Editor's note: "The vernal equinox and autumnal equinox mean that, like the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly at the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres are as long as day and night. After the autumnal equinox, we will gradually observe that the sun sets earlier and earlier, becoming a climate with short days and long nights, gradually getting cold and heading for winter. It can be seen that after the autumnal equinox, we should pay more attention to seasonal health. We might as well start to adjust the diet strategy of "nourishing yin and moistening lung"! Zhang Ye (former director of the Nutrition Department of the 309 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army) should focus on "nourishing yin to prevent dryness and nourishing yin to moisten the lungs" in autumn. Eat more fresh vegetables, the taste should be light, neither too cold nor too hot, and choose foods that warm and replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and promote fluid production, and replenish water to spend the autumn safely. To prevent autumn dryness, vitamins are indispensable. The climate in autumn is dry, and the human body is prone to "autumn dryness" symptoms such as dry body, chapped lips and irritability. Should eat more fresh, less oil, rich in vitamins, such as carrots, lotus roots, grapes, persimmons, pears, sesame seeds, fungus and so on. In autumn, it is advisable to combine nourishing yin, nourishing body fluid and moistening lung, reduce the consumption of spicy food and increase foods that nourish yin and moisten lung, such as pears, lotus seeds, lilies, longan, red dates, chestnuts, tremella and water chestnuts. And eat more warm beef, replenish qi and blood, and enhance physical fitness. Nourishing yin and moistening lung: lily pumpkin lantern steamer15min1-2materials: pumpkin 100g, 50g fresh lily. Seasoning: rock sugar and chopped green onion. Practice Take a pumpkin, peel it, cut it into thick slices and put it on a plate. Break fresh lily, wash, drain, mix with rock sugar and put it on pumpkin. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, bring it to a boil with high fire, put it in a plate with pumpkin, steam for 15 minutes, take it out and sprinkle with chopped green onion. Nutrition suggests that trace elements such as selenium and copper contained in lily can resist oxidation and promote the absorption of vitamin C. Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which is involved in the synthesis of protein. The combination of the two can not only provide sufficient nutrition, but also moisten the lungs and replenish qi, and also have the effect of beauty. Editor's note: "The vernal equinox and autumnal equinox mean that, like the vernal equinox, the sun shines directly at the equator, and the northern and southern hemispheres are as long as day and night. After the autumnal equinox, we will gradually observe that the sun sets earlier and earlier, becoming a climate with short days and long nights, gradually getting cold and heading for winter. It can be seen that after the autumnal equinox, we should pay more attention to seasonal health. We might as well start to adjust the diet strategy of "nourishing yin and moistening lung"! Zhang Ye (former director of the Nutrition Department of the 309 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army) should focus on "nourishing yin to prevent dryness and nourishing yin to moisten the lungs" in autumn. Eat more fresh vegetables, the taste should be light, neither too cold nor too hot, and choose foods that warm and replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and promote fluid production, and replenish water to spend the autumn safely. To prevent autumn dryness, vitamins are indispensable. The climate in autumn is dry, and the human body is prone to "autumn dryness" symptoms such as dry body, chapped lips and irritability. Should eat more fresh, less oil, rich in vitamins, such as carrots, lotus roots, grapes, persimmons, pears, sesame seeds, fungus and so on. In autumn, it is advisable to combine nourishing yin, nourishing body fluid and moistening lung, reduce the consumption of spicy food and increase foods that nourish yin and moisten lung, such as pears, lotus seeds, lilies, longan, red dates, chestnuts, tremella and water chestnuts. And eat more warm beef, replenish qi and blood, and enhance physical fitness. Nourishing yin and moistening lung: lily pumpkin lantern steamer15min1-2materials: pumpkin 100g, 50g fresh lily. Seasoning: rock sugar and chopped green onion. Practice Take a pumpkin, peel it, cut it into thick slices and put it on a plate. Break fresh lily, wash, drain, mix with rock sugar and put it on pumpkin. Add a proper amount of water to the pot, bring it to a boil with high fire, put it in a plate with pumpkin, steam for 15 minutes, take it out and sprinkle with chopped green onion. Nutrition suggests that trace elements such as selenium and copper contained in lily can resist oxidation and promote the absorption of vitamin C. Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which is involved in the synthesis of protein. The combination of the two can not only provide sufficient nutrition, but also moisten the lungs and replenish qi, and also have the effect of beauty. Spleen-invigorating and lung-moistening: glutinous rice lotus root steamer for 60 minutes for 2-3 people. Material: lotus root 300g, glutinous rice 100g. Seasoning: 50 grams of sugar, appropriate amount of sweet-scented osmanthus brewed with sugar. Practice peeled lotus root, washed and drained, and cut off one end of lotus root node for later use; Wash glutinous rice and soak it in clear water for about 4 hours. Add white sugar to glutinous rice, mix well and pour into lotus root holes one by one; Put the cut lotus root nodes back in place and tie them firmly with toothpicks to prevent rice leakage. Put it in a steamer, boil the water, steam it for 60 minutes with strong fire, take it out and let it cool, take out the toothpick and lotus root, cut it into 0.5 cm thick discs, put it on a plate, and sprinkle sugar on it to brew osmanthus. Nutrition suggests that glutinous rice has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and stopping sweating. Lotus root contains vitamin C, which helps to moisten the lungs and prevent dryness. Moisturize and remove fire: steam in a three-material steamer 10 minutes 1-2 people. Material: fresh mushrooms, carrots and Chinese cabbage100g each. Seasoning: 2 grams of salt. Appropriate amount of white powder water and sesame oil. Wash mushrooms and cabbage and shred them; Wash, peel and shred carrots. Take a small bowl, add shredded mushrooms, shredded carrots and shredded cabbage, steam for 10 minute, take it out and turn it upside down. Boil the water in the pot, season with salt and sesame oil, thicken with white powder water, and pour the thicken juice into the plate. Nutrition Tips: Mushrooms, carrots and Chinese cabbage are rich in vitamins and dietary fiber, which can moisten dryness and remove fire, and are very suitable for autumn consumption. This article is excerpted from Steaming Health with Three Meals a Day/Zhang Ye (former Director of Nutrition Department of China People's Liberation Army 309 Hospital)/Happy Culture.