Characteristics of solar terms in beginning of autumn and health care summary

The characteristics and health preservation of solar terms in beginning of autumn are summarized as follows:

1, cold food should be eaten in moderation. Just entering summer, people's spleen and stomach are affected by hot weather, and their functions are weak, and they have not fully recovered. Therefore, autumn is just right, and it is very important to nourish the spleen and stomach. Melons are mostly cold foods, and melon vegetables such as loofah, bitter gourd and wax gourd should be eaten in moderation.

2. After clearing away heat and relieving summer heat in beginning of autumn, it is very beneficial to drink mung bean porridge, lotus seed porridge, lily porridge and mint porridge.

3. Vegetables that need to nourish and moisten the lungs in autumn include yam, carrot, lotus root, lily, tremella, fungus and tofu. Fruits such as autumn pear, hawthorn, apple, kiwi fruit, water chestnut, etc. Nuts such as walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pine nuts, sesame seeds, etc.