Diet Regimen - Summer Solstice - Lower your head to play with lotus seeds, and clear the fire in the heart of lotus seeds

After the summer solstice, the weather becomes hotter. Summer is fire, fire belongs to the heart, and bitter taste enters the heart. Eating bitter food can help the heart and clear the fire. So people often say that it is better to eat bitter food when it is hot in summer or when the heart is full. The summer solstice has arrived, and the summer is coming soon. It's best to eat some "bitter" in the near future. If you don't eat, you can drink

Bitter taste:

Among the five flavors, bitterness corresponds to the heart. That is to say, bitterness enters the heart, which has a good effect on purging the fire of the heart. Therefore, when the heart is hot, it is better to add more bitter food to the diet, such as bitter gourd, bitter cabbage, bitter chrysanthemum, andrographis paniculata, oilseed vegetable, garland chrysanthemum, etc. into the dishes, or use bitter lotus seed heart, kuding tea, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion and other materials to brew tea, which has a significant effect on clearing the heart.

Those who do not like bitter taste can improve the taste through careful cooking.

In summer, go to the heart

Tea is the best choice

Green tea, black tea, oolong tea, puer tea, kuding tea and other tea drinks are natural heat-clearing, fire-reducing and hydrating products, and with some Chinese medicinal materials, the effect is more significant, which is an ideal choice for removing the heat in summer.

Clear the heart fire - lotus seed heart//soothe the mind//

Alias: lotus heart, green lotus heart, lotus job, bitter job

Nature and taste: bitter, cold

Meridian tropism: heart tropism and kidney meridian tropism

Lotus Seed Heart Lotus seed heart has the effect of clearing the heart, purging the fire and calming the mind. It is often used for delirium and restlessness caused by heat entering the pericardium, hyperactivity of heart fire or heart and kidney disjunction. Modern research has confirmed that it has a significant effect on lowering blood pressure.

Traditional Qingxin Quhuo Tea

Lotus Plumule Tea

Materials

3 grams of lotus seed heart.

Practice

Put the lotus seed heart into a covered bowl, brew it with boiling water, cover it and soak it for 5-10 minutes before drinking.

Usage

One dose a day, can be brewed for many times, and drink frequently instead of tea.

Expert motto: This tea is a traditional tea for clearing the heart and removing fire. It can lower blood pressure, stop thirst, relieve heat and improve sleep.

Yibu: It is suitable for people who have a burning heart and liver, restless heat, restlessness and thirst, dizziness and dizziness, palpitation and insomnia, swelling and pain of eyes, and high blood pressure. It is best to drink in hot season; People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not use it.

Tea for clearing the mind and removing annoyance

Lotus green tea

Materials

2 grams of lotus seeds and 3 grams of green tea.

Practice

Put the lotus seed heart and green tea into the teapot, brew with boiling water, cover and soak for 10-15 minutes before drinking.

Usage

Take one dose a day and drink it frequently instead of tea.

Expert motto: green tea is unfermented tea. The active ingredients in fresh leaves are retained more, and the effect of heat clearing is better. With lotus seed heart, it can clear the heart, remove the annoyance, clear the heat and reduce the fire.

Avoid: It is suitable for people with a strong heart, dizziness, irritability, dry mouth, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and obesity. It is better to drink in spring and summer; People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should use it with caution.

Tea for removing annoyance and refreshing

Lotus heart bamboo leaf tea

Materials

2 grams of lotus seeds and 3 grams of bamboo leaves.

Practice

Put the lotus seed heart and bamboo leaves into the teapot, brew with boiling water, cover and soak for 10-15 minutes before drinking.

Usage

Take one dose a day and drink it frequently instead of tea.

Expert maxim: This tea can clear the heat of the heart, remove the annoyance and nourish the mind, quench thirst, and diuresis. It is often used for fever and restlessness caused by heat.

Yibu: suitable for those who are restless, delirious, thirsty, sore, dizziness, red eyes and short urine caused by hyperactivity of heart and heat entering the pericardium. It is better to drink in summer; It is not suitable for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency or diarrhea.

Tips: Avoid eating lotus seed heart

The lotus seed heart can be used alone, and it is often used together with radix scrophularis, ophiopogon japonicus, honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, gardenia, etc. Because its taste is extremely bitter, it is usually mixed with rock sugar and honey. Generally, it can be boiled in soup or tea, and can also be used as powder. The decoction dosage is 2-5g.

Although the lotus seed heart has excellent heat clearing effect and significant effect of reducing blood pressure and removing fat (with the effect of reducing weight), it is not suitable to drink in large quantities for a long time because of its bitter taste, and it is also not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency.