Foods for different symptoms of summer heat

　　There are many types of foods that have the effect of clearing away heat and reducing internal heat. Generally, different symptoms of internal heat can be divided into the following categories:

　　(1) Sweet, warm and heat-removing products: such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, cabbage, lychee, chestnut, jujube, walnut kernel, lily, black sesame, bird's nest, bee jelly, sorghum, fennel, sword bean, mustard greens, cherry, pomegranate, black plum, etc., suitable for conditions with qi deficiency and excessive fire.

　　(2) Types that nourish yin and reduce fire: such as soft-shell turtle, kelp, seaweed, sea cucumber, spinach, pig blood, pork liver, brown sugar, black-bone chicken, pumpkin, clams, white fungus, etc. They are mostly used for yin deficiency and fire hyperactivity, five upset stomachs, hot flashes, night sweats, and insomnia.

　　(3) Tonifying internal organs and extinguishing fire: such as black beans, yams, peanuts, milk, coix, white fungus, pigeon eggs, quail, sparrow meat, eel, mutton, dog meat, leeks, mulberries, etc., suitable for various symptoms of deficiency-fire caused by weak internal organs and insufficient Yang Qi.

　　(4) Heat-clearing and detoxifying products: such as chrysanthemum, cucumber, isatis root, tomato , bamboo shoots, mung beans, tofu, celery, water chestnuts, water chestnuts, purslane, daylily, etc., many of which have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and are suitable for various symptoms of excessive fire.

　　(5) Bitter and cold foods that control fire: such as bitter melon, bitter cabbage, cabbage, luffa, snail, eggplant, millet, buckwheat, rabbit meat, frog, etc., which can transform cold and cool properties into heat and reduce fire, and are mostly used for excessive fire syndrome.

　　(6) Categories that relieve dampness and purge fire: such as winter melon, watermelon, coix, lentils, barley, amaranth, melon, adzuki bean, black fish, duck meat, carp, crucian carp, loach, lettuce, mung bean sprouts, chicken gizzard, etc., suitable for various syndromes of excessive fire.

　　(7) Treat excess fire: such as rhubarb, anemarrhena, coptis, skullcap, banana, celery, potato, sesame, peach kernel, jellyfish, white radish, etc. It is suitable for symptoms such as short yellow urine, dry stool, dry mouth and bitter mouth, abdominal distension and anorexia.

　　(8) Blood-cooling and astringent products: such as lotus root, pear, water chestnut, raw rehmannia, fungus, eel, glutinous rice, lotus root starch, shepherd's purse, corn silk, mango, eel, bamboo leaf, Imperata root, purslane, etc., which can be used for epistaxis, hematochezia, hematuria, bleeding gums and other conditions caused by blood heat.