Fall tonic and diet

Autumn refers to the three months from the beginning of autumn to the beginning of winter. Autumn is characterized by the change from heat to cold, and the disappearance of yang and the growth of yin. Autumn sky is high, the air is dry, the temperature is gradually reduced, the humidity is gradually reduced, the weather is cold and hot, rapid changes. Therefore, dietary health care to moisturize dryness and benefit the qi. Autumn, the climate is cool, this time the five organs are the lungs, the five flavors of food in the pungent taste scattered lung Qi Yu, dietary principles should be “sweet and flat-based”, that is, more food to eat the role of liver cleansing, less acidic food. The motherland traditional medicine believes that more acid in the fall, it is grams of spleen, caused by the five organs are not in tune, and eat more sweet and flat food, in order to enhance the activities of the spleen, so that the activities of the liver and spleen coordinated. Eat wild rice, pumpkin, lotus seed, cinnamon, black sesame, red dates, walnuts and so on. Water bamboo can reduce blood lipids, detoxification, diarrhea; pumpkin can moisten the lungs and benefit the qi, pain and fetal; lotus seed benefits the spleen and nourish the heart, fixing the essence of diarrhea, appetizer and tranquility; cinnamon to treat anemia, neurasthenia, post-partum blood deficiency; black sesame tonic lungs to help the spleen, moistening bowel movements, beneficial skin; red dates to nourish the spleen and flat stomach, Anzhong Yiqi, replenishment of blood and yin; walnuts tonifying the kidneys to nourish the blood, lungs, moistening the muscles to prevent and control neurasthenia and lumbar and leg pain. Autumn eating every meal should not be complicated, this is due to the body’s weak yang, stomach qi is also weak, every meal to eat a variety of food, not easy to digest, easy to lead to stomach problems. Elderly people with weak spleens and stomachs should eat warm, cooked and soft foods. Autumn diet: Autumn weather gradually become cooler, the autumn wind together; rainfall is reduced, the temperature drops, the climate becomes dry, the human body will occur some “autumn dryness” reaction, at this time, the dietary nutrition should be eaten with a light moisturizing and cleansing effect of the liver of the food. Staple food: you can eat some rice, wheat, glutinous rice, and then with food congee with pine nuts, can prevent autumn lung dry cough, intestinal dryness and constipation; side dishes: you can choose to eat fish, beef, chicken, eggs, soybean products, etc.; Vegetables: you can eat some celery, bean sprouts, radish, winter melon, tomatoes, lotus root, spinach, amaranth, cauliflower, carrots, water chestnuts, wild rice, squash, cabbage, cabbage, etc.; Fruits: you can eat some apples, pomegranate, Grapes, mango, pomelo, lemon, hawthorn, banana, pineapple, pear, and pumpkin seeds, chestnuts, lotus seeds, cinnamon, honey, white fungus, etc.; Beverages: more soymilk, porridge, milk and drink more water to maintain the balance of water metabolism, to prevent the skin from drying out, the evil fire invasion. It is important to eat rich food in the fall, because it both replenishes the consumption of summer, but also to prepare for the winter, but also can not eat and drink, to prevent excessive intake of calories, should be rationally arranged to achieve a balanced diet. In addition, the fall diet should eat less spicy stimulation, deep-fried, barbecue food, and avoid eating cold, unclean food to avoid causing diarrhea.