Taro: Autumn is the season when taro is on the market. At this time, taro is not only delicious, but also nutritious. It is a delicious food suitable for the season. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that taro has the effects of replenishing qi, appetizing, promoting body fluids, reducing inflammation and relieving pain. Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty liked to eat "jade glutinous rice soup" made from taro, and wrote a poem praising it as "the fragrance is like ambergris and still white, and the taste is like milk and is clearer." Lu You's poem "Closed House" says: "Simmering taro with dead leaves in the earth furnace at night "Bamboo fields and cold springs are used to irrigate vegetables in the morning", praising the unique flavor of taro. There are many ways to make taro across the country, such as Jiangnan’s traditional dessert of sweet-scented osmanthus and taro, which is sweet and fragrant. Taro is rich in starch, protein and other ingredients, and contains lactosan. It has a soft and smooth texture, is easy to digest, and has a stomachic effect. It is especially suitable for patients with weak spleen and stomach, intestinal diseases, and patients who are in the recovery period.

Yam: Chinese yam is also called "Yam" in Chinese medicine. Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty wrote a poem: "To satisfy hunger, there are many yam", which shows that in ancient times, people not only used it to treat diseases, but also used it to satisfy hunger. Medical books say that yam has a sweet and mild taste and returns to the spleen, lung and kidney meridian. It has the effects of nourishing the body, aiding digestion, replenishing lung qi, and nourishing lung yin. Therefore, it is the best therapeutic gift given to us in autumn. Because yam is non-toxic and tastes good, people can grind it into powder and mix it with honey water, stew it in soup, fry it, or cook it, and they can eat it in any way.

Sweet potatoes: In late autumn, sweet potatoes are the sweetest. This sweet potato root piece dug out of the ground has always been a favorite food. It is rich in pectin, cellulose, amino acids, etc. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it nourishes deficiency, strengthens the spleen, appetizers, and nourishes kidney yin. The main reason for eating sweet potatoes in autumn is that they can produce body fluids and quench thirst, cure fever and thirst, and have a good effect on alleviating autumn dryness. Not only the roots, but also sweet potato leaves are also a good autumn vegetable. They have a sweet and slightly sour taste and are very suitable for autumn dishes. Sweet potatoes can be steamed or boiled, and the potato leaves can be stir-fried or served cold.

Lotus root: Lotus root, it is really impossible to associate it with the mud in the pond. Throughout the summer, it lurks in the mud pond. In autumn, it is ripe, carrying the coldness of the mud all summer long, white and plump, and rushes to enrich the autumn harvest. Lotus root has spirituality, and there are differences between raw and cooked. When raw, it has a sweet and cool taste, clears away heat, promotes body fluids and stops bleeding; when cooked, it replenishes the five internal organs. "Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica" says that women should not eat raw or cold food after childbirth, but lotus root is an exception because it has the effect of promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, and eating raw food after childbirth is beneficial. If a man eats lotus root or uses it as a tonic, he needs to mix lotus root powder with boiling water or steam it and mix it with honey. These are both simple and easy methods.

In addition, there are so many fruits in autumn that it is difficult to count. Apples, grapes, pears, oranges, pomelo, and pomelo are all good seasonal fruits. Grapefruit is called "natural canned food". It is cool in nature and sweet and sour in nature, and has the effect of relieving gastric stagnation and moisturizing. Apple is sweet in nature and flavor and rich in nutrients. It is known as "living water" and can nourish the spleen and stomach yin. It is a good choice for autumn A very good health-preserving fruit; grapes are flat in nature and sweet in taste. Purple grapes contain a large amount of anthocyanins, which have very good antioxidant effects and can nourish the liver and kidneys; especially pears, although they do not last as long as grapefruits and apples, they are It is sweet and cold in nature and has a particularly good effect of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and moistening dryness. Steamed and eaten with honey, it can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, especially suitable for consumption in autumn.