Chinese medicine believes that dry and itchy throat and poor breathing are closely related to lung moistening and loss of body fluid. You can eat more loquat, honey and other foods that help nourish yin and moisten dryness, promote fluid production and moisten the lungs, or you can eat "white food" with the effects of moistening the lungs and nourishing yin, moistening dryness and relieving cough.

People can go without food and water for seven days, but if they don't breathe, they can only last for a few minutes at most. The lung is the most important organ that controls our breathing and sustains life. Something wrong with such an important organ will pose a great threat to life.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, Huang Zhongyu, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Wan Fang Hospital, explained that to get rid of the humid and sultry weather in summer, autumn in Taiwan Province is easy to appear in the form of hot and dry, and dry air in autumn hurts the lungs the most. According to the concept of five zang-organs health preservation in traditional Chinese medicine, the lung belongs to yin in the five elements, so this is the best time to nourish the lung.

Autumn dryness hurts the lungs and supplements nourishing food.

Many people question why dry weather is easy to hurt the lungs, because most people think that dry weather is easy to lose skin, mucosa and water, but why does it affect the lungs? Huang Zhongyu said that "autumn dryness hurts the lungs" has an allusion, because autumn qi is connected with the lungs, and the lungs are just a fragile organ, which is vulnerable to external evils.

The lung is the first line of defense for the human body to contact the outside air. If attacked by external evils, it will consume people's body fluids and produce symptoms such as dry mouth, dry lips, dry nose, dry skin and sensitivity. Therefore, in addition to drinking more water, we should pay special attention to supplement moist food, and avoid spicy, fried and other substances, so as to avoid dryness and evil.

White food for tonifying lung in autumn nourishes yin and benefits qi.

The "lung" in the five internal organs just corresponds to the "white" in the five colors. It is generally believed that eating more white food can prevent and alleviate the lung injury caused by autumn dryness. But what Huang Zhongyu said is not entirely right, because not all white foods can moisten the lungs, and some white foods are cold, such as cabbage and pears, which are not suitable for people with cold constitution.

Therefore, when tonifying the lungs in autumn, white food should choose foods that can resolve phlegm, nourish yin and invigorate qi, such as loquat, honey, lotus seeds, lily, almond, lotus root and white sesame seeds. What are the benefits of these lung-moistening foods, and what taboos need special attention?

1. Loquat

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, loquat can nourish the five internal organs, nourish the heart and lungs, and the fruit has the effects of resolving phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, clearing away heat and invigorating the stomach.

Huang Zhongyu said that loquat is mainly used for initial cough and hot cough, but it is not suitable for chronic cough. Therefore, when choosing a cough diet, you should consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner so as not to affect the curative effect.

Taboo: loquat is cold and should not be eaten more or taken for a long time. ※.

2.almonds

There are many kinds of almonds. The almonds here are Chinese medicine almonds, not American almonds. The American almond that most people often eat is almond kernel, which actually has no taste and value of almond.

Huang Zhongyu said that almonds are sweet and bitter. Sweet almond is often used in dietotherapy and has cough relieving effect. However, bitter almond is used as medicine, and its toxicity is slightly higher than that of ordinary sweet almond, but it can be reduced after cooking. It is suggested that they can be stewed with water pears and fungus, which is very effective for severe cough in autumn and winter.

3.tremella fuciformis

Tremella is known as "the elixir of life" and "the king of bacteria". Sweet and light in taste, slightly cold in nature. Entering the lung, stomach and kidney meridians has the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening lung, invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation, nourishing yin and stomach, strengthening brain and strengthening heart.

Huang Zhongyu said that tremella has the effect of nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, especially when cooked with lily. Tremella fuciformis is not only suitable for cough caused by lung heat, but also has the function of moistening intestine, such as moistening intestinal mucosa, and can also be used for people with constipation and stomach heat.

Taboo: Tremella is cold. People who are afraid of cold, cough and watery sputum should avoid eating tremella. ※.

4.pierce

Pear has been known as the "Sect of Hundred Fruits" since ancient times. According to the Code of Traditional Chinese Medicine, pears have the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm and reducing fire, especially when autumn dryness attacks people, causing symptoms such as thirst, constipation and dry cough, or symptoms such as polydipsia, cough and yellow phlegm caused by excessive internal heat. You can eat more pears.

However, Huang Zhongyu reminded that pears are cold fruits after all, so people with weak body, cold hands and feet, bad menstrual period, or long-term colds and coughs should not eat pears raw. It is recommended to steam, make soup or stew first. The practice is to hollow out the interior of the pear and put in a pot of Fritillaria and rock sugar. Cook or steam it, cool it slightly and add honey.

Taboo: People with poor gastrointestinal function and people with long-term diarrhea should not eat more pears to avoid aggravating diarrhea. ※.

5. honey

Honey has the effect of moistening intestines and lungs. In China Pharmacopoeia, loquat cream and other lung-moistening dietotherapy, almost all honey preparations are used. Huang Zhongyu mentioned that many diseases related to respiratory tract will lead to gastrointestinal problems because the lungs and large intestine are from the outside to the inside; On the contrary, gastrointestinal problems can also lead to respiratory diseases, and honey can not only moisten the respiratory tract, but also help defecation, and is regarded as the best healthy food.

Taboo: Because honey is too sweet, it will produce phlegm. Therefore, patients with excessive phlegm should not eat more, people with cold or hot cough should not eat, and infants should not eat. ※.

6. Lotus root

Lotus root enters the lung, heart and spleen meridians, and cooked lotus root is sweet, warm and nontoxic. Huang Zhongyu said that eating cooked lotus root can nourish the heart and blood, strengthen the stomach and spleen, nourish and strengthen, while lotus root soup has the functions of diuresis, clearing heat and moistening the lungs. It is worth mentioning that lotus root is effective for nosebleeds, cough and bleeding caused by dry weather because of its function of clearing heat and cooling blood. But also can strengthen the spleen to stop diarrhea, stimulate appetite and promote digestion, and is especially suitable for children.

Recommend a chestnut lotus root soup. Boil peeled lotus root pieces and washed raw chestnuts in water at the same time, and then cook for half an hour on medium heat. After cooling slightly, add some salt to taste. Usually, you can also use lean pork or pig bones, lotus roots, and appropriate mung beans to make soup.

Taboo: Because lotus root is cold, pregnant women or people with poor gastrointestinal function and easy diarrhea should not eat more. ※.

7.lily

Lily is slightly cold, enters the heart and lung meridian, and can clear lung and detoxify. It is an indispensable dietotherapy holy product for tonifying lung in autumn, and is often used in Chinese herbal medicine to moisten lung, relieve cough, calm heart and soothe nerves.

Huang Zhongyu said that it is especially effective for people with chronic cough, especially dry cough, because lily contains mucus, which can moisten the lungs and has the effect of clearing heat.

Recommend fried asparagus with lily. Prepare 1 chopped asparagus, 1 fresh lily, a little oil and salt. Blanch asparagus, then stir-fry with lily, and finally add some salt to taste. This is a dietotherapy method of clearing away lung heat and detoxifying.

8. Lotus seeds

Lotus seeds have the effects of clearing away heart fire, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, nourishing heart, calming nerves and improving eyesight, invigorating middle warmer and benefiting qi, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach, stopping diarrhea, fixing essence and nourishing vitality. It is a common nourishing product at home.

Huang Zhongyu also said that lotus seeds not only nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, but also have a good effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough. Especially with tremella and red dates, it can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, and it is cheap. It is recommended to stew in autumn and winter, which can not only maintain the cardiovascular system, but also prevent the invasion of autumn dryness.