Health maintenance in four seasons

In early autumn, you should adjust your diet well

Qian Wei

In early autumn, the air is still sultry and hot, and the changes in yang energy in nature have also changed from " The "long" state turns to the "close" state. Therefore, it is advisable to increase saltiness and reduce pungency in autumn diet to support qi and muscles to nourish the spleen and stomach. The principle of health preservation is to eat less spicy food such as ginger, onions, and peppers, and eat more sour and salty food.

In terms of mental recuperation, you should restrain your spirit, be calm, and avoid depression and anger to adapt to the clear climate characteristics of autumn.

For daily maintenance, it is advisable to go to bed early and get up early. When you get up early, relax your limbs in bed, close your eyes, and rest your mind for a while before getting up to avoid sleeping in the cold. In addition, after the beginning of autumn, you can gradually increase the amount of exercise, but it is not suitable for high-intensity exercise. Excessive sweating should be avoided. At the same time, you can also choose health exercises such as "Ming Tiangu".

Barley nourishes qi and liver yin. It is advisable to eat more foods that can strengthen the spleen, kidneys, liver, relieve heat and promote body fluids, such as barley, day lily, cauliflower, broccoli, bitter melon, peach, pineapple, and grapes. wait.

To clear away heat and relieve heat, it is advisable to eat more foods that can relieve summer heat, promote body fluids, and nourish qi and liver, such as winter melon, tomatoes, pineapples, bananas, straw mushrooms, kudzu, duck, bracken, etc.

Corn silk can remove dampness and strengthen the spleen. It is advisable to eat foods that can replenish qi, relieve heat, promote fluid production, clear away heat and remove dampness, such as winter melon, duck meat, shepherd's purse, wild rice, bitter gourd, kage, lotus root, corn, peach, Mung beans etc.

American ginseng and water chestnuts promote body fluids and moisturize dryness. Foods suitable for promoting body fluids and moisturizing dryness, replenishing qi, nourishing yin and relieving summer heat, such as loofah, lily, coix seed, carrots, water chestnuts, tomatoes, gourds and melons.

Pumpkins and cucumbers clear away heat and remove dampness. Eat more foods that nourish qi, nourish the liver, clear away heat and remove dampness, such as pumpkins, cucumbers, cowpeas, broccoli, cabbage, duck meat, black beans, etc.

The climate changes drastically between summer and autumn. If you don’t pay more attention, it is likely to cause the recurrence of old diseases or induce new diseases. Therefore, active measures should be taken to prevent diseases.

Prevent respiratory diseases. Elderly people with respiratory diseases should pay more attention, because the respiratory system defense ability of the elderly is inherently weak, and changes in temperature can easily lead to the recurrence of chronic bronchitis. Various allergens also begin to increase in autumn, so people with allergies should avoid contact with allergens.

Autumn is also the season with high incidence of gastrointestinal diseases, and diarrhea may occur if you are not careful. As the climate turns cooler, people's appetite increases, which increases the burden on gastrointestinal function and can also lead to recurrence of stomach problems.

Pay attention to dietary hygiene, eat smaller meals more often, at regular intervals, quit smoking and alcohol to enhance gastrointestinal adaptability. Do not overeat. Overly sweet and greasy foods can cause acute gastroenteritis and gallbladder disease. inflammation, pancreatitis and other diseases. Overeating and avoid taking too long to defecate. Eat more foods rich in dietary fiber. Once you have hemorrhoids, you should receive treatment as soon as possible.