Several summer-heat and dampness-relieving soups that are most suitable for the elderly

　　In the hot summer, what should you do about nutrition management? In response to the needs of different members of the family, Li Zongyu, a senior nutrition consultant at Amway Company, has prepared some summer menus for his family in advance and posted them here to share with everyone. Among them, the summer-heat-removing and damp-removing soup and the hawthorn malt and stagnation-reducing soup are suitable for the whole family to drink, which can eliminate summer heat and enhance appetite.

　　●Heat-relieving and damp-removing soup

　　Ingredients: 1 fresh lotus leaf, 1 tael of adzuki beans, 1 tael of lentils, 1 tael of barley, 1 catty of old winter melon (with skin), half a catty of Xishi bone, 4 scallops

　　Method: First soak the barley with water, then wash the above ingredients. Boil the Xishi bones with water first, then soak the dried scallops. Add about 15 bowls of water (for 3-4 people), simmer over medium heat for 2 hours, and season.

　　Efficacy: relieve summer heat and remove dampness, suitable for the whole family.

　　●Hawthorn Malt Xiaozhi Decoction

　　Ingredients: Hawthorn meat is 3 cents, malt is 5 cents.