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. 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 up indiscriminately, so we should pay attention to eight taboos: one taboo is to make up without illness. If you are not sick, you will not only increase your expenses, but also harm 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. Second, avoid the difference between reality and reality. The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to replenish deficiency. It does not mean that patients with asthenia should not use tonics. Deficiency is divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Only the right medicine can make up the body, otherwise it will be counterproductive and will hurt the body. Although health care is not as strict as treatment, at least it can 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." Three taboos, the more the better. Eating too many supplements 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. Four bogeys: every supplement must be meat. Animal food is undoubtedly a good tonic. It is not only nutritious, but also delicious. However, meat is not easy to digest and absorb. If you take it for a long time, it will often overwhelm 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. Five taboos take medicine as food. It is unscientific to value medicine over food. I don't know that many foods are also therapeutic drugs. Eating more celery 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. Six taboos emphasize "in" more than "out". 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 the metabolism of 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. The seven taboos remain unchanged and the "compensation" remains unchanged. Some people like to take some tonic according to their own tastes, and then they have changed from being unchanged for many years to "partial eclipse" and "overeating", 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 eight taboos are, the more they make up. "Rare things are precious", noble traditional foods such as bird's nest and shark's fin have no peculiar dietotherapy function, while very common foods such as sweet potatoes and onions 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. What to eat in autumn? In autumn, the weather gradually turns cold, and people often feel that the mouth, nose, skin and other parts have different degrees of dryness. Therefore, they should eat some nutritious, nourishing and juicy food, and eat less spicy and fried food. At the same time, Chinese medicine believes that the relationship between lung and autumn qi is very close, so we should eat more foods that moisten lung and promote fluid production. Suitable foods for autumn are: lily: it has the functions of nourishing and moistening the lungs, clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves, eliminating fatigue, moistening dryness and relieving cough. Lotus seed: it can not only remove residual heat, but also nourish and strengthen the body. It is a timely tonic in autumn. Yam: it is characterized by tonic without stagnation, neither hot nor dry, and is suitable for men, women and children. White lentils: Cooking porridge or soup with white lentils in early autumn can relieve summer heat, relieve summer heat and eliminate dampness, strengthen spleen and stomach, and stimulate appetite. Lotus root: raw lotus root can clear away heat, promote fluid production and quench thirst; Cooked lotus root can strengthen spleen, stimulate appetite and benefit blood. Therefore, there is a saying that "lotus root is born in summer and ripe in autumn, raw food is fresh and tender, and cooked food is old and strong". Monopterus albus: Eating Monopterus albus in autumn not only has a strong nourishing effect, but also has a certain regulating effect on human blood sugar. You can cut into pieces, stew, shred and cook porridge. Snake meat: Among the famous dishes in South China, the fat snake in autumn is the most popular. The protein content of snake meat is high, and it is rich in nutrition, which has the effects of improving intelligence, resisting aging and prolonging life. Chestnut: It has the functions of strengthening spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and strengthening bones. Walnut: It can tonify kidney, solidify essence, warm lung and relieve asthma, invigorate qi and nourish blood, moisten dryness and intestines. Peanut: When the peanuts are ripe in late autumn, use fresh peanuts, or use raw powder to make soup, or use water to decoct them. Not suitable for frying. Jujube: Eating jujube in autumn is a tonic food for nourishing yin and moistening dryness, benefiting lung and invigorating qi. If it can be stewed with tremella, lily and yam, the effect will be better. In addition, pears, water chestnuts, jellyfish, carrots, shepherd's purse, Pleurotus ostreatus, kelp, tomatoes and rabbit meat are also suitable for autumn consumption, while Astragalus, Ginseng, Adenophora adenophora, Lycium barbarum and Polygonum Multiflori are suitable for tonic. Le Kang Times Network Life Tip: Don't forget to eat radishes in autumn. As the saying goes, "Radish is just tea, and the doctor was so anxious that he climbed all over the floor." From hot summer to cool autumn, "don't forget to eat radish!" " "Eating radishes in early autumn, first, can dispel the fire in midsummer and eliminate toxic impurities in the human body; Second, it can calm the liver and relieve depression, cool and improve eyesight. Radish has many medicinal values, and its seeds can help digestion, phlegm and asthma. Leaves can stop diarrhea; The root of radish, which bears fruit and dies of old age, is called Dikuluo and Xianrentou, which can induce diuresis and reduce swelling. The popular "radish cough relieving and digestion promoting water" probably originated from this. This medicinal effect of radish and tea complement each other, which is really rare. Eating radish and drinking good tea in autumn has a medical basis for eliminating the accumulated heat poison in the human body in summer and restoring refreshed. Zheng Banqiao, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", has a pair of health-preserving couplets, in which radish and tea are mentioned: "green vegetables, radish, brown rice and a pot of chrysanthemum tea". This long-lived old gentleman probably tastes like "radish and tea". There are more and more varieties of radishes on the market in early autumn. The kind of radish that looks smooth, uniform in size, crisp but not spicy, and has strong moisture keeps the unique taste of radish without the taste of vegetable water. Don't worry about its low grade. You should know that such radish was more expensive than pear in the past. (End) Source: Comprehensive Editor: Chang Ying