1, reasonable diet, preventing dryness and protecting yin, nourishing yang and moistening lung are the criteria.
The weather is crisp and dry in autumn, and the dry air in autumn is easy to hurt the lungs. Therefore, the autumn diet should be light, eat less fried things and eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. Vegetables should be Chinese cabbage, spinach, wax gourd, cucumber and tremella. Meat can be eaten from rabbits, ducks and herring. ; Eat more sour food, such as oranges and hawthorn. Drink plenty of water, eat carrots, lotus roots, bananas, pears, honey and other foods that moisten the lungs and promote fluid production, nourish yin and clear dryness; Try to eat less or not to eat hot and dry products such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, liquor, and fried and greasy things. Old people with weak constitution and weak spleen and stomach and patients with chronic diseases can mainly eat porridge in the morning, such as lily lotus seed porridge, tremella borneol porridge, black sesame porridge, etc., and eat more nourishing products such as red dates, lotus seeds, lilies, medlar, etc., so as to strengthen the body, get rid of diseases and prolong life, but they can't eat big fish and big meat, and melons and fruits can't overeat, so as not to hurt the stomach. In addition, we should pay special attention to clean diet, protect the spleen and stomach, eat more warm foods, and control cold foods and cold drinks to avoid diseases such as enteritis and dysentery.
2. Take an active part in physical exercise and keep healthy.
Autumn is the golden season for outdoor activities. In this season, the elderly must strengthen physical exercise, which is the most active method in autumn health care. Go to bed early and get up early in autumn and take an active part in physical exercise after getting up in the morning. You can choose mountain climbing, jogging, brisk walking, cold water bath and other exercise programs.
The dry climate in autumn and the large temperature difference between morning and evening are favorable conditions for the reproduction and spread of some bacteria and viruses. With the dry dust, some bacteria and viruses fly in the air, which often causes the spread of respiratory diseases, which is the high season of chronic bronchitis and asthma. Therefore, while participating in physical exercise, the elderly should strengthen their warmth and do a good job in prevention.
3. Stay optimistic and rest your mind.
Autumn is a good time for everything to mature; But autumn is also the season when everything gradually withers and presents a scene of decline. At this time, festivals are most likely to cause sadness such as decline and decadence in the hearts of the elderly. Therefore, we should pay attention to regulating emotions, learn to self-regulate, remain optimistic, maintain inner peace, and appropriately extend the night sleep time; You can often chat with others and family members, or go for a walk in the park, watch movies and TV properly, or plant flowers and raise fish, all of which are conducive to self-cultivation and cultivate sentiment.
4. Wear appropriate clothes and beware of catching cold.
The temperature drops gradually in autumn, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large; In this season, the elderly should not only pay attention to cold and warmth, but also not add clothes too early; In this season, as long as it is not too cold, we should try our best to keep our bodies cool, get exercise and have the ability to resist the cold. However, in the autumn season, the climate is changeable, so the elderly should adapt to the climate change, pay proper attention to keep warm, prevent colds and respiratory diseases, and change clothes in time according to the weather conditions, so as to prevent cold and keep warm, prevent diseases and protect health.
Autumn dryness hurts the lungs, so eat less irritating food: in autumn, the air is crisp, the air is dry and the humidity is low, and people are prone to symptoms such as dry throat and dry cough, which is caused by dryness and evil spirits hurting the lungs. At this time, you should eat less spicy food, such as onion, ginger, pepper, pepper, etc., to prevent pungent warming and heat, and aggravate the symptoms of lung dryness.
Lung dryness hurts liver and eats acid: from the five elements of traditional Chinese medicine, lung belongs to gold, liver belongs to wood, and Wang Jin can resist wood and damage liver wood. Therefore, we should eat sour food properly, because "acid entering the liver" can strengthen the liver and prevent lung qi from damaging the liver. Sour food can inhibit liver qi and protect the liver, but it should not be overdone. Because many acidic foods, such as vinegar and ebony, will irritate the stomach and easily get diseases such as gastric ulcer and gastritis, which is not good for the health.
Autumn melons spoil the stomach and eat less cold: many people have this feeling. Eating fruit in autumn will spoil your stomach if you are not careful, which is related to the climate in autumn. It's cold in autumn, the temperature drops, and the spleen and stomach are yang-deficient. Eating more fruits and vegetables with yin and cold will naturally make things worse, leading to insufficient yang and diarrhea and abdominal pain. So don't eat too cold food in autumn, protect the stomach and lungs.
Drinking water in moderation is the most important thing: drink more water in summer and dry season in autumn. Proper drinking water is an indispensable maintenance measure for moistening and preventing dryness in autumn. A small amount of water should be drunk frequently, not binge drinking. Drinking a lot of water at a time will increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract and cause discomfort. Only a small amount of slow drinking can make the mouth, nose, pharynx, larynx, esophagus and even trachea get more moisture.
Nourishing yin and benefiting qi is the key: for middle-aged and elderly people, the most important thing in autumn is nourishing yin and benefiting qi. Nourishing yin can prevent lung dryness, benefiting qi can warm lung qi and encourage Yang Qi, so we should eat more yam, lily, tremella, pig's trotters, lotus seeds, lotus roots, pears, medlar and other foods in autumn to spend the autumn.