Lily: It has the functions of nourishing lung and moistening lung, clearing away heart fire and calming nerves, eliminating fatigue, moistening dryness and relieving cough.
Yam: it is characterized by tonic without stagnation, neither hot nor dry, and is suitable for men, women and children.
White lentils: Cooking porridge or soup with white lentils can relieve summer heat and dampness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and increase appetite.
Lotus root: raw lotus root can clear away heat and promote fluid production to quench thirst, while cooked lotus root can strengthen the spleen to stimulate appetite and benefit blood. Therefore, there is a saying that "lotus root is born in summer and ripe in autumn, raw food is fresh and tender, and cooked food is old and strong".
Monopterus albus: Eating Monopterus albus in autumn not only nourishes the body, but also has a certain regulating effect on human blood sugar. You can cut into pieces, stew, shred and cook porridge.
Chestnut: It has the functions of strengthening spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and strengthening bones.
Walnut: It can tonify kidney, solidify essence, warm lung and relieve asthma, invigorate qi and nourish blood, moisten dryness and intestines.
Peanut: When the peanuts are ripe in late autumn, they should be cooked with fresh flowers or ground into soup or decocted in water, and should not be fried.
Jujube: Eating jujube in autumn is a tonic food for nourishing yin and moistening dryness, benefiting lung and invigorating qi. If it can be stewed with tremella, lily and yam, the effect will be better.
In addition, pears, water chestnuts, carrots, shepherd's purse, Pleurotus ostreatus, kelp, tomatoes and rabbit meat are also suitable for autumn consumption, while astragalus, ginseng, Adenophora adenophora and citric acid are suitable for tonic.
What to eat for autumn tonic?
Chinese medicine believes that taking mild tonic after autumn can lay a solid foundation for the arrival of winter, what food to eat to tonify the kidney and regulate the function of viscera, so as to adapt to the harsh climate of severe winter, thus achieving the purpose of fitness and disease prevention.
In autumn, "tonic" can choose mild tonic, such as yam, jujube, lotus seed, longan, walnut, Gordon Euryale seed, auricularia auricula, lily and almond. It has the functions of invigorating qi and blood, strengthening spleen and tonifying kidney.
Eat lotus root in autumn to moisten lung and replenish blood.
Lotus root belongs to Nymphaeaceae, and there are two varieties: seven-hole lotus root and nine-hole lotus root. Lotus root is warm and rich in tannic acid, which has the function of convergence and contraction of blood vessels. Eating fresh lotus root raw or juicing is an auxiliary treatment for patients with hemoptysis and hematuria. Lotus root is also rich in dietary fiber, which is very beneficial to treat constipation and promote the discharge of harmful substances.
Fresh lotus root is washed, shredded, squeezed with gauze and boiled in water, which is a good drink for cooling blood, enriching blood, invigorating spleen and appetizing. Lotus root juice has the effect of moistening lung and calming nerves. It is best for children to drink lotus root juice in the exam, morning and evening100 ml; Adding some salt to lotus root juice is effective for eye congestion; 10 raw lotus root slices can be decocted in water to treat hemoptysis; Adding100g sugar to 500g raw lotus root juice with skin mashed to make juice, and taking it with boiled water at any time, has a good effect on treating bleeding of gastric ulcer.
In addition, lotus root can be eaten raw or mixed with condiments to make it crisp and refreshing. Or cut it into shreds and fry it with shredded green pepper and shredded pork. It's delicious. It can also be cut into pieces and cooked with ribs, which is delicious.
Medicinal diet for moistening lung and relieving cough
50g of fresh lily, 50g of millet100g, 50g of rock sugar. When the millet is cooked to maturity, add lily and crystal sugar to cook until it is mature, and eat it at lunch and dinner, which has a therapeutic effect on lung dryness and cough.
Honey lily soup 10g lily, with 25g honey. Wash the lily and put it in a bowl. Add honey and water 100g. After the water in the pot is boiled, put it in a steamer for 50 minutes and take it out. It has the effect of moistening lung and relieving cough.
Sydney Fritillaria Soup 2 Sydney with Fritillaria 4 grams, rock sugar 75 grams. Peel and core Sydney, cut it into small pieces, put it in a big bowl, add Fritillaria cirrhosa, crystal sugar and clear water 150g, after the clear water in the pot boils, put it in a steamer and steam it 1 hr, then take it out and warm it to moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and clear away heat and phlegm.
Honey has a good lung moistening effect.
Honey's function of moistening lung and relieving cough has always been respected by famous Chinese medicine practitioners. Many syrups for moistening lung and relieving cough are mixed with honey to tonify kidney. According to the folk prescription, patients with lung heat and cough can take sweet pears, peel them and cut them into thin slices, and eat them with honey several times a day, which will have certain effects.
Folk remedies for treating tuberculosis with honey and milk or animal fat have been circulating among the people, and have achieved certain results. It should be pointed out that this effect is not due to the special and direct anti-tuberculosis effect of honey, but that after taking honey, the cough symptoms of tuberculosis patients can be significantly reduced, hemoglobin is increased, erythrocyte sedimentation rate is slowed down, human immunity and resistance are enhanced, and tuberculosis symptoms are improved. Honey is used to treat respiratory discomfort, rhinitis and other symptoms, and the effect is good. Patients with rhinitis put 10% honey into water solution, put it into respirator, and make it enter respiratory tract after atomization. The dryness of the posterior pharyngeal wall disappeared, the mucosa became moist, purulent secretions stopped, and respiratory diseases such as cough and rhinitis were alleviated.
Lung-moistening food should be eaten according to symptoms.
To prevent SARS, besides paying attention to daily hygiene, diet is also very important. The following are the official dietary suggestions according to experts' tips-(1) On weekdays, we should strengthen nutrition and eat more green foods rich in various nutrients, such as peppers, carrots, pumpkins, tomatoes, onions and hawthorn. , preferably more than three. The multivitamins and carotene contained in these foods can prevent colds.
(2) It is best to drink 1 ~ 2 cups of milk or 1 cup of yogurt or 1 bowl of chicken soup, and eat 200 ~ 250g of meat, fish and eggs with a little oil every day to obtain balanced nutrition, improve immunity and enhance disease resistance.
(3) Drink plenty of water or green tea, which will accumulate in the throat and be washed away by germs, because green tea contains a slight disinfectant.
(4) Healthy people had better absorb vitamins by eating fruits and vegetables. At present, tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, oranges and so on. In the market, the sales volume is very large, and they all contain a lot of vitamins. Eat more fruits that are rich in vitamin C and helpful to the lungs and throat, preferably two or more, such as carambola, pear and horseshoe.
(5) It is necessary to distribute the diet reasonably, eat as lightly as possible, and enhance the body's immunity through the nutrient intake of diversified diets every day. Eat less spicy, greasy and sweet products, and don't blindly take Chinese patent medicines for tonifying kidney such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach due to bitter cold.
(6) Runfei food should be eaten according to symptoms. Chinese yam, white radish, lily, mung bean, water chestnut, etc. They are all good lung-moistening foods, but you should know the efficacy of the food when eating. Yam is suitable for people with loose stools; White radish is suitable for people with excessive phlegm and cough; Lily can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and cooking porridge and boiling water is better. Mung beans are suitable for people with strong internal fire; Water chestnut can clear away heat and produce fluid, which can be eaten raw or boiled in water. At the same time, due to the great differences in individual qualities, it is necessary to "choose the right food" according to individual conditions when taking it, so as to avoid spicy and salty food.