Dryness is the main gas of autumn, the lack of moisture in the air in autumn, often dry climate, making people vulnerable to autumn dryness and many other diseases. The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says: “In March of autumn, this is the month of Yung Ping, the weather is sharp and the earth is bright. Sleep early and get up early, with the chicken; make the will peaceful, in order to slow down the autumn punishment; collect the spirit, so that the autumn qi flat; no outside its will, so that the lung qi clear; this autumn qi should, the way of health. Against it will hurt the lungs, winter for the food drainage, less of those who serve to hide.” This passage not only warns why it is important to protect the lungs in autumn, but also points out the precautions in daily life and the possible consequences if you do not pay attention. The three months of autumn are the season when everything is ripe and harvested. At this time, the weather is cool, the body should make the will to rest and quiet, to make early to bed and early to rise, in order to moderate the impact of autumn slaughter climate on human health. Autumn is closely related to the lungs, so in order to adapt the body to the autumn climate, so that the lungs are not damaged by autumn dryness, we need to condition the lungs and adapt to the dry autumn climate. If you do not pay attention to autumn health and damage the lung qi, you may suffer from indigestion, diarrhea and other diseases in winter. It will also make the body’s immunity weakened, not adapt to the cold of winter and get sick. What are the common manifestations of autumn dryness? Dryness tends to injure the lungs. If the lungs lose their moistening, the external organs that they can affect, such as the skin, hair and stools, will also have dry symptoms. Autumn to focus on what to prevent 1, prevent dryness evil: eat more sesame, honey, silver fungus, green vegetables and other soft food, as well as raw pears, grapes, bananas and other moisture-rich, nourishing and moistening lung fruits; early to bed and early to rise. Early to bed can nourish yin, early to breathe fresh air, in order to facilitate Shu lung, can make the body sufficient fluid, full of energy. 2, to prevent dampness: autumn from the autumn to frostfall there are six festivals. At this time, the summer heat has not been completely eliminated, autumn rain has been a lot, when the dampness and Yin aggravated, trapped injury to the spleen Yang and edema or diarrhea symptoms. If the spleen is injured in the early autumn in the wet, it will become the onset of chronic bronchitis and other diseases in the winter, so autumn moisture prevention is also very critical. The main thing you should do to prevent dampness is to remove dampness and stagnation, and stomach and spleen meals. Such as lotus seeds, coix seeds, winter melon, lotus root, yam, etc. 3, wind evil: autumn climate changeable, morning and evening temperature difference, hot and cold unpredictable, thieves often take advantage of the wind, making people sick. Autumn night cool breeze, some people like to open the window to sleep. The most vulnerable to the night breeze invasion, resulting in body aches, fatigue, or pharyngitis, bronchitis, crooked mouth and eyes, facial nerve paralysis, etc.. On the one hand, we should pay attention to dressing and covering, especially in the morning and evening to increase and decrease clothing as appropriate; on the other hand, do not put on cotton clothes too early, the so-called “spring cover autumn freezing” to enhance resistance. How to maintain in life 1, diet Walnut porridge: take walnut meat 20 grams, 100 grams of round-grained rice. Wash the round-grained rice, add sugar to the right amount, add water on the fire and boil, simmer with a gentle fire until cooked. It has the function of moistening the lung and relieving cough, tonifying the kidney and fixing the essence, laxative and laxative. It is suitable for cough and asthma of dry lung, cough and asthma of kidney deficiency, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, impotence and spermatorrhea, frequent urination and dry stool. Diet should be light, refreshing, less stimulating food, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty do not have to prefer. Onion, ginger, star anise, chili pepper and other spicy and dry products dry heat and injure fluid, should not eat more. Mutton, dog meat, smoked and fried food and other hot food should be avoided. 2, sports exercise “nose” wings: the two thumbs rubbed hot, with the outside along the bridge of the nose, nose up and down on both sides of the massage about 60 times, and then massage the nose on both sides of the Yingxiang point (located in the nasolabial groove and the junction of the nose) 30 times. 1-2 times a day. Regular massage of the nose can prevent cold and runny nose. ”Long panting and short sighing”: daily before going to bed or getting up, lie flat on the bed, take a deep inhalation with the abdomen, then shrink the lips and exhale, exhale longer than the inhalation time. Do this repeatedly 20-30 times. Breathing should be done slowly. This method helps to enhance lung function. Pounding back and swallowing liquid: waist and back naturally upright, both hands into an empty fist, reverse pounding the center and sides of the spine, each pounding 3 times. When pounding the back to close the breath, knocking teeth 10 times, slowly swallowing fluid several times. Pound the back from the bottom up, and then from the top to the bottom repeated several times. This method can smooth the chest gas, prevent colds, lung health effects. Ask yourself “bitter” to eat: this “bitter” refers to cold exercise. First, aerobic exercise, such as mountain climbing, cold air bath, walking, tai chi, cycling, dancing, etc.; second, cold water washing face, feet, nose bath, etc.. The physically fit can use cold water to rub the body, cold water bath, etc. Suitable cold water exercise for the prevention of wind, cold, runny nose, bronchitis has a certain effect. But the exercise should be different from person to person, the ability to do and gradual, persistent.