After beginning of autumn, everything changed from prosperity to decline, and the four seasons entered the second half of the year. At this time, many changes have taken place in the rules of health preservation. There is a folk saying called "gain weight after autumn", which means to eat more and eat more nutrition after autumn to make your body fat. Of course, "pasting autumn fat" is not to let everyone eat indiscriminately, but to "paste" from many aspects such as nourishing yin and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and nourishing yin, and tonifying qi and blood.
"At the same time as' posting autumn fat', we should pay more attention to moistening the lungs." Xie, director of the acupuncture department of the Third People's Hospital of Gansu Province, said that Chinese medicine believes that the lung belongs to gold and the land belongs to gold in autumn, so the lung governs autumn and the effect of nourishing the lung in autumn is also the best. "In the view of western medicine, the respiratory system is an open organ, and the temperature difference in autumn is large because it is cold in the morning and evening. Dry and cold air can easily invade and damage mucous membranes, leading to respiratory diseases. If autumn dryness hurts the lungs, it is easy to get lung diseases when winter comes, so it makes sense to raise lungs in autumn. "
Who is suitable for "sticking to autumn fat"
As the saying goes, "after the summer, there is no disease and three points are empty." Because the human body has experienced a long hot summer, it often eats cold things, and then the spleen is trapped by heat and dampness, and the function of the spleen and stomach is weakened. Entering autumn is the best time to restore and adjust the functions of human organs, which can make the body store more energy for the winter.
Who is suitable for "sticking autumn fertilizer"? Xie said that most people need proper tonic in autumn, but Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and classification, which varies from person to person and depends on the specific situation. Not everyone can make up for it. Generally, three types of people need to "paste autumn fertilizer". Lighter people are usually accompanied by poor health and immunity, and the risk of various diseases will increase, which is suitable for autumn tonic; People with weak constitution lose a lot in hot summer, and in autumn, the weather is cool and their appetite is greatly increased, which is a good time to supplement nutrition; The frail old people need to replenish their energy in winter in autumn.
"Sticking autumn fertilizer" needs to be treated differently.
On the issue of how to "paste autumn fat", Xie believes that Chinese medicine can be divided into three types: qi deficiency, blood deficiency, yin deficiency and yang deficiency, and different people "paste autumn fat" differently.
For example, people with qi deficiency have mental fatigue, low voice, easy sweating, pale tongue with white fur and weak pulse. "This kind of people can choose qi-invigorating ingredients to cook porridge, such as millet, glutinous rice, naked oats, pumpkin and yam. When cooking porridge, add appropriate amount of Astragalus, Atractylodes macrocephala and Codonopsis pilosula, which has the effect of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi."
However, those with blood deficiency have sallow complexion, pale labial nail, dizziness, palpitation, forgetfulness, insomnia, numbness of hands and feet, pale tongue and weak pulse. They can eat animal liver, lean meat and fish, add appropriate amount of astragalus and angelica when stewing meat, and choose kiwi, apple and sugarcane as fruits. Conditional, you can eat Ejiao.
Symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, nervous fever, dry mouth and throat, dry cough with little phlegm, red eyes and red tongue with little fur are yin deficiency. For this group of people, we should eat more black beans, black rice, black fungus, sea cucumber and so on. If the economic conditions are good, you can eat Cordyceps sinensis. In the choice of fruit, it is recommended to choose pear, which is sweet and delicious, fresh and juicy, and has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and relieving cough. Eating raw, squeezing juice, stewing or boiling cream have good effects on cough caused by yin deficiency and lung heat.
People with yang deficiency often have pale face, tepid limbs, impotence and premature ejaculation, loss of appetite, thin stool, pale and tender tongue and thready pulse. This kind of people are suitable for tonic with angelica mutton soup.
Laughter can nourish the lungs.
"Sticking autumn fertilizer" in autumn is health preservation, but more attention should be paid to nourishing the lungs. "Keep in good health in autumn, raise lungs first", a pair of good lungs can supply enough oxygen for the body, make the life motivation more sufficient, and the body's self-healing ability is stronger. "However, the lungs are extremely fragile to the external environment, and they are afraid of cold, heat, dryness, sadness, smog, harmful gases and blocked stools ..." Xie said that the lungs are the most delicate organs of the human body, and many infectious diseases start from invading the lungs. The best lung-replenishing season in a year is autumn, and the best lung-replenishing time in a day is 7-9 am. At this time, aerobic exercise such as jogging can strengthen lung function.
When nourishing the lungs, it is best to let the lungs not have "qi". People often say that "anger explodes the lungs", which means that the lungs can't bear anger, and laughter is the cheapest way to moisten the lungs. "Laughter can dilate our lungs and increase their gas capacity; When people laugh, they will unconsciously take a deep breath and inhale more oxygen, which is very helpful for the improvement of every cell in the body, especially the improvement of lung function. " The happier you laugh, the bigger your lung capacity, the better.
Quit smoking and nourish the lungs. Old smokers should take care of their lungs, first of all, they should give up smoking; In addition to old smokers, the lungs of "second-hand smoke" smokers also need care. In daily cooking, steam, stew and cook more, fry and fry less, and eat less spicy food (such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks, peppers, etc. ) and fried food; It is best to dry the renovated new house for about half a year, or put more plants such as chlorophytum and activated carbon in the house to remove formaldehyde from the air. Always open the window for ventilation, take a deep breath in fresh air every morning and evening, remove pollutants from respiratory tract and lungs, and reduce lung damage.
Good physical exercise can also nourish the lungs. You can choose suitable exercise methods according to your personal preferences and physical differences, such as jogging, walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan, playing gateball and practicing Qigong.
Avoid the misunderstanding of "clearing lung" and "moistening lung"
It is worth mentioning that nourishing the lungs should also avoid the misunderstanding of "clearing the lungs" and "moistening the lungs". Xie said that many WeChat often forwarded the prescription of anti-fog and lung-clearing tea, which often contained several kinds of traditional Chinese medicines such as Siraitia grosvenorii, Lily, Desmodium styracifolium, Apocynum venetum and so on, but Siraitia grosvenorii was cold and prone to diarrhea. Lily is sweet and cold, not suitable for people with cold hands and feet, chills, fatigue and polyuria. Desmodium styracifolium is generally used for diuresis, but not for clearing lung heat, so it is not suitable for patients with lung disease. Apocynum venetum is mostly used to lower blood pressure, but it has no effect on clearing lung heat and has certain toxicity. It is not recommended for patients with hypertension to take it by themselves. Therefore, before taking these commonly used Chinese medicines for health care, you must consult a professional doctor to see if they are suitable for you. Others regard "moistening the lungs" as nourishing the lungs. When coughing, they will boil lily, tremella and Sydney soup to make up the lungs. The main function of this soup is to moisten the lungs, but it cannot fundamentally replenish and nourish the lungs. Xie said that nourishing and nourishing the lungs in autumn should vary from person to person, depending on personal symptoms, physique, age and other conditions, and should not be blindly followed.
Expert profile: Chief physician Xie, a famous old Chinese medicine practitioner in Gansu Province. At present, he is the executive director of the Evaluation and Promotion Committee of Chinese Medicine Appropriate Technology of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, the member of the Needle-Knife Medical Branch of the Chinese Medicine Society, the executive director of the Gansu Acupuncture Society, and the chairman of the professional committee of acupoint application of the provincial acupuncture society. He is good at clinical treatment of acupuncture and moxibustion and research on common diseases such as facial paralysis and stroke.