The summer solstice has passed, and the diet should pay attention to "yang yang" it is advisable to eat a little "bitter"

June 21, 2022 is the day of the summer solstice

The summer solstice is coming, because the heat is difficult, people like to eat cold food and cold drinks to reduce the body temperature

Due to the poor function of the spleen and stomach and the loss of appetite, eating bitter foods during the summer solstice can restore the ability of the spleen and stomach to exercise and enhance appetite; The bitter taste is in the Heart Sutra, and the bitter taste can be used to vent the heart fire, and the heat of the "long summer" from the summer solstice to the autumn is adjusted with the yin

Among the bitter foods, the most representative is the bitter melon

Momordica charantia

Bitter melon is the fruit of the gourd family, also known as cold melon

Then recommend two bitter melon diets:

The first one: use 200 grams of fresh bitter melon, cut into pieces, slice 100 grams of lean pork, add water to cook the soup in an appropriate amount, a little salt to taste, drink soup and eat bitter melon and lean pork, take it for several days, treat colds and summer fever, summer boils, excessive boils, conjunctivitis and other symptoms

The second paragraph: the fresh bitter melon is cut open to remove the gourd, fried with the tea or brewed and drunk, or the fresh bitter melon is truncated and then included in the tea leaves and then joined, hanging the ventilation place to dry in the shade, each time take 10 to 15 grams of water to fry or boil water instead of tea, to prevent heat stroke fever

Bitter shoots

Eating bitter bamboo shoots during the summer solstice is also a good choice

Bitter shoots also have the auxiliary effect of reducing high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high blood lipids, it contains very rich potassium, which can achieve the effect of regulating blood pressure, and can also make blood vessels more healthy

Bitter shoots contain a lot of plant fiber, is a kind of cold food, can reduce the pressure in the intestine, can make the speed of intestinal peristalsis become faster, so that the viscosity of feces will become less high, can make the stool more smooth, for constipation problems have a certain therapeutic effect

Eating bitter bamboo shoots, people usually use bitter bamboo shoots, ribs, and pickles to make a bitter bamboo shoot pot, bittersweet and delicious, delicious

Kuding tea

Kuding tea has the effects of cooling and detoxification, anti-inflammatory sterilization, phlegm and cough, stomach accumulation, refreshing the brain, weight loss, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, lowering cholesterol and so on

However, drinking Kuding tea is not suitable for everyone:

It is not suitable for menstruating women and women with dysmenorrhea

Patients with chronic gastroenteritis are also not suitable for drinking

In addition, tea, coffee, cocoa and other bitter foods can also be used