This morning, when I woke up, I felt a chill in the air. I checked the weather, and it was only 12°C. Even wearing a light jacket seemed insufficient to ward off the cold. How can we combat this chill? Let's see what the experts have to say!
Drink Porridge in Autumn
During autumn, you should drink more nutritious porridge, which is easy to digest and absorb, and also helps to nourish the spleen and stomach. Ma Yongqiang, a national-level third health manager, says that many busy office workers have gastrointestinal problems and should often drink porridge, which is easy to digest and absorb and can protect the gastric mucosa. I recommend a sweet glutinous rice and lily porridge. It's fragrant and delicious, and nutritious too. Prepare an appropriate amount of glutinous rice (100g), lily (30g), and sweet almonds (20g), then put them in a casserole to cook together. Lily is sweet and slightly bitter, and has a great effect of clearing and nourishing. When cooked with sweet almonds and japonica rice into a porridge, it has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, clearing the heart and calming the mind, and relieving cough and asthma.
Drink More Flower Tea
Staring at a computer screen for a long time can easily cause symptoms like dizziness and dry eyes. For people like this, Li Dingwen, deputy director of the Future Disease Treatment Center at Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recommends drinking more chrysanthemum tea. However, when buying chrysanthemum tea, it is recommended to choose Hangzhou white chrysanthemum instead of wild chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum is cool in nature. Although Hangzhou white chrysanthemum is also cool, it is not as bitter and cold as wild chrysanthemum, making it more neutral and gentle in its effect on the body. In addition, although Hangzhou white chrysanthemum and wild chrysanthemum are both types of chrysanthemum, their effects are different. Hangzhou white chrysanthemum is mainly for clearing the liver and improving vision, making it more suitable for autumn, while wild chrysanthemum is for clearing heat and detoxifying, which is more suitable for summer. For us at work, we can use some goji berries and white chrysanthemum, plus a little green tea, and steep them together in a pot of boiling water. Drinking it from time to time is very good for our bodies.
Bass is the Most Delicious
The nutritional value of sea bass is mainly reflected in its protein, vitamins, and trace elements. Sea bass is rich in protein, vitamins A and B, and nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, zinc, and selenium, making it highly nutritious. Tang Niuniu, a national intermediate-level Chinese chef, introduced that sea bass can also treat symptoms such as restless fetal movement and insufficient lactation. Expectant mothers and lactating women can eat some sea bass, which can nourish the body without worrying about obesity caused by excessive nutrition.
Steamed sea bass is fresh and sweet, and the method is simple, you can give it a try. Wash the sea bass, cut it open in the middle, make a few diagonal cuts on the surface of the fish, marinate the washed fish with salt, wine, and white pepper for 5 minutes. Place the marinated fish on a plate, and add some ginger slices and scallions. Then put the fish in a steamer and steam for 8 minutes, then turn off the heat. Do not open the lid, and let it steam for another 2 minutes before taking it out. Finally, pour hot oil from the pot over the scallions on the fish to get the aroma of scallion oil, and you can add some steamed fish soy sauce.