When autumn dryness strikes, it is important to moisten. According to Chinese medicine, “Autumn Qi is connected to the lungs”, and the lungs are most susceptible to the effects of dryness. In addition to causing dry cough, nosebleeds and other respiratory diseases, lung dryness also causes dryness, loss of elasticity and sensitivity of the skin and hair.
The “Five Juice Drink” is an ancient formula to relieve autumn dryness, from the “Warming Disease Article Discernment” by Wu Jutong, a famous doctor of the Qing Dynasty, which consists of pear, rutabaga, water chestnut, lotus root and maitong. The specific method is: take 100 grams of pear, 50 grams of water chestnut, 60 grams of fresh rutabaga, 100 grams of fresh lotus root, wash and peel, then chop; 10 grams of maitake, soak in boiling water for an hour, wash and chop; then mix the five ingredients and squeeze the juice to drink. It is recommended to drink for 3 days, the symptoms of nasopharyngeal dryness will be significantly improved, long-term drink can also restore the skin and hair moist.
Five juice drink to fresh products is better, the formula of rutabaga, maitake if there is no fresh products, you can use boiling water to soak or decoction to get juice. In addition, you can also use pears, water chestnuts, apricots, kiwis, figs, 50 grams of juice each, plus the right amount of honey to drink, modified “five juice drink” in addition to nourishing the lungs, but also has anti-tumor effect, especially for patients with esophageal cancer.