Pears and sugar cane are health and medicinal fruits in this season. Chinese medicine believes that pear has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and reducing fire, nourishing blood to satisfy hunger, moistening lung and removing dryness, and is most suitable for patients with fever in winter and spring. It is especially suitable for cough due to lung heat, wind-heat in children, dry throat and sore throat, and dry stool. Pears also have the functions of lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat and calming the nerves.
Sugarcane has the function of nourishing and clearing away heat, and is rich in nutrition. As a refreshing tonic, it has certain curative effect on hypoglycemia, dry stool, dysuria, nausea and vomiting, cough due to deficiency heat, high fever and polydipsia. People who are overworked or dizzy from hunger will refresh themselves as long as they eat two sugar cane. However, because pears and sugar cane are cold, they are not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and stomachache.
In addition, fruits suitable for autumn and winter include apples, bananas, oranges and hawthorn.