From the perspective of traditional medicine, after the scorching heat of midsummer, the human body will be injured by long-term heat consumption, yin and yang imbalance, which means that the heat first steamed the person, and also steamed away part of the jin liquid, it can be said that "autumn dryness" is caused by internal factors and external factors.
The main climate of autumn is characterized by dryness. Autumn belongs to gold, the lungs are also gold, its qi is connected, the lungs are delicate, like to moisturize and irritate, open in the nose, the main breath, the main fur, through the throat. Therefore, dry evil into the body, people are prone to cough less phlegm, sneeze in the wind cold, runny nose, dry stool, itchy skin.
As soon as TCM hears the dry cough, it knows that autumn is coming, and the coughing sound of autumn patients is different from other seasons.
Autumn dryness mainly has a greater impact on the entire respiratory system, easy to hurt the lungs, traditional medicine has a saying of "nourishing lung qi and preventing autumn dryness". How to raise and prevent it? Professor He Yumin suggested that appropriate health conditioning can be carried out from three aspects: medicine and food, work and rest, and exercise.
Medicinal food
We mentioned before that the lungs love the "eight whites". Today I will share with you a few medicinal meals, which are common ingredients and are very suitable for eating this season.
Lotus seeds, millet, goji berries, boiled sea cucumbers
【Raw materials】: 150 grams of sea cucumber, 25 grams of fresh lotus seeds, 10 grams of goji berries, 100 grams of millet, salt, chicken essence.
【Practice】:
1. Soak the sea cucumber in advance, wash the millet, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil over high heat;
2. Add fresh lotus seeds, reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes until millet and lotus seeds are soft.
3. Then put the sea cucumber in a pot and cook over medium heat for about 1 minute;
4. 1 minute before coming out of the pan, sprinkle an appropriate amount of goji berries, add a little salt and chicken essence and stir well, season and turn off the heat.
[Efficacy]: millet and Zhongyi kidney, detoxification; Lotus seeds replenish the spleen and stop diarrhea, benefit the kidney and solidify the essence, nourish the mind and calm the mind; Goji berries nourish the liver and kidneys, moisturize the lungs and eyes; Sea cucumber nourishes the kidneys and essence, nourishes the blood and moisturizes. It has the effect of strengthening the spleen and nourishing the liver and kidneys, and is the best choice for autumn diet therapy.
Lotus seed soup with silver fungus lily
【Ingredients】: 1/4 fresh silver fungus, 2 red dates, lotus seeds, goji berries, old rock sugar, 1 small lily
【Practice】:
1. Rinse 1/4 fresh lily and soak for about 10 minutes (you can also choose dried silver fungus to soak for 1 hour in advance);
2. Put the soaked silver fungus and all the ingredients, except goji berries, into a stew bowl and simmer for 1 hour, after simmering, sprinkle with goji berries.
【Efficacy】: Lotus seed soup can relieve symptoms such as cough, phlegm, weakness and palpitations, and body swelling caused by yin deficiency and fire, lung heat, and has the effect of nourishing cool blood, moisturizing the lungs and tonifying the brain.
Stewed pears with rock sugar
【Ingredients】: 2 fresh pears, 40g rock sugar
【Practice】:
1. Peel and core the fresh pear, cut it into chunks and put it in a stew cup, add rock sugar and water;
2. After simmering for 1 hour, drink water and eat pears.
[Efficacy]: It has the effect of clearing heat and cough, nourishing the lungs and nourishing the stomach. It has a good therapeutic effect on chronic tracheitis, pertussis, chronic pharyngitis, cough and asthma.
work and rest
After autumn, the climate will become drier and the temperature will gradually drop. Patients need to pay attention to keeping warm during sleep, check whether the doors and windows are closed before going to bed, and should not turn on fans and air conditioners during sleep to avoid cold. Patients can also adjust the thickness of the bedding appropriately and cover the abdomen when sleeping.
Go to bed before 10:30 p.m. and take a nap at noon. It not only helps to increase human immunity, promote metabolism, but also conserve energy and recharge strength. Early sleep to get up early, autumn morning fresh air, is the most humid time in the autumn day, such a schedule, not only can make the lungs not damaged by autumn dryness, but also maintain abundant vitality.
Adequate sleep can reduce the incidence of heart and cerebrovascular diseases in the elderly; It makes young people more energetic in their studies and work, and at the same time, it can also reduce the appearance of "autumn difficulties".
motion
In early autumn, you can choose some exercises suitable for you according to your physical condition and climatic conditions, such as tai chi, five-bird play, eight dan jin, jogging, mountain climbing, breathing training, brisk walking, etc., in addition to exercise, it can also play a role in soothing the mood.
Among them, traditional fitness exercises such as Tai Chi have obvious effects on increasing lung capacity, improving lung function in patients with chronic respiratory diseases, and practicing deep and slow breathing, which is the best exercise method for the elderly, weak people and patients with chronic diseases.
Mountain climbing can promote capillary function, make the whole body comfortable and smooth, but also significantly improve the strength of the waist and legs, travel speed, endurance, body coordination and balance and other physical qualities, strengthen cardiopulmonary function, enhance disease resistance, etc. However, patients with knee joint diseases are not recommended to choose mountain climbing.
Exercise should vary from person to person, choose the right time, and the right content. Especially in the elderly with underlying diseases, avoid sweating, draining fluid, and counterproductive.
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(Some of the pictures in the article come from the Internet)