today finally ushered in the beginning of autumn. Although the beginning of autumn is not so hot, don’t forget that there is still a volt after autumn. Old Chinese medicine reminds that in terms of diet, we should focus on nourishing the lung and preventing dryness, and eat more spicy, cool, moist, sour and sweet foods appropriately.

because dry gas is in season in autumn, and dry gas is easy to hurt lung gold and consume body fluid, we should pay attention to nourishing Yin, moistening lung and inhibiting warm and dry things. You can eat more white gourd, balsam pear and towel gourd.

1. White gourd

white gourd has the highest water content, almost no fat and low carbohydrate content, so it has low calorific value and belongs to light food, with a water content of more than 96%. Because white gourd is cool, it can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, diuresis and defecation, help human body clear waste and detoxify, and cook soup with skin, the effect is more obvious.

obese people, vitamin C deficiency, pregnancy edema, kidney edema, beriberi, diabetes patients are particularly applicable. However, it is not suitable to eat white gourd when taking tonic drugs. Those who have been ill for a long time, or those who have Yin deficiency and fire, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, loose stools and diarrhea should eat with caution.

2. Balsam pear

balsam pear has higher protein, fat and carbohydrate contents in melon vegetables, especially the content of vitamin C, up to 84 mg per 100g, ranking the first in melons.

balsam pear also contains crude fiber, carotene, balsam pear glycoside, phosphorus, iron, a variety of minerals, amino acids and other nutrients, which can clear away heat, clear the heart and eyes, and relieve fatigue. Balsam pear contains substances similar to insulin, which has obvious hypoglycemic effect.

children have prickly heat and scrub with balsam pear boiled water. It has the effect of relieving itching and removing prickly heat. However, pregnant women and those with deficiency of cold in spleen and stomach should not eat it.

3. Towel gourd

towel gourd juice is called “beauty water”. This is because loofah contains vitamin B1 to prevent skin aging and vitamin C to whiten skin, which can protect skin, eliminate plaque and make skin white and tender. It tastes sweet and flat. It has the effects of clearing summer heat and cooling blood, detoxifying and defecating, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm, dredging meridians, circulating blood vessels, lowering milk and so on.

after the beginning of autumn, we should pay more attention to eating more vegetables and fruits to increase fiber and moisture. Therefore, meat should not be the main food at this time. Even if “sticking autumn fat”, we should also pay attention to the combination of meat and vegetable nutrition. In addition, the humidity in the air in autumn is small, and the skin is easy to dry. Therefore, attention should be paid to the intake of water and vitamins throughout the autumn.