In summer, the weather is hot, easy to sweat, the loss of a lot of body fluids and various nutrients, people are not only prone to intestinal diseases, sometimes also weakness, loss of appetite, Jiaxing City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine experts recommend that you should eat more “sour” food in summer, can converge sweat to stop diarrhea and dispel dampness, can prevent excessive sweating and consumption of gas and Yin, but also can produce thirst, and quench thirst. It can prevent excessive sweating which consumes qi and yin. In summer, vinegar is not only an indispensable condiment in our daily life, but also a kind of medicine, which has many important functions. It can help digestion, facilitate absorption, increase the concentration of stomach acid, improve appetite and promote the secretion of digestive juices, promote the precipitation of calcium ions from calcium-containing substances, regulate the acid-base balance in the body, reduce and eliminate fatigue, enhance the bactericidal ability of the gastrointestinal tract, strengthen the function of the liver, dilate blood vessels, prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In addition, people are easily fatigued in summer, and acetic acid has the effect of promoting metabolism, which can help people regain energy. Vinegar also has strong ability to inhibit bacteria, and has preventive effect on typhoid, dysentery and other intestinal infectious diseases. Adding some vinegar to summer cold dishes can play the role of sterilization, especially cold seafood such as jellyfish and edible seafood with vinegar can prevent Vibrio parahaemolyticus food poisoning. Vinegar can not only increase the flavor of food, but also can be preserved. There are many ways to consume vinegar, both for dipping and for putting some vinegar properly when making vegetables in general. You can also add a little vinegar when stewing meat, bones and skins, which can not only make these foods cook quickly, but also promote the full decomposition of protein in them. Warm tip: Although drinking vinegar is good for human body, but it should not be excessive and should be different for each person. If you have gastric ulcer and stomach acid, you should not drink it, otherwise, it will not only burn the digestive tract, damage the mucous membrane of esophagus and stomach and aggravate the disease, but also affect the acid-base balance of human body. For this type of people, you can drink mung bean soup, chrysanthemum tea and so on to prevent the summer heat. You should rinse your mouth immediately after consumption to protect your teeth.