Men should not underestimate the importance of lung care

Lung disease is really uncomfortable. Lung health problems are not only affected by objective climate conditions, but also related to personal care. Especially for male friends, smoking is more common, which seriously affects lung health. Therefore, we advocate that men should take care of their lungs. Especially in some sensitive seasons, more attention should be paid to taking care of the lungs. Let's talk about a few points that should be paid attention to in autumn health care.

1. To nourish your lungs, you must first calm your mind

To nourish the lungs, you must first be in a good mood and avoid sadness. Even if you encounter sad things, you should take the initiative to resolve them. At the same time, you should be calm and collected to adapt to the sluggishness of everything in autumn. In layman's terms, being calm is the best way to nourish the lungs. The lungs are the breathing part, and the most obvious place for emotional changes is breathing. Rapid and unsteady breathing not only increases the burden on the lungs, but also causes the body's qi to leak out, which is exactly the opposite of autumn harvest. Therefore, it is very important to regulate your spirit in autumn.

2. Live a moderate life to adapt to the cool autumn

In autumn, the sky is high and the air is crisp. You should go to bed early and get up early, which is beneficial to the autumn harvest. After entering late autumn, the weather changes unpredictably. Even in the same area, there will be four seasons in one day and different weather every ten miles. Therefore, you should dress according to the weather changes, otherwise it will affect the body's ability to adapt to the cold climate and make you more susceptible to colds. When sleeping, you should protect your chest and back, because the acupoints of the five internal organs are all gathered on the back. If evil wind invades, it is easy to have a stroke.

3. Autumn tonic should nourish yin and moisten dryness

The Chinese have a long-standing custom of putting on weight in autumn. Every year at the beginning of autumn, every household starts to eat meat to supplement their body. In this regard, in terms of dietary conditioning, we should follow the principle of nourishing yin in autumn and winter proposed in the Neijing, that is, we should eat more foods that nourish yin and moisten dryness to prevent autumn dryness from damaging yin. You can eat Tremella fuciformis, sugar cane, bird's nest, donkey-hide gelatin, pear, sesame, lotus root, spinach, black-bone chicken, pig lung, soy milk, duck eggs, honey, etc. If you have low spleen and stomach function, often have bloating and diarrhea, it is best not to eat the above foods and medicinal foods, because they are cold in nature. You should first regulate the spleen and stomach function, and then eat less yin-nourishing foods and medicinal foods after the spleen and stomach function is restored. So, what to eat to moisten the lungs?

1. Lily, to soothe the mind and spirit

Lily is sweet and slightly cold in nature. It enters the heart and lung meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the heart and calming the mind, moistening the lungs and quenching thirst, relieving cough and bleeding, and appetizing and calming the mind. It is suitable for symptoms such as chronic cough due to yin deficiency, palpitations, insomnia, frequent dreams, and mental confusion.

2. Pears, promote salivation and relieve dryness

It has the effects of promoting the production of body fluid, moistening dryness, clearing away heat, and resolving phlegm. It is suitable for fever, thirst, diabetes, hot cough, phlegm-heat madness, choking, thirst and loss of voice, red and swollen eyes, and indigestion. Pear is the most common lung-clearing food. It can be steamed, cooked into soup, or mashed into pear cake. It can clear the lungs and treat sore throat with excellent results.

3. White radish, clears the lungs and moisturizes the throat

White radish is often used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is best eaten raw and even better when juiced. The spicy ingredients in it can inhibit abnormal cell division and thus prevent cancer. Radish also has the effects of sterilization, increasing appetite and inhibiting platelet aggregation. The large amount of dietary fiber and rich digestive enzymes such as starch decomposition enzymes in radish can effectively promote the digestion and absorption of food.

4. Tremella fuciformis, replenishes qi and kidneys

Tremella is called "the poor man's bird's nest". Although bird's nest is nutritious, it is expensive. Tremella is similar to bird's nest in color, taste and efficacy, and is cheaper. Tremella has the effects of strengthening sperm, nourishing kidney, moistening intestines, benefiting stomach, replenishing qi, harmonizing blood, strengthening heart, strengthening body, nourishing brain, refreshing, beautifying, rejuvenating skin and prolonging life.

5. Persimmon, eliminates phlegm and relieves cough

Persimmons are cold in nature and can clear away heat, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, so they are suitable for people with hot cough. According to modern pharmacological experiments, persimmons do have expectorant and antitussive effects, and the expectorant effect is stronger than the antitussive effect.

6. Tofu, clears heat and moisturizes dryness

"Yi Lin Zong Yao" says: "Tofu clears heat, relieves cough, and eliminates phlegm." It is especially suitable for those with coughs caused by wind heat or lung heat. You can also choose to use a piece of tofu skin, add appropriate amount of rock sugar, add water and cook it before eating, which also has a therapeutic effect on lung heat cough.

7. Mint, moisturizes the lungs and relieves cough

It is pungent and cool in nature, and is good at dispersing exogenous wind-heat. The "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" says that it "treats colds and coughs", which is actually wind-heat coughs. The "Simple Prescriptions" also introduces that using mint alone can "clear the upper body and resolve phlegm, relieve the throat and diaphragm, and treat wind-heat." Therefore, it is suitable for people with wind-heat colds and coughs or lung heat coughs to drink mint instead of tea.

In fact, as long as you pay attention to regulating your emotions, forming a scientific diet and daily routine, and then eat some lung-nourishing and moisturizing foods appropriately, you can achieve good results. However, I still want to remind the majority of male friends that the climate cannot be changed, but the harm of smoking is really great. In order to be healthy and live longer, smoking should be fundamentally restrained, so that you can really have healthy lungs.