Watermelon is a blessing for hot summer. Its red flesh is sweet, juicy, hydrating, and cold in nature, making it excellent to quench thirst and help us cool summer heat. More than often, we waste the white portion of a watermelon: the part between the dark skin and the red flesh. In some part of China, it is called the "watermelon frost 西瓜霜". According to TCM, watermelon rind: is sweet, bland in flavor is cold in nature enters Heart and Stomach meridian cools summer heat and quenches thirst calms agitation promotes urination and helps with dark urine and edema helps treat...
Purslane, ma chi xian (馬齒莧), is a cold veggie fantastic for cooling heat and treating skin conditions (caused by heat), hemorrhoids, red/white/smelly vaginal discharge, and inflammation. It is both common in southern China and also in Europe I believe. In this recipe, fresh purslane is quickly blanched and paired with boiled lotus root to nourish Yin (the fluid aspect of our bodies) and cool summer heat. A tart-savory goji vinaigrette is used to bring the two vegetables together. You can also choose to mix them with your own dressing of choice: If you want the cooling effect, do not use too...
