Reason for being on the list: There has long been a folk saying that "Lotus is the treasure, and Hà Thu is the best supplement".

Autumn is the season when fresh lotus roots are on the market. At this time, the weather is dry. Eating some lotus roots can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and clear the heart and soothe the nerves. At the same time, lotus root is warm and has the effect of contracting blood vessels. Eating more can moisten the lungs and nourish blood. Lotus root has undoubtedly become a "home cooking" nowadays.

Fresh lotus root not only contains a lot of carbohydrates, but also is rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, and is also rich in dietary fiber, which is very beneficial for treating constipation and promoting the discharge of harmful substances.

The best way to eat: seven-hole lotus root has high starch content, less water, waxy but not brittle, and is suitable for soup; Nine-hole lotus root has high water content, crisp and juicy, and is most suitable for cold salad or stir-frying.

Best match: black and white fungus. With tremella can nourish lung yin, with auricularia can nourish kidney yin.

The first nut: peanuts

Reason for listing: There is a bumper harvest in autumn. Among them, the most Starlight Glimmer peanut is known as "longevity fruit". Eating peanuts often will help. Peanut kernel contains about 26% of protein, twice as much as wheat, and is easily absorbed and utilized by human body. It contains 40% fat, of which unsaturated fatty acids account for more than 80%. The nutritional value of peanuts is higher than that of cereals, and it can be compared with some animal foods such as eggs, milk and meat.

Chinese medicine believes that peanuts are flat and sweet, and enter the spleen and lungs. Has the effects of invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, moistening lung, eliminating phlegm, nourishing and regulating qi, clearing throat and relieving cough. Indications: malnutrition, anorexia, asthenia, dry cough, scanty sputum, hemoptysis, purple skin, puerperal lactation, and dry stool.

Best way to eat: Fresh peanuts are best cooked with shells. Cooked peanuts are not only easy to digest and absorb, but also can make full use of the medical and health care functions of peanut shells and inner red clothes. Peanut red coat can inhibit the dissolution of fibrin, promote platelet regeneration, strengthen the contraction function of capillaries, and can treat thrombocytopenia and prevent and treat hemorrhagic diseases. Peanut shells can lower blood pressure and regulate cholesterol. According to ancient records, peanuts are boiled with salt water, which supplements the middle coke and nourishes the lungs.

Best match: red dates. Using red dates can strengthen the spleen, replenish blood and stop bleeding. It has certain curative effect on anemia due to spleen deficiency, especially for women.

The first supplement: yam

Reason for being on the list: tonic is talked about every season, but the methods of tonic are different, such as warming in spring, clearing in summer and moistening in autumn. The best tonic food in autumn is yam, which not only has the reputation of "god of food", but also has the effect of "eating medicine".

Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to digestion and absorption of spleen and stomach; Yam contains a lot of mucins, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on the blood vessel wall, prevent cardiovascular diseases and prolong life. Chinese medicine also believes that eating yam in autumn has the effects of invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing kidney and essence, benefiting lung and relieving cough.

The best way to eat: steaming, making soup and cooking. Steamed food has the least nutritional loss.

Best match: Lycium barbarum. If you don't eat yam alone, you can cook medlar yam porridge with medlar, which can better play a nourishing role.

The first drink: yellow wine

Reason for listing: "Chrysanthemum blossoms, drink yellow wine". Yellow rice wine is a national specialty in China and one of the oldest liquors in the world. It is a comprehensive beverage wine, containing 18 amino acids, which is rare in the world nutritional wine. Yellow rice wine also contains high functional oligosaccharides, which can improve immunity and disease resistance, which is incomparable to wine and beer.

The functional foundation of yellow rice wine is profound. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yellow rice wine is hot and bitter, and has therapeutic effects such as dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, warming spleen and stomach, moistening skin and eliminating dampness.

The best drinking method: warm yellow rice wine, warm stomach and drive away cold. The traditional drinking method of yellow rice wine is to put it in hot water or heat it away from the fire, and it is better to drink it at 35℃-45℃. In the blanching process of yellow rice wine, a very small amount of organic compounds harmful to human health will evaporate with the increase of temperature, thus reducing the harm to the body.

Best match: ebony. In autumn, paying attention to diet is mainly based on "harvest", and matching with dark plum is just in line with the concept of "harvest". Dark plum has the functions of nourishing yin and promoting fluid production, moistening lung and protecting liver.

The first porridge: lily porridge

Reason for listing: In autumn, due to the dry climate and lack of water in the air, people often have dry nose and mouth, thirst, dry skin and even dry lungs and cough. Lily has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, clearing heart and calming nerves, and has become the top grade for autumn consumption.

Lily tastes sweet and bitter, and its sex is flat. It is rich in nutrients, including protein, vitamins, carotene and some special effective components, such as starch, polysaccharide, pectin and various alkaloids, which has a certain effect on inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells.

The best way to eat: cook porridge. There are many ways to eat lily, which can be eaten as a dish, such as celery fried lily and lily fried beef, which can be called delicious food; You can also cook porridge, such as lily porridge made of lily glutinous rice, and put a little rock sugar on it, which is not only delicious, but also can soothe the nerves and help sleep; You can also make soup with lily, lotus seeds and red dates, which can nourish and soothe the nerves.

Best match: almonds. Almonds have the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, clearing heart and calming nerves. Lily porridge is suitable for patients who are weak and have dry cough after illness.

The first fruit: pear

Reason for listing: Pear is called "natural mineral water" because it is fresh and juicy, contains 85% water, is sweet and sour, and is rich in vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and iodine. It has been known as "the Sect of Hundred Fruits" since ancient times.

In autumn, the air is dry and there is little water. If you can insist on eating a certain amount of pears every day, you can relieve autumn dryness, promote fluid production and moisten the lungs.

The chilling degree of different kinds of pears is not exactly the same. For example, the Tianjin Yali pear, Lixiang pear and Gongli pear, which we often eat, are almost cold, while the thick-skinned sand pear and imported pear are even colder.

Best way to eat: Different ways to eat pears can produce different effects, and the effects of eating raw pears and cooked pears are also different. Eating raw pears can obviously relieve symptoms such as dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, constipation and red urine in patients with upper respiratory tract infection; Boiled or steamed pears, such as steamed pears with rock sugar, can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, and have preventive and therapeutic effects on gout, rheumatism and arthritis, and are also good for cough and sore throat caused by lung heat.

Best match: honey. Pear toffee, which is famous at home and abroad, is made of pears and honey and has obvious curative effect on patients with chronic cough due to lung heat.