Autumn pear cream, also called Sydney cream, is a traditional medicinal diet. Legend began in the Tang Dynasty. A medicated diet beverage is prepared from selected autumn pears (or Yali pears and Xuehuali pears) as main raw materials, and other medicines for relieving cough, resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and moistening lung, such as raw materials with the same origin of medicine and food, such as Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Puerariae, Radish, Radix Ophiopogonis, plumula Nelumbinis, ginger juice, Fritillaria, honey, etc. It is often used to treat lung heat, polydipsia, dry stool and lung injury caused by heat dryness.
Autumn pear cream was once a special medicine for the court, and it was not spread among the people until it was handed down from the court by imperial doctors in the Qing Dynasty. Later, autumn pears in the suburbs of Beijing have been prepared and sold in Beijing, so they have become traditional specialties in Beijing.
Qiuli ointment moistens the lungs to relieve cough, and promotes fluid production to quench thirst. It can be used for treating lung heat due to yin deficiency, cough and asthma, sticky phlegm and saliva, chest tightness and diaphragm, dry mouth and throat, dysphoria and hoarseness. It is especially good for patients with lung heat and chronic cough and yin injury.
Autumn pear
Sweet and sour taste, cold and cool nature, can promote fluid production to quench thirst, moisten lung and clear heart, and relieve constipation and detoxification. It has a good therapeutic effect on polydipsia, chest tightness, lung dryness, constipation and other symptoms caused by fever and body fluid injury. Clinically, autumn pear is often combined with other drugs with the functions of promoting fluid production, reducing fire, relieving cough and moistening lung, and is used to treat various diseases caused by dry heat and body fluid injury. Qiuli ointment is made of Qiuli and other drugs, which has the effects of promoting fluid production, reducing fire, nourishing yin, moistening lung, relieving cough and stopping bleeding. Clinically, it is often used to treat respiratory diseases such as lung heat, polydipsia, dry stool, body fluid injury caused by heat and dryness, lung yin injury, cough with white phlegm, chronic cough and hemoptysis. After processing, Qiuli cream is as fresh as milk jade, hence the name "Jade Milk Cream". Qiuli ointment is usually rich in fructose, glucose, malic acid, protein, fat, vitamins and inorganic salts, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and pachyman. It can regulate blood pressure, stimulate appetite, moisten lung, relieve cough, clear away heat and phlegm, calm the heart and soothe the nerves, with remarkable curative effect. In addition to patients with stomach deficiency and diarrhea, women, children, the elderly and the weak can drink it.
A pear growing in Hebei Province
The effect of Compendium of Materia Medica on Yali pear is defined as: "The living can clear the heat of six fu organs, and the ripe can nourish the yin of five internal organs". According to the China Pharmacopoeia "Materia Medica from the Heart", pear is a slightly sour knife with sweet and cold taste, which has the effects of "clearing the heart, moistening the lungs, benefiting the large intestine, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, clearing the throat, reducing fire, removing annoyance and quenching thirst, moistening dryness and expelling wind, sobering up and detoxifying". There is also a folk saying that pears "clear the heat of the five internal organs for the living, and nourish the yin of the five internal organs for the ripe ones." Modern medical research shows that pears are effective for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, tracheitis and upper respiratory tract infection, such as dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, thick phlegm, constipation and red urine. Pears also have the effects of lowering blood pressure, nourishing yin and clearing heat. Patients with hypertension, heart disease, hepatitis and liver cirrhosis often eat some pears, which have many benefits, can promote appetite and help digestion. Singers often eat cooked pears, which can increase the body fluid in their mouths and play a role in maintaining their voices.
Huangdi Neijing records that "nourishing yin in autumn and winter, yang eliminating yin for a long time". At this time, people should prevent dryness and protect yin, laying a foundation for the growth of yang in the coming year, and avoid wasting essence and hurting yin. The lung governs qi and regulates breathing. The fur of the lung is similar to that of the large intestine. Autumn dryness is the most harmful to the lungs, "dryness hurts people" and "dryness wins dryness". People can show dry mouth, lips, nose, pharynx and tongue, constipation, dry skin and even chapped skin. Dryness causes lung injury, ranging from dry cough with little phlegm, sticky phlegm with difficulty in coughing, to blood in phlegm. The way to nourish the lungs in autumn is to calm down and carry out psychological conditioning: to be quiet, calm and comfortable, to avoid sad feelings, so as to avoid cold air, and to exercise restraint to adapt to the calm air in autumn. Calm mind is the best way to moisten the lungs. The lungs are respiratory organs, and the most obvious place for emotional changes is breathing. Shortness and instability of breathing not only increase the burden on the lungs, but also make the sun be the spirit leak out, which is just the opposite of the "autumn harvest". Experts pointed out that dryness is the main qi in autumn, and the lung is full of dampness and evil, so dryness is the most likely to hurt the lung. Because the nose is the opening of the lung, and the throat is the gateway of the lung and the passage of lung qi respectively, people's lungs prefer to be wet and dry in autumn, and the climate in autumn and winter is dry, and the air humidity is small, which is the most likely to hurt the lungs. As the saying goes, "Yang in spring and summer, Yin in autumn and winter", therefore, health care in autumn and winter should focus on nourishing the lungs. Therefore, eating autumn pears and drinking autumn pear cream can just moisten the lungs, adjust the balance of yin and yang, and achieve the effect of prolonging life. It is precisely because of the legendary efficacy of autumn pear cream that it has been favored by emperors, generals, officials and dignitaries for thousands of years. It has flowed into the homes of ordinary people since the Qing Dynasty, and has been sought after by the people since then, becoming a widely circulated health care product.