Feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha said that in 2025, the Minor Heat solar term will last from July 22, 2025 and end at 12:51 p.m. on August 7, 2025. This is the hottest time of the year, easily causing fatigue, lethargy, and digestive disorders.
In family meals, everyone should increase the nutritious foods below to maintain good health and avoid summer illnesses.
During the Great Heat period, you should eat porridge and drink lots of water.
During the Great Heat period, you should prioritize light foods for your body such as porridge, which is easy to eat and good for the digestive system. Cooking porridge with summer plants has the effect of nourishing the body, clearing heat and detoxifying. Drink plenty of water to reduce the dry heat in the body, providing enough water for the body due to evaporation.
In addition to filtered water, you can supplement with other types of water such as green beans, green tea, chrysanthemum tea... all of which are rich in minerals and nutrients, replenish electrolytes, and prevent dehydration.
People with internal heat, fever, lethargy, and loss of appetite during the Great Heat period should increase foods that are good for the stomach, nourish the liver, and replenish qi such as green beans, bitter melon, and squash...
Drink hot goat soup during the Great Heat festival
The custom of drinking hot goat meat soup originated in the southern province of Shandong, China. For hundreds of years, people here have maintained the habit of drinking hot goat meat soup during the Da Thu solar term. This is because during this solar term, goat meat here is most nutritious.
During these days, the human body often accumulates heat, drinking hot goat meat soup with a little vinegar, garlic, pepper, etc. will help the body sweat a lot. Sweating has the effect of cooling and detoxifying, especially good for health during these days.
Eat lotus seeds
Lotus seeds are very suitable for use in late summer when the heat is still strong, easily causing discomfort and insomnia. Lotus seeds have a sweet taste, neutral properties, the effect of nourishing the mind, clearing heat, stabilizing digestion and nourishing the body.
Families can make dishes with lotus seeds such as: lotus seed longan sweet soup, lotus seed pumpkin porridge, lotus seeds with pig's feet... both nutritious and cool.
Lotus seed tea is very good on hot summer days.
Eat black jelly during the Great Heat festival
Feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha said that this habit originated in Guangdong, China, during the Great Heat festival, there is a custom of eating 'immortal grass'. They are black jelly plants, a type of herbaceous plant, and are also an important ingredient for cooking and medicine.
Black jelly has a cooling effect. This is the main ingredient used to make black jelly, a treat on hot summer days. Black jelly is also one of Taiwan's famous snacks, especially delicious when eaten hot or cold.
Eat pineapple during Dai Thu festival
According to feng shui expert Nguyen Song Ha, the word "pineapple" is homophonous with "prosperity", and is also a fruit that is considered to bring good luck and fortune, and is still displayed on trays of offerings. This is the time when pineapples are at their ripest. Ripe pineapples are good for digestion and cooling the body.
Sweet and sour pineapple tofu dish is very unique
Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/tiet-dai-thu-2025-nhet-do-tang-cao-ai-cung-nen-bo-sung-mon-ngon-bo-duong-nay-de-dam-bao-suc-khoe-172250726152935053.htm
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