Autumn Health Preservation

1, Characteristics of Autumn

    The climate is dry in autumn, and the natural world presents a “severe” phenomenon. Dryness is a disease, which is divided into warm dryness and cool dryness. In early autumn, there is a residual air of summer heat, and most diseases are warm dryness; in late autumn and near winter, the cold wind is severe, and most diseases are cool dryness.

    Dryness hurts people, often entering from the mouth and nose, and is most likely to hurt the lungs, presenting with dry coughs with little sputum, or sticky sputum that is difficult to cough up, or wheezing and chest pain, blood in sputum, and easy to cause dry and uncomfortable stools.

    2, Basic Principles of Autumn Health Preservation

      Diet

      “Nourishing Yin in Autumn and Winter”, in autumn, the method is “nourishing Yin with sweet and cold foods”, and the diet should use more yin-nourishing and dryness-moistening products, and eat less fried and spicy foods. It is recommended to use more apples, pears, grapes, lemons, white fungus, honey, turtle meat, lean meat, rabbit meat, teal and other foods; use more herbs such as Ophiopogon japonicus, Asparagus cochinchinensis, lily, Polygonatum odoratum, Dendrobium, Adenophora sibiricum, and Polygonatum sibiricum. However, it should be noted that most yin-nourishing products are sweet, cold, and greasy. Those with weak spleen and stomach, phlegm and dampness, and abdominal distension and loose stools should not use them.

      For breakfast, you can use lily and lotus seed porridge, white fungus and rock sugar glutinous rice porridge, black sesame porridge, almond and Sichuan Fritillaria glutinous rice porridge, etc. to nourish the stomach and produce fluid. For dinner, eat more sour fruits and vegetables, and less spicy and stimulating food to protect the liver and lungs.

      Daily life

      “Get up early and go to bed early, and get up with the chickens” to relax the yang energy and store the yin essence. Getting up early appropriately can reduce the chance of thrombosis; it is not advisable to get up too quickly. You can stay in bed for a few minutes and stretch your body muscles and bones, which is also important for preventing thrombosis.

      Emotions

      In autumn, people’s emotions are not easy to stabilize, and they are prone to irritability or sadness, which leads to depression and twilight. Therefore, in autumn, we should pay attention to regulating emotions, cultivating an optimistic attitude, maintaining psychological balance, going out for outings to enjoy the scenery, and participating in community exchange activities that are beneficial to the body and mind.

      Prevention

      Autumn can easily cause dry skin, increased wrinkles, sore throat, constipation, etc. Pay attention to maintaining a certain humidity indoors, pay attention to replenishing body water, and avoid excessive work and strenuous exercise that may cause loss of body fluids.

      Seasonal health care is generally suitable for people with a peaceful constitution. Due to the bias of each person’s constitution, some people are not suitable for the above health care methods. Please consult professionals for specific circumstances.