What to eat during the summer solstice? Four delicious foods to help women maintain their health

　　Everyone knows that there are twenty-four solar terms in a year, and everyone has the experience of reciting solar terms songs when they were children. Now that summer is coming, there is a solar term in summer called the summer solstice, and this year's summer solstice is today (June 21, 2017). You must know that this is a good time to maintain health. Women who want to maintain health may wish to start with diet. So what should women eat to maintain health during the Summer Solstice? Try some of the recommended recipes below.

　　Summer Solstice Health Recipe 1. Raw Fish Soup with Winter Melon and Adzuki Beans

　　Ingredients: 60 grams of adzuki beans, 750 grams of winter melon, 2 raw fish, 150 grams of lean pork, 3 slices of ginger.

　　practice:

　　1. Wash adzuki beans, wash winter melon, cut into skins, wash raw fish, slaughter and remove scales and internal organs, fry over low heat until slightly yellow, wash lean pork, cut into whole pieces without using a knife.

　　2. Put the above ingredients and ginger into the clay pot, and add 2500 ml of water (about 10 bowls of water).

　　3. Bring to a boil over high heat and then simmer over low heat for 2 and a half hours. Add appropriate amount of salt and oil.

　　Reason for recommendation: Winter melon, red bean and raw fish soup is nutritious, light and not greasy. It can also remove dampness and strengthen the spleen, which is good for the human body. Adzuki bean is a commonly used ingredient for making soup. It has the functions of reducing swelling and detoxification, strengthening the spleen and removing dampness. The winter melon can also relieve heat.

　　Summer Solstice Health Recipe 2, Lily and Mung Bean Porridge

　　Ingredients: 30 grams of lily, 50 grams of mung beans, 100 grams of rice, 30 grams of sugar.

　　practice:

　　1. Wash the lilies, wash the mung beans, remove the sediment, and wash the rice.

　　2. Put the rice into the pot, add 300 ml of water, then add lily and mung beans, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about 1 hour, add sugar and mix well.

　　Reason for recommendation: In summer, the weather is very hot. Therefore, it is very necessary to cool down to prevent heatstroke. This kind of lily and mung bean porridge can relieve summer heat, clear away heat and detoxify. Drinking more of this porridge in summer is very good for the body.

　　Summer Solstice Health Recipe 3, Stir-fried Purslane

　　Ingredients: Purslane, salad oil, salt, ginger, garlic (white skin), and sesame oil in appropriate amounts.

　　practice:

　　1. Wash the purslane, cut it into 3 cm lengths, blanch it in a pot of boiling water, take it out, drain the water, and mince the garlic and ginger.

　　2. Put the pot on high heat, add salad oil, heat until 70% hot, add ginger and minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, add purslane, add salt and stir-fry evenly, drizzle with sesame oil, remove from the pot and serve on a plate.

　　Reason for recommendation: Purslane is also called longevity vegetable among the people. This dish has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diluting water and removing dampness, dispersing blood and cooling blood.

　　Summer Solstice Health Recipe Four and Five Beans Porridge

　　Ingredients: 25g soybeans, 25g mung beans, 25g adzuki beans, 25g black beans, 25g fried lentils, 50g purple rice, 100g rice.

　　Method: Wash the beans and soak them in water for at least 4 hours. Put the soaked beans in the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat, and turn off the heat after 1 hour. Do not open the lid and simmer in the pot for 15 to 20 minutes, so that the five bean porridge is ready.

　　Reason for recommendation: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five colors enter the five internal organs, and the five bean porridge is rich in protein, fat, sugar, vitamins B1, B2, B6, vitamin A and other substances. Mung beans clear away heat and promote fluid production, adzuki beans reduce swelling and promote diuresis, fried lentils strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, and black beans relieve troubles and detoxify. Five bean porridge has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, strengthening the spleen and stomach. (Reference website: Sanjiu Health Hall)