The summer heat is receding and we welcome the cool breeze of autumn. In the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, it is said, “In the third month of autumn, this is called Rongping”. It means that everything is calm and no longer grows in a prosperous manner. Autumn is not only a harvest season, but also an important point for the alternation of yin and yang, with yang energy declining and yin energy growing. It is important to understand the law of change of everything in autumn to maintain health. The characteristics of autumn are as follows: 1. The temperature decreases and the climate is dry. After the autumn equinox, sunshine time gradually reduced, the climate gradually turn cool, although there are occasional “autumn tiger” type of hot days, but the overall is hot day and cool night; after the white dew, rainfall gradually reduced, dry air, people often have dry mouth and lips feeling, if not timely replenishment of water often make the skin lose luster, hair scorched, dry stool. Or appear red tongue, dry throat, sore throat and other symptoms of yin deficiency fire. 2. Air quality decreases. The typhoon storm in summer is gradually leaving, the north wind is rising, and the suspended particles in the air are increasing, causing hazy weather. Affected by the polluted air and the sudden change in temperature, people have more respiratory diseases and often have a dry cough with little phlegm. 3. People’s spirit and mood are affected. Climate change often makes people more sensitive to the passage of time, people’s moods are prone to fluctuations, often feeling sad, moody and depressed. In response to the above situations we can improve the autumn health from many aspects: 1, nourish Yin to prevent dryness. Indoor maintain a certain humidity, such as humidifier, or put a few bowls of water in the room is also effective. In the diet should eat less spicy and stimulating, smoked and baked food, eat more acidic food, drink more boiled water. Commonly used foods are sesame, walnuts, fungus, radish, lotus root, pear, banana, honey, lily of the valley, maitake, sage, etc. You can apply skin cream to protect your skin and prevent dryness and cracking. Sleeping can not blow directly into the wind to avoid catching a cold. 2, early to bed and early to rise, appropriate exercise. Autumn weather is suitable for outdoor exercise, running, hiking, gymnastics, but avoid going out in the hazy weather. In addition, after sweating, you should change dry clothes as soon as possible to avoid catching a cold after blowing wind. 3, regulating the mood, stable emotions. Everything is not impatient, exuberant, to maintain a stable nature of mind. Be cheerful and optimistic about life and work, good at summing up the harvest and appreciate achievements. Commonly used dietary therapy party excerpts are as follows: 1, apricot pear drink: almond 10g, duck pear l, a little rock sugar. Soak almonds with water and peel, duck pear skin core, cut into slices, and sugar together in a pot with an appropriate amount of water, boil with a high fire and then turn to a low fire for 30min to eat, can moisten the lungs and cough. 2, white pear grape drink: snow pear, grapes, honey each appropriate amount. Snow pear, grape juice, add the right amount of honey mix and drink. 2~3 times a day. It can quench thirst and eliminate irritation, and is suitable for fever and thirst, hoarseness, dry throat and other evidence. 3, sesame porridge: 6g of black sesame, 50g of round-grained rice, a little honey. Put the black sesame seeds into the iron pot and fry until the fragrance is dispersed, wash the japonica rice into the pot, add the right amount of water, set the fire to boil, and then simmer until 80% heat, add the black sesame seeds, honey and mix well, and continue to cook into a porridge. For breakfast and dinner or snack. Have laxative, benefit the five organs to strengthen the muscles and bones function. 4, silver shell lily soup: white fungus 25g, 10g almonds, 10g mother of sesame, lily 15g. soak white fungus with water, hair, wash, almonds to remove the coat, mother of sesame, lily washed with water, put in boiling water for 1 hour on medium heat, put white fungus and continue to boil for 1 hour, you can drink. Have moistened the lungs to stop coughing, nourishing Yin and fluids, clearing heat and removing phlegm. 5.Sha Guo Pig Lung Soup: 10g of Sha Shen, half of Luo Han Guo, 250g of pig lung. cut the pig lung into pieces and wash it, put it into the pot with Luo Han Guo and Sha Shen, add the right amount of water and simmer the soup. It has the effect of nourishing Yin and moistening the lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.