Wellness at White Dew

“White Dew” is the twenty-fourth solar term for the fall season. Dew is a natural phenomenon unique to the “White Dew” season. As the weather turns cooler, the sun is still hot during the day, and then the sun goes down, the temperature will soon drop, to the night air vapor will be condensed into tiny droplets, attached to the branches and leaves or petals, white, especially by the morning light, more white, and thus get the “White Dew” name. “Spring cover and autumn freeze” should get the law “spring cover and autumn freeze” is a classic health care tips. Because the weather gets cooler, people’s pores should be closed up to prevent cold, if too early to put on thick clothes, pores will be open because of the heat, the sudden drop in temperature brought about by the cold will be easy to injure people through the pores, and therefore do not recommend adding clothes too early. However, the weather after the white dew changes, especially in the morning and evening temperature difference is large, it is easy to induce cold and flu or lead to the recurrence of old diseases. If this time to eat cold, more likely to the function of the spleen and stomach become abnormal, damage to the spleen and stomach yang qi, especially the spleen and stomach cold people should be avoided. People who are weak should add clothes in time to avoid getting sick. Therefore, whether the “autumn freeze” but should vary from person to person, the temperature difference between morning and evening or should be added in a timely manner clothing, otherwise, easy to catch a cold and other diseases, bronchitis, asthma, peptic ulcer and other chronic diseases, patients, but also easy to induce or aggravate the condition. Autumn dryness also need to “keep Yin Jin” White Dew Festival is more typical of the autumn climate, so the distinctive climate characteristics of autumn – dry, which is often referred to as “autumn dryness”. We say that the dryness of the evil hurt, easy to depletion of fluid, and dry mouth, dry lips, dry nose, dry pharynx and dry stools, dry and cracked skin and other symptoms. Professor Zeng said that Chinese medicine has many ways to prevent autumn dryness, and the commonly used prescriptions suitable for the seasonal conditions of autumn include Enriching Liquid Soup, Clearing Dryness and Rescuing Lungs Soup, Maimendong Soup, and Sasanqua and Maidong Soup, etc. Some Chinese medicines that promote the lungs and resolve phlegm, nourish yin and benefit the qi are also used in clinical practice, such as American ginseng, yuzhzhu, lily of the valley, almonds, and Sichuan pei, which are very effective in relieving autumn dryness.