During the "Mid Autumn Festival", the solar term is hot and humid, with the most thunderstorms and easy dampness. The heat and dampness can take advantage of the deficiency and easily cause a depletion of one's mental energy, especially for the elderly, children, and those with weak physical constitution, which can often lead to illnesses such as bitter summer and heatstroke. The Sanfu health period has reached the middle part, which is a turning point of 20 days. The Sanfu period itself is very hot, and coupled with our body sweating and consuming a lot, it is easy to experience fatigue and digestive function decline. At this turning point, dietary adjustments can enhance immunity and reduce the risk of disease. In many parts of our country, there is a custom of eating lamb during the dog days of summer. There are folk sayings such as "a bowl of soup for the dog days, no need for a divine doctor to prescribe medicine" and "eating dog days to enjoy health".
【 Composition of Soup Formula 】
500g lamb, 30g fresh ginger
Boil soup, eat meat, and drink soup according to the above ratio. Carrots or other seasonings can be added according to each person's taste
Analysis of Soup Formula
There are also relevant records in the Compendium of Materia Medica: "Lamb can warm the middle and supplement deficiency, nourish the middle and invigorate qi, stimulate appetite and fitness, benefit kidney qi, nourish gallbladder and improve vision, treat deficiency, fatigue, cold, and seven injuries." Lamb contains more calcium and iron ions, and has a certain effect on preventing and treating diseases such as osteoporosis and anemia.
【 Health benefits 】
There is a folk saying that there is no need for a doctor to prescribe medicine for a bowl of lamb soup during the dog days. Because lamb has the effects of tonifying deficiency and dispelling cold, warming and nourishing qi and blood, nourishing kidneys and aging, stimulating appetite and fitness, and helping to nourish essence, drinking "Fuyang Tang" correctly can also have the effect of "treating winter diseases in summer". During the dog days of summer, the body's energy consumption increases. Eating high protein foods in moderation can also help replenish energy and preserve vitality. Fuyang Tang is suitable for patients with chronic diseases that recur or worsen in winter, including chronic respiratory system diseases, digestive system diseases, bone and joint diseases, postpartum diseases, etc., and those diagnosed with deficiency cold syndrome in traditional Chinese medicine. People who exhibit symptoms such as cold hands and feet, aversion to cold and warmth, fatigue and drowsiness, and pale tongue coating can take it.
【 Warm Reminder 】
Fuyang Tang is not suitable for patients with solid heat, yin deficiency and internal heat diseases to consume; People who are prone to internal heat, toothache, and mouth sores should not consume it; People suffering from acute enteritis or other infectious diseases should not eat it. In addition, excessive consumption of lamb meat by hepatitis patients may increase the burden on the liver, leading to worsening of the condition, and it is not recommended to consume it.