Yam: Yam, also known as "Yam" in Chinese medicine. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai wrote a poem: "Eat more yam to satisfy hunger", which shows that ancient people not only used it to cure diseases, but also used it to satisfy hunger. According to medical records, yam is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to spleen, lung and kidney meridians, which has the effects of nourishing the body, helping digestion, benefiting lung qi and nourishing lung yin. Therefore, it is the best dietary gift given to us in autumn. Because yam is non-toxic and tastes good, people grind it into powder, mix it with honey water, stew it, fry it, cook it, and eat everything.
Dried sweet potato: In late autumn, sweet potato is the sweetest. This sweet potato root dug out of the ground has always been a favorite food. It is rich in pectin, cellulose, amino acids and so on. Compendium of Materia Medica says that it can tonify deficiency, strengthen spleen and stimulate appetite, and tonify kidney and nourish yin. Eating sweet potatoes in autumn is mainly because it can also produce saliva to quench thirst, cure fever and thirst, and has a good relieving effect on autumn dryness. Not only roots, but also sweet potato leaves are good autumn vegetables. It tastes sweet and light, slightly sour, and is very suitable for autumn dishes. Sweet potatoes can be boiled, potatoes and Qing Ye can be fried or cold.
Lotus root: Lotus root, you really can't associate it with the mud in the pond. It lurks in the mud pond all summer. In autumn, it matures, with the cold and fat mud accumulated all summer to enrich the autumn harvest. Lotus root is spiritual, raw and cooked are different. Raw food tastes sweet and cool, clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and stopping bleeding, and cooked food is beneficial to the five internal organs. "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" says that women should not eat raw and cold after delivery, but lotus root is an exception, because it has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it is beneficial to eat raw food after delivery. If men eat lotus root, or use it for tonic, they need to eat lotus root powder with boiling water, or steam it with honey, which are simple and good methods.
Besides, there are too many fruits in autumn for people to come. Apples, grapes, pears, oranges, grapefruit and pestles are all good seasonal fruits. Grapefruit is called "natural canned food", which is cool and sweet, and has the effects of regulating stomach stagnation and moistening dryness; Apple is sweet and sour, rich in nutrition, known as "living water", can strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach yin, and is a good fruit for health in autumn; Grapes are sweet and sour, and purple grapes contain a lot of anthocyanins, which have very good antioxidant effect and can nourish liver and kidney. Pears, in particular, although not as long as grapefruit and apples, are sweet and cold, and have a particularly good effect of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production and moistening dryness. Steaming with honey can moisten the lungs and relieve cough, especially suitable for autumn consumption.