The cloudy sky is full of summer colors, and the autumn leaves are moving, and the autumn is quietly coming.
Autumn · health
The beginning of autumn is the 13th of the 24 solar terms and the first solar term of autumn. "Li" means beginning, and "autumn" refers to the period when crops are ripe. The beginning of autumn means that the summer is going away and the autumn is coming, and it is a solar term that reflects the season. After the beginning of autumn, people will feel a little cooler, however, the daytime temperatures are still high in most parts of China, but the weather can be changeable, with continuous rain or crisp autumn and dry weather.
After the beginning of autumn, if it is windy and dry, you should avoid the wind and dryness. Spiritual recuperation should avoid sadness and sadness, autumn is relatively cool in the morning and evening, suitable for more outdoor activities. In autumn, you should go to bed early and wake up early. Diet should nourish yin, moisten the lungs, prevent autumn dryness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and be cautious about fat.
Nourish yin and lungs
You can eat more moist and juicy foods that have the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the lungs, such as lily, yam, lotus root, sesame, honey, loquat, milk, etc.
Clear fire and detoxify
Eating more vegetables and fruits can replenish vitamins and minerals in the body, neutralize excess acidic metabolites in the body, and play a role in clearing fire and detoxifying. Eat less spicy, fried foods. Autumn fat should be different from person to person, and people with a healthy physique and obesity should be cautious about sticking autumn fat to prevent excessive tonic and phlegm dampness.
Strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness
Autumn is a good time to strengthen the spleen, we should pay attention to a light diet, moderate consumption of ingredients or drugs with the effect of strengthening the spleen and dissolving dampness, such as yam, seeds, barley, poria cocos, tangerine peel, jujube, etc.
Drinking tea in the beginning of autumn is suitable for grace and gyokuro. This tea is steamed green tea, and its production process and tools are quite ancient. Enshi Yulu soup is tender and green and bright, such as jade dew, with a refreshing aroma and mellow taste. Look at its appearance, pleasing to the eye, drink its tea soup, refreshing people's spleen. Modern research has shown that this tea has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, sterilizing and anti-inflammatory, regulating blood pressure and regulating blood lipids. In the beginning of autumn, the seasons alternate, the day is hot and the night is cool, the heat poison is lurking, and it is easy to fluctuate blood pressure.
Beginning of autumn health instead of tea
The tea drink of the beginning of autumn should nourish the yin and moisten the lungs, prevent autumn dryness, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and dissolve dampness.
In this issue, Li Jinhui, Beijing Health Science Popularization Expert, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Geriatric Hospital