Health preservation in early autumn, moistening lung and eliminating dampness, preventing dryness and fatigue.
Wu Mingzhu, a Chinese medicine doctor, pointed out that the weather is still hot and there is a lot of rain in early autumn. During this time, the sky was scorching hot, the ground was wet, and the damp heat steamed people, which combined with damp heat and evil spirits. Huangdi Neijing says "dampness passes through the spleen". Because the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, it is most likely to be trapped by dampness. Dampness is yin evil, which is easy to inhibit qi activity and damage yang qi, leading to spleen-yang deficiency, insufficient transport and transformation, and water-dampness stops gathering, resulting in edema or diarrhea. In addition, the owner likes to eat cool fruits and cold drinks, which is more helpful to damp evil and damage spleen yang.
Because the spleen yang is weak, it can't transport water and dampness, and water and dampness stop gathering and produce phlegm, so there is a saying that the spleen is the source of phlegm and the lung is the container of phlegm. In early autumn, the spleen was injured by dampness, which laid the groundwork for the recurrence of chronic bronchitis in winter.
In addition, the weather is getting colder and the climate is dry in early autumn, so people are prone to some "autumn dryness" symptoms, such as headache, dry throat, stuffy nose, cough, stomach pain, joint pain, etc., and even make old diseases relapse or induce new diseases.
Wu Mingzhu (right), a Chinese medicine practitioner, emphasizes that the temperature difference between morning and evening in autumn is large, and Chinese medicine dietotherapy can moisten the lungs and help strengthen the body. (Photo/Reporter Zhang Shijie)