Dr. Ying Chun, the head of Chinese medicine department of Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, reminded that to prevent autumn dryness, we should pay attention to "two-pronged approach" in diet: we should not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also replenish water and moisten dryness. Friends who have already suffered from autumn dryness should pay attention to "moistening dryness and clearing fire, promoting fluid production and benefiting stomach", that is, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, clearing dryness and moistening lungs. The key is water. Try to replenish water and keep your body full.
You can drink light salt water during the day and honey water at night-it can not only replenish water, but also resist aging and prevent constipation caused by autumn dryness. In addition, we should pay attention not to eat or eat less spicy barbecue food, and eat more pears, tremella, lilies and some porridge soup that nourishes yin and moistens lungs, moistens dryness and promotes fluid production. In terms of diet, we should eat more sour food with astringent effect.
1 What are the benefits of eating "acid"?
Improve lung dryness
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that autumn governs the lungs, and autumn dryness consumes body fluids, so there are often phenomena such as bitter taste, dry throat, dry stool and dry skin. Acid can astringe yin and produce body fluids, ingest more acidic foods, and stimulate the body to secrete more body fluids, thus achieving the purpose of reducing dryness and moistening the lungs.
Acid can also play the role of bacteriostasis and sterilization, and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on respiratory diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine has the concept of "sweet and sour", which means that sour food can produce saliva and relieve symptoms such as dry mouth and dry skin.
Protect the liver
Acid belongs to wood, autumn belongs to gold, Jin Kemu. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "excessive lung qi inhibits the liver wood, so more acid can strengthen the liver wood", that is, excessive lung qi in autumn may inhibit the liver wood, and sour taste into the liver is the right taste of the liver. Eating more acid can boost liver qi, nourish and protect liver, so in autumn, we should increase the intake of sour food to strengthen liver function and inhibit lung qi.
tonifying spleen
Acid can stimulate appetite and help digestion. At the same time, sour taste can enter the gallbladder, promote bile secretion, relieve greasy, reduce blood fat, and help to strengthen the spleen and stomach. According to the theory of five elements, local gold can strengthen the spleen and stomach, promote the transportation of water and grains and nourish the lungs, so eating more sweet food can achieve the purpose of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the lungs.
What acid should I eat in autumn?
Autumn is a harvest season, and sour food can inhibit the leakage of lung qi, which is an effective way to maintain the "autumn harvest".
Vinegar. Vinegar is a fermented sour liquid condiment, which is fermented by sorghum, rice, corn, wheat, sugar and alcohol. Proper jealousy can promote appetite, help digestion, relieve fatigue, promote blood circulation and dissipate stagnation, and also play a role in bacteriostasis and disinfection. You can put more vinegar in moderation when cooking. Fruit vinegar is more delicious than vinegar, and you can drink a spoonful of vinegar every day, which is good for your health.
Lemon. Has the effects of promoting fluid production, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst. Patients with hypertension and myocardial infarction can often drink lemon drinks.
Hawthorn. Has the effects of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation, stopping dysentery and lowering blood pressure. At the same time, it can eliminate body fat and lower cholesterol. People who lose weight can eat more in moderation. But pregnant women should use it with caution.
Grapefruit. Has expectorant, antitussive, stomach invigorating, digestion promoting, repercussive and analgesic effects, and is effective for patients with gastropathy, dyspepsia, chronic cough, excessive phlegm, asthma, cardiovascular diseases and obesity.
In addition, sweet and sour foods such as grapes, pomegranate, dark plum and Sydney are rich in vitamins, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, thus accelerating the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and enhancing resistance.
Sour beverage
Sour drinks have the functions of nourishing yin, clearing heat, moistening dryness and quenching thirst. Mainly with sour fruit stew soup, brewed tea, such as rock sugar Sydney, honey lemon tea.
In addition, yogurt containing lactic acid and active lactic acid bacteria is also a common acidic beverage, which is beneficial to human digestion and absorption, can effectively regulate the balance of intestinal flora and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis.
Sour vegetables
Such as tomato, which is slightly cold and sweet, has the functions of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, cooling blood and nourishing liver, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and preventing arteriosclerosis and liver diseases. Malic acid and citric acid can help gastric juice digest fat and protein.
Three kinds of people should not eat "acid"
People with weak spleen and stomach or stomach problems. Acidic food contains a lot of acidic substances, and excessive consumption by people with weak stomach will increase the burden on the stomach. At the same time, sour taste enters the liver, and the liver qi is strong, which will make the spleen and stomach weak.
Take Chinese medicine to relieve exterior sweating. The astringency of sour taste will shrink the pores of human sweat glands, which is not conducive to the discharge of exogenous pathogens; On the other hand, acidity may also destroy the effective therapeutic components in traditional Chinese medicine and reduce its efficacy.
People with cough, excessive phlegm and constipation. Sour taste has astringent effect, which is not conducive to the discharge of pathogens. After eating, cough and constipation may be aggravated due to the astringent effect of sour taste.
Middle-aged and elderly people with bad teeth. Eating too much acid food is easy to destroy enamel. Middle-aged and elderly people with bad teeth should eat less sour food and stop eating when they have symptoms of dental discomfort after eating sour food. Healthy people should pay attention to gargle after eating sour food.
Director He finally made a special reminder: Although dieting and acid have many benefits in autumn, don't be greedy for acid. It is not appropriate to disperse acid in autumn, and eat less irritating products such as onions and ginger. If you feel unwell, you still need to go to the hospital in time and consult your doctor.