7 Summer Heat-Relieving Remedies
1. Mung Bean and Loofah Flower Decoction for Heatstroke
Ingredients: 60g mung beans, 8 fresh loofah flowers.
Preparation: In a large bowl of water, first boil the mung beans until cooked. Then, remove the beans and add the loofah flowers, bringing the mixture to a boil. Drink the soup warm.
Effects: Clears heat, relieves summer heat. Treats heatstroke caused by extreme summer temperatures.
2. Brown Sugar and Mung Bean Paste for Heatstroke and Heat Toxin
Ingredients: 100g mung beans, 25g brown sugar.
Preparation: Boil the mung beans until soft. Mash them in the pot with a spoon into a paste. Then, simmer over low heat until no liquid remains. Add brown sugar to taste and serve.
Effects: Clears heat and detoxifies. Treats summer heat-induced sores and carbuncles in children. In hot weather, it is often consumed by children to relieve summer heat, clear heat, relieve vexation, and quench thirst.
3. Kelp, Winter Melon, and Broad Bean Soup to Relieve Summer Heat and Promote Urination
Ingredients: 100g soaked kelp, 500g winter melon, 100g shelled broad beans, appropriate amount of sesame oil and salt.
Preparation: Put the kelp and broad beans in a pot, stir-fry briefly with sesame oil. Then add 500g of water, cover, and cook. When the broad beans are cooked, add the winter melon and salt and continue cooking until the winter melon is nearly done. Then, remove from heat and serve.
Effects: Relieves summer heat and promotes urination. Treats dizziness, headache, and vexation and thirst from heatstroke.
4. Winter Melon Juice to Relieve Summer Heat, Vexation, and Thirst
Ingredients: 1 fresh winter melon.
Preparation: Wash the winter melon, chop it into small pieces, and juice it. Drink as much as possible.
Effects: Relieves summer heat, clears heat, and alleviates vexation. For restlessness, thirst, and dark urine after heatstroke, it has the effect of clearing heat and promoting urination.
5. Hyacinth Bean and Lotus Leaf Congee for Heatstroke
Ingredients: 50g hyacinth beans, 30g rock sugar, 1 small fresh lotus leaf, 50g rice.
Preparation: First, wash the rice with water and soak it. In a pot, add three bowls of water and boil the hyacinth beans. After it comes to a boil, add the rice and simmer over low heat. When the beans are soft and sticky, add the rock sugar and the washed fresh lotus leaf. Simmer for another 20 minutes. Serve.
Effects: Relieves summer heat and clears heat, harmonizes the stomach and thickens the intestines, stops diarrhea.
6. Drinking Bayberry Wine to Prevent Heatstroke
Ingredients: 500g fresh bayberries, 80g sugar.
Preparation: Wash the bayberries and crush them with sugar in a ceramic jar (do not seal, leave a little air for circulation). Allow to naturally ferment for 7-10 days to become wine. Then, strain the juice through a cheesecloth to make a bayberry liqueur of about 12% alcohol. Pour it into a pot, bring to a boil, let it cool, bottle it, and seal for storage. The longer it is stored, the better. It is best consumed in summer.
Effects: Prevents heatstroke.
7. Ginger, Leek, and Garlic Juice for Heatstroke Syncope
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of fresh ginger, garlic, and chives.
Preparation: Wash the ingredients. Peel the ginger and garlic, crush them together to extract the juice, and administer it by灌服 (gavage).
Effects: Relieves the exterior and warms the middle jiao. Treats heatstroke syncope and unconsciousness.
Etiology and Pathogenesis
During summer, summer-qi prevails, and the climate is hot. If a person works for a long time under the scorching sun or in high temperatures, physical labor damages qi, and the pathogenic factor of summer-heat takes advantage of this to cause disease. Based on clinical manifestations, it can be divided into mild and severe types.