After the beginning of autumn, you should nourish your lungs and prevent dryness

Today is finally the beginning of autumn. Although it is not so hot at the beginning of autumn, don’t forget that there is still a period of hot summer after autumn. An old Chinese doctor reminds us that when it comes to diet, we should focus on nourishing the lungs and preventing dryness, and eat more spicy, cool, refreshing, and sour and sweet foods.

Because autumn is characterized by dry air, which can easily damage the lungs and consume body fluids, we should pay attention to nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, and inhibiting warm and dry things. You can eat more winter melon, bitter melon and loofah.

1. Winter melon

Winter melon has the highest water content and contains almost no fat and little carbohydrates, so it has a low caloric value and is a light food. Its water content is over 96%. Because winter melon is cool in nature, it can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, promote diuresis and relieve constipation, and helps the body to clear waste and detoxify. The effect is more obvious if you cook it into soup with the skin.

It is especially suitable for obese people, people with vitamin C deficiency, pregnancy edema, kidney disease edema, athlete's foot, and diabetes patients. However, it is not advisable to eat winter melon while taking tonic medicine. People with long-term illness, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, and loose stools and diarrhea should eat it with caution.

2. Bitter Melon

The protein, fat and carbohydrate content of bitter melon is higher among melon vegetables, especially the vitamin C content, which is as high as 84 mg per 100 grams, ranking first among melon vegetables.

Bitter melon also contains crude fiber, carotene, momordica charantia, phosphorus, iron and a variety of minerals, amino acids and other nutrients, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, clear the heart and improve eyesight, and relieve fatigue. Bitter melon contains substances similar to insulin, which have a significant effect in lowering blood sugar.

If children get prickly heat, scrub them with water boiled with bitter melon, which has the effect of relieving itching and removing prickly heat. However, pregnant women and people with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it.

3. Loofah

Loofah juice is called "beauty water". This is because loofah contains ingredients such as vitamin B1 which prevents skin aging and vitamin C which makes the skin white. It can protect the skin, eliminate plaques, and make the skin white and tender. It is sweet and mild in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and relieving constipation, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation, and promoting lactation.

After the beginning of autumn, you should pay more attention to eating more vegetables and fruits to increase fiber and water. Therefore, it is not advisable to eat meat as the main food at this time. Even if you want to "put on weight in autumn", you should pay attention to the nutritional combination of meat and vegetables. In addition, the humidity in the air is low in autumn, and the skin is prone to dryness. Therefore, attention should be paid to the intake of water and vitamins throughout the autumn.