Heat and Dampness Remedies on the Table

  In the summer, when the air of heaven and earth meet, the heat is in the air and the dampness is steaming upwards, coupled with the crossover changes in temperature, when it is sunny and hot, and when it is raining and cool, summer heat and dampness are most likely to attack people. According to Chinese medicine, “the spleen is the master of long summer”, summer heat and dampness can easily block the spleen and stomach, making the body’s digestive function weakened, therefore, it is advisable to take the food therapy principle of strengthening the spleen and stomach, clearing summer heat and dampness in summer.  The herb is rich in nutrition, especially its young stems and leaves are highly nutritious, and people often make dishes and eat them. The whole herb is used as medicine, and is bitter and flat in nature. It has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis.  Because of its light, floating and dispersing nature, it can release the evil of summer heat, and can also lower the water of the bladder to remove summer dampness, so it can relieve summer heat. The best choice for summer is to take 500 grams of fresh flat storage stems and leaves, cleaned, boiling water for 1 minute, waterlogged and soaked in cool water for 8 minutes, dried and cut into small sections of 5 cm long. Pepper, star anise, fennel on the pot dry fry until brown, out of the pot into a powder, and onion, salt, soy sauce, sesame oil, stir evenly, plate to eat. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, dampness, killing worms and strengthening the body, etc. It can prevent and control constipation, yin deficiency, physical strength decline, and intestinal dish. Healthy people eat it to enhance physical strength and energy.  Plantain, also known as wheelwort, is also the best choice for clearing heat and dampness in summer. Plantain has the efficacy of water and laxative, clearing heat and detoxification, clearing the liver and eyes, expectorant, anti-diarrhea, not only for medicinal purposes, but also for consumption, which is loved by people. In summer, eating plantain with pork tripe, can not only benefit dampness and clear heat, but also diuretic and laxative. Especially for women due to dampness and heat caused by excessive leucorrhea and other diseases. Take 90 grams of fresh plantain, 200 grams of pork tripe, 3 slices of ginger, cystitis, urethritis has a curative effect.  Light bamboo leaf tea to quench thirst and remove oil. Light bamboo leaf is a traditional remedy to clear heat and detoxify the body. It has the ability to clear heat and remove irritation, produce fluid and diuresis, treat fever and thirst, short urine and sores on the tongue, clear lung fire and clear stomach fire. It can treat dry mouth and thirst due to summer heat and Yin injury, real fire in the heart meridian, urinary redness and mouth sores, burning urine, gonorrhea and astringent pain due to heat in the small intestine. It can be used to clear heat and dampness, nourish yin and quench thirst, and calm the mind, which can be used to treat the symptoms of heat and fluid injury and prevent heat stroke in summer.  In summer, if you suffer from restlessness and sleeplessness due to internal fire of the heart, and also see heat in the heart of the hands and feet, thirst and dryness of the throat and tongue, you can use lotus seed heart. Lotus seed heart is bitter and cold in nature, and is mainly used in the heart meridian. The Compendium of Materia Medica states that it has the effect of clearing the heart and removing heat, and is suitable for those who suffer from restlessness and sleeplessness due to internal fire in the heart. It is suitable for those who suffer from restlessness and insomnia caused by internal fire of the heart. Together with raw licorice, which is a cooling agent, it can be used to remove the fire of the heart.  If the heart fire is vigorous people can often drink lotus seed heart, light bamboo leaf, licorice, lantern grass, raw earth, maitong boiled into a tea drink, has the effect of clearing the heart fire. People with rising deficiency fire can often drink sweet soup cooked with lily of the valley, silver fungus and yucca, which has the effect of clearing the heart and nourishing yin.