Can I drink Jiang Shui in autumn?

It is generally believed that ginger can warm the stomach, and it is common to drink a bowl of Jiang Shui when the stomach is uncomfortable. In autumn, when the weather gets cold, many people often drink Jiang Shui to relieve the cold. Ginger is an irritating food. Excessive consumption will stimulate gastric acid secretion, cause stomach discomfort or aggravate the condition. Therefore, friends with stomach problems are not suitable for drinking more Jiang Shui.

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Be careful when eating ginger in autumn.

There used to be an old saying: "Don't eat ginger in autumn within one year; Don't eat ginger at night for a day. "Nutrition experts say that it is not absolutely impossible to eat Jiang Ye in autumn. The key is not "eat more" and "don't eat at night".

According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, ginger is pungent, warm and nontoxic, belonging to the five internal organs, benefiting the spleen and stomach, except for cold and heat of cold, typhoid fever, headache and nasal congestion, cough due to adverse qi, vomiting prevention, phlegm-resolving and qi-lowering, and boredom relief.

Modern medicine believes that ginger contains volatile oil, which can accelerate blood circulation; At the same time, it contains gingerol, which has the functions of stimulating gastric juice secretion, exciting intestines, promoting digestion and having antibacterial effect; Ginger also contains gingerol, which can reduce the occurrence of gallstones.

However, although there are many benefits of ginger, there are also many exquisite flavors, and season and time are one of them. Because ginger is spicy and hot, it loses a lot of water in cooking and is easy to get angry after eating.

The autumn climate is dry and dry, which hurts the lungs. In addition, eating spicy ginger is more likely to hurt the lungs, aggravate dehydration and dryness of the human body, and aggravate the harm of autumn dryness to the body. Therefore, it is advisable to eat less ginger in autumn.

The so-called "don't eat ginger at night" is mainly because the pungent effect of ginger will affect people's normal rest at night. Eating pungent ginger at night is also prone to internal heat, which will cause symptoms of "getting angry" for a long time.

But this problem needs to be treated dialectically, and ginger should be used as usual when you are sick. For example, ginger is often used to treat colds and coughs in autumn. Chinese medicine believes that "those who are cold should be hot" and "those who are hot should be cold", that is, cold medicine should be used for fever and warm medicine for cold disease.

People suffering from cold diseases will aggravate cough, abdominal pain and vomiting at night. At this time, hot ginger soup should be taken urgently even in the middle of the night, which can warm the lungs and stomach, dispel cold and relieve cough, stop vomiting and relieve pain. In addition, it is not a big problem to season with a small amount of onion, ginger and pepper, but don't eat too much at a time.

References:

Patriotic health campaign committee, Kaifeng City —— Some Mistakes in Supplementing Spleen in Autumn

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People's Network-Is it true that you don't eat ginger in autumn? Revealing three misunderstandings of autumn tonic