The elderly should eat more "four melons" in summer”

　　Loofah

　　It can relieve fever, disinfect, dredge meridians, and resolve phlegm and dampness. Make soup with loofah, almonds and chicken feet to cool down and remove dampness. If you have prickly heat in summer, taking loofah juice orally can cool the blood and detoxify.

　　cucumber

　　Melons are one of the most nutritious and are known as "good medicine for the world". Regular consumption is beneficial to excreting spoiled food in the gastrointestinal tract and is beneficial to lowering cholesterol. Especially for those who often have burnt lips, dry tongue, and dry throat, eating raw cucumber as a fruit has a miraculous effect.

　　watermelon

　　The first melon and fruit, it not only has edible value, but also has high medicinal value. It is a good product for relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, and diuresis. It is known as the "natural white tiger soup" among the people. Especially when encountering extreme heat fever time, holding a watermelon sleep , more effective than applying an ice pack to cool down. However, watermelon is cold in nature, so you should not eat too much at one time.

　　winter melon

　　It is rich in vitamin B, and both the skin and meat can be used as medicine. There is a saying among the people that "Winter melon is brought to the home, not to the drug store." If you have difficulty urinating, drinking winter melon soup is the most effective. The elderly suffer from indigestion in summer. Soup with winter melon, lotus seeds, lily and duck can relieve the heat and whet the appetite.