The first frost is one of the twenty-four solar terms, which starts on1October 23rd or1October 24th in the solar calendar every year and the sun reaches longitude 2 10 degrees. At this time, the weather is getting colder, and first frost begins. "Twenty-four solar terms" records: "In mid-September, the gas is cold and condensed, and the dew is like frost." During the first frost, the southern part of China entered the busy season of autumn harvest and autumn planting, while the first frost generally appeared in the Yellow River basin. People often say that "the first frost is frost-free, and there will be famine in the coming year". In Yunnan, where China's ethnic minorities live in compact communities, there is even a saying that "there is no frost at first, and there is no chaff on the head". From this, we can easily see that people have summed up the influence of climate on life in long-term labor practice, and how people should adapt their organic whole to the changes of different seasons in nature, so as to maintain the dynamic balance between man and nature.
From the perspective of TCM health preservation, this dynamic balance has two points. First, it refers to the balance of normal physiological functions between various parts of the body itself; Second, it refers to the relative balance between body function and natural material exchange process. Coordination and balance is one of the important theories of TCM health preservation. According to China's ancient theory of five elements, all substances in the world are produced by the movement of five basic substances: wood, fire, earth, gold and water. There is a "biological restraint" relationship between these five substances, which maintains the ecological balance of nature and the coordinated balance of human physiology.
The first frost is the season of late autumn, the five elements belong to gold, the five seasons (spring, summer, long summer, autumn and winter) belong to autumn, and the five internal organs (liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney) belong to lung. According to the point of view of TCM health preservation, it is necessary to supplement in four seasons (spring supplement, summer supplement, long summer supplement and autumn supplement).
Autumn is a season of easy cough, and it is also a period of easy recurrence or aggravation of chronic bronchitis.
Here are some fruit, dried fruit, vegetables and table recipes suitable for autumn:
pear
Nature and taste: cool, sweet, slightly sour, entering the lung and stomach meridians.
Efficacy: promoting fluid production and moistening dryness, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm.
If you eat pears when you are thirsty, it will give you a cool and dry feeling. Eating pears after drinking is sweet and fragrant, indicating that chalcedony is delicious and the smell of wine will disappear.
apple
Tropism of nature and taste: cool in nature and sweet in taste.
Efficacy: promoting fluid production and moistening lung, promoting digestion and quenching thirst.
The effect on apples was recorded as early as the Tang Dynasty's synopsis of the golden chamber. Westerners often say that "an apple in the eclipse keeps the doctor away", and there is also a proverb in China's apple producing areas that "an apple after a meal makes the old compete for the young".
Chinese olive
Tropism of nature and taste: flat in nature and sweet in taste.
Efficacy: clear lung, relieve sore throat, quench thirst and detoxify.
"Seeking Truth from Materia Medica": "Olive, lung and stomach are also the home of fruit, and its performance is to quench thirst, so it should be chewed after drinking. People are tired of taking the liver and son of puffer fish, so they drink this boiled juice.
Ginkgo tree
Tropism of nature and taste: flat in nature and bitter in taste. Into the lung and kidney meridian.
Efficacy: astringe lung qi, relieve asthma and cough, reduce stool and stop turbidity.
Ginkgo garden is shaped like a duck's paw, so it is called duck's foot. Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty, once said: "Duck feet were born in the south of the Yangtze River, and their names are floating in reality. Because of tribute, Ginkgo biloba is expensive in Zhongzhou. " Sentence. Ginkgo tree is also called Gongsun tree because it grows slowly. "When the male tree is planted, the grandson gets food.".
onion
Tropism of nature and taste: warm in nature and pungent in taste. Enter the lung meridian.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm. Reduce blood fat and blood sugar.
Onion, as a diuretic and expectorant, is widely circulated among the people and is also an indispensable high-grade seasoning base in western food.
In recent years, medical research has found that onion contains a substance that lowers blood sugar-methylsulfonylurea, which is beneficial to diabetics if eaten regularly.
Mustard (mustard)
Tropism of nature and taste: warm in nature and pungent in taste. Return to lung meridian and large intestine meridian.
Efficacy: dispersing lung and resolving phlegm, warming stomach and dispelling cold.
For acute and chronic tracheitis with excessive cold phlegm, cough with white sticky phlegm, chest tightness and diaphragm, it is suitable for eating.
Ginkgo radish porridge
Ingredients: 6 ginkgo, white radish100g, glutinous rice100g and sugar 50g.
Practice: Wash and shred the radish and blanch it with hot water for later use. Wash gingko first and cook it with glutinous rice. After the rice blooms, pour in the sugar and simmer for 10 minutes. Add shredded radish and you can eat.
Efficacy: tonifying kidney and moistening lung, relieving cough and asthma.