Introduction: Besides paying attention to your physical condition, environment, diet, and keeping heatstroke prevention medicines like Huoxiang Zhengshui water, Shidui water, and Rendan on hand, drinking heatstroke prevention and cooling beverages is one of the best methods to prevent heatstroke.
The following are several cooling drinks:
1. Hawthorn Soup. Boil 100g of hawthorn slices and 50g of sour plum with 3.5kg of water until soft. Add 100g of white chrysanthemum, bring to a boil, then remove the chrysanthemum. Add an appropriate amount of sugar, let it cool, and drink.
2. Iced Watermelon Drink. Peel and deseed the watermelon, chop the flesh into cubes, and place in a basin with the juice to chill. Boil an appropriate amount of rock sugar and white sugar with water, skim off the foam, and refrigerate. When serving, pour the watermelon cubes into the iced sugar water.
3. Mung Bean and Sour Plum Soup. Boil 150g of mung beans and 100g of sour plum with water until soft. Add an appropriate amount of sugar, let it cool, and drink.
4. Honeysuckle (or Chrysanthemum) Tea. Use 30g of honeysuckle (or chrysanthemum), add an appropriate amount of sugar, and steep with boiling water. Let it cool and it's ready to drink.
5. Watermelon Rind Soup. Wash the watermelon, cut off the thin green rind, add water and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove the residue, add an appropriate amount of sugar, let it cool, and drink.
6. Coconut Milk and Tremella Soup. Wash 30g of tremella, soak it in warm water until soft, remove the hard base. Boil with 125g of coconut milk, rock sugar, and an appropriate amount of water until it boils. It is ready to serve.