In the blink of an eye, the heat ended, we sent away the last solar term of summer, and autumn also kicked off its own prelude - the beginning of autumn.
However, the beginning of autumn does not mean that the high temperature has receded, but it continues the high temperature of summer and adds a bit of dryness and heat.
Such climatic characteristics make people easily affected by dryness, especially in autumn, the lungs are "delicate", the main fur, more likely to be injured by autumn dryness, and then there are problems such as thirst and dry throat, dry skin, and respiratory diseases.
So in the face of such a situation, how should we take care of our body?
There is a saying in "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing": ". It means that we must conform to the four seasons of health, and we must know the natural laws of spring and summer, autumn and winter.
In autumn, the yang energy converges, the yin qi grows, and the dry qi is in order, and our lungs are most vulnerable to the invasion of dryness, so the autumn health preservation focuses on "nourishing yin, moisturizing dryness, and nourishing the lungs".
The beginning of autumn is the right time
Autumn is the main harvest, and the yang energy gradually converges, which is the time when the heat turns cool, and the yang turns to the yin.
At this time, health preservation should focus on nourishing yin, and take convergence as the principle to allow the body to adapt to the upcoming autumn qi.
In autumn, the weather is dry, and dryness hurts the yin the most, so there are many respiratory diseases such as cough and bronchitis in this season, which are all manifestations of autumn dryness and yin.
Therefore, in autumn, you can eat some nourishing and juicy foods, such as lilies, lotus seeds, yams, pears, etc., to lay the foundation for health in mid, late autumn and even winter.
Here is a recommended dietary prescription for nourishing yin - loquat lotus root and lily soup.
Ingredients: 30 grams of loquat, lotus root, and lily, and an appropriate amount of white sugar (diabetics can not add sugar).
Method: Wash the ingredients and put them in the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, and then change to low heat to simmer, when the lily, loquat meat, and lotus root are soft and rotten into a puree, add white sugar and stir well, and boil.
Efficacy: Nourish yin and moisten the lungs, clear heat and relieve cough, suitable for the prevention and treatment of cough caused by heat and lungs.
It is recommended that everyone go to bed early and get up early, "The Yellow Emperor's Neijing" mentions that the autumn should be "early to lie down and get up early, and the chickens are happy", after entering the beginning of autumn, the nights are getting longer and the days are shorter, going to bed early and getting up early can better nourish yin and converge yang.
At the same time, we can also practice Taiyi Youlong Fist to stretch our muscles and bones and adjust the balance of yin and yang.
As an internal boxing method in Taoist health preservation, Taiyi Youlongquan moves slowly, pays attention to softness, flexibility, and coordination, which is very suitable for middle-aged and elderly friends to practice in the morning and evening in autumn.
It is necessary to moisten the dryness of the beginning of autumn
Autumn is dominated by dryness, which is easy to hurt the lungs and deplete the body's fluids.
It is mentioned in "Drinking and Eating": ". "Therefore, to prevent autumn dryness, we need to drink more water appropriately, and secondly, choose some foods that can moisturize and rejuvenate the body.
And lotus root is an excellent moisturizing food. "Lotus is a treasure, autumn lotus root is the most replenishing person", after the beginning of autumn, it is a good season to eat lotus root.
Lotus root is sweet in taste, cold in nature, returns to the heart, liver, spleen, stomach meridian, and has the effect of clearing heat and generating Jin, cooling blood, dispersing stasis, and stopping bleeding.
"Materia Medica" says: "Lotus root, the living are sweet and cold, can cool blood and stop bleeding, remove heat and clear the stomach...... The familiar one is sweet and warm, can strengthen the spleen and appetize, benefit the blood and nourish the heart, so the main nourishing five organs. ”
After the beginning of autumn, the autumn sun is raging, and many friends will feel very dry, manifested as thirst, dry throat, dry and tight skin, etc., and in severe cases, constipation.
At this time, you can use fresh lotus root juice to drink, clear away heat and generate Jin.
If the heat is more severe, you can also add fresh pear juice, water chestnut juice, wheat winter juice, and reed root juice to form a five-juice drink, and the effect is better.
Ingredients: 80~100 grams of Sydney, 50 grams of water chestnuts, 50 grams of fresh lotus root, 50 grams of fresh reed root, 10 grams of fresh wheat winter, appropriate amount of honey.
Method: Wash all the ingredients, chop them, add appropriate water to squeeze the juice together, add a little honey to taste, drink 100~200ml once, drink 2~3 times a week.
Efficacy: Clears away heat, invigorates and moisturizes dryness.
The beginning of autumn is the focus of lung nourishment
The lungs are canopy, with upper nasal passages, outer fur, main breathing, and contact with air. Therefore, when there is an invasion of external evil, the lungs are the first to be affected by evil, and the lungs are pure and void organs, and they are not tolerant to the invasion of evil qi.
After the beginning of autumn, the weather will gradually become dry, and the lungs are "delicate", which is easy to be injured by autumn dryness, which in turn leads to dry lungs, and symptoms such as dry nasopharynx, mouth and tongue, dry cough and less phlegm, hoarseness, chest tightness and tightness.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that people should be raised according to the times, "". Therefore, autumn should be focused on nourishing the lungs.
Here Baizhu teaches you two tips for nourishing the lungs and strengthening the lungs:
1. Rub the Yingxiang: Rub the outside of the thumbs of both hands against each other, and after there is a feeling of heat, use the outside of the thumb to massage up and down along the bridge of the nose and both sides of the nose for about 60 times, and then massage the Yingxiang acupoints on both sides of the nose 20 times, and do 1~2 groups every morning and evening.
Yingxiang Cave.
2. Knock on the lungs and Yu acupoints: sit on a chair before going to sleep, knees naturally apart, hands on thighs, head and eyes closed, and the whole body relaxed. Inhale into your chest, ask your family to form a hollow fist with both hands, tap the lung points on your back dozens of times, and tap your palms on both sides of your back from bottom to top for about 10 minutes.
The lung Yu acupoint has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing away heat and replenishing deficiency.
Doing this can relax the qi in the chest, strengthen the lungs, and help to discharge phlegm and turbidity in the body, and also dredge the back meridians to prevent colds.
In addition, because autumn corresponds to dryness, dryness is easy to consume people's fluid, resulting in dry throat and mouth, dry stool, cracked skin and other phenomena, it is recommended to eat more sour foods, such as hawthorn, olives, grapes, apples, grapefruits, pomegranates, etc., sour and sweet yin, can effectively prevent autumn dryness.
In addition to eating more sour food, Baizhu will share with you a dietary prescription to replenish lung qi - astragalus stewed chicken.
Ingredients: 15 grams of raw astragalus, 3 grams of wolfberry, 10 red dates, 1 hen, 3 slices of ginger, appropriate amount of salt and rice wine
Method: Wash and chop the chicken, blanch the chicken pieces in a pot of cold water, then remove and rinse and drain. Rinse the astragalus and red dates with water, put them in a stew pot with chicken nuggets, ginger and rice wine, add 1.5 liters of water, boil over high heat, simmer for about an hour and a half, add washed wolfberries and salt and simmer for 5 minutes before eating.
Efficacy: Nourishing the body, strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Summary of the key points of health preservation in the beginning of autumn
· In daily life, you need to lie down early and get up early, exercise appropriately, and practice Taiyi Youlong Boxing;
· In terms of diet, you can eat more sour food, eat more food that moistens the lungs, nourishes the lungs, and nourishes the yin;
· In autumn, we should focus on nourishing the lungs and pay attention to moisturizing the lungs.
After reading the article, you may wish to take 1 second to share the [Key Points of Beginning of Autumn Solar Terms] with the people around you, be a health communicator, and everyone will enter autumn healthily together!