Drink soup during the dog days of summer. Which soups are delicious and good for health?

As the saying goes: "A bowl of soup at the beginning of the dog days of summer keeps the doctor away from taking any medicine"!

This year's dog days last for 40 days.

July 15 to 24 is the first day of the dog days (10 days)

July 25 to August 13 is the middle of the dog days (20 days)

August 14th to 23rd is the last dog days (10 days).

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The "Three Hot Seasons" last for 40 days each.

People tend to sweat during the dog days, and the moisturizing effect of dog days soup can help replenish the body's water and maintain water balance.

1. Winter melon, barley and pork ribs soup:

In the Compendium of Materia Medica, Li Shizhen praised it as a magic weapon for relieving heat and dampness: "Coix seed can strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish the lungs and clear away heat, and remove wind and dampness."

Winter melon is cool in nature, sweet and light in taste, and is the best at clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, as well as promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

Spare ribs can make this bowl of soup more delicious and tasty, and also make the nutrition more balanced.

2. Three-bean soup:

The recipe comes from the Song Dynasty medical work "Zhu Shi Ji Yan Fang" and consists of mung beans, red beans and black beans.

20 grams each of mung beans, red beans, and black beans, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

The elderly, children, and people with poor stomachs can add brown sugar instead of rock sugar.

The three-bean soup can be drunk twice a week. It is best to drink it during the dog days and can be drunk at the latest until the end of summer.

remind:

Diabetic patients should not add sugar. When drinking three-bean drink, you need to pay attention to controlling the amount you drink each time to avoid excessive intake at one time, which may cause blood sugar fluctuations.

After consuming three-bean soup for the first time, it is recommended to monitor blood sugar changes and adjust the amount and frequency of drinking according to personal circumstances.

3. Lotus root and pork ribs soup

Ingredients:

Spare ribs, lotus root, ginger, onion, cooking wine, salt

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, clears away heat and detoxifies, and replenishes qi and blood.

4. Yam and Pork Ribs Soup

Ingredients:

Spare ribs, yam, corn, carrot, onion, ginger, cooking wine, salt

Efficacy: Nourishes the kidney and blood, replenishes qi and produces body fluid, and promotes diuresis and reduces swelling.

The hot spring soup can also help improve the function of the digestive system, promote metabolism, and enhance physical strength and immunity.

If you have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and hyperlipidemia, the ribs should not be too greasy.

Tips:

If the cooked soup is too hot, don't rush to drink it. Let it cool down to the right temperature before drinking it. Especially in the summer when you sweat a lot, drinking a bowl of warm soup will drive away the heat.