Autumn nourishes the lungs, winter nourishes the kidneys”, autumn is a suitable season for lung care. According to Chinese medicine, the lungs like to moisten but hate dryness, and the dry climate in autumn is most likely to damage the lungs, therefore, it is especially important to pay attention to the maintenance of the lungs and prevent lung diseases in this season. Autumn is the season for coughing and asthma, and it is the period when chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma are prone to recurrence or aggravation. Early prevention and active treatment is the key to prevent and treat cough and asthma. When autumn comes, how do we nourish the lungs and prevent the occurrence of lung disease?
1, autumn lung care expensive in the “Run”
(1) autumn most need to moisten the lungs
Autumn, the wind and things dry. Autumn is dry, dryness is dry, the lungs are delicate organs, the most afraid of dryness, and dryness is most likely to hurt the lungs, the so-called dryness through the lungs. Therefore, autumn is the most prone to lung dryness and yin deficiency, therefore, autumn most need to moisten the lung.
Dryness is moistened, you can use sage, maitake, asparagus, almond, lily, autumn pear, water chestnut, silver fungus, licorice, etc.
(2) Characteristics of lung dryness and fluid deficiency
Dry mouth and nose, dry tongue and throat, dry cough with little phlegm, dry cough even with blood, dry and cracked lips, dry skin without luster, short and yellow urine, red tongue with little fluid, and thin pulse.
(3) Characteristics of lung and stomach fluid deficiency: In addition to the above symptoms of lung dryness and fluid deficiency, there are also symptoms of dry lips and dry stool. Can be supplemented with various types of fruit juices, such as pear juice, etc.
(4) Lung and kidney yin deficiency
Autumn lung dryness is often seen in conjunction with lung and kidney yin deficiency. In addition to the symptoms of lung and stomach fluid deficiency, there are also symptoms of dizziness, lumbar soreness, spermatorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and even five heart irritability.
Medicinal use of Chinese wolfberry 10 grams, maitong 10 grams of water to drink, or take six flavors of Dihuang pill or the great tonic Yin pill (Shu Di Huang, turtle plate, pig spinal cord, Phellodendron, Zhi Mu, honey)
2.How to regulate lung qi in autumn?
The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says “the lung is the master of the whole body’s qi”, and the Book of Difficulties also says: “qi is the root of man”.
(1) Symptoms of deficiency of lung qi in autumn
Lung Qi deficiency refers to the weakened function of the lungs. It is mostly due to weak endowment and deficiency of lung qi, loss of nourishment after illness, or overexertion.
The three main characteristics of Lung Qi deficiency are: weakness of breath, weakness of speech, and weakness of cough and wheezing. In addition, you may also see or have spontaneous sweating, fear of wind, easy to catch a cold, light tongue with white fur and weak pulse.
(2) Tonic for deficiency of lung qi in autumn
Lung Qi deficiency requires more deep breathing to increase lung function. Eat more products that benefit lung energy: Cordyceps, bird’s nest, ginseng, ginseng, American ginseng, astragalus, codonopsis, prince’s ginseng or take four gentlemen’s soup. You can also take 3-5 grams of Cordyceps sinensis in meat stew or water decoction; 1 bird’s nest, washed and taken in meat stew or water decoction. Or use 3 grams of ginseng, 10 grams of atractylodes, 10 grams of maitake, 10 grams of peel, or 3 grams of American ginseng in decoction or 3 grams of American ginseng tablets in water.
3.Nourish the lung and also benefit the kidney
The lungs are located on the top, the main line of qi, the division of respiration, the main propagation of suction, through the water channel, as “water on the source”; kidney is located in the bottom, the kidneys are the main nasal qi, the main water, as “water under the source”.
The lung is the main organ for the movement of qi, and the kidney is the main organ for the intake of qi. The lungs are the main organ of respiratory movement and the place of gas exchange. However, the respiratory movement of the lungs must rely on the assistance of the kidney’s active qi absorption function to maintain normal respiratory movement, such as kidney qi is abundant, the inhaled qi can only be descended by the lungs and absorbed by the kidneys, so there is a saying that “the lungs are the main source of qi and the kidneys are the root of qi”.
Why do elderly people often feel that they breathe more and inhale less, and that they cannot breathe into their lungs? The reason is that the lungs and kidneys are all deficient, and the kidneys do not receive qi. Because human breathing depends not only on the lungs, but also on the kidneys. According to Chinese medicine, superficial breathing is possible with lungs, but deep breathing must be coordinated with lungs and kidneys.
The main clinical symptoms are: breathing more and inhaling less, and qi does not return to the root. Most of these people have shortness of breath when they move, fatigue, sweating, weakness of the waist and legs, long and clear urine, nocturnal urination, cold in the extremities, sunken and weak pulse, light tongue with white coating, etc.
While nourishing the lungs, pay attention to protecting the kidneys. The major principles of kidney protection are to protect the kidney essence, avoid room strain, excessive mental and physical effort, and excessive use of cold medicine.
In case of shortness of breath, you can take 10 grams of walnut meat (walnut kernel) and 3-5 grams of ginseng or American ginseng in water decoction every day. Or take a powder: 10 grams of ginseng, 1 pair of mealybug (sizzling), 10 grams of walnut flesh, finely grinded, 1-2 grams per dose, 1-2 times a day.
If the kidney appears Yang deficiency: dizziness and weakness, coldness below the waist, fear of cold, clear and long urine, nocturnal urination, sunken and weak pulse, light and fat tongue, white coating, can lung Jin Kui Kidney Qi Pill.
4.Nourish the lung and also strengthen the spleen
Because the lung is the main source of Qi, the spleen benefits Qi; the lung is the source of water, the spleen is the main transport of water and dampness, so the relationship between the lung and the spleen is mainly manifested in two aspects of Qi and water.
The lung is the pivot of the main qi, and the spleen is the source of the vital energy: the lung is the master of qi, the spleen benefits qi, and the two promote each other to form the latter. The spleen is the master of transportation and is the source of Qi and blood biochemistry, but the water and grain Qi produced by the spleen must be promoted and lowered by the lung Qi in order to spread throughout the body. The spleen is the source of Qi and blood biochemistry. As the saying goes, “The spleen is the source of vital energy and depends on the grain to produce it. The lung is the source of gasification, and is supported by the spleen.” (Xue Shengbai Medical Case) Therefore, He Mengyao said, “When food enters the stomach, the spleen runs its elite qi, and although it is said to be distributed around the organs, it is first transferred to the lungs, and the lungs are first benefited by it. The lungs are benefited by the spleen and the lungs are benefited by the spleen, so that the qi becomes more vigorous and the water descends to the lungs and the body” (Medical Whatsay).
The lungs are the reservoir of phlegm, and the spleen is the source of phlegm production: the spleen is responsible for transporting water and dampness, and the lungs are the conduit of water. The spleen is responsible for transporting water and dampness, and the lung is the source of phlegm. The spleen’s transportation of water and dampness depends on the assistance of the lung’s propagation and lowering, while the lung’s propagation and lowering depends on the spleen’s transportation to help, and the two cooperate with each other to participate in the body’s water metabolism. If the spleen is not healthy, water will stop gathering and produce phlegm, and even gather water and drink for swelling, and offend the lung and become asthma, so there is the saying that “the lung is the reservoir of phlegm and the spleen is the source of phlegm”.