While we are glad that we don't have to sweat all day, we are faced with another kind of trouble: dry mouth, dry nose and itchy throat.

Yes, "autumn dryness" is coming! Be sure to pay attention to moisturizing in autumn! So what do you eat in autumn? The first promotional item of health care-pear.

Pear, also known as fast fruit, is cultivated in most areas of China. Harvest the fruit from August to September every year when it is ripe. It can be eaten raw or sliced and dried. It tastes sweet, slightly sour and cool, and its small body hides five magical effects:

Moisten lung and clear dryness.

In autumn, people tend to feel dry and evil, such as cough and dry mouth.

Pear is sweet, slightly sour and cool, and has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, moistening lung, clearing heat and resolving phlegm. Drinking one or two glasses of pear juice every day can relieve dryness.

Promote digestion

Pear is rich in dietary fiber and is the best "cleaner" for gastrointestinal tract. Drinking a glass of pear juice after a meal can eliminate a lot of harmful substances accumulated in the body and avoid constipation.

At the same time, eating pears can also promote appetite, help digestion, have diuretic, laxative and antipyretic effects, and can be used to supplement water and nutrition during high fever.

Nourishing yin and clearing heat

Pear has the effects of lowering blood pressure, nourishing yin and clearing heat, and is suitable for patients with hypertension, heart disease, hepatitis and liver cirrhosis.

Protect the liver

Pear contains more sugar and vitamins, which has a certain protective effect on the liver and is especially suitable for drinkers.

Prevention of gout

Pears help the kidneys excrete uric acid and prevent gout, rheumatism and arthritis.

There are many varieties on the market, such as Yali pear, Gongli pear and Lixiang pear, which one is most beneficial to human health?

A pear growing in Hebei Province

Chinese medicine believes that Yali pear can "moisten the lungs and cool the heart, reduce phlegm and reduce fire, relieve sore poison and alcohol poison, and is suitable for bronchitis, cough, polydipsia and constipation".

The famous Shanghai "pear paste candy" is made from Hebei Yali pear, which is a traditional medicine for moistening lung and relieving cough, promoting fluid production and resolving phlegm.

Gong Li

Gong pear is tender in meat and sweet in juice, which is a good product to relieve boredom and hangover.

bergamot pear

There is a saying in Xinjiang that "grapes in Turpan, melons in Hami and fragrant pears in Korla have no residue".

Among all pears, only Korla pear is divided into male pear and female pear. Those with calyx are male pears like beards, and those without calyx are female pears. In contrast, the mother pear tastes better.

pear

Red crisp pear is cultivated. The female parent is Korla fragrant pear and the male parent is Yali pear. Crispy pear skin color is yellow-green, sunny side is bright red, white flesh, dense and delicate flesh, rich juice and rich fragrance.

chinese pear

Pears are cool, which can cure heat, clear away heat and detoxify. There is a saying in Guangdong that eating pears is not hot, which is the best description of the nature of pears.

Tip: 4 ways to choose pears.

First, the pear skin is thin;

Second, the pear has a deep navel, a large range and distinct concave and convex levels;

Third, the pear shape is regular, round and full;

Fourth, the surface is smooth, delicate and spot-free, and the color is even.

Although pears are fruits, people with cold nature and weak spleen and stomach may have diarrhea after eating them. If you want to eat, you'd better steam the pears or stew them before eating.

Practice: 2 Sydney, washed, peeled, peeled, sliced, appropriate amount of rock sugar, and one piece of aged tangerine peel, put them into the pot together, boil with strong fire, simmer 15 minutes, and pour out to drink.

Efficacy: moistening lung and relieving cough.

Practice: Wash and chop pears, take juice to remove residues, put them in a casserole with white rice and rock sugar, and add water to cook porridge.

Efficacy: This porridge can improve the baby's immunity, and also has the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, clearing away heat and relieving cough. Can be used for preventing and treating infantile thirst, vexation, wind-heat cough and other symptoms. Suitable for babies over 7 months old.

Tip: The pears used to make Sydney cream, stewed rock sugar and other drugs are mainly Yali pears.

Pears are cold, but different kinds of pears have different degrees of cold.

According to the research, Yali pear, Lixiang pear and Gongli pear are relatively large, and their coolness is almost the same. In contrast, rough-skinned pears and imported pears are colder, namely:

In addition, people who cough due to deficiency and cold should not eat pears raw.

If these people really want to eat, they must steam pears on water or stew them before eating. Women and children suffering from stomach cold, diarrhea or postpartum acne should not eat pears.

Healthy people should not eat more at once. A pear a day is more suitable. As for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, who often have abdominal pain, and patients with blood deficiency, don't like pears, otherwise it will easily hurt the spleen and stomach.