Autumn is coming, dryness is its main climate characteristics, Chinese medicine this climate is called "dry", is one of the causes of the six external diseases. Autumn in the "five elements" in the gold, the five organs of the "lung" also belongs to the gold, exuberant in the fall. Lungs like moist and evil dryness, the main respiratory and atmospheric communication, the outer skin and hair, and the large intestine with the surface, so dryness is most likely to hurt the lungs, resulting in cough or dry cough, dry mouth and tongue skin, constipation and other symptoms.

In order to prevent autumn dryness injury to the lungs, the daily diet can be consumed more yin nourishing, nourishing, moistening the lungs of the food. In the "five flavors", the sour taste astringent lung, the pungent taste dispersal lung, so it is desirable to collect rather than disperse in the fall. Therefore, "nourish yin and moisten the lungs", "less pungent and more acidic" is the basic principle of autumn diet.

Many fruits listed in the fall have the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the lungs, moistening dryness and generating fluids, and are delicious, making them a good therapeutic food for health care in the fall.

1. Pears:Autumn pear is sweet and cool, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, moistening the lungs and generating fluids, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, etc. It has a better treatment effect on lung-heat cough, and can also help digestion, increase appetite, relieve heat and diuretic. It can be eaten raw, juiced or stewed.

2. citrus:Citrus is cool and sweet and sour, with the effect of generating fluids and relieving cough, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, applicable to lung-heat cough, thirst after heat illness with insufficient fluids.

3. Sugar cane:Sugar cane juice is flat and sweet in nature, with the effects of relieving heat, generating fluids and moistening dryness, it can be used for treating dry mouth and tongue, insufficient fluids, unfavorable urination, dryness of stools, coughing with lung heat, and high fever and thirst.

4.荸荠:Water chestnut is also known as "underground snow pear", with cool blood detoxification, clearing heat and generating fluids, dampness and phlegm, etc., can be used to treat heat illness and injury to the fluids, dry mouth and pharynx, lung heat and cough and other diseases.

5. Grapes:Grapes are rich in nutrients, can nourish the liver and kidneys, benefit qi and blood, produce fluids, facilitate urination, and can nourish yin and get rid of vexation if consumed regularly.

6. Dates:Jujubes are good for tonifying the spleen and stomach, benefiting the vital energy and generating fluids, moistening the heart and lungs, tonifying the five viscera, and strengthening the resistance, making them a versatile tonic.

7. Pomegranate:Pomegranate is warm and sweet and sour, can nourish yin and promote fluid, astringent effect is obvious, suitable for insufficient fluid, dry mouth and throat, diarrhea and other people to eat.

8. Persimmon:Persimmon has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, clearing away heat and promoting the production of fluids, resolving phlegm and softening the hardness, eliminating dryness and fire, stopping dry coughs and clearing the bowels.

In addition to the various fruits mentioned above, we can add medicinal foods such as beans, dairy products, honey, sesame seeds, lotus seeds, lilies, silver fungus, yam, maitake, and sasanqua to our dietary repertoire.Among them, Chinese herbs such as salvia, yam and lily, which can promote the secretion of glands in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts, are commonly used to moisturize the dryness. Here are a few suitable fall diet for readers to choose.

1. Stewed Snow Pear with Almonds

Almonds 10 grams, peeled, broken, pear a peeled, sliced, with the bowl, add 20 grams of rock sugar, water, and then placed in the pot of water stewed for 1 hour can be taken. Almonds have declared lung expectorant, cough and asthma effects, Sydney can nourish Yin heat, moisten the lung cough, the two combined consumption, suitable for lung heat and dry cough.

2. Pork Lung Stewed with Pear and Fish Maw

Pear 2, 15 grams of mother of pearl, 40 grams of pig lungs, rock sugar. First pear cut into small pieces, pig lungs cleaned, cut into small pieces, Sichuan shellfish mother cleaned, together into the casserole, discretionary ice sugar and water. Boil with fire, then stew with fire for about 3 hours, eat snow pear, pig lung, drink soup. It is suitable for treating dry cough without sputum or sputum with little and sticky, coughing up blood, etc. caused by deficiency of lung yin.

3. Lily and fungus porridge

Dry lily 15 grams, soaked in advance; 30 grams of fungus, soaked in advance; 100 grams of round-grained rice, and soaked lily, fungus cooked into porridge, but also with lotus seeds, wolfberries, jujubes, etc., seasoned with rock sugar. This porridge has a stomach and lungs, the role of dryness, suitable for autumn lung dryness caused by dry mouth, dry throat, dry nose, dry cough.

4. Lily Erdong Cream

Lily, asparagus, maitake 250 grams, honey. The above materials will be cleaned and water with a gentle fire decoction for 2 hours, filtering juice concentrated into a paste, each 100 grams of paste plus 50 grams of honey mixed, 10 to 20 grams of water every morning and evening with plain water. It is suitable for the treatment of dry cough with little phlegm, heart and chest boredom, insomnia and sleeplessness.

Autumn diet in addition to acid, moist, but also should try to eat less spicy products, to comply with the "less spicy acid" principle, such as onions, garlic, ginger, chili peppers and other hot foods, after eating easily lead to fire, the body's internal heat aggravation will cause dry skin, dry mouth, mouth ulcers, constipation and so on. Must also pay attention to not too much tonic, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach.

(This answer was provided by Chen Yongkang, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University)

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Prevention of autumn dryness focuses on the lungs, should eat more nourishing and moisturizing food, as little as possible to eat onions, ginger and other pungent foods, appropriate to eat more acidic fruits and vegetables.

Some people are prone to colds in autumn, dry cough difficult, the usual diet should eat more nourishing yin moistening lung food, in advance to prevent the invasion of autumn evils, appropriate consumption of such as sesame, glutinous rice, round-grained rice, honey, pipa, pineapple, dairy products and other soft and moisturizing food, to play a beneficial effect on stomach and body fluid, you can also boil lotus seeds and snow pears to drink water, the old duck soup is also a good choice.

In addition, the onset of autumn can easily lead to sadness and sadness of the autumn mood, this time to focus on spiritual health, so that they have peace of mind, cultivate optimism, go out more, climb high and far away, reduce the chances of damage to the lungs.

Dryness is one of the six elements, we all know that the six elements have seasonal characteristics, people often say that "autumn dryness is difficult to survive", which shows that the dryness is easy to appear in the fall. Dryness has the characteristic of dryness, and it is easy to damage the fluid; dryness is easy to appear in the fall, and the main organ in the fall is the lungs, the lungs are delicate organs, connected with the outside world, and dryness is easy to enter the lungs from the mouth, which is the most easy to injure the lungs. The dryness of the disease has warm dryness, cool dryness, dry and partial heat for warm dryness, dry and partial cold for cool dryness. Yu Genchu said: "Autumn deep cool, the west wind kill, feel the more sick wind dry, this is a dry cool, more severe winter wind cold for light; if the long drought without rain, the autumn sun to exposure, feel the more sick warm dry, this is a dry heat, more than the twilight of the spring wind temperature for heavy." Warm dryness, clinically visible fever, slight malignant wind-cold, headache, little sweat, dry cough, little sputum, dry skin and rhinitis, thirst, heartburn, yellow urine, etc.; cool dryness, clinically visible malignant cold, light fever, headache, no sweat, dry mouth, dry rhinitis, cough with scanty sputum, thirst and other symptoms.

For the prevention of autumn dryness, the focus is on moistening the lungs, less spicy food, and the personal recommendation is food therapy.

First of all, you can eat more pears, can be directly as a fruit to eat. Of course, you can use the pear and pig lungs and the right amount of Sichuan shellfish stew together, this soup is quite good, for the effect of moisturizing the lungs is also particularly good.

Secondly, you can also buy some stewed lotus root soup with pork barrel bones, and you can add a little lotus seeds, wolfberries and red dates.

Of course, if you think it is very troublesome to make soup, you can also daily tire chrysanthemum bubble water tea, this is the most simple and convenient, for the autumn dryness caused by dry nose and throat, as well as sleepy fatigue effect is very significant.

The above is only a personal opinion, do not have any questions or views welcome to leave a comment at the bottom of the article.

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The climate in early fall is still wet. Autumn dryness refers to the dryness of late fall.

Autumn dryness should not just nourish yin and generate fluids

General attention to health care people, will be added to the diet of more nourishing Yin moisturizing products, which is of course very necessary for the prevention of dryness. However.Thirst, dry throat, dry skinThese issuesIt's not just a matter of nourishing Yin and generating fluids. Sometimes, we eat some nourishing food, but instead of solving the problem of dryness, phlegm-dampness also appeared on themselves at the same time, not knowing whether to dispel dampness or moisten dryness.

This is because in the fall and winter qi astringent, the temperature drops, people are prone to cold, cool dryness in the injury to the yin at the same time, but also offend the table and make theWhen the lung qi doesn't propagate and the fluid can't be transported, it becomes phlegm-dampness.. Yin injury gives rise to deficiency fire, so there is again the problem of a dry, itchy, swollen and painful throat.

With regard to dryness, there are cases where nourishing Yin and generating fluids is effective, and there are cases where not only is it ineffective, but if you try to nourish Yin again, you will generate phlegm instead-

For pure deficiency fire, you can use clearing heat and nourishing yin

Dry, itchy and swollen throat, related to the wind-heat evil, may be solid fire, theMore commonly seen as Yin deficiency generating fire - Lung and Stomach deficiency fire。

For pure Yin deficiency and dry heat, the dietary treatment is to clear heat and moisten dryness, such asPear, Persimmon, Lotus Root, Luo Han Guo, Dendrobium, Yujietc. It is best to use pungent and cool things to disperse the fire in the throat, such asMint, radishAnd so on. Spicy people and late-night parties are most likely to have Yin deficiency and fire.

Real fire, mostly accompanied by constipation, when clearing heat and laxatives

If it is real fire, such as sore throat (possibly combined with constipation) after feeling heat, being addicted to tobacco and alcohol, or eating a lot of hot food, then use the method of clearing heat and relieving the throat-

The throat has only begun to swell and acheThickly decocted with Fructus Lycopersicum and Fructus Luo Han Guo(It must be decocted thickly or it will not be very effective.) It will take care of most sore throats caused by solid heat. If there is constipation problem, must pass the stool. Some teachers with a big temper, usually can use fat sea or Luo Han Guo bubble water, light some on the good, maintenance of the throat.

Don't easily nourish Yin when you are cold from outside and suffer from internal fire.

In the late fall, by the cold and dryness of the evil will also trigger dry, itchy, swollen and painful throat. In this case, if you insist on sweet and cool products to nourish yin and moisturize dryness, but will produce more phlegm, the principle of the beginning of the said.

It's a cold. If it's serious.It's best to ask your doctor for a diagnosis and treatment.. The main point is to remind people not to nourish yin regardless.

The seasons are especially pronounced in Guangdong this year. I can feel the fall winds picking up very early. However, my nose is particularly secretive at this time of the year, that is, easy to have boogers (sorry, more vulgar). I've been boiling chrysanthemum tea for a few days, and it works well. Sometimes directly after boiling, let it cool and add honey, or boil with rock sugar, or add red dates and wolfberries. But I will make soup every day, this time will make some moisturizing.

The change of the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn dry, winter cold is a normal change in nature, into the fall, the temperature gradually lower, morning and evening cooler, less rainfall, when the yang is declining, the yin is born, "dry" as the main gas.

Dryness is the disease of dryness and astringency, invading the human body, it is most likely to damage the fluid, appearing a variety of dry, astringent symptoms, dry skin, mouth and tongue ulcers, sore throat, dry cough with little phlegm, short urine, stool dryness and so on.

Autumn in the human body in the five viscera and six internal organs corresponding to the lungs, in the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, dry most injurious to the lungs. Chinese medicine believes that the lungs are delicate organs, like clear and moist and evil dry. Lung main gas Division breathing, directly connected with the natural atmosphere, and outside the skin and hair, the opening in the nose, dryness from the mouth and nose, so it is most likely to damage the lungs, thus affecting the lungs of the declared, or even dry injury to the lungs, dry cough with little sputum, or phlegm viscous and difficult to cluck, or sputum with blood, or even wheezing and chest pain, and so on.

Following the principle of "moisturizing when it is dry", we usually choose to nourish Yin and moisten the lungs to prevent it.

How to tell if you need to nourish Yin and moisturize dryness

Chinese medicine emphasizes evidence-based treatment, and not everyone is suitable for nourishing Yin and moisturizing dryness.

Accompanied by cough and dry cough, itchy throat, sore throat, usually fear of heat, tongue dry Yin deficiency of the body of the people, more suitable for nourishing Yin moisturizing lungs.

Nourishing Yin and moistening dryness is suitable for people with Yin deficiency and internal heat.These people are often accompanied by heat in the heart of the hands and feet, fire in the face, red cheeks, often feel dry eyes, dry mouth and throat, always want to drink water, dry skin, often dry stools, easy to insomnia, impatience, poor mental state and other symptoms.

However, qi deficiency, yang deficiency, spleen deficiency of the crowd should not choose this method of moisturizing dryness, such people are often accompanied by chest tightness, loose stools, the spirit of the poorer, afraid of cold and other symptoms.

Precautions for moisturizing dryness in autumn

01,Drink proper water

Many people believe that autumn dryness caused by the disease, drink more water can be relieved. In the perspective of Chinese medicine, in fact, only rely on drinking water to moisturize dryness is not enough, improper control will also produce moisture.

People in the summer heat after sweating, often too much loss, there will be a lack of nutrients and water in the body, and into the fall, the climate is dry, violating the human body, but also easy to damage the fluid.

Drinking water appropriately can moisturize the surface layer, which is conducive to alleviating the damage caused by dryness. However, the aggravation of dampness and heat in the body in summer will lead to the spleen's dysfunction and weakening of the role of water-dampness transport, and drinking too much water at this time will increase the burden on the spleen and produce or aggravate dampness.

02,Diet to moisten the lungs

Pear is known as the star fruit of the fall, sweet and slightly acidic, cool, into the lungs, stomach meridian, has the role of thirst, moistening the lungs and clearing dryness.

Pears contain about 85% water, fresh sweet and juicy, fall thirst, dry throat, eat some pear can increase the fluid, reduce the feeling of dry mouth.

Pear moisturizing effect is good, but weak spleen and stomach people should not eat raw, it is recommended to cook pear soup to drink. Pear soup is sweet and tasty, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, you can often drink.

In addition to pears, you can also consume bird's nest and pears, Szechuan shellfish, almonds, winter melon and other foods as appropriate.

03,Regulating the spleen and stomach

A flavor of moisturizing the lungs, sometimes for the effect of disease management does not have much effect, moisturizing the lungs at the same time, but also need to nourish the stomach. Only to regulate the spleen and stomach, protect the spleen and stomach qi, the human body intake of lung food can be biochemical power, into the body needs the blood, fluid and other nutrients.

After autumn, should also try to eat as little as possible cold food or raw food a lot of fruits and vegetables, especially the spleen and stomach cold people should be cautious. These foods may cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, but also affect the absorption of food.

Even though the fall is dry, the dryness actually escalates going forward into the winter when the heat and air conditioning blows in the south and the heating starts in the north.

During such seasons, many people will feel dry skin, dry mouth, either a sore or itchy throat, and in some cases even dry eyes.

Many people also know that since their bodies are dry then they should drink water, which is essential for adequate hydration.

As far as a healthy person is concerned, he or she generally needs to consume roughly 2,500 ml of water per day, which should not only satisfy the body's needs, but also make up for water lost through respiration, evaporation from the skin, urination, feces, and so on.

And this water in addition to food can be obtained from part of the outside, in accordance with China's dietary nutrient reference intake, the human body also needs to consume 6 to 8 cups of water per day.

However, some of you may find that this season, you can't alleviate the dryness by just drinking water.

In fact, on this issue dogs have talked to people before, mainly because of the wrong way of hydration.

The body is dehydrated drinking pure water is often not the best way to quench your thirst, because the water molecules in it are in a free state and can enter the bloodstream very quickly, while also being excreted by the kidneys very quickly.

It does not serve the purpose of moisturizing the body at all.

Conversely, water with a small amount of carbohydrates is much better.

Because carbohydrates are hydrophilic, they attract water molecules, slowing down the absorption of water and stopping them from being excreted as quickly.

This way, the moisture stays in the body longer and moisturizes the body, eyes, throat, etc. better.

Like honey water is one of the more recommended drinks for dogs because honey is rich in fructose, which has the best hygroscopic effect among small molecular sugars, stronger than glucose and sucrose.

However, it is worth reminding a word of caution, honey can not add too much, adjusted to have a light sweetness can be, otherwise the sugar is too high, the osmotic pressure is also high, which in turn will make the body lose more water.

In addition, fruits are also rich in fructose, grapes, pears, bananas, etc., you may wish to eat up on a daily basis, but also can help to alleviate seasonal dryness.

In addition, the old generation said that fall drink some silver ear soup can moisten dryness, in fact, is also in line with scientific reasoning.

The gelatinous polysaccharides that Silver Fungus is rich in, using its mucus properties to keep water in the mucous membranes, throat and digestive tract for a long time to moisturize the body, do achieve the purpose of nourishing the body.

In addition, like those who always feel dry skin, you can also drink silver ear soup regularly.

This is because such collagen-rich foods also have the ability to promote collagen synthesis as well as relieve dry skin.

Although autumn dryness sometimes does not cause illness, it is always uncomfortable, such as peeling skin and lips, dry throat, lowered immunity, and susceptibility to colds.

So in addition to hydration, the following diets can also help prevent fall dryness and other health problems associated with it!

1 Orange fruits and vegetables

The reason why the emphasis here is on orange fruits and vegetables has to do mainly with vitamin A supplementation.

In addition to not drinking enough water, dry skin can also occur if your body is deficient in vitamin A, which is necessary for the synthesis and repair of epithelial tissue.

When it is severely deficient, the resistance of the skin and mucous membranes decreases and the secretion of mucus from their surfaces is reduced.

You can check yourself, if white lines and cuticles are evident as soon as you scratch the skin with your nails, you may have a vitamin A deficiency problem.

Orange vegetables such as carrots, mangoes, and oranges are rich in beta-carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the body.

Dog, so last time you said cod liver oil is also good for vitamin A. Is it not as good as eating fruits and veggies?

In fact, in comparison, cod liver oil or vitamin A capsules are more effective because the conversion of carotenoids is slower, and the exact rate of conversion varies from person to person.

Orange vegetables and fruits have their advantages though, they contain not only carotenoids, but also lycopene, anthocyanins, and vitamin C, all of which are good for your skin's health.

2 Dairy products to drink more

Milk, soymilk and other such dairy products contain high quality proteins in addition to their high water content, which can be used as a source of water in the daily diet.

In addition, fall is suitable for nourishment, and drinking some soup can also achieve the purpose of promoting health and relieving dryness.

You can choose yam, lotus root, winter melon and other vegetables with bones to stew a soup to drink.

3 can eat some mixed grain porridge

With fine pasta being the mainstay of today's diet, the human body is actually particularly prone to a lack of B vitamin intake.

And B vitamins are also very beneficial for the health of the skin.

Coarse grains like oats, sorghum, barley, red beans, and other coarse grains are rich in B vitamins in their husk and paste flour layers, so you may want to grab a handful of coarse grains along with your rice stew.

This benefits skin health and relieves the effects of fall dryness.

4 A small handful of nuts

Nuts are a good source of essential fatty acids, which also help keep the skin "oily" and help the body lock in moisture better;

In addition, things like pumpkin seeds and pecans are rich in zinc, which also helps prevent dry skin.

But the dog would also like to emphasize here that the kind of nuts being referred to here are the kind that are plain and shelled, whereas many of the salted and sugared ones on the market don't count.

Otherwise you'll just get thirstier and thirstier.