From the "cold dew" season, the rain gradually decreases, the weather is dry, and the days are hot and the nights are cool. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the biggest feature of this solar term in the southern climate is that the "dryness" evil is the order, and the dryness evil is the most likely to hurt the lungs and stomach.
Dry"The lungs are delicate and susceptible to the influence of the external environment. When the autumn is high and cool, the human body is susceptible to the invasion of dryness, resulting in lung dysfunction, cough, phlegm and other symptoms. In addition, dryness can also damage the fluid, making the human body feel dry mouth and sore throat, itching and other uncomfortable symptoms.
In terms of **, Chinese medicine advocates the use of drugs that clear and nourish yin to relieve the symptoms of dryness and evil spirits in the lungs. Common medicines include sand ginseng, wheat winter, mulberry leaves, etc. At the same time, it can also be conditioned by dietary therapy. For example, eat more foods that have the effect of nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, such as polygonatum, lily, white fungus, etc.
Autumn hurts the spleen and stomach, and the climate in autumn is relatively dry, so the human body will lack water replenishment, which may affect the secretion of digestive juices, making it difficult for food to be fully digested and absorbed.
In autumn, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and this drastic change can easily lead to imbalance in human regulation and affect gastrointestinal health. Especially when the stomach is cold, it is easy to have symptoms such as stomach pain and diarrhea.
Breakfast should be warm: such as sugarcane porridge, Yuzhu porridge, sand cucumber porridge, raw land porridge, yellow essence porridge, etc., are all good choices.
During the cold dew period, the weather becomes significantly cooler, especially in the morning and evening, and it is easy to have cold hands and feet. Soaking your feet in hot water at this time can effectively promote blood circulation, warm up the body, and help prevent cold from invading the body.
Some traditional Chinese medicines (such as wormwood, ginger, etc.) can be added to the water for foot soaking, which can regulate the body's yin and yang, qi and blood, and achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment.