lotus seed

Speaking of lotus seeds, it is actually a mature season from long summer to beginning of winter. Xia Lian is harvested before and after the heat, with sufficient nutrition, full granules and good meat quality; The autumn lotus harvested in beginning of autumn is slender, slightly not swollen, and the entrance is hard. Eating autumn lotus in cold dew is still a recipe based on seasonal diet, which can nourish the heart and kidney.

Chinese medicine believes that lotus seeds are sweet, astringent and flat. They enter the heart, spleen and kidney meridians and are mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, diarrhea and leucorrhea. Nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, frequent urination; Deficiency of heart and spleen, insomnia and other symptoms. Generally, cooked food is the main food, or decoction, pill and powder are added. It should be noted that people with abdominal distension or dry stools should not eat lotus seeds.

lotus root

"Lotus is a treasure, and Hà Thu is the most nourishing." After the cold dew, the air is dry and people are easily agitated. At this time, you should eat more foods that clear your heart and moisten dryness. Lotus root is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious effects of appetizing, clearing away heat, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, clearing away heart fire and calming nerves, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, and can also enhance human immunity.

hawthorn

"cold dew harvests hawthorn, and the first frost planes sweet potatoes." Cold dew hawthorn is red, and the calcium content of hawthorn is the highest among autumn fruits, with 52 mg of calcium per 100 grams of pulp. Pregnant women and children have a great demand for calcium, so these two groups of people might as well eat some hawthorn after meals.

Nectarine

Cold dew peach is a late-maturing peach variety in the north, and its maturity is around cold dew peach, so it is named "cold dew peach". Peaches are sweet and warm, and it is easy to get angry if you eat too much. In severe cases, sores will occur, especially those who are prone to sores due to excessive internal heat. Adults had better not feed peaches to babies, because peaches contain a lot of macromolecular substances, and babies have poor gastrointestinal dialysis ability and cannot digest these substances, which is easy to cause allergic reactions. In addition, it is best not to eat immature peaches to avoid abdominal distension or diarrhea.

sesame

There is a folk custom of "eating sesame seeds in cold dew". Sesame is highly respected in medical monographs such as Shennong Herbal Classic and Compendium of Materia Medica. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach, facilitate urination, harmonize the five internal organs, help digestion, eliminate stagnation, lower blood pressure, regulate qi, relieve asthma and relieve cough, and can treat neurasthenia and resist aging.