5 medicinal dishes to nourish yin and clear heat
According to oriental medicine, to limit the effects of hot weather on the body, it is necessary to cool the body (prevent heat) and nourish the body (nourish yin, increase body fluids).
Below are some medicinal dishes that nourish yin and clear heat.
1. Bamboo leaf egg soup
- Ingredients and usage:Bamboo leaves or bamboo leaves 10g, 1 chicken egg. First, boil the bamboo leaves with 3 bowls of water, boil until half a bowl remains, remove the bamboo leaves; crack the chicken egg into a separate bowl, remove the yolk, only use the egg white; pour the egg white into the pot of water, simmer until the egg white thickens; divide into 2 meals a day, eat continuously for many days.
- Prescription:Bamboo leaves have the effect of clearing heat (protecting against heat). Egg whites have the effect of nourishing yin and clearing heat. The two combined create the effect of clearing heat, nourishing yin, generating body fluids, quenching thirst, and at the same time providing protein for the body.
2. Water spinach juice
- Ingredients and usage:250g water spinach, 10 Chinese clematis tubers. Wash water spinach, cut into short pieces; peel and slice Chinese clematis; boil to get the water, divide into 2 servings to drink during the day.
- Prescription:Water spinach and Chinese clematis both have a sweet taste and cooling properties, and have the effect of nourishing yin, generating body fluids and clearing heat.
3. Bitter melon soup stuffed with meat
- Ingredients and usage:250g bitter melon, 150g lean pork, broth, spices to taste. Cook until meat is done.
- Prescription:Bitter melon has a bitter taste and cold properties, which have the effect of eliminating heat, quenching thirst, strengthening the spleen, and cooling the blood. Lean pork has a neutral nature and sweet taste; it has the effect of nourishing yin, moistening the intestines, and generating body fluids. The combination of the two creates the effect of clearing heat, strengthening the spleen, digesting food, and supplementing nutrition for the body.
4. Green bean and lotus seed porridge
- Ingredients and usage:30g green beans, 50g lotus seeds (remove core), 50-100g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of white sugar. First cook the green beans, then add lotus seeds and glutinous rice and continue cooking until the rice is well-cooked, add enough white sugar to sweeten; divide into 3 meals a day.
- Prescription:Green beans and lotus seeds are both sweet and neutral in nature, with the effects of clearing heat, nourishing yin, reducing heat, and promoting urination.
5. Silkworm cocoon and jujube tea
- Ingredients and usage:20 silkworm cocoons, 20 jujubes; boil in water and drink instead of tea during the day.
- Prescription:Silkworm cocoons are warm and sweet in taste. They have been used since ancient times to treat kidney deficiency and frequent urination. Jujubes are neutral and sweet in taste. They nourish the liver and spleen and improve digestion. The combination of the two creates the effect of clearing heat, quenching thirst, and regulating internal organs.
