Cool down your baby with these three vegetables!

When adults suffer from "heatiness," they can drink herbal tea or take medicine to cool down. But what should babies drink? As the saying goes, "all medicine has some toxicity." Instead of giving your baby medicine, it's better to regulate their condition through their daily diet. Several vegetables can help reduce internal heat, and babies can eat more of them regularly.

Sour and Spicy Mung Bean Sprouts

1. Bean Sprouts

Bean sprouts have the effect of clearing heat, which is beneficial for soothing liver energy, strengthening the spleen, and harmonizing the stomach.

Mung bean sprouts can clear heat and detoxify, promote urination, and remove dampness. They are suitable for those with symptoms like a dry mouth and throat, dark yellow urine, constipation, and red, swollen, and painful eyes. Soybean sprouts can strengthen the spleen and nourish the liver, helping to prevent inflammation at the corners of the mouth.

Recommended dish: Bean Sprout and Pork Soup.

Ingredients:

320g soybean sprouts, 160g lean pork, ginger, cornstarch, light soy sauce, salt, and an appropriate amount of seasoning.

Instructions:

1. Cut off the roots of the soybean sprouts, wash them, and drain.

2. Heat oil in a wok, sauté the ginger until fragrant, then add the soybean sprouts and stir-fry until soft. Remove them.

3. Slice the lean pork and marinate it with light soy sauce and cornstarch.

4. Bring water to a boil. Add ginger and soybean sprouts and simmer for half an hour. Then add the pork slices and simmer for another 15 minutes. Season to taste.

Health Tip:

This dish can cool the blood and detoxify the body, making it especially suitable for those suffering from "heatiness" in the spring.

2. Chives

Chives are a vegetable that nourishes "yang" energy. As the spring weather can be unpredictable, eating more chives is beneficial. They can also strengthen the spleen and stomach and are good for liver function.

Chives and Scrambled Eggs

Recommended dish: Chives and Pork Blood Soup.

Ingredients:

Main ingredients: 600g pork blood, 150g pickled vegetables, 120g chives, 1 tbsp rice wine, 2 tsp salt, a pinch of pepper, 1200ml broth.

Instructions:

1. Cut the pork blood into thick slices. Blanch them in boiling water and set aside.

2. Wash and shred the pickled vegetables. Cut the chives into small sections.

3. Bring the broth to a boil. Add the shredded pickled vegetables and cook for 5 minutes. Add the pork blood and cook for 3 minutes. Season the soup. Add the chive sections just before serving.

3. Spinach

Spinach has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, soothing the liver, and nourishing the blood. It is the most suitable vegetable for liver nourishment in the spring. Spinach is also good for the digestive system, helps the body detoxify, and can effectively relieve symptoms of "heatiness" such as bad breath and hard, dry stools.

Spinach Juice

Recommended dish: Spinach Purée or Spinach Juice.

Ingredients:

500g spinach, 10g ginger, 2 pieces of dried tofu, 4g salt, 15g dried shrimp, 1.5g sugar, 15g cooked lean salted pork, 15g sesame oil.

Instructions:

1. Pick the old leaves off the spinach, trim the roots, and wash. Blanch in boiling water (turn the spinach over once) until the water returns to a boil. Let it sit for a moment, then remove, drain, and squeeze out excess water. Chop finely, squeeze out water again, and place in a bowl. Add salt and sugar and mix well.

2. Rinse the dried shrimp to remove dust and impurities, place in a small bowl, and cover with hot water (preferably steam for 20 minutes). Once softened, chop finely. Also chop the dried tofu and cooked lean salted pork finely. Add all the chopped ingredients along with the ginger and the soaking liquid from the shrimp to the spinach. Drizzle with sesame oil and mix well.