Autumn is the first season of autumn. Autumn is the season of harvest, and people enjoy the joy of “high autumn” and the success of their career in this golden season. Some friends may overlook the problem that autumn is the transitional period when the body’s yang and yin grow, and it is also the season when many diseases develop or worsen. Follow the theory of Chinese medicine “Heaven and Man” and “treating the untreated disease”, and take a scientific approach to health, in order to effectively prevent the occurrence and aggravation of diseases, and truly enjoy a healthy and happy life. According to the theory of Chinese medicine, in terms of the relationship between the four seasons and the five viscera, autumn corresponds to the lung, the lung in the will for sadness (worry), sadness and worry tend to hurt the lung, lung Qi deficiency, the body’s tolerance to adverse stimuli decreased. Autumn is the main harvest, dryness is the main Qi of autumn, and the lung is a “delicate organ”, not resistant to heat and cold, and the lung is connected to the outside world through the nose, so it is more likely to be injured by autumn dryness. Therefore, in the self-cultivation should be in accordance with the laws of nature, follow the outline of health, “make the will peaceful, in order to slow down the autumn punishment, astringent spirit, so that the autumn qi flat; no outside its will, so that the lung qi clear, this autumn qi should be, nourishing the way to collect. The reverse is hurt the lungs”. Early autumn, although the temperature has fallen, but the summer heat is still present from time to time; people just after the hot and humid summer days, the body’s wet turbidity has not been completely eliminated. Although there is the “autumn and winter tonic”, but if a large number of tonic products, especially too nourishing Yin products, will help wet produce phlegm, affecting the lungs to promote the function of descending, but also may increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, so that the long-term “weak” gastrointestinal can not bear at once, resulting in digestive disorders. This will lead to digestive disorders. Therefore, in early autumn, “clear tonic” is important. The so-called “Qing tonic”, is appropriate to eat some of the food or drugs with clear lungs, spleen, dampness, on the one hand, can play a tonic role, on the other hand, can also make the body of dampness and heat of the evil from the urine, to eliminate the summer heat “after-effects”. . For example, there is a Chinese herbal medicine, is also commonly used food – lotus seeds, its nature is flat, taste sweet and astringent, into the heart, spleen, kidney meridian, with the spleen to stop diarrhea, benefit the kidney astringent essence, nourish the heart and tranquilize the mind, not only can get rid of the remaining summer heat, but also nourish the body, is the autumn seasonal tonic, Chinese medicine believes that the spleen is earth, lung is gold, according to the five elements, cultivate earth can produce gold. Therefore, foods that strengthen the spleen are protective of the lungs. There are many ways to consume them, such as silver fungus and lotus seed soup, lily of the valley and lotus seed soup are very popular among the public. Lotus root, for example, is also a very familiar food. The raw lotus root can clear heat, produce fluid and quench thirst, while the cooked lotus root can strengthen the spleen and appetite and nourish the blood, and is also a good adjunct to the treatment of hemoptysis in chronic lung disease. There is a folk saying that “raw lotus root is good for summer, cooked lotus root is good for cool autumn, raw food is good for fresh and tender, cooked food is good for strong and old”, which is indeed a summary of health experience. The white lentils with good dampness, spleen and stomach role in cooking porridge or decoction, the most suitable in early autumn to eat. As for the yam, which is not stagnant, not hot and not dry, can replenish the qi, and nourish the yin, through the regulation of the lungs, spleen and kidneys, is our favorite food in Shandong. Although it is said that dryness is the main gas of autumn, but early autumn, rainfall increases humidity, the weather is hot, food, clothing is easy to mold. Accidentally eating moldy food can cause lesions in the digestive tract. However, a problem that is easily overlooked is that mold spores can cause a serious disease of the lungs – mycosis fungoides. Especially the elderly, children, people with chronic diseases and people with immune deficiencies are more susceptible to the disease. From this point of view, the autumn season, keep the environment clean, ventilation, pay attention to sanitation and disinfection; prevent mold breeding is a key point of autumn lung care. Autumn lung care also pay attention to the scientific use of air conditioning. Although the autumn tiger from time to time, but compared with the summer, the early autumn day and night temperature difference is relatively large. Therefore, it is not easy to open the air conditioner for too long, it is best not to open at night. When people are on the road, the air conditioning temperature in the car is low, and people are tired on the road, if they doze off on the way, they are more likely to feel the cold and cause lung disease. Here to remind early autumn often go out of friends, must spare parts “to avoid the cold” long-sleeved tops. ”Spring cover autumn and winter” reflects the survival wisdom of the ancients. “Autumn freezing” means that when the temperature drops a little in autumn, do not add too much clothing too early. The appropriate cool stimulus, help exercise cold tolerance, in the gradually lowering temperature of the environment, after a certain period of exercise, can promote the body’s metabolism, increase heat production, improve the upcoming winter low temperature adaptability. The same reason, the season just began to change, the temperature is still unstable, the heat has not yet receded, too much prematurely increase clothing, once the temperature rises, sweat and wind, it is easy to catch a cold. ”Autumn freezing” is not suitable for everyone, the elderly, children, chronic diseases, especially chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease patients should not “freeze”, even the general population must also pay attention to “freezing” Even the general population must also pay attention to the “freezing” of the appropriate degree, blind “autumn freezing” is not desirable. Chinese medicine is particularly concerned about the impact of emotions on health. As mentioned earlier, in the eventful autumn, sadness is most likely to hurt the lungs, and there are many ways to nourish the lungs, “laughing” is an effective one. Chinese medicine has “often laugh to promote the lungs” said. And modern research also proved that laughing for the body is indeed one of the best “exercise”, especially for the respiratory system, laughing can make the lungs expand, improve the ventilation function, clean the respiratory tract, so that breathing more smoothly. In short, the lungs are “delicate” and need to be taken care of by the owner. Autumn is an important time to take care of your lungs. I sincerely wish my friends good health and freedom to breathe!