Beginning of autumn is the 13 solar term in 24 solar terms, the end of the last month of the dry calendar and the beginning of applying for the moon; The time is around the first day of July in the lunar calendar (between August 7 and 9 in the Gregorian calendar). "Autumn" means that summer is cool, which means the beginning of autumn. When we arrived in beginning of autumn, the phoenix tree began to shed its leaves, so there is an idiom "Autumn is known by falling leaves". Literally, the word "autumn" consists of "valley" and "fire", indicating the maturity of five grains. Autumn is the transitional season when the weather turns from hot to cold, and then from cold to cold. Beginning of autumn is the first solar term in autumn.
In ancient China, beginning of autumn was divided into three periods: "A cool breeze blows gently; Second, wait for the white deer to be born; Third-class chilling. "
Cool wind: People will feel cool when there is wind. The wind at this time is different from the hot air in summer.
White dew falls: The earth will be foggy in the morning.
Cicada chirping: Cicada chirping in autumn is also chirping.
The first thing that "beginning of autumn" brings is the change of weather. From this day on, the sky was crisp, the moon was bright and the wind was clear, and the temperature gradually dropped. As the proverb goes, "It's cool in beginning of autumn" and "It's autumn in the morning and cold at night". But "beginning of autumn" is very different in the morning and evening. The so-called "cold in early autumn, hot death in late autumn" reminds people not to be blindly optimistic about "beginning of autumn", and sometimes "after beginning of autumn, there is a tiger at one end". In fact, the biggest magic weapon to cool down in beginning of autumn is rain. "There is rain after autumn, and there is wind around the Millennium", which is the conclusion drawn by people through long-term observation.
What fruit should beginning of autumn eat?
1 Apple
Chinese medicine believes that apples have the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening the lungs, relieving annoyance, appetizing and sobering up. Those with indigestion and qi stagnation can be juiced and taken.
Modern medicine believes that apples can also prevent and eliminate fatigue, and potassium in apples can combine with excess sodium in the body and be excreted. When eating too much salt, you can eat apples to help eliminate it, so eating apples or drinking apple juice is beneficial to patients with hypertension.
2. Grapes
Sweet and sour in nature, sweet and sour in fresh food, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion, but people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat more, which makes people diarrhea.
3. carambola
Its fruit is sweet, sour and flat, and it can promote fluid production and quench thirst. If you suffer from wind-heat cough in autumn, you can wash the carambola and eat it fresh; If you suffer from heat and urine astringency, use 2 ~ 3 fresh carambola, wash, chop and mash it into juice, and take it with warm boiled water twice a day; If you have a sore throat, wash the fresh carambola and eat it raw, 2 ~ 3 times a day, 1 ~ 2 tablets each time. However, eating too much of this product is harmful to the stomach, especially for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
4, grapefruit
Acidic cold, can reduce swelling, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, strengthen stomach and promote digestion, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and is suitable for gastropathy, dyspepsia, chronic cough, excessive phlegm and asthma. Grapefruit is famous for its rich vitamin C, which is beneficial to patients with cardiovascular diseases and obesity. Most of the organic acids contained in grapefruit are citric acid, which can eliminate human fatigue.
5. Lemon
The taste is extremely sour, which has the functions of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, dispelling summer heat and preventing miscarriage. Citric acid is named after the most organic acid in all kinds of fruits. Patients with hypertension and myocardial infarction often drink lemon drinks, which is of great benefit to improving symptoms.
6.hawthorn
It tastes sour, sweet and light, and has the effects of removing blood stasis, resolving phlegm and detoxicating, promoting blood circulation, refreshing the mind, clearing the stomach, preventing heatstroke and cooling down, and stimulating appetite. It has obvious curative effects on more than ten diseases such as hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes.
7.bananas
Eating bananas in beginning of autumn can effectively prevent autumn dryness. Chinese medicine believes that bananas are sweet and cold, and have high medicinal value, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, clear away heat and moisten the lungs, stop polydipsia and relieve alcoholism. So people who are hot or dry in autumn are suitable to eat bananas.
8.pierce
Eating pears in autumn is the best choice. Pear meat is sweet and delicious, full and juicy, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and has a good moistening effect. But also can be eaten raw, juiced and stewed.
9.pomegranate
Pomegranate is warm, sweet and sour, and has the effect of promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is a good diet therapy for people with insufficient body fluid, dry mouth and throat, and restless thirst. Pouring pomegranate into fruit juice or decoction can achieve the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and relieving cough, killing insects and stopping dysentery.