1, autumn health preserving and lung moistening method
1. Eat more sour and nutritious food.
Su Wen pointed out that lung qi needs to converge in autumn, sour food can converge lung qi, spicy food dissipates lung qi, and autumn diet should reduce spicy and increase sour taste, eat less spicy food such as onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, leek, coriander, fennel and mustard, and eat more sour food such as apple, sour pear, hawthorn, grapefruit, pomegranate, grape, lemon and kiwifruit.
Lung belongs to gold, liver belongs to wood. Excessive lung qi in autumn will inhibit liver wood and easily lead to hepatobiliary diseases. Animals' lungs can replenish lung qi and should not be eaten in autumn.
2. Stay emotionally happy
In autumn, "the petals have flowed like tears, and the lonely bird has sung sorrow", which will hurt the lungs unconsciously. Take the initiative to send sad emotions, tell jokes with close people, listen to quiet music more, and exercise restraint. Think more about the harvest in the past six months, forget the bleak feeling caused by the withering of vegetation, and maintain inner peace and peace of mind.
keep early hours
Neijing pointed out that in autumn, we should "lie down early and get up early, and have fun with chickens". It gets dark earlier and earlier in autumn, so go to bed earlier than in summer. Also want to get up a little later than summer, restrain the spirit of the sun. Take a deep breath evenly to reduce lung qi and enhance lung function.
2. Food for clearing fire and moistening lung in autumn
1 pumpkin
Pumpkin can prevent chapped lips, nosebleeds and dry skin, enhance human immunity and improve autumn dryness symptoms. However, you should eat pumpkin in moderation, and the amount per day should not exceed one staple food, nor should it be too little. You can make "pumpkin purple rice porridge". Practice: Wash pumpkin slices, rice and jujube, put them in a pot with pumpkin slices and add water, first boil them with strong fire, and then cook them with slow fire until the rice is rotten.
2. Loquat
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that loquat is sweet, sour and flat, and has the functions of moistening lung and relieving cough, quenching thirst and regulating stomach, diuresis and clearing heat. It is used for lung flaccid cough, chest tightness and excessive phlegm, which is very suitable for eating in autumn and also has the function of preventing diseases. Loquat will turn black due to excessive moisture if it is placed in the refrigerator, so it can be stored in a dry and ventilated place. Because loquat contains polyphenols, it is easy to brown and discolor after peeling. Soaking in cold water, sugar water or salt water can prevent discoloration. Never eat immature loquat. It should be noted that diabetics should not eat loquat, and those with diarrhea due to spleen deficiency should eat less or not.
3. Dried fruits and green leafy vegetables
Dried fruits and green leafy vegetables are the best sources of magnesium and folic acid, and the body lacking magnesium and folic acid is prone to anxiety. Magnesium is an important cardiotonic substance, which can ensure that the heart has enough power in dry season. Folic acid can ensure the blood quality, thus improving the nutritional absorption of the nervous system. You can eat more lotus roots, marine fish, bananas, walnuts, melon seeds, hazelnuts, spinach, celery, lettuce and so on.
4. Beans and cereals
Beans and cereals contain vitamin B, and vitamin B 1 is an important substance for nourishing human nerve endings. Vitamin B6 can stabilize the cell state and provide all kinds of cell energy. Vitamin B 1 and B6 are the most abundant in coarse grains and beans. You can eat coarse grains or porridge three to five times a week in autumn, such as barley, barley, corn kernels, red beans, soybeans, rice and so on. In addition, brown rice biscuits, brown rice cakes, whole wheat bread, etc. You can eat it often.
3, autumn lungs vegetables
1, spinach
Spinach is a vegetable with high nutritional value. Spinach with pointed leaves has long petiole, thin leaves, strong roots and high sugar content. Spinach slices with round leaves are big and thick. The content of carotene in spinach is much higher than other vegetables. Although the content of vitamin C is lower than that of pepper, it is higher than that of tomato, and vitamin K with hemostatic effect is the highest among leafy vegetables. Dry in autumn, spinach is rich in riboflavin, which can prevent oral ulcer, cheilitis and dry eye.
2. Bamboo shoots
What food can moisten the lungs? Eat bamboo shoots in autumn to moisten the lungs and relieve cough. Bamboo shoots are sweet in taste, cold in nature, and have the effect of clearing heat and resolving phlegm. For example, "Seeking the Original Materia Medica" said: "Bamboo shoots are sweet but slightly cold, clearing heat and resolving phlegm." "Life Taste Diet Spectrum" also said: "Bamboo shoots are sweet and cool, and the chest is opened to resolve phlegm." Therefore, people with wind-heat cough or lung-heat cough are best to eat.
Step 3: tomatoes
Tomato contains lycopene, which has been proved by experiments to significantly reduce the increase of capillary permeability caused by histamine and has anti-inflammatory effect. In addition, tomatoes are also rich in riboflavin and vitamin A, which is very beneficial to the prevention and treatment of gingival bleeding and oral ulcers. Cooked tomatoes are more nutritious and easier to be absorbed. Everyone knows that the redder the tomato, the better, that is, the more lycopene. It is a strong antioxidant, has the function of preventing cardiovascular diseases and cancer, and is an excellent anti-aging food. Fried tomatoes or soup can release more lycopene. I suggest you choose more cooked tomatoes.
4, white radish
In dry autumn and winter, radish with the function of clearing away heat and removing fire is the most seasonal healthy and delicious, which is suitable for promoting fluid production to quench thirst, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, moistening lung and removing dryness. In addition, radish has the functions of digestion, flatulence, detoxification, antipyretic and laxative. White radish has anti-inflammatory effect and can relieve sore throat. After the white radish slices are chopped, the release of beneficial ingredients will increase, which is also effective in relieving cough. It is recommended to boil water and eat the remaining radish. After adding white radish water to tea, the anti-inflammatory effect is better
5. Broccoli
Cauliflower is not only unique in taste, but also a healthy vegetable. Ancient westerners found that eating cauliflower often has the effects of clearing throat and moistening throat, moistening lung and relieving cough, and the price is not high, so it has the reputation of "imperial doctor" and "poor doctor" in the west. Eating more cauliflower can supplement vitamin K well, so that the toughness of blood vessel wall is strengthened and it is not easy to rupture. Broccoli in cauliflower is also rich in carotene and flavonoids. Carotene can be converted into vitamin A in human body, which can protect skin and eyesight and enhance immunity.
6. Chinese yam
As one of the white foods, Chinese herbal medicine is called Dioscorea opposita, Dioscorea opposita and Dioscorea opposita. Because of its rich nutrition, it has been regarded as a good tonic with good quality and low price since ancient times. In particular, yam contains saponin and mucus, which has the functions of lubricating and moistening dryness, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin, benefit lung and relieve cough. Moreover, yam contains mucin, which has the function of lowering blood sugar, can be used to treat diabetes, and is a good diet for diabetics. Iron stick yam is the best for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach.