In
hot summer, eating some health drinks properly is good for relieving summer heat and supplementing body fluid.
syrup of plum is suitable for most people to drink. The syrup of plum is basically composed of black plum, hawthorn, liquorice, tangerine peel and sweet osmanthus, and is sour and sweet for transforming yin. The black plum is acidic and has the efficacy of stopping diarrhea and astringing; the hawthorn can nourish heart yin, stimulate the appetite and transform food, and has the effect of promoting the production of body fluid and quenching thirst; the licorice is sweet and can nourish the spleen and stomach and protect body fluid; the osmanthus has the effect of eliminating dampness with fragrance and can stimulate the appetite and relieve summer-heat; and the tangerine peel is a medicine for strengthening the spleen, regulating qi, eliminating dampness and reducing phlegm. People with
Yin deficiency constitution can try the water of bamboo cane with couchgrass root. The cogongrass rhizome refers to the cogongrass rhizome, which is a medicine for clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting urination and treating stranguria. It tastes sweet and can nourish yin and clear heat, induce diuresis and detumescence. Bamboo cane can relieve spasm and pain, warm the middle-jiao and tonify deficiency. People
with phlegm-dampness constitution can try Red Bean Coix seed water. The Red Bean enters the heart meridian, nourishes the heart yin, and simultaneously can induce diuresis, reduce swelling and eliminate dampness. Coix seed is a kind of medicine which can invigorate the spleen and eliminate dampness. Stir-fried Coix seed has a stronger effect on strengthening the spleen. Stir-fried Coix seed until it is slightly yellow and then boiled to drink, it has a better effect on strengthening the spleen and tonifying deficiency. People with poor
sleep and phlegm heat can try Lily mung bean soup. Mung Bean can clear heat and detoxify, which is commonly used to relieve summer heat. Lily can clear away heat, resolve phlegm, and tranquilize mind.
