"Dry" is the characteristic of autumn climate. Autumn dryness consumes body fluid, which first enters the lungs through the nose and mouth. If not solved in time, there will be dry mouth and thirst, loss of appetite, less urine and constipation, weight loss, dry skin and so on. Therefore, autumn health preservation should mainly start with nourishing, moistening and tonifying the lungs.
Auricularia auricula and tremella can nourish the lungs. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the five internal organs belong to the lungs in autumn, so it is generally appropriate for people with normal constitution to replenish the lungs in autumn. The so-called flat supplement can choose auricularia auricula, tremella, ginkgo, peanuts, almonds, apricots, figs, papaya, ebony and so on.
Sugarcane and pear clear lung and moisten dryness. Chinese medicine believes that people with autumn dryness syndrome can dispel the depression in the lungs by eating spicy food. The food for clearing away lung heat and moistening dryness can be loquat, pear, sugarcane, water chestnut, orange, radish, bamboo shoots, loofah, Chinese cabbage, laver and duck eggs.
Sugarcane has the function of nourishing and clearing away heat, and is rich in nutrition. As a refreshing tonic, it has certain curative effect on dry stool, nausea and vomiting, cough due to deficiency-heat and so on. Pear has the functions of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and reducing fire, nourishing blood and promoting granulation, moistening lung and removing dryness, and is most suitable for people with internal heat. It is especially suitable for cough due to lung heat, wind-heat in children and dry stool.
However, because pears and sugar cane are cold, people with spleen and stomach deficiency and stomachache should not eat them.
Lily and coix seed tonify lung qi. In addition, people with deficiency of both lung qi and yin should supplement qi and yin or both. Lily, coix seed, yam and honey can all be used to replenish lung qi. When the symptoms of lung yin deficiency appear, you can use walnuts, Euryales, lean meat, eggs, milk and other foods to nourish lung yin. If gastric juice and liver and kidney yin are injured, sesame, Sydney, lotus root juice, milk, hemp seed, sea cucumber and chicken can be used to nourish stomach yin and liver and kidney yin respectively.
Euryale ferox is a good tonic for autumn, which is "tonic but not astringent" and "anti-dryness and not greasy". It can be used alone or fried. Raw Euryale ferox is mainly based on tonifying kidney and astringent essence, while fried Euryale ferox is mainly based on invigorating spleen and appetizing. In autumn, Gordon Euryale is used as tonic, and the simplest way is to make Gordon Euryale paste: stir-fry Gordon Euryale1000g and grind it into powder, and take 50-100g powder, and take it with boiled water when taking it. You can add sesame seeds, peanuts and walnuts as you like.
It is not advisable to take excessive tonic in autumn. Although autumn is a good season to nourish the body, it should be supplemented moderately. Generally speaking, it is not suitable for eating foods that are too spicy and greasy, fried and baked, and nourishing things such as velvet antler, bullwhip and red ginseng. For those who are hot and dry, you should avoid using bitter and cold foods and avoid being too spicy, so as not to hurt the body fluid or cold pathogens to invade the lungs and aggravate lung deficiency.