"It's the time of San Fu Tian, where the weather is as hot as soup." San Fu Tian refers to the hottest and most humid period of the year. Since the summer solstice, the humidity on the earth's surface increases, absorbing more heat during the day but releasing less heat at night. The accumulated heat on the surface continues to build up, causing each day to be hotter than the last. When entering San Fu Tian, the accumulated heat on the ground reaches its peak, making the weather extremely hot.
The schedule for San Fu Tian this year is as follows:
First Fu (2021.07.11-2021.07.20)
Second Fu (2021.07.21-2021.08.09)
Third Fu (2021.08.10-2021.08.19)
How can we use dietary therapy to stay healthy during the scorching summer days of the 40-day San Fu Tian period?
Honey is renowned as a "natural food," "popular supplement," "milk for the elderly," and "king of sugars." Natural honey can be consumed directly without any processing.
However, people often combine honey with various ingredients to harness its unique benefits.
How can honey be combined with different foods to help us dissipate summer heat during the scorching summer days?
Below are several recommended recipes.
Ingredients: 2 water pears, 25g ginger, 1 tablespoon honey.
Method: Peel and core the water pears; peel the ginger and cut it into chunks. Put them into a juicer and blend into juice.
Then, add a little honey for flavor. Alternatively, heat the juice, filter it, and then add a little honey for flavor.
Benefits: Clears lung heat, relieves cough and phlegm, moisturizes dryness, relieves thirst, disperses alcohol toxicity, nourishes the body, and has a beneficial effect on health.
Ingredients: 120g lily bulbs, 30g honey.
Instructions: Mix the lily bulbs and honey evenly, then steam until tender. Enjoy by chewing slowly.
Benefits: Nourishes the lungs, moisturizes dryness, and clears heat. Suitable for symptoms
such as lung heat causing restlessness, or dry cough, and sore throat due to dryness and heat.
【Honey Chrysanthemum Tea】
Ingredients: 50g chrysanthemum flowers, 250g honey.
Instructions: Place the chrysanthemum flowers in a casserole, add 2000ml of water, and simmer for 25 minutes.
Allow it to cool slightly, then remove the residue and extract the juice.
When consuming, add honey to the chrysanthemum juice, stir well, and drink.
Benefits: Honey has a sweet taste and a neutral nature.
It enters the lung, spleen, and large intestine meridians, and has the effects of moistening the intestines and relieving constipation,
nourishing the lungs and nourishing the middle, and relieving urgency and detoxification.
Combined with chrysanthemum, it enhances the effects of nourishing the liver and improving vision,
moistening the lungs and refreshing the brain, and moisturizing the skin and beautifying.
It is suitable for women to drink for beauty purposes.
