How much do you know about foods that can relieve heat and relieve constipation?

The weather is hot in summer, and you will sweat if you move a little. If you don’t replenish water in time, you will easily get angry and have adverse reactions such as constipation. The best way to deal with this situation is to eat foods that can relieve heat and promote bowel movements. Common foods include:

01. Bitter Melon

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter melon is sweet and mild in nature, and can detoxify, nourish the skin and beautify the body. It can remove evil heat, eliminate harmful substances in the body, relieve fatigue, and clear the mind, so it is the first choice.

Although bitter melon is bitter, it is very effective in reducing heat and detoxifying. When stir-frying, first sauté the garlic slices, then add the bitter gourd and stir-fry quickly over high heat until it is crispy. Add a small amount of vinegar, soy sauce, salt, etc. and serve after 20 minutes. You can add appropriate amount of ham so that it doesn't taste too bitter. In addition, bitter melon has anti-cancer effects and can enhance one's immunity.

02. Cucumber

Cucumber has obvious effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, detoxifying and beautifying, and promoting salivation and quenching thirst. Cucumber acid can promote the body's metabolism and excrete toxins. It is very beneficial to the lungs, stomach, heart, liver and excretory system. Helps relieve summer thirst and phlegm symptoms.

Cucumbers can be eaten raw or stir-fried.

03. Fungus

Fungus also has the effects of detoxification, cleansing the stomach and intestines, and harmonizing blood and stopping bleeding. Fungus contains a kind of gelatin that can absorb dust and debris, help eliminate waste, detoxify and cleanse the stomach.

04. Kelp

Kelp tastes salty and is cold in nature. It has the effects of eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma, detoxifying and promoting bowel movements.

05. Carrot

Carrots are sweet, cool in nature, and rich in various vitamins. They have the effects of nourishing blood and detoxifying, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and accelerating the excretion of mercury ions in the body.

06. Spinach

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spinach has a cool smell, can benefit the stomach and intestines, and can remove heat and alcohol toxins, and treat heat by using cold.

To eat spinach, you can make mustard spinach powder in summer. Blanch the spinach with water, then cool it with cold boiled water, cut it into small pieces and put it into a container, add the soaked and cut vermicelli, then add diluted mustard, a small amount of sesame oil, vinegar, salt, sesame paste and other seasonings, but do not add soy sauce. Stir slightly and serve.

07. Yam

Eating yam raw has the best detoxification effect. Supermarkets now also sell iron yam, which has long and thin stems. You can peel it, make it into juice and drink it, or stir-fry it.

08.Lotus root

Lotus root has diuretic and detoxifying effects. It can be mixed with sugar or fried.

09. Celery

Celery is rich in fiber, which can filter waste from the body, detoxify, regulate water balance in the body and improve sleep.

10. Water spinach

The scientific name of water spinach is also called Ipomoea aquatica. High content of vitamins and crude fiber. Water spinach is cool in nature and can be squeezed into juice to cure food poisoning, because its juice can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus. Eating water spinach often in summer can prevent heatstroke and relieve fever, cool blood and detoxify, and prevent and treat dysentery.

There are several ways to eat it: spicy and sour water spinach, blanched water spinach, and stir-fried water spinach.