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Since Autumn is a time of the year associated with cold and dryness; countermeasures are required to protect the lungs and body surface's fluids as they are easily affected by environmental dryness and cold.
Foods to emphasize in Autumn that moisten and nourish body fluids include rice, sesame seeds, honey, walnuts, spinach, apples, pears, persimmons, and grapes. Appropriate animal foods are eggs, pork, clam, crab, oyster, and mussels. Beverages that have a moistening effect include boiled water, light teas and fruit juices.
To prevent constipation; seeds, nuts and their oils such as flax seeds, or sesame seeds helps moisten and move stools.
The sour flavor has an astringing function that helps protect and engender fluids. Sour foods include sauerkraut, kimchi, sourdough breads, pickles, ume-boshi (salted plums), olives, apple cider vinegar, lemons, limes, adzuki beans, coconut milk kefir, and green apples.
Congee is moistening and warming employing ingredients such as lily bulb, leeks, fresh ginger, sesame seeds, dates and pine nuts. Congee is a type of runny porridge made with rice. The basic method of preparing congee is to boil plain rice of just about any sort in water at about a 1 to 8-10 ratio (i.e., for 1 cup of rice use 8 to 10 cups of water). The rice should be cooked for at least 30 to 45 minutes, until the rice starts breaking apart and the entire mixture has a smooth milky-white appearance.
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