Foods that moisturize and nourish the lungs in autumn

Lily: Lily is thick in texture, sweet and refreshing. It is a top-quality nourishing product with rich nutrition. It is good at moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, clearing the heart and calming the mind, and is good for tuberculosis and bronchial tuberculosis. It has good curative effect on inflammation, bronchiectasis and various autumn dryness diseases. Cooked food or decoction can treat chronic cough due to tuberculosis, cough with bloody sputum, dry cough and sore throat. When lily is cooked into porridge, its power to nourish the lungs is enhanced. Just as the "Compendium of Materia Medica" says, "lily porridge moistens the lungs and regulates the heart". It has the effects of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, nourishing the heart and calming the mind. It is suitable for chronic respiratory diseases, dry cough caused by lung heat or dryness, excessive tears and tears, residual heat in the recovery period of fever, confusion, restlessness, insomnia and forgetfulness.

Yam: The most suitable food to supplement in autumn is yam. Yam not only has the reputation of "food of the gods", but also has dual functions of food and medicine. It is a traditional Chinese medicine in itself and is also commonly used by our traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Important ingredients for making medicinal diet. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that eating yams in autumn has rich effects such as tonifying the kidneys and replenishing essence, strengthening the stomach and spleen, benefiting the lungs and relieving coughs. Because yam contains effective substances such as amylase and polyphenol oxidase that help promote digestion and absorption of the spleen and stomach, and is also rich in various proteases that can prevent blood lipids from depositing on blood vessel walls and forming thrombus, it can play a role in preventing cardiovascular diseases. Very good effect, especially for the elderly, eating yam is very good for tonic and has the effect of prolonging life.

Cordyceps sinensis: warm in nature and sweet in taste. In addition to tonifying the kidneys, it also has the functions of nourishing lung qi, relieving cough and asthma, and treating weakness. It is most suitable for people with long-term lung diseases, including tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary flaccidity, atelectasis, pleurisy, and even lung cancer, as well as those with yin deficiency and weak lungs who suffer from wheezing and coughing when moving. . It will be more beneficial if it can be taken together with Ziheche, yam, etc.

Astragalus: It is slightly warm in nature and sweet in taste. It is best for replenishing qi, especially for lung deficiency. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs govern the external appearance, and if lung qi is deficient, people will sweat spontaneously and be prone to colds. "Ben Jing Feng Yuan" believes that astragalus enters the lungs and consolidates superficial deficiency and spontaneous sweating. "Depei Materia Medica" also says: Astragalus is suitable for replenishing Qi on the surface of the skin. For those with weak lungs, it is quite suitable to drink the same medicine as red dates and boil water instead of tea.