Nourishing Before Frost is Better Than Nourishing in Winter
Nourishing Before Frost is Better Than Nourishing in Winter
This year’s Frost Descent falls on October 24th. Starting from Frost Descent, the climate gradually turns colder. According to TCM health preservation principles, autumn is the time for tonification. As the saying goes: “It’s better to nourish before Frost Descent than in winter.” Autumn tonification allows moderate consumption of lamb and rabbit meat. Autumn is dry, prone to coughs, and a period when chronic bronchitis often relapses or worsens. Here are some fruits and vegetables known for their lung-moistening effects.
Pears: have functions of generating body fluids, moisturizing dryness, clearing heat, and dissolving phlegm—can be stewed with rock sugar and Fritillaria.
Apples: generate body fluids, moisten lungs, aid digestion, quench thirst.
Olive: clear lung heat, soothe sore throat, quench thirst, detoxify.
Onions: clear heat, dissolve phlegm, lower lipids and blood sugar.
Radishes: nourish lungs and stop coughing.
Yang Wei, Chief Physician, Department of Traditional Medicine, Tongren Hospital, Beijing