When is the Cold Dew in 2018? What should we pay attention to in our diet during the Cold Dew solar term?

When is the Cold Dew in 2018? What should we pay attention to in our diet during the Cold Dew solar term?
After the National Day Golden Week, we usher in the Cold Dew solar term among the 24 solar terms. So what is the exact date of Cold Dew in 2018? What should we pay attention to in our diet during the Cold Dew solar term? Let’s follow the editor to learn more about it! Want to know more about the dates in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 2018? Please pay attention to our Mr. Shui Mo’s special topic on the eighth month of the lunar calendar! Monday, October 08, 2018 16:14:37
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Cold Dew is the 17th solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it falls between October 8th and 9th in the Gregorian calendar every year. It is the end of the You month and the beginning of the Xu month in the Ganzhi calendar. "Collected Explanations of the 72 Seasonal Changes" says: "In the ninth month, the dew is cold and is about to condense." Cold Dew means that the temperature is lower than that during White Dew, the dew on the ground is colder, and is about to condense into frost. During the Cold Dew season, the Nanling Mountains and vast areas to the north have entered autumn, the northeast has entered late autumn, and the northwest has entered or is about to enter winter. Cold Dew diet health principles:
1. Adjust your diet:
The basic principle of autumn diet should be to nourish yin and moisten the lungs. For the elderly with weak stomachs, they can eat porridge in the morning to nourish the stomach and produce fluid, such as lily and lotus seed porridge, white fungus and rock sugar glutinous rice porridge, almond and Fritillaria glutinous rice porridge, black sesame porridge, etc. In addition, you should eat more sour fruits and vegetables and less spicy foods, which is very beneficial for protecting the liver and lungs.
2. Eat fruits with caution:
Although eating a lot of fruits and vegetables in the summer will not cause spleen and stomach diseases, it will reduce the disease resistance of the stomach and intestines. Eating a lot of fruits and vegetables in the fall will inevitably help dampness to damage the spleen yang. The spleen yang will be unable to transport water and dampness, and acute and chronic gastrointestinal diseases such as diarrhea, dysentery, and loose stools will occur. Therefore, you should eat less fruits and melons after the fall, especially those with weak spleen and stomach should avoid it.
3. Take supplements at the right time:
As the saying goes, "Nourish yourself in autumn and fight the tiger in winter", but when taking supplements, you should be careful not to take supplements without illness or to take supplements without distinguishing between deficiency and excess. The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to supplement the deficient. Patients who are not deficient should not use tonic medicine. Deficiency diseases can be divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Only by taking the right medicine can you nourish the body, otherwise it will be counterproductive. Also pay attention to the right amount of supplements, avoid replacing food with medicine, and promote food supplements. Food supplements in autumn are mainly for nourishing yin and moistening dryness, such as black-bone chicken, pig lungs, turtle meat, bird's nest, white fungus, honey, sesame, walnuts, lotus root, autumn pears, etc. These foods are more effective when combined with traditional Chinese medicine.
4. Drink more soup:
The air is dry in autumn, so it is more appropriate to make tonic foods into soup and drink them. Most people should use food supplements, that is, choose fresh cabbage, radish, lotus root, etc. and add fish, meat, etc. to make soup, such as peanut chicken feet soup, lotus root beef soup, spinach pork liver soup, radish pork ribs soup, etc. You can also eat cold fruits that have diuretic and antipyretic effects, such as apples, pears, citrus, water chestnuts, grapes, etc., which can supplement a large number of vitamins and trace elements. The climate is dry in autumn and people feel thirsty strongly, but it is not advisable to drink too many gas-containing beverages. You can choose to soak Pangdahai with rock sugar or white chrysanthemum with honey, and drink it frequently. It can not only replenish the body's water, but also play a health-care and therapeutic role.
Eight taboos of diet and health preservation during Cold Dew:
First, avoid taking supplements without any illness. Some of us think that eating some supplements will definitely be good for the body, but in fact this statement is one-sided. If we are not sick, it is better not to take supplements randomly. It is a waste of money, has no benefits for the body, and may even cause harm to the body. Therefore, avoid taking supplements without any illness.
Second, avoid not distinguishing between deficiency and excess . The treatment principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to nourish the deficient. Patients who are not suffering from deficiency should not take tonic medicine. Deficiency syndromes can be divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency and blood deficiency. Only by taking the right medicine can the body be nourished. Otherwise, it will be counterproductive and harm the body. Although health care and health preservation are not as strictly distinguished as medical treatment, at least the diet should be divided into two categories: cold and hot. Those who are prone to cold are afraid of cold and like heat, have cold hands and feet, a tasteless mouth with excessive saliva, loose stools, clear and long urine, a pale tongue and a deep and fine pulse. If the patient is prone to heat, he will have hot palms and soles, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, hard stool, short and dark urine, red tongue and rapid pulse. If you use medicinal food without distinguishing between cold and heat, it will easily add fuel to the fire.
The third taboo is that the more the better: taking too much of any tonic is harmful. It is unscientific to think that "eating more tonic medicines can cure diseases and strengthen the body when you are healthy". If you take too much ginseng and antler supplements, it can cause abdominal bloating and loss of appetite; taking too much vitamin C can cause nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Fourth, avoid all tonics: Animal food is undoubtedly the best tonic, it is not only highly nutritious, but also delicious. However, meat is difficult to digest and absorb. If consumed in large quantities for a long time, it is often too much for the elderly with reduced gastrointestinal function. Certain "by-products" of the meat digestion process, such as excessive fats, sugars and other substances, are often the cause of common and frequently occurring diseases in the elderly, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and cancer. A light diet is not without nutritional value, especially vegetables. Modern nutrition theory holds that fresh fruits and vegetables contain a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which are essential nutrients for the human body.
Fifth, avoid replacing food with medicine. Although medicine works quickly, medicine is not as effective as food. All medicines are poisonous. Although medicines can quickly benefit the human body, they still contain some mild toxins. Although the impact on the human body is not great, its impact will be aggravated if it continues for a long time. Many foods have therapeutic effects. For example, celery can treat high blood pressure, so we should pay attention to dietary supplements in our lives.
Sixth taboo: focus on "in" and neglect "out"
With the improvement of people's living standards, many families have greasy meat meals every day. The acidic toxic substances produced after the metabolism of these foods need to be excreted in time, and the accelerated pace of life has caused many people to have irregular bowel movements or even constipation. Therefore, in recent years, health experts have proposed a new health care concept that focuses on "negative nourishment", that is, paying attention to the excretion of human waste, reducing the retention and absorption of "intestinal toxins", and advocating that while taking supplements, we should also pay attention to the timeliness and smoothness of bowel movements.
Seventh taboo: constant "supplements" Some people like to take a certain kind of supplement according to their own taste. Then, after years of not changing, they develop into "picky eating" or "food addiction", which is not good for health. Because medicines and food have both health and therapeutic effects, they also have certain side effects. Taking them for a long time or in excess will affect the nutritional balance in the body. Especially for the elderly, not only do the functions of various organs decline to varying degrees, requiring comprehensive and systematic conditioning, but also they have different needs for health care drugs and food in different seasons. Therefore, it is necessary to make adjustments according to different situations and we cannot make constant and unchanging supplements to the end.
Eight taboos: the more expensive the supplement, the more
“Scarcity makes things valuable.” Those noble traditional foods such as bird’s nests and shark fins actually have no special therapeutic effects, while very common foods such as sweet potatoes and onions have therapeutic value that is worthy of attention. In addition, all dietary therapies have certain targets and indications, so the medicinal diet should be determined according to the needs, "what is lacking, what is supplemented". Do not distinguish between high and low based on cost, especially for the elderly, who should take practicality and low price as the principle of nourishment.
Cold Dew Health Recipe:
Recipe 1: Sweet Candied Yam It is important to eat some yam during the Cold Dew season. Yam belongs to the potato family, rich in carbohydrates and dietary fiber, and multiple vitamins, including carotene, vitamin B1, B2, and calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper and other minerals. Although yam can nourish many organs at the same time, it is mainly used to nourish the kidneys. Eating yam regularly can enhance the kidney's detoxification function. Candied yam is a very good way to eat it. The yam "cooked" with caramel will have a correspondingly enhanced effect in nourishing the kidney and resisting toxins.
Ingredients: 500 grams of yam, appropriate amounts of sugar, vegetable oil, water and sesame oil.
Method: Peel and wash the yam, cut into dice and set aside. Heat the vegetable oil to 50% hot, put the yam into the oil and fry until golden brown, remove from the oil and drain off the remaining oil. Dissolve sugar in water and fry over low heat until the sugar becomes thinner and can be pulled into threads. Then pour in the yam, remove from the heat, and stir-fry evenly. After the sugar juice is completely attached to the yam, pour it into a plate coated with sesame oil.
Recipe 2: Lotus root, black fungus and pork ribs soup. If you want to moisturize and protect your lungs during the Cold Dew season, drink some lotus root, black fungus and pork ribs soup. Eating lotus root in autumn and winter not only has a good therapeutic effect on treating the internal heat caused by dryness in autumn and winter, it also has the effect of nourishing the lungs and moisturizing dryness. Fungus is rich in vitamins and trace element iron, which can enhance the body's immunity and replenish blood and qi. Spare ribs are also a good ingredient for replenishing the energy substances needed by the human body on a daily basis. The lotus root, black fungus and pork ribs soup made by combining the three ingredients can not only nourish the body and enhance the body's resistance, but also supplement nutrition.
Ingredients: 500 grams of lotus root, 500 grams of pork ribs, black fungus, jujube, cooking wine, ginger, onion and a little salt.
Method: After washing the ribs, add cold water into the pot, add a little cooking wine, cook for one minute after the water boils, pour out the water and then wash. Put the ribs into the pressure cooker, add water to cover the ribs, add a little cooking wine and a few slices of ginger, and after the water starts to boil, press for 7-8 minutes. Cut the lotus root into dice and soak the black fungus in advance and wash it. Move the ribs in the pressure cooker to a casserole or other pot, add lotus root, black fungus, and 5 or 6 jujubes, and cook on low heat for about 20 minutes.
Recipe 3: Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs Stewed with Pear Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs Stewed with Pear is a traditionally recognized delicacy for its refreshing and nourishing properties. It can be eaten frequently, and is most suitable in autumn. Chuanbei tastes sweet and bitter, is slightly cold in nature, and enters the heart and lung meridians. Chuanbei is bitter and cold, can clear away heat, and is moist in nature. It enters the lung meridian to moisten the lungs and resolve phlegm. Snow pear is also a heat-clearing and moisturizing product. Pears have the effects of moistening the lungs and clearing dryness, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, nourishing blood and regenerating muscles. They are effective for patients with acute bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection who suffer from dry throat, itching, pain, hoarseness, thick phlegm, constipation and red urine.
Ingredients: 1 snow pear, 25 grams of rock sugar, a little Sichuan Fritillary.
Preparation: Wash, peel, cut the pear, remove the core and hollow it out to make a pear cup. Put a few pieces of Fritillaria cirrhosa and rock sugar into the pear cup, cover it with a pear lid and secure it with a toothpick. Put the pears in a bowl, add rock sugar and water, and steam them for 30 minutes.
Recipe 4: Steamed Crabs One of the major customs during the Cold Dew Festival is eating crabs. An ancient poem says: "The belly is round in September and pointed in October, holding the claws and drinking wine under the chrysanthemum blossoms." There is also a folk proverb "Nine females and ten males". Crab meat is tender and delicious, and is a top-grade and precious aquatic product. Crabs are also very nutritious. The protein content is several times higher than that of pork and fish. The content of calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin A is also high. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that river crabs are cold in nature and salty in taste, and have the effects of clearing away heat and dispersing knots, dredging meridians and nourishing yin, nourishing the liver and kidneys, producing essence and nourishing marrow, harmonizing the stomach and digesting food, dissipating heat and dredging meridians, and strengthening tendons and bones. Steaming crabs is the most authentic way to cook them and they have high nutritional value.
Ingredients: hairy crab, Zhenjiang vinegar, sugar, ginger.
Preparation: Wash the hairy crab in clean water and let it sit for half a day to allow it to drain the dirt in its stomach. Then use a thin rope to tie the two claws and eight legs of the hairy crab tightly into a ball. Mix minced ginger, Zhenjiang vinegar and sugar to make a dipping sauce. Put enough clean water in the pot and add a few slices of ginger. After the water boils, put the crab upside down and steam it in the steamer for about 15 minutes until cooked. Take it out, untie the thin rope and put it on a plate.
Recipe 5: Yam and lily porridge. This diet therapy is suitable for people with spleen deficiency and weak body, such as those who often have diarrhea, abdominal distension, fear of cold abdomen, dry throat, cough, phlegm, etc. Use yam to strengthen the spleen and stomach to cut off the source of phlegm, and use lily to moisten the lungs, relieve cough and asthma. Together they can strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs, relieve cough and resolve phlegm. It can aid digestion and replenish lung qi for healthy people.
Ingredients: 100 grams of yam, 50 grams of lily, and 100 grams of japonica rice.
Preparation method: Wash and peel the yam and cut into pieces. Wash and separate the lily. Wash the glutinous rice and put the yam and lily into the rice and cook until soft. It is ready to eat.
Recipe 6: Pomegranate juice and Tremella fuciformis jelly. Pomegranate juice is rich in vitamins C, B6, E and folic acid; it is also rich in minerals such as calcium, magnesium and zinc, which can quickly replenish the moisture lost by the skin, making the skin brighter and softer. Pair it with Tremella, lotus seeds and red dates soup, which is the best way to maintain health in autumn. Add a small amount of gelatin powder and refrigerate for an hour. The pink sweet and sour pomegranate juice and chewy Tremella jelly will definitely refresh you.
Ingredients: 3 white fungus, 50 grams of white lotus, 8 red dates, 1 pomegranate (juice), 10 grams of fish gelatin powder, and appropriate amount of white sugar.
Method: Soak the white fungus first. After 500 grams of water is boiled, add shredded white fungus and lotus seeds and cook together. Cut the pomegranate, peel off the red particles and set aside, then crush the pomegranate fruit with a cooking stick. Then pour into a small gauze bag and squeeze hard until all the pomegranate juice is squeezed out. Cook the Tremella on low heat for one hour, then add red dates and continue to cook until it becomes thick. Mix 10 grams of gelatin powder and appropriate amount of white sugar in a small bowl. Add appropriate amount of water into a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and heat in the microwave for 3 minutes until completely melted. Pour the prepared isinglass liquid into 500 ml of Tremella and lotus seeds and stir constantly. After it cools down, pour in the prepared pomegranate juice, finally put it into a cocktail glass and refrigerate until it solidifies.
Recipe 7: Celery and Lily Celery is sweet and cool in nature, has the effects of clearing the stomach, clearing heat and dispelling wind, and contains more dietary fiber. Lily tastes sweet and slightly bitter, and is neutral in nature. It has the functions of moistening the lungs, relieving coughs, clearing the heart and calming the mind. This dish has crispy celery and crispy lilies, which are green and white, delicious, refreshing and delicious.
Ingredients: 250g celery, 1 fresh lily, some mushrooms, some oil and salt, 1 tablespoon (15ml) of olive oil, 1 teaspoon (5ml) of sesame oil.
Preparation method: Remove the leaves of the celery, blanch it in water, shred it, cut it into sections, peel the lily petals one by one, and remove the old skin of the lily. Heat olive oil in a frying pan until 70% hot, add the blanched celery, stir briefly, and add the lily. When the edges of the lily become transparent, add salt and mushroom essence, stir-fry quickly until evenly cooked, drizzle with a little sesame oil, and it is ready to be served.

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