1. Autumn qi should be in the lungs. Lung is an important respiratory organ of human body and the source of qi, and the rise and fall of lung qi is related to the length of life. The dry climate in autumn is easy to hurt lung yin and make people suffer from respiratory diseases such as dry nose, sore throat, cough and chest pain, so pay attention to nourishing the lungs in diet. Eat foods that nourish yin and moisten dryness, such as tremella, sugar cane, bird's nest, pear, sesame, lotus root, spinach, black-bone chicken, pig lung, soybean milk, caramel, duck eggs, honey, black-bone fish and olives. Eat more sesame seeds, walnuts, glutinous rice, honey, sugar cane, etc. It can nourish yin, moisten lung and nourish blood. [2]? In addition, you can also eat some medicated diets appropriately, such as: Shenmai Tuanyu, honey steamed lily, olive sour plum soup and so on.
2. In autumn, the lung function is on the high side. Eating too much spicy food will make the lung qi more vigorous and hurt the liver qi, so eat less spicy food in autumn diet, such as onions, ginger, garlic, leeks and peppers. On this basis, eat more sour food, such as apple, pomegranate, grape, mango, cherry, grapefruit, lemon, hawthorn, tomato, water chestnut and so on.
3. The weather is still hot in early autumn, the air is humid, sultry and steaming, and the fruits and vegetables are ripe in autumn, so it is difficult to protect people from overeating and damage the spleen and stomach. Therefore, eating more porridge in autumn morning can not only strengthen the spleen and nourish the stomach, but also bring a refreshing day. We often eat porridge in autumn: hawthorn rice porridge, pear rice porridge, rabbit rice porridge, white radish rice porridge, almond rice porridge, orange peel rice porridge, persimmon rice porridge and so on.
4. The autumn diet is based on the principle of nourishing yin and moistening dryness. On this basis, drinking some fitness soup at lunch and dinner every day can moisten the spleen, nourish yin and prevent dryness, on the other hand, it can supplement nutrition and strengthen the body. Common soups eaten in autumn are: lily winter melon soup, pigskin tomato soup, hawthorn sparerib soup, carp hawthorn soup, silver carp head soup, eel soup, red bean crucian carp soup, duck rack tofu soup, wolfberry leaf tofu soup, oyster mushroom tofu soup, oyster mushroom egg soup and mushroom laver soup.
Autumn is the season that needs tonic, but many people are afraid that a lot of tonic will lead to obesity. They might as well eat some fish, which is low in fat, and its fatty acids have been proved to have the effects of lowering blood sugar, protecting the heart and preventing cancer.
6. The autumn climate is dry, the liver qi is strong, the liver qi is weak, and the spleen and stomach are easily affected. Therefore, the basic principle of medicinal tonic in season and autumn should be based on moistening dryness, avoiding stagnation and supplementing qi and blood. Commonly used drugs are: American ginseng, Radix Adenophorae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Polygonatum odoratum, Radix Asparagi, Radix Ophiopogonis, Lily, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Sesame, Radix Rehmanniae and so on.