Culture insider: Cool and beautiful tips from ancient China
( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2014-06-26 08:36:29
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Herbal tea, made of ingredients with cooling properties, is a popular summer drink to diffuse internal heat. Photos provided to China Daily |
Cooling food
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) classifies foods according to their nature. Foods with a warming nature can balance the coldness in one's body, while foods with a cooling nature, such as watermelon, plum juice and lotus seeds, were popular summer eats.
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