Although Autumn marks the beginning of autumn, the weather does not cool off immediately after Autumn, but is cool in the morning and evening, and still hot around noon. Old-timers use the term “autumn tiger” to describe the power of this weather. Generally, during this period, there is more rain, often sunny during the day and heavy rain at night in the north; in the south, it is mostly rainy, humid and hot. Therefore, the climate of this season is characterized by heat and humidity, remind everyone must be based on the characteristics of the climate at this time to take care of their “lungs”.
The best way to take care of your lungs is to “regulate your mood and prevent autumn worries”.
The dry climate in autumn, and temperature changes, easy to bring a certain impact on the psychology and physiology of people. According to Chinese medicine, autumn should be in the lungs, the lungs can cause people sad mood changes, this period is also a high incidence of depression. Because the sunlight exposure gradually decreases in autumn, the melatonin secretion in the pineal gland of the brain increases, and people’s mood will be depressed. So, how to adjust your mood in autumn to prevent the occurrence of diseases? Remind us to pay attention to the following points.
1, to strengthen sunlight and light: when rainy days or no sunlight in the morning and evening, try to open all the lighting devices in your home or office, so that the house is bright and open. Activities should also be carried out in well-lit conditions to mobilize emotions, enhance excitability, reduce or eliminate feelings of depression. When there is a cloudy day, you can turn on the indoor lights, eat more food with high sugar content to enhance the vitality of the body and help regulate the mood, but also eat more vitamin-rich food, such as whole wheat bread, vegetables, eggs, etc.. Drinking coffee and strong tea also helps to eliminate pessimism.
2, to maintain an optimistic mood: when you are bored, look at the green hills and green water, curling smoke, fatigue, the feeling of bitterness suddenly disappeared. In case of trouble, you can find a friend or relative who understands what is going on, and confide in them. Watch comedy movies, can also be achieved to eliminate the role of bad mood.
3, suitable for autumn food: choose millet, cornmeal, buckwheat noodles, bean noodles, germ rice, brown rice, etc. These contain amino acids and high quality protein, various minerals and vitamins, can regulate endocrine, balance the mood, relax the nerves.
Nuts, such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, etc., have more unsaturated fatty acids, which can activate the brain’s neural reflex activity, supplement brain nutrition, strengthen the brain system and relieve fatigue due to long-term brain activity.
Mushrooms such as shiitake, mushroom, flat mushroom, black fungus, white fungus, etc., contain high protein, amino acids, vitamins, polysaccharides, minerals and other nutrients, which can regulate endocrine secretion, clear heat and detoxify, calm and tranquilize.
Seafood and algae such as fish, shrimp, crab, cuttlefish, kelp, nori, wakame, etc., containing calcium, iron, zinc, iodine, manganese, copper and other nutrients and vitamins, with the effect of emotional stability.
Vegetables such as bananas, tomatoes, onions, spinach, carrots and garlic are rich in vitamins that can enhance memory and have a balancing effect on mental stress. There is also warm milk, which has a calming and easing effect, especially effective for menstruating women, helping them to reduce tension, irritability and anxiety. Bananas contain not only potassium, which lowers blood pressure, but also substances that improve mood. It helps the brain to produce 5-hydroxytryptamine, a substance that not only promotes a happy and peaceful mood and even reduces pain, but also leads to a significant reduction in the hormones that cause people to feel bad. Suitable for autumn consumption.
4, the right amount of exercise: autumn exercise can not leave the “collection, to raise”, to maintain the body’s yin as a priority, that is, the amount of exercise should not be too much, should be gradual, especially the elderly, children and the weak, taijiquan, jogging, climbing, etc. is more suitable exercise.
5, maintain a good sleep: to relieve stress during the day, try to put down work after 15:00, do not work overtime at night, after dinner can go for a walk in the park, group dance, to relax, but also before going to bed bubble feet, do a head massage, all help to sleep.
”Autumn health porridge”
After entering autumn, with the gradual drop in temperature, people’s appetite is also up. In the north of China, there is a custom of “autumn fat” in this season, that is, to eat more nutritious food to nourish the body in this season. However, in summer, people often crave cold drinks because of the cool summer, so the function of the spleen and stomach is affected to varying degrees, and in autumn if a large number of tonic products, so that the gastrointestinal state of weakness can not bear the burden of these supplements, resulting in digestive disorders. If the function of the spleen and stomach can be adjusted so that the spleen and stomach can give full play to the role of digestion and absorption of nutrients, the human body will also be healthy. Therefore, the process of taking tonic can be said to be the process of regulating the spleen and stomach. Congee food is nutritious, easy to digest, and does not hurt the spleen and stomach, so more porridge food in autumn is the best way to nourish the body and strengthen the spleen and stomach, but according to their own specific circumstances to choose the ingredients. Here are a few autumn health porridge.
1, barley porridge: 70 grams of barley, 50 grams of japonica rice, salt to the amount. Wash the japonica rice, barley, put into a pot and cook into a porridge with salt. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, dispelling wind and dampness, and eliminating edema. Suitable for all kinds of people to eat in autumn.
2, yam glutinous rice porridge: glutinous rice 50 grams, yam 300 grams, sugar appropriate amount. Wash the glutinous rice, add water to boil, and then cooked over a warm fire into a porridge. Wash and peel the yam, cut it into dice, when the porridge is cooked, put it into the same cooking, until the yam is cooked, add sugar to taste and eat. It has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach and regulating the stomach and intestines.
3, wild rice and pork porridge: 100 grams of wild rice, 100 grams of round-grained rice, 50 grams of ground pork, 25 grams of shiitake mushrooms, salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking oil. Peel and wash the wild rice, cut into shreds for use; mushrooms chopped into pieces. Put a small amount of cooking oil in the frying pan, 60% heat into the minced pork stir-fry, add wild rice, mushroom, salt, MSG and stir-fry to taste, serve into a bowl and set aside. Boil the cleaned japonica rice porridge, add the fried wild rice when the porridge is ready, and cook it for a while. This porridge is nutritious and delicious. It has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, tonifying the spleen and stomach, and promoting water and laxity.
4, pumpkin lily porridge: pumpkin 250 grams, 50 grams of fresh lily, 100 grams of round-grained rice, the amount of rock sugar. The pumpkin washed and peeled, diced, fresh lilies picked petals washed. Wash the japonica rice and boil it, boil it with a gentle fire, add the pumpkin dice and boil it, then put A rock sugar, lily, boil it. Pumpkin is rich in nutrients, low in fat, easy to digest and absorb, and can also laxative. With nourishing lily of the lungs, with a spleen nourishing the role of dryness.
5, cinnamon chestnut porridge: 50 grams of chestnuts, 100 grams of round-grained rice, sugar, cinnamon appropriate amount. Wash chestnuts and round-grained rice, put them into a pot and cook them into a porridge, add sugar and cinnamon. This porridge is fragrant, sticky and delicious. Chestnuts are rich in protein, carbohydrates and various vitamins, which can strengthen the spleen and stomach, enhance appetite, and can strengthen the kidneys and bones, especially for the elderly.
6, red dates and millet porridge: 50 grams of red dates, millet 150 grams, sugar appropriate amount. Soak the jujube in water and wash it, then put it into a pot with the cleaned millet, boil it over high heat, then simmer it slowly, put sugar in it after it’s cooked and mix it well, then eat it. Red dates and millet are good for nourishment. This porridge has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the blood, nourishing the skin.
7, lotus root juice glutinous rice porridge: 200 grams of glutinous rice, young lotus root 2, sugar, cinnamon appropriate amount. Wash and peel the lotus root, cut, use the crusher to make sauce, strain the dregs, take the lotus root juice water spare. Add the cleaned glutinous rice and lotus root juice into the pot, add enough water to make porridge, then add sugar and cinnamon, boil it slightly. This porridge is light in taste, lotus root fragrant and refreshing, with the effect of clearing heat, nourishing the spleen and strengthening the stomach, is a good tonic for the old, young, women and children, the weak and sick.
8, carrot porridge: 1 carrot, 100 grams of round-grained rice. Wash and slice the carrot, stir-fry it slightly with veggie oil, and cook it with cleaned japonica rice to make a porridge, which can be eaten. The porridge is fragrant and refreshing, with the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach and nourishing the face. The weather is dry in autumn, people have rough skin, cracked lips, dry eyes, increased dandruff and other symptoms, carrot porridge has a certain preventive effect on these symptoms.
9, chrysanthemum japonica rice porridge: chrysanthemum 5 grams, japonica rice 50 grams. Wash the japonica rice and boil it into porridge, then add the chrysanthemum, cook it with a gentle fire for about minutes. The porridge has a bright yellow color and fragrant smell. It has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, clearing liver fire, and the spleen and stomach, and has a good therapeutic effect on wind-heat colds in autumn, and also has a preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases.
10, silver fungus jujube porridge: 5 grams of silver fungus, 5 jujubes, 100 grams of round-grained rice, the right amount of rock sugar. Put the silver fungus into warm water, remove the tip and impurities, wash the round-grained rice and jujube, put them into a pot, add water and boil it over high heat, stew it slowly over low heat until the silver fungus is cooked and the round-grained rice becomes porridge, then add rock sugar. The porridge is bright, sticky, sweet and smooth, and has the effect of nourishing the lungs and stomach and preventing autumn dryness.
”Tianshu detoxification method”
Autumn is the season of tonic, but also a great season for detoxification. Because before autumn is the hot summer, the summer sun is hot, Chinese medicine believes that “heat produces dampness”, the evil of dampness and heat as “toxins” in the body latent down, and gradually increase, and autumn is the main “collection “, everything tends to collect for use, toxins also tend to accumulate in the body, if not well excreted, it will accumulate in the body, leading to various diseases. Therefore, the autumn health – an important element is: detoxification.
The most respected way of detoxification is to start the body’s natural detoxification function.
So, how do we start the body’s natural detoxification function? Generally speaking, the purpose of detoxification can be achieved through dietary therapy. In addition to dietary therapy, Lu taught us another detoxification method, is to often press the Tianshu point. Tianshu, as the name suggests, means pivot, which regulates the rise and fall of qi and helps the stomach and intestines to lower turbidity. Tianshu point is located two inches on either side of the navel. Massage this point can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and blood circulation, morning and evening self-massage will help defecation.
Massage methods are as follows.
1, rubbing with the palm, 50 clockwise massage, and then 50 counterclockwise massage, once a day in the morning and evening, has the effect of promoting intestinal peristalsis.
2, rub the skin of the whole body, every night before going to bed and before getting up in the morning, rub the skin of the whole body with the palm of the hand dozens of times, to the skin slightly red or slightly hot, can promote the blood circulation of the skin, metabolism.
In addition, through the right amount of exercise to increase the amount of body sweating, to eliminate toxins in the body is also a very effective method.