Why should we eat more "bitter" in summer?

Summer is both the season of growth and the hot sun. At this time, Tianyang falls, the geothermal steams, and the air of heaven and earth is interlinked. Therefore, in summer, health should be based on the characteristics of “everything grows, heart and anger”, and pay attention to diet, especially diet.

Why do you have to "eat hard" in the summer?

Chinese medicine nutritionists believe that the yin and yang of the human body should be relatively balanced, but due to people's eating habits of fat, spicy and bitter, it often leads to more than enough human body and Yin deficiency. From the perspective of adjusting the yin and yang balance of the human body and preventing diseases, people should properly eat bitter foods throughout the year, especially in the summer. Because of the poor function of the spleen and stomach in the summer, loss of appetite, eating bitter foods can restore spleen and stomach exercise capacity, increase appetite; bitter taste into the heart, can be used to release bitter taste of the fire, use the bitter yin to adjust the summer heat. Modern nutrition studies have found that bitter foods contain Amino Acids, vitamins, alkaloids, bitterness, trace elements, etc., have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, antipyretic heatstroke, help digestion, increase appetite, refreshing, eliminate fatigue and so on.

Why does "eat hardship" devaluate bitter gourd?

In bitter foods, the most representative is the bitter gourd. Momordica is a fruit of bitter melon cucurbits, also known as cold melon. According to the Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica," records, bitter by taste, melons and lychee, grape, all are similar to the stem and leaf named. It is bitter in itself, but it does not pass on bitterness when it is served with other dishes. Therefore, it is also known as the "gentleman dish." Balsam pear is native to Indonesia and was introduced into China in the early Ming Dynasty. It is now planted throughout the country, and is grown in various southern provinces.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: bitter gourd can "remove evil heat, lack of solution, pure heart and eyesight." "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" 曰 苦: bitter gourd can "paste six by the real fire, treatment of evil sores detoxification, or all over the body has become sesame acne pain unbearable." "Quanzhou Materia Medica," said: bitter gourd can "indicate annoyingly thirst cited to drink, wind and heat red eyes, heat stroke down."

The bitter gourd contains glutamic acid, alanine, β-alanine, phenylalanine, α-aminobutyric acid, citrulline, galacturonic acid, pectin, minerals and vitamins in addition to bitter melon. Wait. In particular, vitamin B1, which is abundant in bitter gourd, has the function of preventing and treating beriberi and maintaining cardiac function. Modern scientific research found that bitter gourd contains insulin-like substances that have a significant effect on lowering blood sugar.

What are the ways to eat bitter gourd?

Bitter gourd is also commonly used in domestic folk medicine. Common folk prescriptions are: 200 grams of fresh bitter gourd, sorghum cuts, 100 grams of pork lean slices, add appropriate amount of water to cook soup, salt a little seasoning, Yin Tang, bitter gourd and lean pork, for several days, can treat colds Heat, heat, excessive phlegm, eye conjunctivitis embolism; fresh bitter gourd cut to wolfberry, with the tea with the broth or brewing drinking, or cut into the bitter gourd and then into the tea and then join the joint, hanging shade ventilation , Take 10~15 grams each time to decoct or soak in water for tea, to prevent and treat heat stroke.

In addition to bitter gourd, common bitter foods include bitter bamboo shoots, lettuce, lettuce, celery, fennel, and tea, coffee, cocoa and other bitter drinks. However, bitter foods should not be consumed too much. If you have too much bitterness, you may easily cause nausea, vomiting, and other discomforts. Gastric patients and those with spleen deficiency or constipation should be used with caution.

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