Autumn deficiency refers to being sleepy and listless after entering autumn, which is mostly a normal physiological phenomenon. This is because traditional medicine believes that qi and blood fill the surface in summer, and qi sinks after autumn, but qi is still in the first place, and blood travels behind, so skin blood is more than qi. So it is easy to get tired. In addition, autumn governs dryness, dryness and heat consume gas and damage yin, while qi deficiency leads to weakness of limbs and mental fatigue and laziness; Yin deficiency causes dry mouth and throat; From the perspective of climate change, from summer to autumnal equinox, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and the humidity is heavy, so it is easy to trap the spleen, which dominates the muscles and brings a feeling of fatigue and weakness.
Autumn lacks a way to break the game. In fact, the ancients have already discussed it. Su Wen clearly pointed out that in autumn and March, people lie down early and get up early. They are very happy with chickens. In other words, when you sleep in autumn, you should follow the rhythm of the chicken. Going to bed early is in line with the harvest of yin essence; Using chicken is in line with Shu Da's yang. It has also been suggested that daily life in autumn should extend 1 hour sleep.
To put it another way, from the perspective of modern scientific understanding, the autumn climate is cool and easy to get sleepy. And because it gets dark earlier, the brain will secrete melatonin earlier. If you stick to the routine of summer at this time, instead of learning chickens, you will compete with hormones and get sleepy. Moreover, after the dawn in autumn is postponed, the melatonin level fades later and I want to stay in bed in the morning. After forcing myself to get up, the rhythm of the biological clock was disrupted, and I felt that I didn't get enough sleep and was listless during the day.
Autumn lack may also be related to diet. Because of the hot weather in summer, it affects appetite and consumes more sweat. After the weather turned cold, people began to stick to autumn fat and eat more food, especially greasy food. A large amount of blood will be transported to the digestive tract, and the blood supply to the surrounding tissues and brain will be reduced accordingly, thus making people feel sleepy. Therefore, in autumn, we should eat less greasy and spicy food and increase foods rich in protein and B vitamins, such as eggs, lean meat, dairy products, bean products and oats.
To solve the lack of autumn, we must first adjust the schedule. The nights in summer are short and the days are long, so I get into the habit of staying up late and getting up early. After it gets cold, you should pay attention to going to bed early, because after midnight, that is, after 1 1, the efficiency of human organ function begins to decline and needs to be nursed back to health. The second is to ensure sleep time, sleep enough for 7 to 8 hours a day. If you don't get enough sleep at night, you can make up for it by taking a nap.
To solve the lack of autumn, we should also pay attention to keeping warm to avoid the adverse effects caused by the increase of temperature difference in the morning and evening. Autumn night is divided into thousands of years, and it is cold all night. So cover the quilt at night to avoid catching cold. At the same time, we should pay attention to the essentials of covering spring and freezing autumn, and avoid wearing too many clothes. Daily activities, combining static and dynamic activities and increasing outdoor activities, such as mountaineering, walking, jogging and swimming, can improve the quality of sleep. However, the amount of exercise in autumn should not be too large to prevent excessive sweating and loss of yang, which will aggravate physical fatigue. Diet conditioning, by reducing bitterness and increasing spice, can help tendons and promote blood circulation, and can also eat more sour fruits and vegetables, such as radish, lotus root, water chestnut and autumn pear. Runfei Shengjin, nourishing yin and clearing dryness. Health care should have a holistic view, find out the correct rules and pay attention to details, so as to solve the autumn shortage and obtain the ideal effect.
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