What can I eat to reduce internal heat? Five kinds of food therapy to relieve troubles

Getting a fever is a common phenomenon. Once a person gets a fever, he or she will feel hot all over, flushed in the face, thirsty and irritable. There are many factors that lead to getting a sore throat, such as food that causes sore throat, the influence of seasonal climate, etc. It is especially easy to get a sore throat in autumn. Often at this time, people pay special attention to their diet, so that there are many things they want to eat but cannot eat. Here I will share with you five food therapies to reduce sore throat, so you can eat with confidence.

1. Lotus seed soup to relieve internal heat

Symptoms: There are two types of fire: deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by low fever, night sweats, irritability, dry mouth, etc.; excess fire is manifested by repeated oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, irritability, etc.

Diet therapy: 30 grams of lotus seeds (without removing the lotus core), 15 grams of cassia seeds (wrapped in gauze), add appropriate amount of rock sugar, decoct in water, eat the lotus seeds and drink the soup.

2. Pork liver can relieve lung heat

Symptoms: dry cough without sputum or little and sticky sputum, hot flashes and night sweats, hot palms and soles, insomnia, and red tongue.

Diet therapy: 1 piece of pork liver, 30 grams of chrysanthemum (wrapped in gauze), cook until the liver is cooked, eat the liver and drink the soup.

3. Mung bean porridge can relieve stomach heat

Symptoms: There are two types of deficiency and excess. Deficiency fire is manifested by mild cough, small amount of food intake, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue and little coating; excess fire is manifested by upper abdominal discomfort, dry mouth and bitter taste, and dry and hard stool.

Diet therapy: 30 grams of gypsum powder, appropriate amount of polished rice and mung beans. First boil the gypsum with water, then filter out the residue, take the clear liquid, and then add polished rice and mung beans to cook porridge.

4. Drink pear juice to relieve liver fire

Symptoms: headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and pain in the ribs.

Diet therapy: Mash 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa into powder, peel and cut 2 pears, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, and stew with appropriate amount of water.

5. Eat pork kidneys to relieve kidney heat

Symptoms: dizziness, tinnitus, deafness, soreness of waist and spine, hot flashes, night sweats, and irritability.

Diet therapy: 2 pig kidneys, 15 grams each of wolfberry and cornus officinalis, put them into a casserole and cook until the pig kidneys are cooked, eat the pig kidneys and drink the soup.

【Common knowledge】

1. Cold foods have the effects of clearing heat, purging fire and detoxifying. It has a calming, cooling and anti-inflammatory effect on physiological functions. It is suitable for people with hot constitution and can improve their insomnia, swelling and inflammation.

2. Warm foods have the effects of warming yang and dispelling cold, and can be used to treat cold syndrome and yin syndrome. It is suitable for people with cold constitution, and can improve their functional decline, stagnation, anemia and atrophy.

3. Neutral foods can be used for both heat syndrome and cold syndrome. Ten servings are suitable for people who are not damaged by deficiency and dare not have diarrhea due to excess.