A good diet should be made in early autumn.

Qian Wei

The weather is still sultry in early autumn, and the change of yang in nature has changed from a "long" state to a "closed" state. Therefore, the autumn diet should be nursed back to normal, so as to increase salty and reduce pungent, replenish qi and tonify tendons, and nourish the spleen and stomach. The principle of health preservation is to eat less spicy food such as ginger, onion and pepper, and eat more sour and salty food.

In terms of mental conditioning, we should be calm and avoid depression and anger to adapt to the climate characteristics in autumn.

Early to bed and early to rise in daily life. When you get up early, relax your limbs in bed, close your eyes for a while and then get up to avoid sleeping and catching cold. In addition, after beginning of autumn, you can gradually increase the amount of exercise, but it is not suitable for high-intensity exercise. To avoid excessive sweating, you can also choose health care exercises such as "singing drums".

Barley should eat more foods with the functions of invigorating spleen, tonifying kidney, nourishing liver, relieving summer heat and promoting fluid production, such as barley, day lily, cauliflower, broccoli, bitter gourd, peach, pineapple and grape.

Clear away heat and relieve summer heat, don't relax, eat more foods that can relieve summer heat, promote fluid production, benefit qi and nourish liver, such as wax gourd, tomato, pineapple, banana, straw mushroom, kudzu vine, duck and bracken.

Corn must be able to eliminate dampness and strengthen the spleen, so it is appropriate to eat foods with the functions of benefiting qi, relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, clearing away heat and eliminating dampness, such as wax gourd, duck meat, shepherd's purse, water bamboo, bitter gourd, shage, lotus root, corn, peach and mung bean.

American ginseng water chestnut is suitable for promoting fluid production, moistening dryness, benefiting qi and nourishing yin, and relieving summer heat, such as loofah, lily, coix seed, carrot, water chestnut, tomato, gourd and wax gourd.

Pumpkins and cucumbers can clear away summer heat and damp, and eat more foods that can replenish qi and nourish the liver, clear away summer heat and damp, such as pumpkins, cucumbers, cowpeas, broccoli, broccoli, duck and black beans.

The climate changes sharply in summer and autumn. If we don't pay more attention to it, it is likely to make old diseases relapse or induce new diseases. We should take active measures to prevent diseases.

Prevent respiratory diseases. Elderly people with respiratory diseases should pay more attention, because the respiratory defense ability of the elderly is inherently weak, coupled with temperature changes, it is easy to lead to the recurrence of chronic bronchitis. In autumn, all kinds of allergens also began to increase, and people with allergies should avoid contact with allergens.

Autumn is also the high incidence season of gastrointestinal diseases, and diarrhea may occur with a little carelessness. As the climate turns cold, people's appetite will be strong, which will increase the burden of gastrointestinal function and lead to the recurrence of stomach diseases.

Pay attention to food hygiene, eat less and eat more meals, and quit smoking and drinking regularly to enhance the adaptability of gastrointestinal tract and avoid overeating. Too sweet and greasy food can cause acute gastroenteritis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis and other diseases. Overeating, avoid defecation for too long. Eat more foods rich in dietary fiber. Once you get hemorrhoids, you should receive treatment as soon as possible.