Frost falls today! The best days before winter have arrived! The whole family does this, and there is less sickness in a year!
Frost
The last solar term of autumn.
Frost falls when the sun reaches 210 degrees of ecliptic longitude.
It contains the meaning of the weather getting colder and the first frost,
Marks the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.
But our country has a vast territory,The climate varies greatly from place to place.
"Frost begins to fall" has not yet been reflected in various regions.
Frost is the beginning of the transition from autumn to winter, and the lowest temperature can reach about zero degrees Celsius.
There is a folk proverb that "it is better to make up for frost in a year", which shows the impact of this solar term on people.
There are four defenses against frost fall
The weather becomes colder after the frost falls, and this is the transition from autumn to winter.
Due to the dry climate at this time, the weather is changeable, and the temperature often rises and falls sharply, and people with weak constitution are easy to breed diseases.
1 Anti-autumn dryness
Autumn dryness is easy to hurt the body's fluid, and when the fluid is consumed, dryness will appear. The Yuan Dynasty physician Hu Sihui said in "Drinking and Eating": Autumn is dry, and it is advisable to eat hemp and moisten its dryness. Therefore, in autumn, you should eat more soft foods such as sesame seeds, honey, white fungus, and green vegetables, as well as fruits such as apples, grapes, and bananas that are rich in water and nourish the lungs.
2 . Anti-dampness
3 . Prevent autumn depression
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Anti-thief wind
Frost regimen Tonify the kidneys: Knock on the back of the head 1-2 times a day
Method: Cover your ears, fold your index finger and middle finger to flick the back of your head, and let go of your ears after a few plays, there is a buzzing sound inside, repeat it nine times. 1-2 times a day. Be comfortable and stop if you're uncomfortable.
This method is to sound the drum, to cover the ears and knock on the occipital bone, which has a certain stimulation to the head and ears. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney opens to the ear, and the brain is the sea of marrow, so this method has the effect of regulating the kidney.
Remove nasal congestion and prevent respiratory diseases: rub the Yingxiang acupoint every day and often recite the word "ya".
Method: Rub the Yingxiang acupoint for two minutes every day. The Yingxiang point is on both sides of the alar of the nose, next to the midpoint of the outer edge of the alar of the nose. In addition, regular recitation of the word 呬 (hiss) can also help prevent respiratory diseases.
Autumn is prone to dryness, resulting in coughing, wheezing, and poor breathing. If you feel that your breathing is not smooth, you can rub the Yingxiang acupoint, which has an obvious effect on eliminating nasal congestion.
Increase Yang Qi: Climb the feet with both hands to strengthen the kidneys and waist
Method: Swing your arms from your sides and hold your feet (can be helped with a towel). Lean forward with your upper body, gradually increase your size, slowly get up, and grab your big toe. After repeating 2-3 times, put your hand on the knee joint and warm the knee joint.
The two-handed foot climbing pose can pass through the kidney meridian and bladder meridian, strengthen the muscles and bones, strengthen the waist and kidneys, and increase yang energy.
Nourish the kidneys and prevent colds: soak your feet in hot water
Method: When soaking your feet in hot water, you can put mugwort leaves, rub your waist while soaking your feet, and rub your hands up and down with empty fists on your waist and eyes for 15-20 minutes.
The feet are the starting and ending places of the three yin and three yang meridians of the lower limbs, so soaking the feet can stimulate all these six meridians. Soaking your feet during the frost season can not only nourish the kidneys, but also prevent colds, relieve cold symptoms, and improve respiratory system function.
Frost is the best fruit and vegetable
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Autumn pear
It is a good choice to eat autumn pears during the frost season. Raw pears have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening dryness, clearing the heart and reducing fire; Decoction of water or honey boiling ointment has the effect of clearing heat and moistening the lungs, dissolving phlegm and relieving cough. The effect is even better if taken with water chestnut, honey, sugarcane, etc.
2
apple
A large number of apples are on the market before and after the frost, and eating apples is the most healthy at this time. Apples contain a large amount of vitamins and malic acid, which can promote the decomposition of fat accumulated in the human body, make the stool soft and easy to excrete, so eating apples can promote laxative, treat dry stool, and prevent fattening.
3
persimmon
In some parts of our country, red persimmons should be eaten during the frost season, and there is a saying that "if you eat persimmons during frost, you will not have a runny nose". Persimmons have a high nutritional value, and the vitamins and sugar content are about 1-2 times higher than that of ordinary fruits. If a person eats 1 persimmon a day, the intake of vitamin C can basically meet half of the daily need.
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turnip
As the saying goes, "autumn and winter radish race ginseng". In autumn, people are prone to symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection such as dry throat and sore throat, repeated cough, and phlegm and difficulty in vomiting, while radish has the function of eliminating food, dissolving phlegm and asthma, clearing heat and smoothing qi, reducing swelling and dissipating stasis.
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yam
Autumn and winter are prone to deficiency of qi and blood, which is the best time to eat nourishing yams. Yam has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, treating fever and lowering blood sugar, and has excellent effects in strengthening the spleen and stomach, benefiting the lungs and relieving cough, and lowering blood sugar.
Frost regimen recipes
Chestnut stewed black-bone chicken
Ingredients: 10 fresh chestnuts and a black-bone hen.
Method: Remove the shell of fresh chestnuts and take the chestnut kernels for later use, and wash and dry the black-bone chicken. Put the black-bone chicken and chestnut kernels into the sand jar, add the clearing, add the ginger, cover and simmer for 2 hours. Remove from the pot and add a small amount of salt and serve.
Efficacy: Black-bone chicken, Ganping, into the lungs and kidneys, nourishing yin and invigorating qi, can double nourish the lungs and kidneys. Chestnut, tonify the kidneys and strengthen tendons.
Roasted pears with rock sugar
Method: Wash the pear, cut 4 pieces and remove the core, and then poke it with a toothpick; Bake in the oven at 200°C for 1 hour, remove and remove the toothpick, and add rock sugar; Then put the skiny side up, cover with plastic wrap, and let stand for 2 hours until the water comes out; After the water comes out, cover with tin foil, bake at 200°C for 1 hour, peel off the skin and drizzle with syrup.Efficacy: It is a good choice to eat autumn pears during the frost season. The pear taste is sweet and cool, slightly acidic, has the effect of clearing heat and generating Jin, moistening the lungs and dissolving phlegm, and is a good fruit for the prevention and treatment of autumn dryness.
Sauerkraut taro soup
Method: Wash and drain the sauerkraut and cut into shreds. Scrape off the taro and wash it and cut it into pieces; Wash the tofu skin and cut into shreds; Wash and finely chop the shallots. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, add the thick soup and cook until it melts and boils, add sauerkraut and taro in turn to stew, when the taro 8 becomes soft, add shredded tofu skin and continue to cook until the taro is soft and glutinous, sprinkle chopped chives and drizzle sesame oil to get out of the pot.
Efficacy: Taro has the effect of strengthening the stomach, especially suitable for patients with weak spleen and stomach, intestinal diseases, tuberculosis and convalescent patients, and is a good food for infants and the elderly.
Duck soup
Method: Peel the ginkgo fruit and remove the middle germ (the germ contains hydrocyanic acid and is toxic). Do not put oil in the wok, heat over high heat, add duck pieces and ginger slices and stir-fry, fry until the moisture of the duck meat is dry, smell no fishy smell, turn off the heat and put it out. Put the fried duck pieces into a saucepan, pour in the water that has not covered the duck pieces, bring to a boil and remove them. Add hot water to the stew again, boil the duck meat over high heat, add ginkgo nuts and dried longan, change to low heat and simmer for one hour, add salt, and you can.
Efficacy: Duck meat has the effect of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, clearing the heat of deficiency and labor, nourishing blood and water, and nourishing the stomach.
Turnip-wrapped meat rolls
Method: Peel the large radish, wash it and cut it into thin slices. Chop chicken and pork into meat filling, and mix it with shiitake mushrooms, soybean flour, eggs, salt, chicken essence, and Sichuan pepper noodles for filling. Blanch the white radish and remove it (about 1 minute), wrap the meat filling in the radish, tie it tightly with green onion leaves, and steam it for 8 minutes (the water is boiled before basketing). Heat oil in another pot, add oil, wolfberries and a little water, then mix soy flour into juice and pour it on the radish.
Efficacy: Eating radish in winter and ginger in summer matches the cold and heat of the season to regulate yin and yang. Radish has the function of eliminating food and lowering qi, has curative effect on tracheitis and cough, and contains lignin and spicy ingredients that have anti-cancer effects, and is rich in vitamins.
Finally, let's read the "Frost Health Tips" together~
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