Autumn is a season when the weather is dry and cold, making it easy to have symptoms of dryness and heat, such as dry throat, dry nose, and dry skin. Especially for those who often have excessive internal heat, this time can be particularly difficult. So what should we do when we have excessive internal heat in autumn? Below are 5 corresponding dietary therapies for 5 types of excessive internal heat and dryness.
1. Drink Pear Water to Reduce Liver Fire
Symptoms: Headache, dizziness, tinnitus, dry eyes, bitter and foul taste in mouth, and pain in the sides.
Dietary therapy: Grind 10 grams of Fritillaria cirrhosa into powder, peel and cut 2 pears into pieces, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and water, and stew for consumption.
2. Drink Lotus Seed Soup to Reduce Heart Fire
Symptoms: There are two types of excessive internal heat - deficiency fire and excess fire. Deficiency fire is manifested as low-grade fever, night sweats, restlessness, dry mouth, etc. Excess fire is manifested as recurrent oral ulcers, dry mouth, short and red urine, and irritability.
Dietary therapy: Take 30 grams of lotus seeds (without removing the lotus core) and 15 grams of jujube (wrapped in gauze), add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, decoct with water, and consume the lotus seeds and soup.
3. Eat Pig Liver to Reduce Lung Fire
Symptoms: Dry cough with little or sticky phlegm, hot flashes and night sweats, hot hands and feet, insomnia, and red tongue.
Dietary therapy: Take 1 piece of pig liver and 30 grams of chrysanthemum (wrapped in gauze), cook until the liver is cooked, and consume the liver and soup.
4. Eat Pig Kidneys to Reduce Kidney Fire
Symptoms: Mainly manifested as dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus, hair loss, loose teeth, restless sleep, irritability, thin body, and aching waist and legs.
Dietary therapy: Take 2 pig kidneys, 15 grams each of goji berries and dogwood, put them in a pot and cook until the pig kidneys are cooked, then consume the pig kidneys and soup.
5. Drink Mung Bean Porridge to Reduce Stomach Fire
Symptoms: There are two types of excessive internal heat - deficiency fire and excess fire. Deficiency fire is manifested as slight cough, decreased appetite, constipation, abdominal distension, red tongue, and little coating. Excess fire is manifested as discomfort in the upper abdomen, dry and bitter mouth, and dry and hard stools.
Dietary therapy: Take 30 grams of gypsum powder, an appropriate amount of glutinous rice and mung beans, first boil the gypsum powder with water, then filter out the residue, take the clear liquid, and add glutinous rice and mung beans to cook porridge for consumption.
Of course, it is also very important to adjust one's own emotions. Restless emotions will only add fuel to the fire. Maintaining a happy mood helps regulate the internal "fire."
