How to maintain health in autumn?

As the saying goes, “White dew in mid-autumn is cool in the morning and evening.” A phrase that describes the essence of autumn – “cool”. In the early autumn season, the heat is not yet over, the weather is unpredictable, the morning and evening temperature disparity, even in the same area there are often “four seasons a day, ten miles of different days” situation. Therefore, you should have more than a few pieces of autumn clothing, according to the weather changes at any time to add or subtract. However, you can not dress too much at once, otherwise it is easy to weaken the body’s ability to adapt to the cold climate, but more likely to catch a cold. The high air pressure and dry air is another characteristic of autumn. According to Chinese medicine, “dryness” is the main qi of autumn, and the lung qi is strong in autumn, plus the body excretes too much in the hot summer, the body is not enough water, so the dryness of autumn is easy to hurt the lungs. The dryness is often easy to deplete the fluids, causing symptoms such as dry throat and nose, dry cough without phlegm, irritability and thirst, and constipation. To deal with autumn dryness, we should focus on nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs. According to the theory of the five elements in Chinese medicine, the five elements of wood, fire, earth, gold and water correspond to the five organs of liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney and the five colors of green, red, yellow, white and black, that is to say, the lungs and white are gold, and the lungs correspond to white, so eating more white food (such as winter melon, lotus root, white radish, pear, etc.) can receive the effect of nourishing the lungs. Prevention of autumn dryness can also take appropriate Chinese medicine with the effect of promoting the lung to resolve phlegm, nourishing Yin and benefiting Qi, such as ginseng, sage, American ginseng, lily, almonds, Chuanbei, etc., which is effective in relieving autumn dryness. In addition, we should try to eat less spicy food and not drink white wine in autumn, so as not to add dryness to dryness. Autumn is the harvest season, which is prepared for the winter “hide”, the natural Yang Qi tends to converge from the drainage, so, autumn health should also focus on the word “collection”. In addition to dietary regimen, people should also take care of their vital energy in their daily life, so that the righteous energy can be stored. Suwen? The four qi to adjust the Shen Da Lun said: “Autumn March, sleep early and get up early, with the chicken.” Sleep early in order to comply with the collection of Yang Qi, get up early so that the lung Qi can be stretched, and prevent the collection of too much. The “cool”, “dry”, and then a good collection of Yang Qi, will make your lungs strong and not invaded by external evil, smooth through the “eventful autumn”.