NO.1 Lily Bulbs
Lily bulbs contain 17 essential amino acids including leucine and aspartic acid, offering high nutritional value. They stimulate appetite, aid digestion, and are rich in minerals and potassium—crucial for metabolic functions.
Tips: When selecting dried lily bulbs, choose those that are dry, free of impurities, and thick-fleshed. For fresh consumption, opt for bulbs that are not bitter, with broad and thin leaves.
Preparation: Lilies can be cooked into porridge, sweet soup, steamed, or stir-fried. Lily and Silver Ear Fungus Porridge nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, strengthens the spleen, and promotes fluid production.
NO.2 Lotus Root
Fresh lotus root helps babies clear heat, generate fluids, moisten the lungs, and relieve coughs. It is especially suitable for babies with heatiness and uniquely effective against autumn dryness.
Preparation: Babies over 6 months can eat steamed lotus root pureed into a paste. Babies over 1 year can enjoy stir-fried lotus root. Children over 2 can have it in cold salads. You can also simmer lotus root with kelp and pork ribs to make soup for babies. Raw lotus root clears heat, generates fluids, and quenches thirst; cooked lotus root strengthens the spleen, stimulates appetite, and nourishes blood.
NO.3 Radish
Radish is rich in water content, vitamin C, and contains moderate amounts of calcium, phosphorus, and carbohydrates. It also provides small amounts of beneficial components like protein and iron. Known for clearing heat and resolving phlegm, eating radish in early autumn helps dispel the internal heat accumulated during summer and quickly restore vitality.
Preparation: Raw and cooked radishes offer distinct benefits. Raw radish alleviates coughs and clears internal heat, while cooked radish aids digestion and strengthens the spleen. Radish regulates the spleen and stomach, providing auxiliary treatment for common autumn ailments like indigestion, wind-heat colds, tonsillitis, coughs with phlegm, and sore throats.Consuming honey in autumn helps prevent "autumn dryness" from harming babies, moisturizing and nourishing the lungs.
How to Eat: Take 25 grams daily in the morning and evening, dissolved in warm water not exceeding 60°C (140°F).
Note: Do not feed honey to infants under 1 year old, including heated honey.
NO.5 Pears
Autumn is the perfect season for enjoying pears.Pears are rich in sugars, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, and various vitamins, playing a vital role in human health. With a sweet and slightly sour taste and a cool nature, pears enter the lung and stomach meridians. They help generate fluids, moisten dryness, clear heat, and resolve phlegm. How to eat: Pears can be eaten raw, juiced, or simmered with rock sugar or honey to make "Autumn Pear Syrup."
NO.6 Pumpkin
Pumpkin's nutritional value lies in its rich content of essential nutrients, notably high levels of carotene, vitamin B2, and vitamin C. It also contains significant amounts of iron and phosphorus. These substances play vital roles in maintaining bodily physiological functions.
Preparation: Beyond soups and purees, pumpkin can be cooked into porridge, steamed, or stewed.