Introduction: In summer, temperatures in some areas can reach up to nearly 40°C, so it's very necessary to know some tips for preventing heatstroke. During the height of summer, the sun is scorching, and the heat is intense. Faced with such high temperatures, what should we drink?
Zhang Shijing, Director of the Nutrition Department at Zhengzhou Central Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, introduces several heatstroke-preventing and health-preserving beverages:
Watermelon Rind Soup: Wash the watermelon, cut off the thin green rind, add water and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the dregs, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and drink it after it cools.
Salt and Licorice Cold Drink: 15 grams of licorice, add a small amount of salt, brew with boiling water for 1 hour.
Coconut Milk Tremella Soup: 30 grams of tremella, wash and soak in warm water until soft, remove the hard base. Add 125 grams of coconut milk, rock sugar, and an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil.
Mung Bean and Sour Plum Soup: Boil 150 grams of mung beans and 100 grams of sour plums in water until soft, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and serve cold.
Lotus Leaf Iced Tea: Take half a fresh lotus leaf, tear into small pieces, and boil with 10 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 6 grams each of Agastache rugosa and licorice for 20 minutes. Add an appropriate amount of sugar, and drink it after it cools.
Honeysuckle Soup: 30 grams of honeysuckle, add an appropriate amount of sugar, brew with boiling water, and drink it after it cools.
Iced Watermelon露: Peel and seed the watermelon, cut the flesh into small cubes, and place them with the juice in a basin to chill. Then, boil an appropriate amount of rock sugar and sugar with water, skim off the foam, and let it cool in the refrigerator. When serving, pour the watermelon cubes into the chilled sugar water.
Hawthorn Soup: Boil 100 grams of hawthorn slices and 50 grams of sour plums in 3.5 kg of water until soft. Add 100 grams of white chrysanthemums, bring to a boil, then remove them. Add an appropriate amount of sugar, and drink it after it cools.