June 17, 2019
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【夏日保健】吃剩的西瓜皮不要丟啊！
#藥材舖也有曬乾的西瓜皮發售
#西瓜由內至外都有消暑功效
#星期一BlueMonday
椰青西瓜消暑孖寶
炎炎夏日，頂著大太陽在戶外工作或是進行戶外運動後，除了感到口渴，如果出現體溫偏高、頭暈、頭痛、眼花、噁心胸悶、精神不能集中、呼吸急促、四肢無力、虛脫的感覺，有可能是輕度中暑了！這個時候別急著狂灌冰水，以免全身性血管收縮，反而有礙散熱，應該坐下或躺下墊高腳休息，慢慢補充水份。
如果預先知道會同陽光玩遊戲，可以預先準備性味甘涼且生津解渴的飲品，相比飲清水更能消暑解渴，在此推介夏日消暑孖寶——椰青及西瓜，椰青是椰子的少年版，椰水較多椰肉亦嫩滑，有清熱解暑、生津止渴、強心利尿的功效。
西瓜果肉當然生津消暑，食剩的西瓜皮原來也是寶，因為西瓜皮白色部份中醫稱之為「西瓜翠衣」，性涼，有清熱解毒、消暑瀉火、生津解渴和降血壓的作用，用來煲水飲用或涼拌食用都可以。
西瓜冬瓜綠豆茶
功效：清暑、清熱、利小便，預防中暑，以及紓緩日曬後不適感覺
材料：西瓜翠衣(白色部份)約300克、冬瓜連皮約600克、綠豆20克、冰糖適量
做法：
1. 所有材料洗淨。西瓜翠衣切塊；冬瓜留皮去籽切塊備用。
2. 鍋內加入2000毫升水，加入所有材料，武火煮至水滾，改文火煮30分鐘， 調入適量冰糖即可。
注意：脾胃虛寒、便溏腹瀉、糖尿病患者不宜飲用，月經期間的女士不宜。
Two treasures to clear summer heat
On hot summer days, exercising or working outdoors can be quite hard. Aside from becoming thirsty, if you experience rise in body temperature, dizziness, headache, blurred vision, tight chest and nausea, difficulty concentrating, shortness of breath, lack of strength in your limbs, and general exhaustion, you may be having a mild heat stroke! Do not rush to gulp down ice water to avoid whole-body vasoconstriction. It will hinder heat dissipation. You should sit down or lie down and raise your feet and slowly hydrate. If you know in advance that you will have activity under the sun, you can prepare a drink that is sweet and cold in nature to promote fluid production and relieve thirst which is more effective to clear heat than regular water. We are introducing two treasures to clear summer heat- young coconut and watermelon. Young coconut is the young version of coconut. It is more juicy and smooth in texture. It can clear summer heat, promote fluid production, relieve thirst, strengthen heart and promote diuresis.
Watermelon pulp indeed can promote fluid production and clear summer heat. Actually, the leftover watermelon skin is also a treasure. Chinese medicine called the white part of watermelon skin “green clothes of watermelon”. It is cold in nature. It can clear heat, detoxify, clear summer heat, promote fluid production, relieve thirst and lower blood pressure. It can be drank after boiling or eaten as a cold side dish.
Mung bean tea with watermelon and winter melon
Effects: Clears heat, clears summer heat, promotes diuresis, prevents heat stroke and relieves discomfort after sun exposure
Ingredients: 300g white part of watermelon, 600g winter melon with skin, 20g mung beans, appropriate amounts of rock sugar
Preparation:
1. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly. Cut white part of watermelon into pieces. Seed winter melon, keep melon skin and cut into pieces.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2000ml of water in a pot and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Add rock sugar to taste.
Note: It is not suitable for those with asthenic spleen and stomach, loose stools, diarrhea, diabetes and ladies to have during menstruation.
