Chinese herbal medicine
1, Polygonatum odoratum
Polygonatum odoratum is sweet, slightly cold, flat in nature, enters the lung and stomach meridians, and has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Suitable for lung and stomach yin injury, hot cough, dry throat and thirst. Suitable for dry cough with little phlegm, or dry mouth and throat, nourishing yin and clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Polygonatum odoratum is often combined with Radix Adenophorae and Radix Ophiopogonis.
2. Tremella fuciformis
Tremella is called "the bird's nest of the poor". Although bird's nest is made, it is expensive, while tremella and bird's nest are similar in color, taste and efficacy, and cheap. Tremella fuciformis has the effects of consolidating semen, moistening intestine, benefiting stomach, invigorating qi, promoting blood circulation, strengthening heart, strengthening body, strengthening brain, refreshing mind, caring skin and prolonging life.
3. Ophiopogon japonicus
Ophiopogon japonicus is sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold. Heart, lung and stomach meridians. It can nourish yin, promote fluid production, moisten lung and clear heart. Commonly used for lung dryness and dry cough, fatigue and cough, body fluid injury and thirst, upset and insomnia, intestinal dryness and constipation. However, because Ophiopogon japonicus is slightly cold, it is not suitable for people with water dampness, cold dampness, phlegm turbidity and obvious qi deficiency caused by spleen deficiency.
4. Lotus seeds
Lotus seeds have a good nourishing effect. The ancients thought that it "enjoyed the rich fragrance, tasted the taste of crops and was also the fruit of the spleen". Eating in autumn has the effects of nourishing heart, calming nerves, invigorating spleen and kidney, stopping diarrhea and solidifying essence. Not only does it help to relieve insomnia, but for people who are prone to lung diseases such as cough and asthma, lotus seeds can also enhance immunity by tonifying the kidney and achieve the effect of moistening the lungs.
5. Euryale ferox
Euryale ferox has the functions of nourishing and strengthening, invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, stimulating appetite and quenching thirst, and tonifying kidney and replenishing essence. People with poor digestion and absorption can regulate the spleen and stomach after taking Euryale ferox, and then eat more tonics or indigestible tonics, so that people can adapt and have no harm to their health. People who sweat a lot and have loose bowels in hot weather often cook porridge with Gordon Euryale or brown sugar water, which has a good effect.
6.medlar
Lycium barbarum is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to liver and kidney meridians. Has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence, resisting aging, moistening lung, improving eyesight, strengthening tendons and bones, etc. Dry air, take proper amount of Lycium barbarum and wash it, and cook porridge with japonica rice, which has a good effect of nourishing yin and moistening dryness.
general knowledge of health care
1, we should pay attention to prevent excess calories. In autumn diet, we should pay attention to moderation, but we should not indulge our appetite and eat and drink.
2. Chinese medicine says that "hemp should be eaten to moisten dryness." First of all, we should eat less spicy and irritating foods, such as peppers and peppers, and eat more fruits and vegetables, such as melon, radish, zucchini, eggplant, green leafy vegetables, apples and bananas. In addition, avoid the accumulation of various damp and hot gases. So it is recommended to eat some spicy food, such as celery.
From summer to autumn, the temperature drops. In order to adapt to this change, the physiological metabolism of the human body has also changed. If the diet is too cold, it will cause indigestion and prone to various digestive tract diseases. Therefore, there is a proposition that "autumn should be warm" in diet, that is to say, we should avoid eating raw and cold food in autumn and eat more warm food.
What food is suitable for eating?
1, food for moistening dryness and calming nerves
The climate in autumn is dry. Although it is cool at night, the temperature is still high during the day. Therefore, according to the principle of "dryness is moistening dryness", nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, refreshing and calming the nerves are the main methods. You can choose sesame, honey, tremella, lily, dairy products and other foods with moisturizing effect.
Step 2: light food
Autumn is the most suitable tonic season for human body, which can reduce virus infection and prevent the recurrence of old diseases when winter comes. Autumn tonic should choose "anti-dry and not greasy" flat supplement. Foods with this function include water bamboo, pumpkin, lotus seeds, longan, black sesame, red dates, walnuts and so on.
3. Food for invigorating spleen and stomach
Suffering from the heat, there is a saying that people's spleen and stomach are generally weak at this time. Health care should pay attention to conditioning the spleen and stomach, eat more foods that clear heat, promote diuresis and strengthen the spleen, so that the accumulated damp heat in the body can be discharged, which is conducive to the recovery of spleen and stomach function. Foods for invigorating spleen and stomach include yam, lentils, chestnuts, jujube, beef, hawthorn and so on.