" Frostfall " solar term, the weather gradually becomes colder and the dew condenses into frost. During the frost season, health care is particularly important. It is advisable to eat—sweet, light, moisturize, dry, and clothes should be kept warm.
In ancient my country, frost fall into three phases: "The first time jackal is to sacrifice animals", which means that animals such as jackals should reserve food for winter starting from frost fall; "The second time grass and trees fall yellow", the plants and trees wither and fallen leaves all over the ground; "The third time hibernating insects and hibernating salty", animals that are preparing to hibernate begin to hide in caves for winter. At this time, nature is in the transition to the cold winter, and we should also put "autumn freezing" aside and make some preparations for a healthy lifelong winter.
Cream preservation first of all, we must pay attention to keeping warm. In late autumn, the wind is strong and cooler, and not everyone is suitable for "autumn freezing". The elderly are very likely to suffer from "old cold legs", and chronic bronchitis is also prone to recur or worsening. For the elderly and children with poor resistance, pay attention to the weather in time and add clothes to keep warm to avoid invasion of dampness and cold evil and causing illness.
When the frost falls, maple trees, yellow tree and other trees began to turn red and yellow all over the mountains and fields, like fire and brocade, very spectacular. When going out to climb and enjoy the beautiful scenery, you must pay attention to keeping warm, especially protecting your knee joints, and do not exercise too much.
When frost falls, it belongs to earth in the five elements. According to the view of traditional Chinese medicine health care, in terms of the relationship between the four seasons and five supplements - spring should be improved and nourished, summer should be clear and nourished, light supplemented, autumn should be flat supplemented, and winter should be warm and nourished, at this time, the same as long summer should be earth, and light supplemented, and blood and qi should be replenished to nourish the stomach. The weather gradually cools down when the frost falls, and the autumn is dry, which can easily damage the body fluids. It is mostly manifested as dry mouth, dry lips, dry throat, constipation, dry skin, etc. At this time, you should eat sweet and light foods to replenish insufficient body fluids, nourish the lungs to moisturize dryness .
1. Respiratory problems
late autumn season is the peak period for respiratory diseases. It is advisable to eat more foods such as pears, apples, olives, ginkgo , onions, mustard , radish and other foods that promote salivation and moisten dryness, relieve cough and relieve lungs. Rub Yingxiang point on both sides of the nose wings, practice the "hiss" sound, etc., which can help prevent respiratory diseases.
2. Gastrointestinal problems
Frost descending solar term is the peak period for recurrence of chronic gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcer disease. In terms of dietary conditioning, it is advisable to nourish the spleen and stomach, and tonify the liver and kidneys. You can appropriately eat soft foods such as sesame , glutinous rice, japonica rice, honey, loquat , pineapple, dairy and other soft foods to benefit the stomach and promote saliva and be beneficial to health.
3. Chestnuts, frost, fruits,
Chestnuts have the effects of nourishing the stomach and spleen, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening the tendons, promoting blood circulation and stopping bleeding, relieving cough and relieving phlegm. They are the best tonic products at this time. frost is spread all over the plants, trees, soil and rocks, commonly known as frost , and frost-covered vegetables such as spinach and winter melon taste particularly delicious. Fruits made from frosted are very sweet like grapes. Some places need to eat tomato , thinking that this can keep warm and nourish the muscles and bones.
In late autumn, the world is solemn and everything is converging, which can easily cause people to worry and make people depressed and depressed. Preventing dryness and depression in autumn are the key points of health protection.
in the lungs. The lungs are in ambition and worry can easily hurt the lungs. In late autumn, the sunshine decreases, the temperature decreases, the grass withered leaves fall, and the flowers and trees wither often causes desolation and drooling in the hearts of some people, and produces sad autumn emotions such as melancholy and irritability. "The Great Treatise on the Four Qis and Adjusting Spirits" points out that "to make the ambition calm, to slow down the punishment of autumn, to restrain the spirit and to calm the autumn air; to make the ambition clearer the lung air, this is the response of autumn air and the way to nourish and harvest."Instruct . In autumn health care, we must first cultivate optimism and maintain peace of mind and avoid the solemn and killing spirit; restrain our spirit to adapt to the calm atmosphere in autumn. At this time, the maple leaves all over the mountain are redder than fire. Climbing up to the distance can make people feel relaxed and happy. All bad emotions suddenly dissipate, which is a good agent for mediating the spirit.
The so-called "clearing the lungs" refers to clearing heat, removing dampness and detoxifying.
TCM saying: White enters the lungs. lily , lotus seeds, pears, tremella , radish, etc. are white food , and have certain effects on nourishing the lungs and moistening the lungs.
Lily tastes sweet and cold in nature, people with cold hands and feet, fear of cold, fatigue, and urination should not be used.
In comparison, tremella should be warmer, which is more suitable for people with cold body or bad stomach.
Myx contains colloids, which can eliminate dust in the digestive tract. However, since heavy metals such as lead and cadmium in black fungus are often easily exceeded, it is not advisable to eat in large quantities, and a small amount can be served.
Drinking Luhan Fruit Tea is also a good choice, but Luohan Fruit is cold in nature and is not suitable for those who are prone to diarrhea.
Co-author of this article: Han Muzhen
Editor of this article: Sha Guo
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