Since ancient times, China has a saying that "food is the heaven of the people". China is an ancient civilization with a history of five thousand years, and its food culture and cooking skills are also part of the history of civilization, and are the crystallization of China's splendid culture。Diet is not only an essential material basis for maintaining life activities, but food, like drugs, has the four characteristics of cold, hot, warm and cool, and the five tastes of sin, bitter, sour, sweet and salty, as well as the role of ups and downs。According to the influence of four seasons on human physiology and pathology, dietary adjustment can play a role in coordinating Yin and Yang, regulating the spleen and stomach, preventing and curing diseases。    

Autumn is the season of hot and cool alternation, nature Yang gradually harvest, Yin gradually long, dry for the autumn main gas, its gas clean, its dry;Dryness is a curing factor, the humidity in the air is reduced in autumn dryness, the most easily hurt body fluid, the so-called "dryness wins dry"。Appear "dry like" : dry skin, dry nose, dry mouth, throat itching, hot hands and feet, dry stool, red tongue and less fluid。The lung is delicate, and its airway is directly connected with the outside world, which is most likely to cause respiratory diseases。At this time, attention should be paid to the maintenance of the Yin qi of the human body, with the principle of "nourishing and collecting" as a tonic, the diet is based on nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs, such as sesame, honey, pear, soybean milk, dairy, sugarcane, glutinous rice, lotus root, tremella soup and other soft foods, as little as possible to eat hot and dry, tobacco and alcohol products to avoid drying Yin。The following three convenient teas and juices are suitable for autumn use。

1.Dendrobium ophiopogon tea

Methods: Take 10g of ophiopogon and 6g of Dendrobium into coarse powder, put it into a large cup with green tea 3g, brew it with boiling water, cover it and stew for 10 minutes。

Dosage: When tea is drunk frequently, it can be brewed 3-5 times。

Recipe analysis

Ophiopogon: sweet taste, slightly bitter, slightly cold, return to the heart, lung, stomach meridian。

Dendrobium: sweet taste, slightly cold, return to the stomach, kidney channel。

Efficacy: Tonifying stomach and promoting fluid, nourishing Yin and clearing heat, moistening lung and relieving cough。

2.Ginseng lingling tea

Method: Remove the impurities of 10g Tuckaia, 10g Nansha ginseng, cut into thin slices, put into a large cup, brew with boiling water, cover and stew for 15 minutes。

How to take: Take tea frequently。

Recipe analysis

Poria: sweet taste, light, flat, heart, lung, spleen, kidney meridian。

Nansha ginseng: sweet taste, slightly cold, to lung, stomach meridian。

Efficacy: Tonifying qi, invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing Yin and clearing stomach。

3.Autumn pear white lotus root juice drink

Method: Take fresh lotus root 500g, pear 1 wash, squeeze juice, add a little sugar can be。

How to take it: Take it often。

Recipe analysis

Lotus root: sweet, cool, return to the heart, liver, spleen, stomach meridian。Aquatic vegetables, the shape of hypertrophy with knots, there are many longitudinal ventilation holes, shaped like lungs。

Pear: Taste sweet acid, cool, to lung, stomach meridian。

Efficacy: generating fluid, moistening dryness, clearing heat, relieving thirst and resolving phlegm, cooling blood and stopping bleeding。

In addition, we must pay attention to the daily diet, do not eat too much meat and fish, food should be fresh, avoid deterioration, should be soft, careful cold, especially the elderly and patients with chronic diseases。

| Pan Songmei, Jiao Qinshun, Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases