Autumn is the most suitable season for tonic, because autumn is most conducive to conditioning vitality, getting rid of the old and replacing the new, and nourishing a little, you can get the effect of getting rid of illness and prolonging life. If middle-aged and elderly people are prone to chronic heart and lung diseases in winter, it is better to lay a good nutritional foundation in autumn, enhance internal resilience, reduce virus infection in winter, and prevent the recurrence of old diseases. In autumn, you should choose flat foods that are "nourishing but not astringent, dry and not greasy", such as lotus seeds, longan, red dates, walnuts, black sesame seeds, pumpkins and bamboo shoots. Although it is not a valuable food, it has such an effect. In particular, lotus seeds, lentils and yam have nourishing effects on people with spleen and stomach weakness and indigestion. Tremella fuciformis and lily are foods that benefit middle energizer, nourish and moisten dryness, and have nourishing effects on autumn dryness symptoms of dry mouth and dry lips. Tremella contains carbohydrate, fat, protein, iron, magnesium, calcium and phosphorus, and has the functions of nourishing yin, moistening lung and nourishing stomach. When eating tremella, soak your hair first, then boil it and add rock sugar to eat. Lily has the effects of clearing heart, calming nerves and nourishing liver. This autumn is a bit unusual. Beginning of autumn has been here for a long time, but it still refuses to retire in the summer. Although it's not "crisp in autumn", it still can't stop Jiangcheng people from taking supplements. Many supermarkets and pharmacies put tonics in the most conspicuous position. The reporter saw in a supermarket in Hankou that all kinds of tonics such as ginseng products, royal jelly and bird's nest were filled with counters. According to the shopping guide, the best-selling products are various ginseng products, which many consumers buy to honor the elderly at home and give to patients. The reporter asked whether these tonics can be eaten by anyone. The shopping guide said that there is nothing special about tonic except that it is not suitable for children. You can eat as long as you want to supplement. Is that really the case? Let's listen to the opinions of experts. Yao Yingying, chief physician of the Department of Internal Medicine of Wuhan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that the climate was abnormal this autumn, as the saying goes, "White Dew hides". However, after the White Dew this year, the average temperature still reached 33℃, and the climate was sultry and humid. Therefore, this autumn's tonic should be based on "moistening dryness, consolidating exterior and benefiting qi". Moreover, autumn tonic varies from person to person and from physique to physique. Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to "reinforcing deficiency and actually purging". Only the right medicine can be beneficial to the body, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Therefore, ordinary people, especially patients with chronic diseases, had better go to a specialized hospital and take supplements under the guidance of a doctor before taking supplements. Tonics are not expensive, but the most important thing is to treat the symptoms. So you can't buy supplements on the market yourself? Chief physician Yao Yingying said that before buying supplements, you should know something about them and choose them according to the symptoms. Royal jelly: more suitable for the elderly who are weak. Helps to promote sleep and defecate. Moreover, royal jelly has the function of nourishing the liver, and patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis may wish to try it. If you are a woman over 40 years old, eating a little can also make your skin smooth, but it is not suitable for children. Ginseng: There are many kinds of ginseng, such as American ginseng, which nourishes yin and promotes fluid production. For cancer patients, postoperative patients and patients with low white blood cells, American ginseng helps to enhance the body's immunity. Hypertensive patients, can you eat ginseng? Tian, chief physician of respiratory medicine department of Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, believes that some elderly patients with hypertension can also eat a little American ginseng, which can supplement yin deficiency, but some patients with simple hypertension are not suitable for eating. People with diabetes and other chronic diseases can also eat some American ginseng properly. For example, red ginseng and Korean ginseng are warm and suitable for people with cold hands and feet, cold fear and pale face. People with excessive phlegm, red face, impatience, thirst, bitter taste and dry stool are not suitable. Longan: It has the function of enriching blood and is suitable for lying-in women and women with excessive menstrual bleeding. Bird's nest: It has the functions of nourishing, moistening lung and relieving cough, and is more suitable for patients with tuberculosis and cough. As for tonic such as medicated wine and velvet antler, patients with hypertension should not drink it casually, so as to avoid blood pressure rising and headache. Diet therapy is enough for ordinary people. As for the healthy ordinary people, they don't need to take supplements. It is enough to take supplements from food. Autumn is rich in fruits and vegetables, but choose foods that nourish yin, invigorate kidney and moisten lung to prevent autumn dryness. If autumn dryness causes lung deficiency (dry cough), lily, coix seed, yam and honey can be used to replenish lung qi; If there are signs of yin deficiency (cold hands and feet), you can nourish stomach yin, liver and kidney with walnut kernel, Euryale ferox, Sydney, lotus root juice, milk, hemp seed, sea cucumber, pigskin and chicken. Many people get thirsty and chapped lips in autumn. In addition to drinking plenty of water, soy milk and honey, there is also a folk prescription: stew medlar, tremella, pear and lily together, and put some rock sugar in moderation, which can nourish yin and promote fluid production, resolve phlegm and relieve cough. Anyone can eat it except diabetics. (China Health Care Network) Contraindications for autumn tonic last night 165438. As the saying goes, "one summer is free from illness, and three points are empty." When beginning of autumn arrives, although the weather is cool in the morning and evening, there are still autumn tigers raging, so people are prone to fatigue, weakness and boredom. There is a folk custom of "autumn tonic". Everything can be described as "spring, summer, autumn and winter storage". According to the principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer and nourishing yin in autumn and winter" in traditional Chinese medicine, it is necessary to make up at this time. However, tonic can't be made indiscriminately, so we should pay attention to eight taboos: don't make up before you get sick, which not only increases expenses, but also harms yourself. If you take too much cod liver oil, it will lead to poisoning. If you take glucose for a long time, it will cause obesity, increase blood cholesterol and easily induce cardiovascular diseases. The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is that tonic is not suitable for deficiency, and deficiency can be divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Taking medicine according to the symptoms can make up the body, otherwise it will be counterproductive and will hurt the body. Although health care is not as strict as treating diseases, at least the dining objects should be divided into two categories: cold and heat. Slightly cold people are afraid of cold and like heat, their hands and feet are not warm, their mouth is pale and drooling, their stools are thin, their urine is long, their tongue is pale and their pulse is heavy. Fever, fever in hands and feet, dry mouth, bitter taste, bad breath, dry stool, short and red urine, red tongue and rapid pulse. If you don't distinguish between cold and heat, it will easily lead to "adding fuel to the fire." The more you avoid, the better. Eating too much tonic is harmful. It is unscientific to think that "take more tonics, treat diseases and strengthen the body without diseases". If you take ginseng antler supplements too much, it will cause bloating and not think about diet; Taking too much vitamin C can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. There is no doubt that animal food supplemented with meat is a good tonic. It is not only nutritious, but also delicious. However, meat is not easy to digest and absorb. If you eat too much for a long time, you will often be overwhelmed by the elderly whose gastrointestinal function has declined. Some "by-products" in the process of meat digestion, such as excessive lipids and sugars, are often the causes of common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases in the elderly, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. A light diet is not without supplements, especially vegetables. Modern nutrition believes that fresh fruits and vegetables contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which are essential nutrients for human body. It is unscientific to value medicine over food. I don't know that many foods are also therapeutic drugs. Eating more shepherd's purse can treat high blood pressure; Eating more radishes can strengthen the stomach, promote digestion, flatten the chest, resolve phlegm and relieve cough; Eating more yam can replenish the spleen and stomach. Daily consumption of walnuts, peanuts, red dates, lentils, lotus roots, etc. It is also a good supplement. With the improvement of people's living standards, many families have meat and fish every day, and the food is greasy. The acidic toxic substances produced by these foods need to be discharged in time, and the accelerated pace of life makes many people have irregular defecation and even constipation. Therefore, in recent years, health experts put forward a new concept of health care that pays attention to "negative nutrition", that is, paying attention to the discharge of human excreta, reducing the retention and absorption of "enterotoxin", and advocating timely and unobstructed defecation while supplementing. Avoid constant "tonic". Some people like to take some supplements according to their own tastes, and then develop from years of unchanged to "partial eclipse" and "food addiction", which is not good for their health. Because drugs and food not only have health care and therapeutic effects, but also have certain side effects, long-term use will affect the nutritional balance in the body. Especially for the elderly, not only the functions of various organs have declined to varying degrees, but also they need comprehensive and systematic conditioning, and different seasons also have different demands for health care drugs and food. Therefore, it is very necessary to adjust according to different situations, and it is impossible to make up for it in the same way. The more expensive, the more expensive. Those noble traditional foods, such as bird's nest and shark's fin, have no peculiar dietotherapy function, while sweet potatoes and onions, which are very common foods, have dietotherapy value worthy of attention. In addition, all dietotherapy has certain objects and indications, so the medicated diet should be determined according to the needs, and "what is lacking should be supplemented", which cannot be divided according to the level, especially for the elderly, based on the principle of practical low price. Tea tree mushroom sparerib soup has the functions of reducing fat, clearing the stomach and reducing weight. Ingredients: 50 grams of Agrocybe aegerita (dried Agrocybe aegerita, available in southern stores and large supermarkets), cut into small pieces and slightly rinsed (not soaked). 200 grams of small ribs, cut into small pieces, red dates 10, candied dates 1 piece, ginger 1 piece. Practice: Same as above. After the water in the pot is boiled, put all the materials into boiling water, fire for 15 minutes, and then medium fire for 30 minutes. Tip: If you don't eat meat, don't put ribs, because there are mushrooms, so the soup is quite delicious. Wax gourd and dried tangerine peel old duck soup function: dispel summer heat and strengthen spleen. Ingredients: an old duck, 2 Jin of wax gourd, 20 g of coix seed, one piece of dried tangerine peel, one piece of ginger and one piece of candied dates. Practice: As above, boil the water, put all the materials in, fire for half an hour, then medium fire for 3 hours, and finally put salt according to taste. Function of Shashen Yuzhu Fishtail Soup: Shashen Yuzhu is moistening the lungs. This kind of soup is especially helpful for people who drink too much alcohol and tobacco and don't get enough sleep. Materials: Salvia miltiorrhiza and Polygonatum odoratum are both traditional Chinese medicines, which are available in Chinese medicine shops. Adenophora adenophora, Polygonatum odoratum 3-4g each, apricot 5g (also a traditional Chinese medicine, available in Chinese medicine shops), candied dates 1 piece, silver carp 1 tail (about 750g), lean meat 200g, ginger 1 piece. Practice: The basic practice is the same as above. Is to wash the fish tail first, put it in an oil pan (a little oil) and fry it on both sides until golden brown. Boil the water, put everything in boiling water, boil for half an hour, then put it on medium fire for one and a half hours, and finally add salt according to taste. Choose 1/3- 1/2 pieces of Siraitia grosvenorii, 50g of dried cabbage and 100g of lean pork for soup every time. Wash Siraitia grosvenorii and dried cabbage with clear water, clean lean meat and cut into coarse pieces. Put the three materials into the soup pot and simmer the soup with strong fire to make the cabbage dry and soft. This soup can nourish yin, clear lung, moisten dryness and resolve phlegm. South Almond Stewed Sydney Soup takes South Almond 12g, one Sydney and 30g of sugar. First soak the almonds in water and peel them, then cut Sydney into four pieces. Put almonds, Sydney and sugar together in a saucepan, add 200ml of clear water, stew for 1 hour, and then have soup to eat Sydney. This soup has the functions of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and moistening lung.