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 clear heat (prevent heat) and nourish the body (nourish yin, increase body fluids).
Below are some medicinal dishes that nourish yin and clear heat.
1. Chicken egg soup with bamboo leaves
- Ingredients and usage:10g bamboo leaves, 1 egg. First, boil the bamboo leaves with 3 bowls of water until half a bowl remains, remove the bamboo leaves; crack the egg into a separate bowl, remove the yolk, only use the egg white; pour the egg white into the pot of boiling 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 sunburn). 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 supplementing 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 doses 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, reducing 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 mung beans, 50g lotus seeds (remove core), 50-100g glutinous rice, appropriate amount of white sugar. First cook mung 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 effect 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 long been used 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.
