If you don’t maintain good health in autumn, dryness is most likely to damage people’s body fluids, often causing dry throat, dry nose, hoarseness, dry cough, and dry skin. It is not advisable to take too much tonic in autumn, and it is suitable to take a moderate tonic. 1. Use tonic foods for dietary therapy: After the human body excretes a large amount of sweat in summer, the body's body fluids will suffer a certain degree of loss. After entering autumn, it should be compensated in time by eating more tonic foods. For example, boil 30 grams of Adenophora ginseng, 30 grams of lily, and 150 grams of duck meat. After the duck meat is cooked, drink the soup and eat the meat, which can replenish the body's lack of yin energy. Stew with gorgon seeds and lean pork to treat neuralgia and headaches. , waist and leg pain and other diseases have obvious curative effects. After entering autumn, you can also eat some tonic foods such as chicken, pork liver, fresh fish, grapes, walnuts, sesame seeds, jujubes, chestnuts, lotus seeds, and yams to enhance your physical fitness and promote the recovery of chronic diseases. 2. Use light and nourishing foods for dietary therapy: During this period, it is best to eat more Sydney pears, Yali, etc. Raw food can clear fire and promote fluid production, while cooked food can nourish yin and moisturize the lungs. You can use a Sydney pear with the core removed, mix 3 grams of Sichuan clam powder and 10 grams of rock sugar, gently add it to the pear, steam it over water, eat the pear and drink the soup. In autumn, in order to keep enough water in the body, it is advisable to drink more water, eat more soy milk, stews, porridge, etc. You can also eat more fruits such as apples, watermelons, and peaches, as well as radish, cabbage, tofu, lotus root, and honey. Foods that nourish the lungs, promote body fluids, nourish yin and moisturize dryness. For elderly people with weak stomachs, they can eat porridge in the morning to nourish the stomach and promote fluid production, such as Gorgon glutinous rice porridge, lily porridge, etc. These are good products for nourishing yin and nourishing the stomach, and can have a good effect on suppressing autumn dryness. Health Tips: Eat less or no hot foods such as chili peppers, ginger, raw garlic, raw onions, and peppers after entering autumn. People who have hobbies such as drinking and smoking should pay special attention to restraint. Diet and health requirements for the six solar terms in autumn (1) It must be nutritious and easy to digest and absorb. When autumn arrives and the temperature gradually drops, people are accustomed to thinking of nourishing themselves. Because after the hot summer, people's bodies wear out a lot and they eat less. When the weather turns cooler, it is necessary to replenish the body. However, the method of taking many tonics and supplements, such as ginseng, velvet antler, chicken and mutton, etc., in a concentrated and sudden manner regardless of the body's condition, and calling it "big tonic" is very unscientific. It is not only useless to health, but also wasteful. Financial and material resources may even damage the body. Therefore, the dietary principle of the six solar terms in autumn is to be nutritious and easy to digest and absorb. At the same time, during the change of seasons, when people’s resistance is the weakest, it is very easy to get sick if they are not in good physical condition. At this time, eating more foods that can enhance human immunity and body resistance is of great benefit to health. (2) Less pungent and more sour. The so-called less pungent means to eat less pungent food. This is because the lungs belong to metal, ventilation occurs in autumn, and lung qi is abundant in autumn. Eat less spicy food to prevent excessive lung qi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that metal overcomes wood, that is, too much lung qi can damage the function of the liver, so it is necessary to "increase acidity" in autumn to increase the function of the liver and resist the invasion of excess lung qi. According to the principle of traditional Chinese medicine nutrition, during the six solar terms in autumn, you must eat less spicy foods such as onions, ginger, leeks, garlic, and peppers, and eat more sour fruits and vegetables. In addition, we must also remember that "autumn melons are bad for the belly". In summer, watermelon is a good food to relieve the heat, but after the beginning of autumn, no matter whether it is watermelon, cantaloupe or vegetable melon, you should not eat too much, otherwise it will damage the yang energy of the spleen and stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine health experts also advocate eating porridge every morning during the six solar terms in autumn. For example, Li Ting in the Ming Dynasty believed that "eating porridge in the morning can promote metabolism, promote the digestion, nourish the stomach, and produce body fluids. It makes people feel refreshed throughout the day and is a great supplement." . (3) Sweet and light nourishing There is an ancient saying: "Thick taste hurts people without knowing it. Being able to be sweet and light is my teacher. From now on, the three thousand light things will be nourished. Eat more light food to nourish the heart." It can be seen that a diet that combines vegetarian and light foods is good for There are benefits to health. "Su Wen - Zhi Zhen Yao Da Lun" says that "Gan enters the spleen first". Among the five elements, the spleen and stomach belong to earth, earth produces metal, and the lungs and intestines belong to metal. The sweet taste nourishes the spleen, and if the spleen is strong, the metal (lung) Qi will be sufficient. Sweet foods also have the effect of promoting body fluids, while salty foods can easily make people thirsty. "Eight Notes of Zunsheng" also pointed out: "Autumn air is dry, it is easy to eat hemp to moisten the dryness.

"That is to say, the sixth solar term in autumn is dry. You should eat more moisturizing and sweet foods such as honey, sesame, and almonds, which can not only nourish the spleen and stomach, but also nourish the lungs and intestines, which can prevent the common symptoms of insufficient lung and gastrointestinal fluid caused by autumn dryness. Physical symptoms such as dry cough, dry throat, dry mouth, constipation, or signs of skin losing luster and dry hair. Therefore, the diet for the six solar terms in autumn should be sweet and light, and you can eat more fresh foods that can moisturize the lungs and dryness. Fruits and vegetables, fruits such as: pears, persimmons, citrus, bananas, etc.; for fruits and vegetables, you can eat more carrots, winter melon, white fungus, etc., as well as beans and bean products, as well as edible fungi, kelp, seaweed, etc., which are scientifically processed and made into Excellent, fragrant and delicious delicacies, it can also be made into meals or drinks, such as honey-fried white fungus, various fresh fruit and vegetable juices, etc., or processed into soup and porridge, such as mushroom and tofu soup, lentil porridge, and lotus root starch. Soup, etc. are both nutritious and moisturizing, and fruits and vegetables are rich in water, vitamins, fiber, etc., which can prevent dry mouth, nose and eyes, rough skin, constipation and other phenomena that are most likely to occur during the 6 solar terms in autumn. (4) Drinking porridge in the morning. Traditional Chinese medicine and health experts recommend eating porridge every morning during the six solar terms of autumn. Especially in early autumn, many places are still hot and humid, causing internal demand in the spleen and stomach and reduced resistance. If you can Eating some warm food, especially some medicated porridge, is very good for the body. The reason is that japonica rice or glutinous rice, which is an important component of medicated diet, has excellent functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach and replenishing qi. This has been praised by predecessors. During the 6th solar term in autumn, the most popular porridges include sugarcane porridge, Polygonatum odoratum porridge, Adenophora porridge, Huangjing porridge, etc. (5) Balanced nutrition Nutritionists point out that only a variety of foods can provide the human body with comprehensive nutrition. For example, cereals mainly supply heat energy and vitamin B1; beans and soy products mainly supply plant protein; vegetables and fruits mainly supply vitamin C, inorganic salts and dietary fiber. In autumn, you should pay more attention to the diversity of food and nutritional balance in the diet. In order to supplement the nutritional deficiencies caused by the hot climate and decreased appetite in summer, you should especially eat more chewy and fiber-rich foods. The diet regimen in autumn should be based on a balanced diet of five flavors and appropriately increase sweetness according to the specific situation of the individual. Eat light, sour, and moist foods, but not too much. When eating, you should chew slowly and slowly, which not only facilitates full digestion of food and complete absorption of nutrients, but also maintains moisture in the intestines through fiber foods. And chew it to promote body fluids and moisturize dryness, so as to prevent and treat adverse reactions such as dry throat, dry intestines and constipation in autumn. (6) Bitterness and dryness should be avoided. According to traditional Chinese medicine, bitterness and dryness are easy to damage body fluids and consume qi. Question - The Generation of the Five Internal Organs" says: "Eating too much bitter food will cause the skin to become haggard and the hair to be pulled out. "Autumn dryness is in season, and the lungs are delicate organs that are connected with the autumn dryness, so it is easy to feel the autumn dryness. Many chronic respiratory diseases often relapse or gradually worsen from autumn. Therefore, "Synops of the Golden Chamber - Taboos on Animals, Fish and Insects" In the "Twenty-Fourth Treaty of Combination", based on the restrained relationship between the five internal organs, the five flavors and the four seasons, it is proposed that "Lung diseases should not be bitter...Do not eat the lungs in autumn." Therefore, the diet in autumn is recommended. To maintain good health, you should avoid bitterness and dryness.