The last volt, also known as the "autumn tiger", is the last volt of the three volts. The "fierce" autumn tiger tastes worse than summer, with continuous high temperature, damp heat and steaming.
The so-called "burning in July and steaming in August", a major feature of the weather at the end of the day is that it is cool in the morning and evening, but the sunshine is still fierce during the day, especially at noon.
Tang Liang, deputy chief physician of Chinese Medicine Department of Nansha Hospital of Guangzhou First People's Hospital, suggested that you can try to eat Ophiopogon japonicus, nourish yin and clear away heat, and stop autumn tigers.
Ophiopogon tuber
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet in taste, slightly bitter in nature and slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening lung, benefiting stomach and promoting fluid production, and clearing heart fire and relieving annoyance. Mainly used for lung dryness and dry cough, cough due to yin deficiency, throat obstruction, sore throat, thirst caused by body fluid, thirst quenching due to internal heat, vexation and insomnia, and constipation due to intestinal dryness. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica lists it as the top grade of nourishing yin and moistening lung, saying that it is "wise and comfortable after long service, not old but not hungry".
Modern pharmacological research shows that Ophiopogon japonicus mainly contains Ophiopogon japonicus saponins, steroidal saponins, alkaloids, sitosterol, glucose, amino acids, vitamins and so on. It can improve myocardial contractility, protect myocardial cells, and achieve the effect of "pulse generation" or "pulse recovery" to a certain extent. In addition, Ophiopogon japonicus has sedative, hypnotic, anti-myocardial ischemia, anti-arrhythmia and anti-tumor effects, especially for improving the health of the elderly.
Common medicinal materials and medicinal diet of Ophiopogon japonicus
Mulberry, rehmannia and Ophiopogon japonicus
Efficacy: nourishing yin, clearing away lung-heat, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, suitable for dry mouth, alcoholism, dry stool and other symptoms.
Ophiopogon japonicus with honeysuckle, licorice, platycodon grandiflorum, dark plum, butterfly and boat-fruited Sterculia.
Efficacy: Indications: hoarseness, sore throat, dry cough and hot annoyance, acute and chronic pharyngitis.
Ophiopogon japonicus, Codonopsis pilosula and Schisandra chinensis
Efficacy: Yiqi Jinsheng; It is suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and yin, and can effectively relieve symptoms such as shortness of breath, palpitation and dry mouth.
Precautions:
1, Ophiopogon japonicus should not be eaten in excess, which will lead to spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea.
2, Ophiopogon japonicus nourishing yin and moistening dryness, long-term consumption can produce phlegm and dampness, not suitable for those with heavy moisture.
3, not suitable for people with exogenous diseases and phlegm.
Braised tofu with Ophiopogon japonicus
Ingredients: 20g Ophiopogon japonicus, 2 pieces of tofu, and proper amount of cooking wine, salt, ginger, onion and vegetable oil.
Practice: soak Ophiopogon japonicus in clear water overnight, hammer it flat, remove the heart and wash it; Wash tofu, cut into 2 cm square dices, slice ginger and cut onion. Heat a wok with high fire, add vegetable oil, until it is half cooked, add ginger and onion and stir-fry until fragrant, then add Ophiopogon japonicus, cooking wine, tofu and salt.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and clearing away heat, diuresis, losing weight and lowering blood pressure.
Xuanmai Ganju Drink
Materials: Scrophularia 10g, Ophiopogon japonicus 10, Platycodon grandiflorum 10, 3 licorice roots, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: the above boiled water is used as tea.
Efficacy: nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening lung and relieving sore throat. Suitable for acute and chronic pharyngitis, thirst quenching, etc.
Shenmai pork soup
Ingredients: 20 g of American ginseng, 0/5 g of Ophiopogon japonicus/kloc-,200 g of trotters tendon, and 3 slices of ginger.
Practice: Wash the materials, add 2500 ml of water and cook for 2 hours.
Efficacy: clearing away heat and benefiting qi, moistening lung and promoting fluid production. Suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and yin.
The difference between Ophiopogon japonicus and asparagus
Ophiopogon japonicus and asparagus have similarities and differences. Tang Liang said that the medicinal parts of both are tuberous roots and spindle-shaped. Flexible, translucent, with longitudinal wrinkles. They are all yin-tonifying drugs, and their efficacy and indications are basically the same, nourishing yin and promoting fluid production.
The difference is that, first of all, in appearance, asparagus is the root of climbing herb asparagus, and Ophiopogon japonicus is the root of herb Ophiopogon japonicus. Asparagus root is spindle-shaped or cylindrical; Ophiopogon japonicus is a little shorter and its ends are a little sharp.
In terms of medicinal properties, asparagus is bitter and colder than Ophiopogon japonicus, but it is stronger than Ophiopogon japonicus in nourishing lung and stomach yin. For those who cough and expectoration, it can also relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and can also enter the kidney meridian to replenish kidney yin and reduce kidney fire, which can treat the symptoms of kidney yin deficiency and yin deficiency and excessive fire; Ophiopogon japonicus is slightly bitter and cold. Although it is weak in nourishing stomach yin and clearing stomach heat, it is less greasy than asparagus. It can also enter the heart meridian to replenish the heart yin, clear the heart and soothe the nerves, and can be used to treat the symptoms of heart yin deficiency and excessive heart fire.
Pay attention to six diseases in one day.
Chinese medicine believes that a bad mood will affect the operation of qi and blood. Therefore, the late stage of depression is also a high incidence of many diseases. In this 10 day, everyone must pay attention to prevention.
1, cardiovascular diseases
At the end of the day, the weather is sultry, the human body is prone to sweat a lot, and the loss of water in the body leads to the increase of blood viscosity, which is prone to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as thrombosis, myocardial infarction and stroke.
Moreover, in high temperature environment, human sympathetic nerve is excited, heart rate is accelerated, coronary artery is easy to contract, and the risk of coronary heart disease is relatively increased.
2. Pneumonia
Many people think that respiratory diseases are prone to occur in winter, but according to statistics, in this sultry weather, the incidence of respiratory diseases such as pneumonia is much higher than the annual average.
This is mainly because the last days are at the turn of summer and autumn, and hot and rainy weather is easy to make people's immunity low.
In addition, people use fans, air conditioners and so on. Cooling for a long time, and the large temperature difference between indoor and outdoor will also cause poor adaptability of the body, thus inducing respiratory infections, pneumonia and other diseases. Especially the elderly, who are in poor health, should be especially careful at this time.
3, enteritis
In the end, the human body's own resistance and adaptability to climate will decline, and its digestive function will also weaken; At the same time, sultry weather is suitable for bacterial reproduction, so in the last days, digestive diseases such as diarrhea and enteritis often occur.
4. The wind is dry and cold
From summer to autumn, the hot and humid weather gradually becomes dry, and wind dryness and colds are high.
Wind-dryness and cold are the first symptoms after beginning of autumn. Besides the symptoms of the common cold (headache, stuffy nose, sore throat, etc. ), another very big feature is "dryness", which is usually manifested as dry throat, dry cough and no phlegm.
5, autumn prickly heat
At the end of the day, the weather gradually turns cold, and the temperature is lower in the morning and evening, but the temperature is still high during the day, and the summer heat has not completely faded. Excessive sweating, unreasonable clothing increase and other factors will lead to "autumn fever rash."
6, facial paralysis
Autumn wind is also called "evil wind". If it is blown too much during this period, the pathogenic wind-cold will easily invade the face, which will often lead to facial nerve paralysis, and in severe cases, the eyes will be crooked. So I suggest you blow less cool air in the final stage.
Eat six kinds of food for health.
1 duck meat
In beginning of autumn and late autumn, eating meat not only makes people feel a little greasy, but also easily gets angry. Therefore, meat should be the first choice for cold dishes or flat meat. As the saying goes, "eat ducks in summer." This is because duck meat is cool, which has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, nourishing yin and stomach, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling.
2. Cucumber
At the end of summer, damp heat is still strong, which will lead to the opening of pores and increased perspiration after invading the human body, thus causing problems such as qi deficiency, spleen and stomach dysfunction and indigestion. At this time, eat some cool vegetables properly, promote fluid production to quench thirst, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, detoxify and relieve constipation.
Cucumber is a representative of cool vegetables with high water content, which belongs to high potassium and low sodium food, and can effectively supplement the water and inorganic salts lost by the human body.
3. Auricularia auricula
The iron content of auricularia auricula is five times that of pig liver, which can effectively prevent and treat iron deficiency anemia and has the effects of nourishing blood, caring skin and blackening hair.
Eating black fungus often at the end of the day is good for cooling blood and stimulating appetite. Moreover, auricularia auricula is rich in cellulose, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and reduce fat absorption.
4. Carp
Carp is rich in high-quality protein, minerals and vitamins, which are easily digested and absorbed by human body, so it is suitable for children, pregnant women, the elderly and other people.
The last stage is when carp gain weight. Carp tastes the best at this time. After eating, it also helps to dispel dampness, stimulate appetite, induce diuresis and reduce swelling.
5. Lotus root
"Lotus is a treasure, and autumn lotus root is the most nourishing." Autumn season is the time when fresh lotus roots meet the market. Eating some lotus roots can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and clear the heart and soothe the nerves. For the elderly, lotus root is a good ingredient to nourish the spleen and stomach. In addition, lotus root is also a health food for people with hypertension, liver disease, anorexia, iron deficiency anemia and malnutrition.
6.celery
In the season of alternating summer and autumn, the temperature difference is large, it is cool in the morning and evening, and hot at noon. For the elderly with sensitive constitution, it is difficult for the body to adapt to this change immediately, which directly affects the endocrine and nervous system and leads to a decline in sleep quality. Celery has the functions of lowering blood pressure, cholesterol and calming the nerves. Eating celery in moderation for the elderly can soothe the nerves and help sleep.