In autumn, the lungs should be nurtured first, and autumn pears and lilies should be protected against autumn dryness

Lung is one of the most "delicate" organs of the human body, and autumn is a dry season, so the primary task of autumn is to nourish the lung and prevent autumn dryness. We all know that pears and lilies are the most popular in autumn. Because pears and lilies have the effect of nourishing the lungs and moistening dryness. So today let's see how to skillfully use these two ingredients to nourish lung yin and moisten autumn dryness!

The lung belongs to gold and passes through the nose. It likes to run and hates dryness. In autumn, the climate is dry, and the pathogenic dryness is easy to damage the yin of the lung. The common symptoms include dry mouth and nose or throat, hoarse voice, dry cough without phlegm, constipation, little urine, dry skin, etc., and can induce or aggravate chronic pharyngitis, bronchitis, tuberculosis, cor pulmonale, etc. Therefore, prevention and treatment of autumn dryness is of great significance for lung health care.

The treatment of traditional Chinese medicine is "dryness moistens the lung". It is often used to nourish yin and moisten the lung to prevent autumn dryness. The method is as follows:

Follow the four seasons and pay attention to life regulation

To comply with the four seasons, for autumn dryness, a certain humidity should be maintained indoors to moisten the dry air; At the same time, drink more water, eat more juicy fruits and vegetables to supplement water and vitamins, and eat less spicy fried food to prevent heat from hurting the body.

Eat autumn pears to prevent autumn dryness

Autumn is the harvest season for pears. At this time, pears are full of pear juice, which is sweet and delicious. It has the effects of nourishing yin and promoting saliva, moistening dryness and thirst, clearing heat and resolving phlegm, and has a good effect on dry mouth and tongue, dry throat, hoarseness, dry cough and constipation caused by autumn dryness. The common ones are Yali, Sydney, Dongguo Pear, etc. The following uses are introduced to you:

(1) Qiuyi Bingtang Drink: take 250g of Qiuyi, 30g of Bingtang, add 1000ml of water, and boil water together for drinking, which can produce saliva and quench thirst, and prevent autumn dryness.

(2) Autumn pear loquat and reed root soup: take 250g of autumn pear, 50g of loquat, 30g of reed root, 15g of licorice, add 1000ml of water, drink with boiled water, 100ml each time, 2-3 times a day, and can be used for dry mouth and nose, dry throat, dry cough and less phlegm caused by autumn dryness.

(3) Rice porridge with autumn pears: 250g autumn pears, 50g peanuts and 100g japonica rice. Wash the peanuts and japonica rice, add some water and boil them together. After boiling, use a gentle fire to make Congee and eat it. This product is especially suitable for those with yin deficiency, dry heat, spleen and lung deficiency.

Lily is a good product for nourishing lung and moistening dryness

The evil of dryness is most likely to damage the lung and cause diseases such as yin deficiency and lung dryness. Lily tastes sweet and slightly cold. It has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the lung. It is often used for mouth and nose cracking, dry cough and less phlegm caused by yin deficiency and lung dryness. It also has a good effect on chronic bronchitis, repeated colds, tuberculosis and cor pulmonale. It is a good product for invigorating the lung and moistening dryness and preventing and curing various chronic diseases. The usage is as follows:

(1) Boil Congee: Congee cooked with lily is the most convenient method for lung health care. Break fresh lily into petals and wash with water for standby. Then wash the rice, glutinous rice and millet, add a proper amount of water and cook for 20 minutes, and then put the lily in the same boiling for 10 minutes, then you can eat it. It can also be added or subtracted with Congee according to different constitutions and symptoms, which is convenient to eat. If sweet almond is added, it can moisten the lung and relieve cough; Add white fungus and honey to moisten the lung and reduce fire; Add lotus seeds and longan meat to nourish the mind and calm the nerves; Add jujube to strengthen the spleen and replenish blood; Add wolfberry, which can benefit lung and kidney. In short, regular drinking of lily Congee can not only benefit the lungs and moisten dryness, but also improve the anti fatigue ability of the body, which has a good preventive effect on many diseases.

(2) Stir-fried dishes: Lily is white as jade, with many scales and petals, which means "love for a hundred years". It is rich in starch, protein, alkaloids and vitamins, and is recognized as a good tonic at home and abroad. It is also an indispensable well-known dish on the table, and has a good health function. For example, stir-fried lily with celery can benefit the heart and lungs, clear the liver and reduce fire, and is suitable for hypertension patients with yin deficiency and liver hyperactivity; Lily stir-fried yam can nourish yin and benefit lung, spleen and kidney, and is beneficial to patients with both lung and kidney deficiency; Stir-fried water chestnut with lily can nourish yin and benefit liver in patients with chronic liver disease.

(3) Medication: Lily has a long history and can be used alone or in combination according to syndrome differentiation. For example, the famous lily solid gold soup, gold is the lung, solid gold is the meaning of reinforcing the lung, and the medicinal lily is the king medicine, nourishing yin and moistening dryness; I use rehmannia, ginseng, ophiopogon japonicus, peony and angelica to nourish yin, moisten dryness and replenish blood; With platycodon grandiflorum to lower lung qi; Make liquorice blend various drugs to form a well-known formula for nourishing yin and moistening the lung, supplementing qi and tonifying the lung. It can treat chronic lung diseases, such as chronic bronchitis, tuberculosis, etc.