As soon as autumn begins, my throat first "checks for help" - I wake up in the morning and my mouth is dry like a Sahara. When I talk too much, my throat is so itchy that I can't help coughing. Even my skin is peeling and my stool is dry... In fact, this is all "autumn dryness".
Many people buy herbal tea when they are anxious, but in fact, the key to autumn dry conditioning is that "moisturizing" is not "cold". Use ordinary ingredients that can be found in refrigerators and pharmacies to cook a pot of warm water and drink a cup every day, which is more effective than anything else. Today I will share 3 zero-difficulty "Autumn Drinking Drinks". Novices can succeed at one time, and the cost is only a few dollars!
1. Pear Pie Ophiopogon japonicus water: "5-minute first aid drink" for office workers
Highlights: The fastest and time-consuming, cook it in the morning and put it in a thermos cup, and your throat will be moist for a day.
Why choose it: I used to peel off the skin when I ate pears, but later I realized that pear skin is "moisturizing the top" and its own coolness is gentle and not irritating; with Ophiopogon japonicus (you can buy a large bag for 10 yuan in the pharmacy, and you can drink it for half a month), the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the throat doubles. Drinking a sip when the throat is dry and itchy is like "applying a layer of moisturizing film" to your throat.
Ingredients (1 serving)
- 1 pear skin (with a little flesh, don't peel it too clean, it will have stronger dryness)
- 5-6 Ophiopogon japonicus (wash it clean, don’t soak it)
- 500ml of water (about one and a half cups)
Practice (real 5 minutes)
1. Flush the pear skin and remove the hard pear core (the core is cold, and boiling water will make you feel uncomfortable in the stomach);
2. Add water to a small pot, throw in the pear skin and Ophiopogon japonicus, bring to a boil over high heat and then turn to low heat for 5 minutes, turn off the heat;
3. Drink it directly after it is warm, without adding sugar! The pear skin itself is a bit sweet, and Ophiopogon japonicus has a faint medicinal aroma, which makes it refreshing to drink.
Small tips: If you are in a hurry in the morning, cut the pear peel and prepare Ophiopogon japonicus the night before, and cook directly in the morning. It will be just 5 minutes before you can get out.
2. Tremella pear soup: "warm and sweet soup" that the whole family can drink
Highlights: The cotton is dense and glued, like drinking "natural desserts". Both the elderly and children love it. Drinking it cold will not irritate the spleen and stomach.
Why choose it: The gelatin of Tremella is a "natural moisturizer", which tastes moist but not greasy after cooking; it is sweet with pears, and it doesn't have to add too much sugar to drink. Drink a bowl in autumn, not only will your throat be comfortable, but your skin feels like you have a full water.
Ingredients (2-3 servings)
- 1 small dried tremella (don't buy too white, naturally slightly yellow ones are better)
- 1 pear (select a syrup with sufficient moisture, peel it and cut it into small pieces)
- 1-2 rock sugar (optional, you don’t need to add the pears if they are sweet enough)
- Clean water has 2 fingers of food (about 800ml)
Practice (lazy anti-roller version)
1. Soak the Tremella in warm water for 10 minutes, then soak it into small flowers, and cut off the hard roots (the roots cannot be cooked, which will affect the taste);
2. Put the tremella and pear blocks into the rice cooker or pressure cooker and add enough water;
3. Press the "Cook Porridge" button in the rice cooker, and it will be fine for 30 minutes; if you want a normal pot, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and cook for 40 minutes until the tremella is cooked out and the soup becomes thicker;
4. Finally add rock sugar and melt it (drink it directly if you don’t want to eat sugar, the sweetness of the pear is enough).
Small tips: After the cooked tremella soup is cooled, put it in a sealed box to refrigerate. It tastes like "tremella pudding", which is much healthier than milk tea. When the child comes back from school, it will moisten and be hungry.
3. Tangerine peel, hawthorn, snow pear water: "Adorable and moisturized drink" for people without appetite
Highlights: Sweet and sour mouths can not only moisten dryness, but also relieve the "food deficiency" in autumn. I still want to drink them after drinking them.
Why choose it: Autumn is not only dry, but also prone to no appetite and swelling after eating it - tangerine peel regulates qi and strengthens the spleen, hawthorn digests food and accumulates, and the pears moistens the dryness, solves the two problems of "dry mouth + no appetite" in one cup. The sweet and sour taste can also be used as a "natural drink", which is much better than drinking Coke.
Ingredients (1-2 servings)
- 1 small piece of tangerine peel (select old tangerine peel that is more than three years old, soak it softly and scrape off the white flesh inside, otherwise it will be bitter)
- 3-4 tablets of dried hawthorn (it is available in pharmacies or supermarkets, don't put too much, otherwise it will be sour)
- 1 pear (peel and cut into pieces, don’t remove the seeds, the seeds will not affect their softness)
- Clean water 500ml
Practice (get it in 10 minutes)
1. Soak the dried tangerine peel and scrape off the white flesh, clean the hawthorn and cut the pear into pieces;
2. Throw all ingredients into a small pot and add water to boil for 10 minutes until the pear pieces become soft and the soup becomes slightly red;
3. Drink it after warming up, with a little sweet and sour aroma of tangerine peel, and your appetite will be refreshed after a sip.
Small tips: Hawthorn is a little sour. People with more stomach acid put two pieces less, or add half a piece of rock sugar to neutralize when cooking.
Say 3 last words "Moisten the truth"
1. Don't chase "hot ingredients". Ordinary ingredients are better than "drinking often": you don't have to buy expensive ingredients such as bird's nest and peach gum. Peach, Tremella, and Tangerine peel. Drink one cup every day, which is more effective than drinking "big tonic soup" once a day;
2. Less sugar! Less sugar! Less sugar! Eating too sweet in autumn will make it "dry". It is enough to rely on the sweetness of the ingredients themselves. For example, the sweetness of pears and hawthorns is more comfortable than adding rock sugar;
3. Drinking warmly is the most nourishing: Don’t drink cold and ice, especially those with spleen and stomach deficiency. Only warm drinks can slowly nourish the body and not irritate the stomach and intestines.
The ingredients of these 3 drinks are less than 20 yuan. They can be eaten for a day by boiling a pot. They can be drunk in a thermos pot. They can be drunk at work, school, and at home. The "moisturization" in autumn does not cost much and effort. After drinking a cup of warm drink, it will be warm from your throat to your heart. This is the comfort that autumn should be~
What do you like to drink in autumn? Let’s share in the comment area, let’s copy each other’s homework!
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