1. Pay attention to prevent excessive heat energy. Autumn diet, we should pay attention to the right amount, do not indulge appetite, eat and drink.
2. Chinese medicine says that "hemp should be eaten to moisten dryness". First of all, we should eat less pungent and spicy foods, such as peppers and peppers, and eat more fruits and vegetables, such as wax gourd, radish, zucchini, eggplant, green leafy vegetables, apples and bananas. In addition, avoid the accumulation of various damp and hot gases. So it is recommended to eat some spicy food, such as celery.
From summer to autumn, the temperature drops. In order to adapt to this change, the physiological metabolism of the human body has also changed. If the diet is too cold, it will cause indigestion and prone to various digestive tract diseases. Therefore, there is a proposition that "autumn should be warm" in diet, that is to say, we should avoid eating raw and cold food in autumn and eat more warm food.
4. Seaweed is rich in protein, cellulose, vitamins and minerals. Seaweed is rich in soluble cellophane acid, which can protect human body from radiation damage.
5. Autumn pear is a good autumn fruit, which has a good effect of relieving cough and moistening dryness.
6. Autumn dryness mainly depends on prevention. First of all, it is advisable to drink more water, porridge and soybean milk, and eat more foods such as radish, lotus root, water chestnut and pear, which moisten the lungs and promote fluid production, nourish yin and clear dryness. Pear, in particular, has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and reducing fire, moistening lung and removing dryness, and is very suitable for people with internal heat, cough due to lung heat, dry throat and sore throat, and dry stool.
7. Try to eat less or not to eat hot and dry products such as peppers, onions, ginger, garlic and peppers in autumn, and eat less fried and greasy foods to prevent the symptoms of autumn dryness from getting worse.
8. Autumn diet should be based on nourishing yin and moistening lung. Autumn dryness is easy to hurt the lungs. You can eat some soft foods such as sesame, honey, lily, almond, dairy products, etc., which is beneficial to the stomach and body fluid, and is good for health. At the same time, you can eat more sour fruits and vegetables, and put them away when they are sour.
9. In early autumn, the temperature is still relatively high and dry, and the tonic should be mainly "clear". Suitable foods for autumn are:
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 in early autumn can relieve summer heat, relieve summer heat, strengthen spleen and stomach, and stimulate appetite.
Lotus root: raw lotus root can clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst; Cooked lotus root can strengthen spleen, stimulate appetite and benefit blood. There is a saying that "lotus roots should be cooked in summer and autumn, raw food should be fresh and tender, and cooked food should be old and strong".
Monopterus albus: Eating Monopterus albus in autumn not only has a strong nourishing effect, but also has a certain regulating effect on human blood sugar. Can be used for barbecuing eel segments, stewing eel, frying eel shreds and eel 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.
Peanuts: When peanuts are ripe in late autumn, they should be ground with fresh peanuts to make soup or boiled, not 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.
Bitter gourd: Bitter gourd has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxicating, improving eyesight, benefiting qi and replenishing essence.
Lotus root: Lotus root is sweet in taste and flat in nature. It has the effects of diminishing inflammation, removing blood stasis, clearing away heat and dampness, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.
In addition, pears, water chestnuts, jellyfish, carrots, shepherd's purse, Pleurotus ostreatus, kelp, tomatoes and rabbit meat are also suitable for autumn consumption, while astragalus, ginseng, adenophora, medlar and Polygonum multiflorum are suitable for tonic.
10. Don't eat too many warm foods or drugs, such as mutton, dog meat, ginseng, velvet antler, cinnamon, etc., except those with yang deficiency. Otherwise, it is easy to aggravate autumn dryness.