The 24 solar terms of summer are coming up. After the summer festival, the hot weather will be more prominent, the body sweats more, consumes more, and is prone to mental fatigue and loss of appetite. At this time, you should remove heat and relieve summer heat, nourish the spleen and strengthen the stomach, with the recommended ingredient – lotus root. Topic: Lotus root and pig’s trotters soup Ingredients: lotus root 640g, pig’s trotters 240g, ginseng 20g, dried dates 50g, peel 5g, salt to taste. Directions: 1. Wash lotus root with water and scrape off the skin; 2. Wash ginseng, peel and pig’s trotters with water; 3. Wash red dates with water and remove the core; 4. Put ginseng, lotus root, red dates, peel and pig’s trotters into boiling water with medium heat for 3 hours; 5. Season with fine salt and drink. Gusteau nutritional analysis: Lotus root is slightly sweet and crisp, very suitable for summer consumption, it can be eaten raw or cooked to make dishes, and the medicinal value is quite high. Lotus root is cold in nature and can be used to clear heat and cool the blood, which can be used to treat heat-related diseases. Cooked lotus root is warm in nature and sweet in taste; it has the effect of benefiting the stomach and spleen, nourishing the blood and tonifying the body, generating muscle and stopping diarrhea. Lotus root emits a unique fragrance and also contains tannin, which has a certain effect of strengthening the spleen and stopping diarrhea, enhancing appetite, promoting digestion, appetizing and strengthening the middle. In addition, lotus root is rich in vitamin C and minerals, which can prevent skin roughness and keep the skin shiny. In this soup, the lotus root is used to cook the soup, taking the effect of cooked lotus root to strengthen the spleen and stomach. Radix Codonopsis pilosulae nourishes the middle and strengthens the spleen and stomach. According to Ben Cao Zong Xin, it “tonifies the middle of the body, benefits the qi, harmonizes the spleen and stomach, and eliminates irritability and thirst. It is used to tonify the weak middle energy, which is very appropriate.” In addition, Radix Codonopsis has educational, sedative and nourishing effects. And red dates nourish blood, nourish the heart and calm the mind. Chen Pi has the effect of drying dampness and resolving phlegm, moving Qi and strengthening the spleen. Pig’s trotters contain more protein, fat and carbohydrates, and contain calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and beneficial components such as vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E and vitamin K. According to traditional Chinese medicine, pig’s feet are flat and sweet and salty in taste. It has the functions of tonic weakness, filling the kidney essence, and strengthening the knee. Pig’s feet have better anti-aging, tonic and other effects, is a better nutritional good.