What kind of porridge is suitable for autumn?Recommended seasonal porridge to keep your body healthy and warm your stomach

The climate in autumn is dry and cool, which is a key period for nourishing the lungs, moistening dryness and regulating the spleen and stomach.Porridge is an ideal choice because it is easy to digest and rich in nutrients.This article clearly recommends three types of autumn porridge: moisturizing (such as lily and white fungus porridge), warming and tonic (such as yam and red date porridge), and seasonal ingredients (such as pumpkin and millet porridge). It also explains in detail its functions and methods, and finally summarizes the matching suggestions.

Moisturizing porridge: the first choice for relieving autumn dryness

Dry autumn can easily damage the lungs, so lily and white fungus porridge is a classic moisturizing and drying combination.Lily contains mucus, which can nourish yin and moisturize the lungs. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records its effect of "tonifying the body and replenishing qi"; Tremella is rich in plant colloid, which can enhance skin elasticity.Method: Soak the dried white fungus and cook it with lily and japonica rice. Add wolfberry before serving.Similar to porridge, there is Sydney Sichuan Scallop Porridge, which is suitable for people with coughs.It should be noted that diabetics should reduce added sugar.

Warming and tonic porridge: enhance spleen and stomach function

As the temperature drops, yam and red date porridge can gently nourish the spleen and stomach.Yams contain amylase and polyphenol oxidase, which help digestion and absorption; red dates are rich in cyclic adenosine monophosphate, which can enhance immunity.The "Dietotherapeutic Materia Medica" of the Ming Dynasty particularly recommended red dates to "tonify deficiency and replenish qi".Method: Peel and cut the iron stick yam into pieces, then slowly simmer it with glutinous rice and red dates until it becomes sticky.Similar to the recommended chestnut lean meat porridge, the carbohydrate content of chestnuts reaches 40%, which is suitable as an energy supplement.

Seasonal Ingredients Porridge: Maximizing Seasonal Nutrition

Pumpkin harvested in autumn is an excellent ingredient for making porridge.Pumpkin millet porridge is rich in beta-carotene (890 micrograms per 100 grams) and dietary fiber, which can protect the health of mucous membranes.Method: Peel the old pumpkin, steam it, press it into puree, and cook it with millet until it blooms.The "Five Grain Health Porridge" produced by Beijing Tongrentang and other pharmaceutical companies contains this formula.Purple sweet potato oatmeal is also recommended. The anthocyanin content of purple sweet potato is three times that of ordinary sweet potato, and it has antioxidant effects.

Matching suggestions and precautions

When drinking porridge in autumn, you can follow the principle of "warm it in the morning and moisten it in the evening": choose warm porridge such as yam porridge for breakfast, and moisturizing porridge such as white fungus porridge for dinner.Those with weak constitution can add ginger slices; those with yin deficiency and excessive fire are suitable for lotus seed porridge.Commercially available products such as Fang Huichuntang's "Qiuli Paste" can be eaten with porridge.It should be noted that patients with chronic kidney disease need to control the intake of soy porridge, and patients with gout should avoid seafood porridge.

Content citation source:
1. "Compendium of Materia Medica" Li Shizhen (Ming Dynasty) records about the efficacy of lily
2. Beijing Tong Ren Tang’s “Five Grain Health Porridge” product formula
3. Chinese Food Composition Table (6th Edition) Nutritional Composition Data of Pumpkin
4. Official product description of Fang Huichuntang "Qiuli Cream"