July 19, 2018
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【星期五湯水 － 消暑健脾化濕湯】
香港人外出食飯機會多，多吃煎炸、油膩、生冷食物，脾胃承受不了負荷，水液運行不暢，容易形成痰濕體質，把舌頭伸出來照鏡看一看，舌頭上是否有層厚厚的白色舌苔？多是痰濕體質的表現了！內濕加上夏天潮濕天氣的外濕，人就好像被濕毛巾包著般容易疲倦，養生首要重點就祛濕！
老黃瓜白扁豆薏米湯有健脾化濕消暑功效，白扁豆健脾化濕，特別適合痰濕及氣虛體質人士服用；老黃瓜性涼味甘，有清熱解毒、生津止渴和利尿消腫的功效。
消暑健脾化濕湯 －
老黃瓜白扁豆薏米湯
材料：老黃瓜1根、薯仔2個、新鮮粟米鬚1兩（約40克）、白扁豆15克、薏苡仁30克、 陳皮1角、蜜棗3枚
做法：
1. 所有材料洗淨，老黃瓜去籽切塊，薯仔去皮切塊，粟米鬚放入湯袋備用。
2. 鍋中加入2500毫升水，放入所有材料，武火煮至水滾，調至文火煮1.5小時，加鹽調味即可。
健脾祛濕湯水小貼士：
適當地添加健脾祛濕食材，如粟米鬚、薏米、淮山、赤小豆
Soup to relieve summer heat and strengthen the spleen and stomach
People in Hong kong eat out a lot and many prefer fried, oily and cold/raw foods. When your spleen and stomach cannot handle the load, fluids in your body cannot flow smoothly leading to phlegm and dampness body constitution. Take a look in the mirror, do you see a layer of thick coating? Internal dampness coupled with external humidity would feel as if you are wrapped in a big wet towel and could be quite tiring. Start improving the condition by dispelling dampness.
Old cucumber soup with hyacinth bean and coix seeds can strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness. Hyacinth bean is suitable for those with phlegm and dampness or qi deficiency. Old cucumber is cool in nature, can clear heat and detoxify, promote fluid production and relieve thirst, promote diuresis and relieve bloating.
Old cucumber soup with hyacinth bean and coix seeds
Ingredients: 1 old cucumber, 2 potatoes, 1 tael fresh corn silk (about 40g), 15g hyacinth bean, 30g coix seeds, 1 dried citrus peel, 3 candied dates
Preparation:
1. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly, remove seeds from cucumber and cut into pieces. Peel potatoes and cut into pieces. Place corn silk into soup bag.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2500ml if water and cook on high heat until boiling. Simmer on low heat for 1.5 hour. Add salt to taste.
Tips for soup to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness
Add in appropriate amounts of ingredients to strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness. These ingredients include corn silk, coix seeds, Chinese yam, rice beans.
