September 23, the autumnal equinox. How to keep in good health during this period, listen to the experts in the Chinese pharmacy of Hangzhou Red Cross Hospital.

You have to add clothes sooner or later.

The temperature difference between day and night increases at the autumnal equinox, so we should pay attention to adding clothes to keep warm in the morning and evening, especially for the elderly.

In addition, when sleeping at night, pay special attention to keeping your stomach warm and cover the quilt.

Diet should be warm and moist.

The dryness of the autumnal equinox is cool and dry. So pay attention to eat more warm food, such as sesame, walnut, glutinous rice and so on.

There are many kinds of fruits and vegetables in the autumn market, among which lotus root, water chestnut, sugarcane, autumn pear, citrus, hawthorn, apple, grape, lily, tremella, persimmon, sesame and honey are all sacred products for recuperation at this time.

Such as yam.

Yam is flat and sweet. Has the effects of invigorating kidney, invigorating essence, invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, moistening lung, relieving cough, stopping diarrhea and resolving phlegm, and can be used for treating nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and cough due to lung deficiency. In addition, yam also has the characteristics of nourishing yin and strengthening yang, and it is not dry or greasy, so it is suitable for eating at this time.

Gentle exercise has three defenses.

The autumnal equinox exercise should choose relaxed and gentle events with little activity, with slight heat all over the body and no sweating or slight sweating.

In addition, pay attention to the "three defenses" when exercising:

1. To prevent colds, don't take off too much at once during exercise. You should wait until your body is hot before taking off your coat. Especially when the elderly go out to exercise, they should pay more attention to the temperature difference between morning and evening to avoid catching a cold.

In order to prevent sports injury, you must pay attention to make full preparations before each exercise.

3. Prevent excessive exercise, the amount of exercise should not be too large, and prevent excessive sweating and loss of yang.

Enjoy nature and relieve autumn worries.

There is a feeling of autumn, and people are prone to "sad autumn", so be optimistic and stay calm.

When the weather is fine, go out for a walk, enjoy the beautiful scenery of nature and relieve the troubles in autumn. The most suitable activity at this time is mountaineering. On a sunny day, you can climb high and look far, feel relaxed and happy, and exercise.

Recommended diet

Chenmei black tea

Ingredients: 5g of dried tangerine peel, 5g of ebony, 5g of black tea.

Practice: Cut the dried tangerine peel into pieces, cut off the ebony, put the dried tangerine peel, ebony and black tea together in a teapot, pour boiling water, pour out the first brewed tea, re-inject boiling water, moisten for a while and then filter out the tea soup.

Efficacy: quenching thirst, promoting salivation, promoting digestion and nourishing stomach. Suitable for people with dry mouth and throat, loss of appetite and indigestion.

Yam and sugarcane juice soup

Practice: 60 grams of fresh yam is mashed, 250-300 ml of sugarcane juice is taken and boiled.

Efficacy: moistening lung, relieving cough, promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, calming heart and tranquilizing mind, suitable for patients with chronic bronchitis and cough with excessive phlegm.

Chestnut tremella millet porridge

Materials: chestnut 100g, tremella 10g, millet 50g, Lycium barbarum 5g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Practice: Tremella is soaked in warm water, and chestnuts are peeled and peeled into small petals for use. Add a proper amount of water to the casserole, add the soaked tremella, add the millet and chestnut when the fire boils, turn the heat down and simmer for about 45 minutes, then add the crystal sugar, and cook until all the crystal sugar is dissolved. Turn off the fire, add the medlar and cover it with 10 minute. Efficacy: nourishing yin and moistening dryness, invigorating spleen and stomach. Suitable for people with autumn dryness and yin deficiency and spleen and stomach weakness.