Lotus root: "Lotus root is a treasure, and autumn lotus root is the most nourishing." After the cold dew, the air is dry and people are easily agitated. At this time, you should eat more foods that clear your heart and moisten dryness. Lotus root is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious effects of appetizing, clearing away heat, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, clearing away heart fire and calming nerves, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, and can also enhance human immunity.
Hawthorn: "cold dew harvests hawthorn, and the first frost planes sweet potato." Cold dew hawthorn is red, and the calcium content of hawthorn is the highest among autumn fruits, with 52 mg of calcium per 100 grams of pulp. Pregnant women and children have a great demand for calcium, so these two groups of people might as well eat some hawthorn after meals.
Peach: cold dew peach is a late-maturing peach variety in the north, and its maturity is around cold dew peach, so it is named "cold dew peach". Peaches are sweet and warm, and it is easy to get angry if you eat too much. In severe cases, sores will occur, especially those who are prone to sores due to excessive internal heat. Adults had better not feed peaches to babies, because peaches contain a lot of macromolecular substances, and babies have poor gastrointestinal dialysis ability and cannot digest these substances, which is easy to cause allergic reactions. In addition, it is best not to eat immature peaches to avoid abdominal distension or diarrhea.
Pomelo: Pomelo tastes shabby, can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, strengthen stomach and promote digestion, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and is suitable for stomach diseases, indigestion, excessive phlegm and asthma. Grapefruit is famous for its rich vitamin C. Most of the organic acids it contains are citric acid, which can relieve human fatigue. Is beneficial to patients with cardiovascular diseases and obesity.
In addition, traditional food is indispensable:
1, the cold dew solar term is when chrysanthemums are in full bloom. Chrysanthemum wine has simple raw materials, and is brewed only by chrysanthemum, glutinous rice and distiller's yeast, which was called "longevity wine" in ancient times. Sweet and delicious, it has the functions of clearing away liver heat, improving eyesight and beauty beauty.
2, as the saying goes, "Autumn wind rings, crab feet itch", and the taste of crabs will be "positive" from the cold dew. "Umbilical ball in September, sharp in October", the female crab is full of eggs and rich in yellow paste during the cold dew season, which is the best season to eat female crabs.
3, cold dew after the solar terms, the weather gradually turned cold, at this time only osmanthus and chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum was made into chrysanthemum wine, osmanthus was made into Osmanthus Jelly, made into snacks, for human consumption.
4. Cold dew solar terms are generally similar to the Double Ninth Festival in time, so after climbing the mountain in 1999, there was the custom of eating flower cakes. Because "Gao" and "Gao" are homophonic, cakes should be called "Chongyang Flower Cake", which means "step by step". Flower cakes mainly include "coarse flower cakes", "fine flower cakes" and "money flower cakes". Stick some coriander leaves as a sign, and put dried fruits such as olives, dates and walnuts in the middle.