September 5, 2022
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【初秋養生小貼士】
8月初迎來秋季節氣，夏去秋來，天氣仍然炎熱，但日落後也帶絲絲涼意。這種天氣狀況被稱為「秋老虎」，比喻立秋後仍然炎熱的天氣，就像老虎一樣蠻橫霸道。
踏入秋季後一時暑氣難消，還有「秋老虎」的餘威，中醫養生的飲食原則仍以清熱祛濕為主，不過宜選擇消暑功效較溫和的食材，例如煲湯時以節瓜、合掌瓜取代冬瓜。秋日的滋陰潤燥不用急於一時，因為大家在夏天難免多吃了生冷食物而損傷脾胃，宜先強健脾胃功能，適量食用有健脾胃作用的食材，例如白米、小米、淮山、番薯、扁豆衣等，減少進食肥膩、甜膩、重口味及生冷食物，脾胃功能好才能有效吸收滋陰潤肺食材的功效。
夏天的晚睡早起要慢慢調整到早睡早起，除了有助適應秋天日照時間漸短，亦有助肺氣舒展。
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Care tips during early autumn
Early August would mark the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The weather is still warm but would turn cool after sunset. Such weather is literally called ‘the tiger of autumn’ in Mandarin because the heat from the weather during early autumn is as haughty and domineering as a tiger.
Getting rid of the summer heat at the beginning of autumn can be a hassle as we can feel the remnants of the tiger of autumn’s wrath. According to the Chinese Medicine dietary principles, we should still be clearing heat and dispelling dampness from the body, but the ingredients we consume should be warmer in nature. For instance, we can make soup using hairy gourd and chayote to replace winter melon.
We should not hurry to nourish the yin and moisten the dryness during autumn because we may have excessively consumed raw and cold foods that have damaged the stomach and the spleen during summer. It is best for us to strengthen the functions of the spleen and the stomach first by consuming ingredients such as white rice, millet, Chinese yam, sweet potato, and hyacinth bean coat.
We should also reduce eating fried, heavily-flavored, raw, and cold foods. Once our spleen and stomach can perform at an optimal condition, these organs would be able to absorb the nutrients from ingredients that can nourish the yin and moisten the lungs. We should adjust our habit of sleeping late during summer to sleeping and waking up early. This will help us adjust to the shorter autumn days and relieve the qi in the lungs.
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