Drink two kinds of stomach-boosting and heat-relieving soups during Xiaoshu solar term

　　Here are some simple and easy-to-make summer seasonal soups recommended for everyone. These soups are also very suitable for health maintenance during the Xiaoxiao Festival.

　　Steamed teal with winter melon and glutinous rice

　　Ingredients: 500 grams of winter melon, 30 grams of barley, 250 grams of teal, 2 slices of ginger.

　　Method: Wash and cut the teal into pieces, blanch it, rinse it with water, put it into a casserole with barley rice and ginger, and add 5000ml of water. First cook on high fire for 15 minutes, then reduce to simmer, cook for another 60 to 90 minutes, season and serve.

　　Efficacy: clearing away heat, diuresis and relieving summer heat

　　Indications: Winter melon has a sweet taste and slightly cold nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, diuretic and eliminate phlegm, relieve irritability and thirst, remove dampness and relieve heat. Barley is coix seed, which has a sweet taste and a cool nature. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and expelling dampness, clearing away heat and draining pus, removing paralysis and diuresis. Teal is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of nourishing qi, nourishing yin and diluting water. This soup is diuretic and relieves heat. It is delicious, simple and easy to make, and suitable for all ages. It is a soup that is very suitable for summer drinking.

　　Note: Wash the barley and put it into the pot under cold water, so that the cooked barley will be soft and tasty.； Winter melon must be cooked with the skin on, because the heat-clearing and heat-removing effect of winter melon is mainly concentrated in the skin rather than the flesh.

　　tomato Potato ribs soup

　　Ingredients: 150g tomatoes, 250g potatoes, 300g ribs

　　Method: First wash the ribs, blanch them, rinse them with water, put them into a casserole with the diced potatoes, add 5000ml of water, cook over high heat for 15 minutes and then reduce to a simmer. After cooking for 40 minutes, add tomatoes, cook for another 20 minutes, season and serve.

　　Efficacy: invigorating the stomach and digestion, producing body fluids and quenching thirst

　　Indications: Tomatoes are sweet, sour, cool in nature, slightly cold, and have the effects of producing body fluids and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach, digesting food, and increasing appetite.； Potatoes are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They can nourish the spleen and qi, relieve pain and relieve pain, and facilitate defecation. This soup is sweet and sour, rich in nutrients, and is suitable for people of all ages, especially those with poor appetite due to hot weather.