Beginning of autumn is especially important to farmers' friends. There is an agricultural proverb that says, "Harvest autumn when it thunders" and "Farmers don't work hard when the sun is shining in early autumn". This means that if you hear thunder at the beginning of autumn, the crops in winter will fail; If the weather is good in early autumn, we can live in good weather, and we can wait for a bumper harvest without the worries of drought and flood. In addition, there are "everything is harvested in July and lost in June", "the north wind before autumn and the autumn rain after autumn; After autumn, the north wind dried the bottom of the river. In other words, during the beginning of autumn season in July of the lunar calendar, people expect a bumper harvest of grain. If autumn begins in June of the lunar calendar, if the grain is not ripe, you will apologize. The north wind blows in front of beginning of autumn, and it will rain after beginning of autumn. If the north wind blows behind beginning of autumn, it may be dry this winter.
In the feudal society of China, there was also the custom of welcoming autumn in beginning of autumn. On this day, the feudal emperor personally led the civil and military officials to set up an altar in the suburbs to welcome autumn. At this time, it is also the season when the officers and men began to train and prepare for war. This explains why beginning of autumn is so important.
Beginning of autumn is the beginning of autumn. "Guanzi" records: "Autumn begins in the shade, so everything is harvested." In autumn health care, Su Wen's theory of four seasons' spirits points out: "The man of four seasons' yin and yang is the root of all things, so saints raise yang in spring and summer and yin in autumn and winter to follow their roots, so they rise and fall with all things at the door of growth. If you go against its roots, you will break its roots and destroy its truth. " This is the purpose of the ancients to adjust the four seasons, warning people to understand the natural laws of Tibet in spring, summer, autumn and winter in order to adapt to the four seasons. In order to achieve the purpose of prolonging life, we must conform to it and follow it. The change of the whole nature is a gradual process. The climate in beginning of autumn is a transitional solar term from hot to cool, and it is also a period when the yang is gradually closing, the yin is gradually growing, and the yang is gradually becoming cloudy. It is also a season when everything is ripe and harvested, and it is also a long transition period for the metabolism of yin and yang in the human body. Therefore, keeping in good health in autumn, all spiritual feelings, diet, daily life and exercise are based on the principle of nourishing and harvesting. Specifically, in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the five elements of things (wood, fire, earth, gold and water) are classified and summarized: for example, the five tones of nature (horn, sign, palace, business and feather); Five flavors (sour, bitter, sweet, spicy and salty); Five colors (green, red, yellow, white and black); Five modernizations (birth, growth, culture, hiding and hiding); Five qi (wind, summer heat, dampness, dryness and cold); Five sides (east, south, middle, west and north); Five seasons (long spring and summer, long summer, autumn and winter). Five internal organs of human body (liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney); Six fu organs (gallbladder, small intestine, stomach, large intestine, bladder, triple energizer); Five senses (eyes, tongue, mouth, nose, ears); Five shapes (tendons, veins, meat, hair, bones); Five emotions (anger, joy, thinking, sadness, fear); Five tones (shouting, laughing, singing, crying, moaning). It can be seen that autumn belongs to the lungs, and the lungs are sad (worried), and sorrow is easy to hurt the lungs. Lung-qi deficiency can reduce the body's tolerance to bad stimuli and easily lead to sadness and anxiety. Therefore, in self-care, we must not deviate from the laws of nature and follow the outline of the ancients, "make the mind calm, slow down the punishment in autumn, converge the air, and make autumn calm;" Without ambition, the lungs are clear, and this autumn gas should be the way to raise and collect. "
First, mental conditioning: achieve inner peace, mental peace, ease of mind, and avoid sadness. Even if you encounter sad things, you should take the initiative to resolve them to avoid cold air, and at the same time, you should converge to adapt to the calm air in autumn.
Second, the daily life is nursed back to health: beginning of autumn season is the time when the sky is crisp, so we should start to "lie down early and get up early, and have fun with chickens" in order to conform to the convergence of yang, get up early to stretch lung qi and prevent excessive convergence. Beginning of autumn is the season of early autumn, and the heat is not over. Although there is a cool breeze, the weather is changeable. Even in the same area, there will be a situation of "four seasons in one day and different days in ten miles". Therefore, it is not advisable to wear too many clothes, otherwise it will affect the body's ability to adapt to the cold climate and it is easy to catch a cold.
Third, diet nursed back to health; Su Wen on the Method of Dirty Qi says: "The lung governs autumn ... the lung converges, and when eating acid, it is harvested urgently, supplemented with acid, and diarrhea". It can be seen that sour taste converges lung qi, while pungent taste diverges and clears lung. It should be harvested in autumn. Try to eat less irritating products such as onions and ginger, and eat more sour fruits and vegetables. In autumn, lung gold is smooth, but lung gold is too abundant, which hinders liver wood. Therefore, it is said in synopsis of the golden chamber that "you don't eat lungs in autumn" that dry air in autumn is in season, which is easy to hurt body fluids, so diet should nourish yin and moisten lungs. "Diet to Start" says: "Autumn is dry, so you should eat hemp to moisten it, but not drink cold". There are even people who advocate eating raw porridge in autumn to nourish yin and moisten dryness. In short, you can eat some soft foods such as sesame, glutinous rice, japonica rice, honey, loquat, pineapple and dairy products in autumn, which will benefit your stomach and promote fluid production.
4. Exercise and recuperation: Entering autumn is a good opportunity for all kinds of exercises. Everyone can choose different sports according to their own specific situation. Here, I will introduce you to an autumn health exercise, that is, the "autumn breathing fitness method" in the Taoist Zang Zhouyu Classic. The specific method is: after washing in the morning, sit quietly indoors with your eyes closed, knock your teeth 36 times first, then stir with your tongue in your mouth until the liquid is in your mouth. When inhaling, lick the upper jaw with your tongue and inhale through your nose in order to send it to Tian Dan. Exhale slowly from your mouth. When you exhale, you should say the word silently, but don't make any noise. Repeat 30 times. Adhering to this work in autumn has the effect of protecting the lungs and strengthening the body.
The beginning of autumn recipes:
Raw porridge:
[Formula] 25g of Radix Rehmanniae, 75g of rice and a little sugar.
[Practice] Rehmannia glutinosa (fresh) is washed and chopped, and boiled with appropriate amount of clear water for about 30 minutes, then the decoction is decanted and decocted again, and the two decoctions are combined and concentrated to 100 ml for later use. Wash and cook rice porridge, add the juice of Radix Rehmanniae while it is hot, stir well and add some sugar to taste.
【 Efficacy 】 Nourishing yin and benefiting stomach, cooling blood and promoting fluid production. We can also cook for patients with tuberculosis and diabetes.
Polygonatum simmer elbow:
[Formula] 9 grams of Polygonatum sibiricum, 9 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 5 jujubes, 750 grams of pork elbow, 0/5 grams of ginger/kloc-,and appropriate amount of onion.
[Practice] Slice Polygonatum sibiricum, cut Codonopsis pilosula into short sections, wrap them in gauze bags and tie them up; Wash jujube for later use. Scrape the pig's elbow clean, blanch it in a boiling pot, and take it out for later use. Wash ginger and onion and pat well for later use.
Put the above food into a casserole, inject a proper amount of water, boil it with strong fire, skim off all floating foam, continue to simmer with slow fire until the juice is thick, take out the medicine bag, and put the elbow, soup and jujube into the bowl at the same time.
[Efficacy] Strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs. Suitable for patients with spleen and stomach weakness, improper diet, cough due to lung deficiency, and weakness after illness.
Multicolored honey beads:
[Ingredients] Apple 1, pear 1, half pineapple, Myrica rubra 10, water chestnut 10, lemon 1, and appropriate amount of sugar.
[Practice] Wash and peel apples, pears and pineapples, dig them into round beads with a round bead spoon, wash and peel water chestnuts, and wash bayberry for later use. Add sugar to 50 ml of clear water, put it in a pot and heat it to dissolve. After cooling, add lemon juice, put five kinds of fruits into a favorite pattern, and pour sugar juice on the fruits when eating.
【 Efficacy 】 Promoting fluid production to quench thirst, harmonizing stomach and promoting digestion.
Pepper fish:
[Ingredients] 1 Yellow croaker, coriander, onion, ginger, pepper, yellow wine, sesame oil, monosodium glutamate, fresh soup, white vinegar, salt and vegetable oil.
[Practice] Wash the yellow croaker and cut it into flower knife patterns for later use. Wash onion and ginger and shred. Heat the oil pan, fry the fish on both sides of the pan until they turn yellow, and take out and drain the oil; Put a little oil in the pot, heat it, stir-fry the pepper and shredded ginger in the pot, then add fresh soup, wine, salt and fish, cook until the fish is cooked, scoop it up and put it in a deep dish, sprinkle with shredded onion and shredded coriander; Boil the soup in the pot, add white vinegar, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil, stir well, and pour into the fish dish.
【 Efficacy 】 Spleen is used to stimulate appetite and fill lean qi.