Four summer heat-reducing soups, why don’t you take a look!

The climate is hot in summer. If people do not eat properly, they are likely to suffer from oral ulcers and other symptoms of getting angry. If you want to alleviate this phenomenon, drinking soup as a diet therapy is undoubtedly an excellent method. So, what kind of soup is good for reducing fire in summer?

Winter melon and grass carp soup

Ingredients: one pound of winter melon, about half a pound of grass carp, cooking wine, salt, scallion segments, ginger slices, cooking oil, and chicken powder. Preparation method: Remove the scales, gills and internal organs of the grass carp and wash it clean. Peel and remove the wax gourd, then cut into pieces. Heat oil in a wok and fry the fish. Add cooking wine, winter melon, ginger and water, cook until the fish is cooked and tasty, add salt, green onion and chicken powder to season and serve. Function: Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and reduces swelling, calms the liver, dispels wind and eliminates heat. Used for weight loss, moisturizing and skin care. It is also used for symptoms such as headache caused by hyperactivity of liver yang and edema due to deficiency and fatigue.

Mustard Greens Beef Soup

Ingredients: 1 pound of mustard greens, half a pound of beef, 1 ounce of ginger, and appropriate amounts of oil and salt. Preparation method: Peel the ginger and smash it; wash the beef and slice it; wash the mustard greens and cut them into sections. Put the ingredients into a pot of boiling water, boil them over high heat for a while, season with oil and salt, and eat while hot. Function: tonifies the spleen and replenishes Qi, resolves phlegm and relieves cough, relieves exterior symptoms and dispels cold. It is used for colds and wind-colds, slight aversion to wind-colds, headaches, body bone pains, and coughing up white sputum. Mustard is pungent and warm in nature, and has the functions of dispelling cold and relieving exterior symptoms, promoting qi and removing phlegm; beef is sweet and flat in nature, and has the functions of nourishing the spleen and stomach, replenishing qi and blood, and strengthening tendons and bones; ginger is pungent and warm in nature, and has the functions of releasing exterior symptoms and dispelling cold.

Lotus root mushroom duck soup

Ingredients: half a pound of duck meat, three ounces of fresh lotus seeds, one ounce of ham, two ounces of loofah, three ounces of fresh mushrooms, one egg white; MSG, salt, cooking wine, pepper, ginger slices, and green onion segments. Preparation method: Wash the duck meat, cut it into small pieces, put it into a bowl, add egg white and starch, mix well, blanch it in boiling water (put the food into boiling water and cook it for a while), take it out, put it into a stewing pot, add water, salt, cooking wine, ginger, and green onion, steam it in a steamer for 30 minutes and take it out. Boil the lotus seeds in boiling water for a while to remove the lotus skin and poke out the lotus core. Scrape the skin of the loofah and wash it, add water, duck meat, ham, lotus seeds, mushrooms, salt, MSG, and pepper powder. After it is cooked through, put in the loofah, cook for a while, and serve in a bowl. Function: It has a sweet and delicious taste and is a perfect summer delicacy.

Loofah, Tofu and Fish Head Soup

Ingredients: one pound of loofah, one fresh fish head, four pieces of tofu, and three slices of ginger. Preparation method: Remove the corners of the loofah, wash it and cut it into corners; wash the fish head and cut it in half; wash the tofu briefly with clean water. Put the fish head and ginger into the pot, add appropriate amount of boiling water, cook on high heat for ten minutes, add tofu and loofah, then cook on low heat for fifteen minutes, season and serve. Function: Clears away heat and purges fire, nourishes yin and produces body fluid, cools blood and detoxifies, cleanses the skin and removes spots, dredges meridians, and resolves phlegm. It is used for fever, summer heat and thirst, phlegm, asthma, cough, tendon and vein pain, and qi and blood stagnation.