lotus seeds calm the mind, help sleep and reduce fire; longan calms the mind, replenishes qi and blood; these ingredients are nutritious and delicious when combined, and are very suitable for hot summer!

Ingredients

• 70 grams of mung beans
• 15 grams of lotus seeds
• 10 grams of lily
• 10 grams of longan

Method:

Add appropriate amount of water, cook in an electric stew pot or rice cooker to make it softer and more glutinous. If you use ordinary pots, lotus seeds and mung beans can be soaked for 2 hours in advance, so that it is softer and more glutinous.

• Apple Huaishan black bean water

After the beginning of summer, the weather is hot, and adults and children are prone to lose their appetite. Children sometimes like to eat snacks, so they are prone to coughing. In addition, they usually don’t like to drink water, and their internal heat is large. They can’t sleep well at night and toss and turn, and they also have dry stools.

Why not try this method, it is really friendly to children, sour and sweet, you can drink it twice a week.

This is recommended by Dr. Luo Dalun in his book. Boil water with Chinese yam slices to warm the spleen and stomach, not cold or dry, very suitable for children. Paired with black beans and apples, it can replenish body fluids and clear internal heat.

Ingredients:

• 10 dried Chinese yam slices
• half an apple
• 20 grams of black beans (soaked in advance)

Method:

• Add 800ml of water to all ingredients
• Cook for 30 minutes and you can drink it!

Replace the usual boiled water, it tastes sweet and children love it!