In autumn, the weather is unpredictable, with sudden temperature changes and continuous autumn rain, making it difficult for the elderly to adapt to such a rapidly changing climate, often leading to colds or the recurrence of old illnesses. However, if they can pay attention to health preservation and adopt appropriate preventive and therapeutic methods, can they not effectively prevent these problems?
Specific methods of prevention and treatment are as follows: For the elderly with indigestion, excessive urination at night, and other conditions, you can use 120 grams of yam, washed, peeled, and sliced (or 60 grams of dried yam, soaked, peeled, and sliced), 10 red dates washed, and 50 grams of rice. Cook them together with an appropriate amount of water to make a porridge. Then, add an appropriate amount of honey to season. Take 1 to 2 small bowls on an empty stomach every morning. Yam is sweet and contains various nutrients such as fat, protein, mucilage, and vitamins, with effects like nourishing and strengthening the body and aiding digestion. If neurasthenia is caused by overuse of the brain, or if suffering from chronic cough, soreness in the waist and legs, etc., you can pound 1000 grams of walnut kernels, add 1000 grams of honey, mix well, and store in a sealed ceramic bottle. Take 1 spoonful twice a day with warm water. Walnut is sweet, neutral and warm in nature, with effects such as nourishing the brain, tonifying the kidneys, and combating fatigue. For elderly individuals with a weak constitution, you can prepare 1000 grams of glutinous rice, 250 grams of white sugar, and appropriate amounts of raisins, walnut kernels, melon seeds, ginkgo nuts, lotus seeds, longan pulp, red bean paste, cooked yam, small red dates, green plums, osmanthus, lard, and starch. Then, peel and remove the core of the ginkgo nuts, cut them into quarters; remove the cores of the red dates, peel and cut the cooked yam; Next, grease 5 bowls with lard, and then arrange the ginkgo nuts and other foods in a decorative pattern in the bowls. Wash the glutinous rice and put it in a basin, add 1000 ml of water, steam until cooked, then scoop it out, let it cool, mix in 100 grams of white sugar, divide it into portions of 200 grams each, place it in the bowls with the arranged ginkgo nuts, and steam again for a short while. Finally, boil 150 grams of water and sugar, add starch to make a thin starch sauce, pour it over the glutinous rice, and sprinkle with osmanthus to finish. This dish is "Health-Preserving Eight Treasure Rice." Eat 1 bowl on an empty stomach every morning. For those with hypertension or limb numbness, you can wash 15-20 grams of raw kudzu root, soak 10 red dates, slice and remove their cores, and cook with an appropriate amount of water to make a soup. You can take 1 to 2 small bowls each time, eating the dates along with the soup, twice a day. Alternatively, you can wash 30 grams of fresh malt (use half the amount for dried malt), mix 2 tablespoons of fresh malt into each bowl of dry flour, add an appropriate amount of sugar to make thin pancakes or a paste, which can also be cooked with various vegetables. You can consume 1 to 2 small bowls of malt paste or 1 to 2 malt pancakes each time, twice a day. Malt contains vitamins B1, B6, E, and trace elements such as copper, magnesium, zinc, and iron, and has effects such as improving the body's immune function, enhancing endurance, delaying aging, preventing insomnia, and preventing memory decline.