Unknowingly, summer has arrived. As a seasoned foodie, I bring you medicinal dishes for clearing heat and alleviating summer heat. Please take note.
Er Gen Xi Gua Zhong (Two-Root Watermelon Bowl)
[Source] “Chinese Dietary Therapy: Health-Preserving Recipes”
[Ingredients] 1 watermelon (2500g), 50g of Lu Gen (Reed Root), 50g of Bai Mao Gen (White Grass Root), 50g of Snow Pear, 50g of Sugar Water Chestnut, 50g of Fresh Lychee, 50g of Hawthorn Cake Strips, 50g of Sugar Lotus Seeds, 100g of Canned Tremella, 25g of Shi Hu (Dendrobium), 25g of Zhu Ru (Bamboo Shavings), 400g of White Sugar.
[Preparation and Usage] Wash Lu Gen, Bai Mao Gen, Shi Hu, and Zhu Ru, then boil with water to extract 250ml of medicinal juice. Clean the watermelon, cut off 1/6 from the top to create a lid, carve the edge into a zigzag shape, and scoop out the pulp. Slice the snow pear, dice the water chestnut and hawthorn cake into thumb-sized cubes, pit and chop the lychee, and halve the lotus seeds. In a clean pot, pour in the medicinal juice, add white sugar, and dissolve over low heat. Add the snow pear slices, diced water chestnut, lychee pieces, and lotus seed halves, bring to a boil, then add the hawthorn cubes before removing from heat. Mix the watermelon pulp with the medicinal juice and Tremella, fill the watermelon bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. Enjoy as a dish.
[Effects and Applications] Clears heat and alleviates summer heat, generates fluids and quenches thirst, stimulates appetite and harmonizes the stomach. Suitable for conditions of summer heat presenting with high fever, thirst, cough, dry throat, and nausea.
[Usage Precautions] Not suitable for those with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold, or those with a constitution of yang deficiency and excess cold-dampness.
Qing Luo Yin (Clear Meridian Drink)
[Source] “Differentiation of Warm Diseases”
[Ingredients] 6g of Xi Gua Cui Yi (Watermelon Peel), 6g of Fresh Hyacinth Bean Flower, 6g of Fresh Honeysuckle, 6g of Loofah Skin, 6g of Fresh Lotus Leaf Edge, 6g of Fresh Bamboo Leaf Heart.
[Preparation and Usage] Boil with water to extract the juice, and drink frequently. Take 1-2 doses daily.
[Effects and Applications] Expels summer heat and clears heat. Suitable for summer heat syndrome presenting with fever, thirst, and unclear head and eyes. Can also be used as a preventive measure against summer heat diseases during the hot season.
Xin Jia Xiang Ru Yin (Newly Added Aromatic Madder Drink)
[Source] “Differentiation of Warm Diseases”
[Ingredients] 6g of Xiang Ru (Aromatic Madder), 10g of Fresh Hyacinth Bean Flower, 6g of Hou Po (Magnolia Bark), 10g of Honeysuckle, 10g of Lian Qiao (Forsythia).
[Preparation and Usage] Boil with water to extract the juice, and drink as tea.
[Effects and Applications] Expels summer heat and releases the exterior, clears heat and transforms dampness. Suitable for summer colds presenting with fever, headache, chills without sweating, thirst, irritability, chest tightness, and greasy tongue coating, with a floating and rapid pulse. Clinically used for treating summer heat combined with cold, and internal heat conditions.
He Ye Dong Gua Tang (Lotus Leaf and Winter Melon Soup)
[Source] “Dietary Therapy”
[Ingredients] 1 piece of Fresh Lotus Leaf, 500g of Fresh Winter Melon, appropriate amount of salt.
[Preparation and Usage] Combine lotus leaf and winter melon in a pot, add water to boil soup, and season with salt. Drink the soup and eat the winter melon.
[Effects and Applications] Clears heat and alleviates summer heat, promotes urination and eliminates dampness. Suitable for summer heat and damp heat syndrome presenting with fever, irritability, dizziness, thirst, and red urine. This formula can also be used as an auxiliary treatment for obesity due to phlegm and blood stagnation.
Source: “Chinese Medicinal Cuisine”
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