Ingredient library
In season · Start of Summer
136 common Hong Kong foods and herbs, with traditional uses, cautions and nutrition.
Body type
Solar term
23 found
Lotus root
蓮藕
Raw it cools; cooked it supports digestion.
Tomato
番茄
Quenches thirst and aids digestion.
Bitter melon
苦瓜
Clears summer heat.
Watermelon
西瓜
Cools summer heat and quenches thirst.
Mung beans
綠豆
Clears heat and summer heat.
Fresh ginger
生薑
Warms you after a chill and settles nausea.
Eel
鱔魚
Nourishes qi and blood.
Pumpkin
南瓜
Supports the spleen and energy.
Lotus seed
蓮子
Supports digestion and calms the mind.
Smoked plum (wumei)
烏梅
Generates fluids; astringent.
Lemon
檸檬
Quenches thirst.
Carp
鯉魚
Supports digestion and eases puffiness.
Lotus leaf
荷葉
Clears summer heat.
Lean pork
豬肉
Nourishes yin and moistens dryness.
Sweet corn
玉米
Neutral and gentle on the stomach.
Job's tears (coix seed)
薏苡仁
Drains dampness and supports digestion.
Cucumber
黃瓜
Cooling and hydrating.
Winter melon
冬瓜
Clears heat and eases puffiness.
Duck
鴨肉
Nourishes yin and supports the stomach.
Pearl barley
大麥
Settles the stomach.
Loquat
枇杷
Moistens the lungs and eases cough.
Millet
小米
Gentle on the stomach.
Lily bulb
百合
Moistens the lungs and calms the mind.