Although autumn is not as hot as summer, it can present a serious problem—excessive internal heat. What to do when you have too much heat in autumn? What can you eat to quickly reduce it? Here are the top foods for reducing internal heat in autumn.
1. Mung Beans
Mung beans are sweet and cool in nature, with the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and reducing fire. They are a traditional Chinese medicine often used to alleviate poisoning from various foods or drugs. Mung beans are rich in various components such as vitamin B, glucose, protein, amylase, oxidase, iron, calcium, phosphorus, and more. Regular consumption can help better expel toxins from the body and promote normal metabolism.
In particular, after eating greasy, fried, or "heaty" foods, drinking some mung bean soup can effectively lower cholesterol and has liver-protecting and anti-allergic effects.
Mung Bean and Coix Seed Ice Cream
2. Pear
People prone to excessive internal heat in autumn should eat more cool-natured fruits, such as pears, persimmons, bananas, kiwis, grapefruits, and grapes. These fruits not only have excellent heat-clearing effects but also significant heat-reducing and detoxifying properties, making them perfect for the dry autumn season.
The best fruit for autumn heat is the autumn pear. It has excellent effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting the production of body fluids to moisten dryness, and clearing the heart to reduce fire. It is very effective in relieving various discomfort symptoms caused by autumn dryness. At the same time, regularly eating autumn pears is also very beneficial for the health of the lungs, bronchi, and upper respiratory tract. Because of its excellent moisturizing properties, it can also aid digestion, stimulate appetite, and has good antipyretic and diuretic effects.
Rice Wine and Ginger Pear Juice
3. Persimmon
After autumn begins, another fruit with the effect of relieving autumn dryness gradually comes into season: the most common autumn fruit—the persimmon. Traditional Chinese medicine points out that persimmons are sweet and astringent, and cold in nature. The vitamins and sugar content in them are one to two times higher than in general fruits. Regular consumption in autumn can have a good effect of nourishing the lungs and protecting the stomach, and clearing dryness heat. In addition, its effects of tonifying deficiency, relieving coughs, benefiting the intestines, and clearing heat are also very significant.
Although persimmons are good, you should not eat too many. Besides not consuming them in excess daily, you must also be careful not to eat them on an empty stomach, otherwise, it is easy to cause stones.
Peanut, Sesame, and Persimmon Cake
4. Mangosteen
The mangosteen, commonly known as the "queen of fruits," is cool in nature and has the effect of reducing heat and cooling the body. It can help break down fat, moisturize the skin, and reduce fire. Eating a mangosteen after eating a very "heaty" durian has a heat-clearing effect. Moreover, the mangosteen flesh is rich in dietary fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins, and mineral elements such as magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, and potassium, which has a certain effect on beautifying the skin.
Yogurt Fruit Salad