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What is good to eat in beginning of autumn solar terms?

Beginning of autumn solar terms should be eaten like this.

In beginning of autumn season, the temperature difference increases at night, so we should insist on dispelling summer heat and clearing away heat in diet, and eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten the lungs. Considering that the weather may be hot, we should insist on eating more vegetables and fruits to reduce the summer heat, supplement vitamins and minerals in time, neutralize excess acidic metabolites in the body, and play a role in clearing away heat and detoxifying. Vegetables should be juicy, such as tomatoes and celery. The main climate in autumn is dry, so it is necessary to eat more food that nourishes yin and moistens the lungs, which makes the house dry and evil and harms the vaginal fluid of the body. Such as pear, honey, lemon, sesame, lotus root, etc.

The recommended recipe is:

Pork soup with lotus root and astragalus root

Composition:

50g of lotus root, 50g of lotus seed15g, 30g of astragalus root, 0g of lean pork100g, 30g of yam and 30g of codonopsis pilosula.

Exercise:

Wash pork and cut into small pieces; Clean lotus root nodes, lotus seed, astragalus root, yam and codonopsis pilosula; Put the herbs and lean meat together in a pot until the lean meat is cooked and rotten, and then you can eat soup and meat.

Lotus root and astragalus pork soup is especially suitable for people with qi deficiency, mental fatigue, dizziness and shortness of breath, and it is a good product for moistening dryness and nourishing lung.

Houttuynia cordata pear soup

Composition:

Houttuynia cordata Thunb Pak Lei and rock sugar.

Exercise:

Wash Herba Houttuyniae and Pak Lei, peel and cut into pieces. Put all the ingredients into the pot and cook for 15 minutes.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is not only a wild vegetable, but also a medicinal material. Its stems and leaves have a strong smell after being crushed, hence the name. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, induce diuresis and improve immunity. Once in early autumn, Houttuynia cordata will have its place. Used to make soup can effectively eliminate the accumulated damp heat in the body. If Pak Lei is added and stewed with rock sugar, it can clear away heat and nourish yin. It is a perfect health drink in early autumn and a "necessary weapon" to prevent autumn dryness. Houttuynia cordata can't be cooked for too long, otherwise it will destroy the medicinal properties. 15 minutes is more appropriate.