The season has changed ~ what should I eat?
In autumn, the weather gradually turns cold, and people often feel that the mouth, nose, skin and other parts have different degrees of dryness. Therefore, they should eat some nutritious, nourishing and juicy food, and eat less spicy and fried food. At the same time, Chinese medicine believes that the relationship between lung and autumn qi is very close, so we should eat more foods that moisten lung and promote fluid production. Suitable foods for autumn are: lily: it has the functions of nourishing and moistening the lungs, clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves, eliminating fatigue, moistening dryness and relieving cough. Lotus seed: it can not only remove residual heat, but also nourish and strengthen the body. It is a timely tonic in autumn. Yam: it is characterized by tonic without stagnation, neither hot nor dry, and is suitable for men, women and children. White lentils: Cooking porridge or soup with white lentils in early autumn can relieve summer heat, relieve summer heat and eliminate dampness, strengthen spleen and stomach, and stimulate appetite. Lotus root: raw lotus root can clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst; Cooked lotus root can strengthen spleen, stimulate appetite and benefit blood. Therefore, there is a saying that "lotus root is born in summer and ripe in autumn, raw food is fresh and tender, and cooked food is old and strong". Monopterus albus: Eating Monopterus albus in autumn not only has a strong nourishing effect, but also has a certain regulating effect on human blood sugar. You can cut into pieces, stew, shred and cook porridge. Snake meat: Among the famous dishes in South China, the fat snake in autumn is the most popular. The protein content of snake meat is high, and it is rich in nutrition, which has the effects of improving intelligence, resisting aging and prolonging life. Chestnut: It has the functions of strengthening spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and strengthening bones. Walnut: It can tonify kidney, solidify essence, warm lung and relieve asthma, invigorate qi and nourish blood, moisten dryness and intestines. Peanut: When the peanuts are ripe in late autumn, use fresh peanuts, or use raw powder to make soup, or use water to decoct them. Not suitable for frying. Jujube: Eating jujube in autumn is a tonic food for nourishing yin and moistening dryness, benefiting lung and invigorating qi. If it can be stewed with tremella, lily and yam, the effect will be better. In addition, pears, water chestnuts, jellyfish, carrots, shepherd's purse, Pleurotus ostreatus, kelp, tomatoes and rabbit meat are also suitable for autumn consumption, while Astragalus, Ginseng, Adenophora adenophora, Lycium barbarum and Polygonum Multiflori are suitable for tonic. Fruit pear is slightly cold and sweet, which can produce body fluid to quench thirst and moisten dryness. Pears can prevent autumn dryness and also have the effect of clearing away heat and calming the nerves. It has a good auxiliary effect on patients with hypertension, heart disease, thirst, constipation, dizziness, insomnia and dreaminess. Pear is also a health fruit for patients with hepatitis and kidney disease in autumn. Papaya is sweet, rich in beta carotene and vitamin C, and is a natural antioxidant. This traditional Hong Kong-style dessert has a smooth taste, moistens the lungs and produces fluid, which is very suitable for this season. It is also an excellent dessert for moisturizing and beautifying. Chinese medicine believes that pear has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and reducing fire, nourishing blood and promoting granulation, moistening lung and removing dryness, and is most suitable for patients with internal heat in winter and spring. Sugarcane has the function of nourishing and clearing away heat, and is rich in nutrition. As a refreshing tonic, it has certain curative effect on hypoglycemia, dry stool, dysuria, nausea and vomiting, cough due to deficiency heat, high fever and polydipsia. People who are overworked or dizzy from hunger will refresh themselves as long as they eat two sugar cane. However, due to the cold nature of sugarcane, it is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and stomachache. In addition, fruits suitable for autumn and winter include apples, oranges, bananas and hawthorn. In autumn, the temperature in most parts of China gradually becomes cool and pleasant. When the temperature drops, people's appetite is gradually enhanced, and their digestive ability is also improved, which is a good season to make up for the nutritional deficiency caused by high temperature in summer. At the same time, it is also the harvest season. All kinds of animals are delicious and delicious, as well as all kinds of vegetables and fruits, which is the best season to arrange diet. However, if it is not properly arranged, it is easy to get injured because of overnutrition or improper eating habits. So what do you need to pay attention to when you arrange your diet in autumn? 1. Pay attention to prevent excessive heat energy. In autumn, most people tend to eat too much because of the pleasant climate and abundant food. Eating too many calories will turn into fat accumulation, which will make people fat. As the saying goes, it is called "long autumn fat", which is not pleasant to hear. Autumn diet, we should pay attention to the right amount, can not indulge appetite, eat and drink. 2. Theoretically, it is considered that autumn is dry, and "hemp should be eaten to moisten dryness". In the Yellow River valley of China, the autumn climate becomes sunny and dry, and it is advocated that it should be wet rather than wet. How to do this? First of all, we should eat less pungent and spicy foods, such as peppers and peppers, and eat more fruits and vegetables, such as wax gourd, radish, zucchini, eggplant, green leafy vegetables, apples and bananas. In addition, Chinese medicine also believes that autumn belongs to harmony and everything converges, so it advocates "eating spicy food to disperse". Is to avoid the accumulation of all kinds of damp and hot gas. Because all spicy foods have the function of emitting, it is recommended to eat some spicy foods such as celery. As the weather turns from hot to cold in autumn, the physiological metabolism of human body changes to adapt to this change. Pay special attention to the diet not to be too cold, so as not to cause gastrointestinal indigestion and various digestive tract diseases. Therefore, the proposition that "autumn should be warm" is put forward, that is to say, in autumn, we should avoid eating cold food and eat more warm food. How to keep fit in autumn? It's autumn. Although some places in China are still in high temperature, after all, the solar term has arrived. At this time, the maintenance of the body should be based on preventing autumn dryness. According to statistics, more than 80% people suffer from autumn dryness in different degrees in autumn. Autumn dryness is considered by Chinese medicine as a series of diseases caused by people feeling dryness and evil in autumn. People who are dry in autumn should not only seek medical treatment in time, but also receive ideal results through scientific diet. Autumn is unhealthy, and dryness is the most likely to hurt body fluids, which often causes dry throat, dry nose, hoarseness, dry cough and dry skin. Autumn is not suitable for too much compensation, but suitable for flat compensation. 1. Plain diet therapy: After a large amount of sweat is discharged in summer, body fluid is lost to some extent. After entering the autumn, it is necessary to make up for it in time by eating more foods with a flat nature. For example, 30g of Glehnia littoralis, 30g of lily, and 50g of duck meat/kloc-0, cooked duck meat will be eaten with soup, which can supplement yin deficiency. Stewed with Euryale ferox and lean pork, it has obvious curative effect on neuralgia, headache and lumbago and leg pain. After entering autumn, you can also eat some tonics, such as chicken, pork liver, fresh fish, grapes, walnuts, sesame seeds, jujube, chestnuts, lotus seeds, yam and so on. Enhance physical fitness and promote the rehabilitation of chronic diseases. 2. Dietotherapy with moist food: It is best to eat more Sydney and Yali pears during this period. Raw food can clear fire and produce fluid, while cooked food can nourish yin and moisten the lungs. You can use peeled Sydney. Mix 3 grams of Fritillaria powder with 10 grams of rock sugar, gently put it in pears, steam it in water, and then eat pears and drink soup. In autumn, in order to keep enough water in the body, you should drink more water and eat more soy milk, stews, porridge and so on. Eat apples, watermelons, peaches and other fruits, as well as radish, cabbage, tofu, lotus root, honey and other foods that moisten the lungs, nourish yin and moisten dryness. For the elderly with weak stomach and intestines, porridge can be used to nourish the stomach and produce fluid in the morning, such as Euryale ferox glutinous rice porridge and Lily porridge, which are all good products for nourishing yin and stomach, and can play a very good role in inhibiting autumn dryness. Health tip: after entering autumn, you should eat less or not eat hot and dry products such as pepper, ginger, raw garlic, raw onion and pepper, and pay special attention to those who have hobbies such as drinking and smoking. One of the biggest hazards of the changeable temperature in autumn is gastrointestinal dysfunction and frequent diarrhea caused by intestinal bacterial infection. The cold weather will also make people uncomfortable, especially some stomach problems. The stimulation of cool autumn will lead to the recurrence of stomach diseases, and in severe cases, it will also cause complications such as gastric bleeding and gastric ulcer. Therefore, the autumn diet should conform to the season, both to prevent dryness and protect the stomach. Choose a dry diet. There are many kinds of fish, vegetables and fruits on the market in autumn, but when eating, we should choose foods that nourish yin and tonify kidney, moisten lung and resist autumn dryness. Fish should be loach, shad, white duck, etc. Fruits and vegetables should be soft products, such as peanuts, yam, tremella, oranges, ginkgo, pears, red dates, lotus seeds, grapes and sugar cane. If there are symptoms such as dry skin, chapped skin and angular stomatitis, you should drink more boiled water, light tea, soybean milk, milk and honey. If autumn dryness leads to lung deficiency, lily, coix seed, yam, honey, etc. can be used to replenish lung qi; If there are signs of yin deficiency, you can nourish the stomach yin, liver and kidney with walnut kernel, Euryale ferox, Sydney, lotus root juice, milk, hemp seed, sea cucumber, pigskin and chicken. When eating, you can correctly choose the dietotherapy method according to the principle of "dryness is moistening". For example, soak 10g tremella in warm water for 30 minutes, add rock sugar and water, and boil the rock sugar tremella soup until the tremella is ripe, which has the functions of moistening the lungs, promoting fluid production, nourishing yin and nourishing the stomach; Cook with red dates 10, big pears 1, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Stewed pear with red dates has the functions of moistening lung and spleen, nourishing yin and moistening dryness; 30 grams of lily is made of clear water, japonica rice 100 grams, and crystal sugar soaked in water once a day in the morning and evening, which has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, clearing heart fire and calming nerves. The key to health care in autumn lies in autumn, and the five internal organs belong to the lungs. Autumn health, one must raise income, and the other must raise lungs. Judging from the climate characteristics in autumn, what is pure vermicelli velvet? That is, the transitional stage of "Yang eliminating Yin". The physiological activities of the human body also change from "long summer" to "autumn harvest", which is in the stage of convergence and internal cultivation. Therefore, keeping in good health in autumn is inseparable from the principle of "adoption", and maintaining yin in the body should be the primary task. Exercise should also conform to this principle, that is, the amount of exercise should not be too large, and it is appropriate to choose relaxed and gentle projects. Especially for the elderly, children and people with weak constitution, it is necessary to prevent excessive sweating and loss of yang. People are prone to fatigue and drowsiness in autumn, so they should pay attention to rest and recover their physical strength after exercise. After the sultry summer, the cool autumn makes people feel comfortable and is a good opportunity for outdoor sports. Experts suggest that mountaineering is a good choice for outdoor sports in autumn. Mountaineering can enhance human respiratory and blood circulation functions, increase people's vital capacity and myocardial contractility, play an auxiliary role in treating asthma and other diseases, lower blood sugar and increase hemoglobin and red blood cell count of anemia patients. When climbing a mountain, the temperature changes obviously, which can make people's body temperature regulation mechanism constantly in a state of tension, thus improving the human body's adaptability to environmental changes. In addition, hiking in autumn can make people absorb more negative oxygen ions in the air, which has a good nutritional and soothing effect on people's nervous system. Mountaineering is a weight-bearing exercise, and the knee joint bears the weight of the whole body. Especially when climbing the first step, the joint continues to climb another step, and the knee joint is always in a semi-flexion state, which will cause a great burden to the joint. Osteoarthritis patients are not suitable for this sport. For the elderly and infirm, we can't just emphasize the health care function of mountaineering. Climbing time should avoid the morning and evening when the temperature is low, and the speed should be slow. When going up and down the mountain, you can adapt to the temperature by adding or subtracting clothes. Patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Every effort should be made to prevent accidents. Cold-resistant exercise is a common saying at that time: spring covers autumn and freezing. Appropriate cold-resistant exercise in autumn is helpful to improve people's adaptability to environmental changes and improve the function of cardiovascular system. The selection of cold-resistant exercise items includes: mountain climbing, walking, Tai Ji Chuan, cold water bath and cycling. Exercisers can choose according to their own health and hobbies. It should be noted that in autumn, the flexibility and muscle extension of the human body decrease, so you should warm up and stretch your limbs before exercise, and you should not suddenly increase the amount of exercise during exercise. Usually, after beginning of autumn, the weather becomes cold and the climate becomes dry. At this time, people often feel the mouth, nose, skin and other parts dry to varying degrees. Some people also have a series of symptoms such as dry mouth, short urine, dry stool, stuffy nose and cough. Many people's nasal mucosa can't adapt to the stimulation of cold air, and they often catch a cold, catch a cold and have a runny nose. These are called "autumn dryness". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dryness is the main qi in autumn, which is easy to hurt its body fluids. When autumn comes, the climate changes from hot to cool, and the moisture in the air decreases, the human body will have a series of physiological changes due to dryness, which is often called "autumn dryness". Autumn dryness is mainly manifested as thirst, dry throat, hoarse cough, dry skin and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine has always advocated diet conditioning to resist "dryness" and has a health preservation theory of "dryness means moistening dryness". Practice has proved that it is very beneficial to drink more nourishing and moistening soup in autumn! ■ Rhizoma Imperatae Sydney Pig Lung Soup [Ingredients] 200 grams of fresh Rhizoma Imperatae, 2 Sydney, pig lung 1 right, 5 grams of dried tangerine peel. [Method] Wash the pig lungs and cut into pieces, put them in boiling water for 5 minutes, pick them up and rinse them off; Cut the Sydney into pieces, and remove the core; Dice cogongrass rhizome. Soak tangerine peel in water until soft, and cook it with pig lung, Sydney and cogongrass rhizome for 2 hours. 【 Function 】 Clearing heat and moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, cooling blood and helping digestion. Can be used for body heat, nosebleeds, autumn cough, or dry cough without phlegm, or blood in phlegm, thick yellow phlegm, sore throat, hoarseness, dry mouth and constipation. It is also suitable for patients with hepatitis, cirrhosis, tracheitis and pneumonia. ■ Sydney Nanxing Lean Broth [Ingredients] A fresh Sydney, south almonds and lean pork. [Method] Peel Sydney and cook with almonds and lean meat for 2 hours. 【 Function 】 This soup has the functions of moistening lung, promoting fluid production, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and moistening dryness. ■ Chuanbei Apple Drink [Ingredients] A good apple, the end of Chuanbei is about 10 g, and the amount of honey is appropriate. [Method] Flatten the apple cover, hollow out the heart, add Fritillaria 10g, cover with a proper amount of honey, fix it with a toothpick, stew for 2 hours, and eat the soup residue together. 【 Function 】 Moistening lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, used for cough with excessive phlegm, dry throat and thirst. ■ Dried duck kidney and candied dates soup [Ingredients] 4 salted duck kidneys, 100g lean pork, 250g dried cabbage and 5 candied dates. [Method] Dry Chinese cabbage was soaked in clear water and cut into sections. Soak the salted duck kidney in warm water and cut into pieces; Wash the lean pork. Put all the ingredients in the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil with strong fire, and stew for 2-3 hours to taste. 【 Function 】 Clearing dryness and moistening lung, relieving cough and promoting fluid production, used for dry cough without phlegm, dry throat and thirst. ■ Radix Pseudostellariae and Lily Lean Broth [Ingredients] Radix Pseudostellariae 100g, lily 50g, Siraitia grosvenorii half, lean pork 150g. [Method] Wash the original slice of lean pork, clean Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Lily and Siraitia grosvenorii, put them in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil with strong fire, add lean pork, and cook with slow fire for 65,438+0-2 hours to taste. 【 Function 】 Clear and moisten lung dryness, benefit lung and promote fluid production. It is suitable for people with qi deficiency, lung dryness, cough, asthma, shortness of breath, dry mouth and thirst, lung injury caused by hot cough and dry throat.