What food should I eat for health in late autumn?
Nourishing lung in late autumn
After beginning of autumn, Yang declined and Yin rose, and nature began to change from growth to collection. According to the principle of four seasons, yin qi is nourished in autumn and winter. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the lungs correspond to autumn, and autumn is dry, and qi dryness hurts the lungs. Lung-qi deficiency reduces the body's tolerance to bad stimuli and is prone to diseases, because it needs to moisten dryness, nourish yin and moisten the lungs.
According to the theory of Five Elements Prosperity, the liver, heart, spleen and stomach are in a weak stage at this time, while the lung function is in a vigorous stage after beginning of autumn. According to the principle of harmonizing yin and yang and balancing the body, it is necessary to strengthen the aftercare of these organs, so that the lung qi will not be too biased and affect the health.
What should I eat in late autumn?
After beginning of autumn, we should eat more sour food, less spicy food to help liver qi, and eat more foods that calm the liver and moisten the lungs, such as lily, lotus root, potato, radish, fungus, yam, lentil, medlar, tremella, pork, duck, chicken, rabbit, peanut, eel, crucian carp, yellow croaker, grapefruit, pear and apple. Autumn is a season suitable for tonic, but we should choose products that are "dry and not greasy", such as pumpkin, lotus seeds, longan, black sesame, red dates and walnuts. Eat less spicy products such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks and peppers. Avoid eating more fruits and vegetables to avoid hurting the spleen and stomach.
Eating nuts in late autumn to prevent malaria
Malaria is a common infectious disease among children in summer and autumn, also known as cold and fever. It is an infectious disease spread by plasmodium through mosquito bites, and its symptoms are chills and high fever. The best way to prevent malaria is to kill mosquitoes and prevent mosquito bites. Scientists have found that an amino acid called arginine can help children avoid malaria. The lack of arginine is closely related to the lack of nitric oxide in human body, which can help human body resist the attack of plasmodium. The researchers also found that nuts are rich in arginine. After beginning of autumn, children eat more nuts, which can improve their anti-malaria ability.
Stewed lotus root with pig spine in late autumn diet
This dish has the functions of tonifying kidney and marrow, calcium, brain and body, and is suitable for beginning of autumn season.
Ingredients: 1 pork spine, lotus root 250g, salt, onion, ginger slices, yellow wine and monosodium glutamate.
Production: Wash and chop the pig spine, blanch it in a boiling water pot and take it out. Remove the joints and epidermis of lotus root, wash and slice, put pig spine into a pot and add appropriate amount of water. Bring to a boil with high fire, skim the froth, add refined salt, yellow wine, onion and ginger slices, then stew with low fire until the meat is separated from the bone, remove the bone, remove the meat and poke out the spinal cord. Stew spinal cord and lotus root slices in soup, remove onion and ginger, and add monosodium glutamate.