Spring is born and summer is long, and autumn harvest is hidden in winter. Chinese's food, clothing, and nourishment are made according to the seasons and flow with the years.
In 2020, Life Times (search for "LT0385" within WeChat can be followed) will take the four seasons as a journey, and launch a series of planning "Twenty-four Solar Terms • Health Calendar", 365 days a year, in line with the seasons to maintain health.
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Year of Gengzi
Ace unitary month
Decoction Day
White dew fell, cold cicadas chirped
"White dew dumplings, horseshoes scattered in the morning"
White dew is the fifteenth of the twenty-four solar terms and the third of autumn, marking the beginning of mid-autumn. The temperature difference between day and night is the largest, and you can feel the coolness at night.
From this day on, the dew becomes heavier and heavier day by day, and finally condenses into dew, which is more crystal clear when illuminated by the morning light, hence the name.
White dew autumn equinox night
After this season, the precipitation in most parts of China has decreased significantly, and the temperature has gradually cooled; the summer wind has gradually been replaced by the winter wind, with the northerly wind as the mainstay, which is the season of summer and autumn.
Health care focuses on moisturizing
White dew is a typical autumn climate, when the human body is prone to symptoms such as dry lips and throat, dry nasal cavity and so on. It is recommended to eat more flat and sweet, easily digestible flat supplement foods, such as japonica rice, indica rice, corn, barley, sweet potatoes, tofu and so on.
Bailu Sanyi
Drink tea
At this time, it is the good period for the growth of tea plants, and bailu tea is neither as tender as spring tea and cannot help but brew; nor is it as dry and bitter as summer tea.
It is recommended to drink oolong tea, which has the effect of moisturizing the skin, moisturizing the throat, rejuvenating and removing heat in the body.
Soak your feet
After the white dew, the weather gradually becomes cooler, and attention should be paid to making physical reserves for the winter. You can insist on soaking your feet with warm water at night to replenish your kidney qi.
The water is best not over the ankle, the water temperature is 40 degrees Celsius, and it is best to soak until the body sweats slightly. Diabetics should pay special attention to temperature. Do not soak your feet for too long, generally no more than 20 minutes each time.
Moisturize the lungs
Chinese medicine believes that the lungs like to moisturize and dry, so the white dew season should moisten the lungs.
Recommend you to make your own jujube lily soup: 10 jujubes, 60 grams of lilies, an appropriate amount of rock sugar, stew soup to eat, has the effect of tonifying qi, moisturizing the lungs and relieving cough. You can also moisten the nasal cavity with water every morning, and put a basin of water in the house at night to keep the air moist to achieve the purpose of moisturizing the lungs.
White Dew Three Taboos
Autumn dryness
Entering the autumn, not only the air is dry, but even the skin, mouth, etc. of people have a clear sense of dryness, which is easy
Causes physical discomfort.
In the face of autumn dryness, it is recommended that you can eat some foods that have a pure heart and fire-reducing effect, such as pears, lilies, loquats, white fungus, etc. If the symptoms of autumn dryness are serious, you can use ginseng, American ginseng, almonds, Sichuan shellfish and other traditional Chinese medicines that promote lung sputum and nourish yin and qi under the guidance of a doctor.
algidity
There is a folk proverb "white dew do not show your body", which means that when it comes to the white dew festival, you can no longer show your chest and back to prevent cold from cold.
When the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, it is necessary to add a quilt, pay attention to the warmth of the neck, umbilicus and feet, the elderly and children with relatively weak physique, and people with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, chronic bronchitis and asthma should prevent "autumn frost".
Cold
After the torment of the summer and March heat, the body's resistance has dropped a lot, and people's stomachs will appear some "pathology".
Eat less raw and cold things such as crabs, fish and shrimp, persimmons, etc., and eat more ginkgo chicken cubes, crispy yams and other healthy and digestible meals.
The unbearable heat of summer is gradually drifting away, the cool breeze is gusting, and the autumn mood is getting stronger.
At this time of the year, the earth has matured and the years are abundant. May everyone live up to the time and harvest their own satisfaction in this busy and fruitful season. ▲
Experts interviewed
National famous old Chinese medicine doctor Li Qianju
Wu Dazhen, president of the China Health Care Association
Professor of Hepatology, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wang Guowei