Autumn is the season of killing. After the beginning of autumn, the temperature changes from hot to cold, the consumption of human body also decreases gradually, and the appetite begins to increase. As the temperature difference between day and night increases, it is also a season with high incidence of respiratory diseases. There are many folk proverbs about autumn diet. Are these statements correct?

Don't eat ginger in autumn

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is pungent and warm in nature and belongs to the lung and spleen meridians. It has the effects of sweating and relieving the surface, warming the middle and stopping vomiting, warming the lung and relieving cough. It can be used for exogenous wind cold, headache, nasal congestion, stomach cold vomiting, cough of wind cold guest's lung, etc.

The climate in autumn is cool and dry, and the lung likes to moisten rather than dry. Dry Qi hurts the lung, so it is easy to see the syndrome of lung dryness in autumn. In addition, eating spicy ginger is more likely to hurt the lungs, so it is appropriate to eat less ginger in autumn.

The so-called "not eating ginger at night" is mainly because the pungent and warm divergence of ginger will affect people's normal rest at night. Therefore, it is not recommended to eat a large amount of ginger at night.

However, for the cough of wind cold guest's lung in autumn, or the cough caused by lung deficiency and cold does not heal, ginger should be used according to the needs of the disease.

Therefore, eating ginger should vary from person to person, and pay attention to the dosage.

Autumn melon bad belly

The folk saying "autumn melon bad belly" means that after the beginning of autumn, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases to continue to eat a large number of melons and fruits raw. Eating watermelon in summer can relieve the heat, but if you eat too much in autumn, it is easy to have symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain or diarrhea.

The weather turns cool in autumn. Eating too many cold fruits and melons is easy to damage the spleen and stomach function. People with poor gastrointestinal function are more prone to abdominal pain, diarrhea and other discomfort. Therefore, "autumn melon bad belly" reminds everyone to eat less cold melon fruits in autumn.

The climate in autumn is dry, so melons and fruits have become the choice for people to replenish water in autumn, and the melons and fruits they often eat are cold,

Excessive consumption is bound to help damp evil and damage the spleen yang. If the Spleen Yang is not active, it cannot transport water and dampness. Therefore, acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery and loose stools occur.