As the saying goes, "eat persimmons in the first frost, and you won't catch a cold in winter." Persimmons usually ripen around the first frost. At this time, the persimmon is thin and fresh, delicious and has high nutritional value. Medically, persimmon is sweet, astringent and cold, and belongs to lung meridian. Has the effects of clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, moistening lung, resolving phlegm, softening hard mass, quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, invigorating spleen, treating dysentery and stopping bleeding. Persimmons are full of treasures. Persimmon stem, persimmon cream and persimmon leaves can all be used as medicine.

The first frost season is a good time for tonic. People can eat more mutton and rabbit meat. They can choose to eat foods with the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, dispersing lung qi and relieving cough according to their physical conditions, such as yam, Sydney, cucumber, red beans, tremella, lily, grapes, almonds, radishes, honey and lotus seeds. Eat more sour and less spicy to achieve the effects of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, tonifying kidney and lung, nourishing yin and strengthening spleen.