1. Enter the autumnal equinox and balance day and night.
The autumnal equinox has arrived, which indicates that we have entered a new climate-dry season. The climate is characterized by dryness, which is warm and dry in the early stage of dry season, cold and dry in the later stage, and the temperature gradually becomes cold. Cold air from the north has had some impact. At this time, the average daily temperature in the Yangtze River basin and its vast areas to the north has dropped below 22, and the rainy season in most parts of the country has ended, with a cool breeze and crisp autumn and sunny days.
Go to bed early, and your mind will be clear.
Traditional Chinese medicine advocates adjusting and standardizing people's work and rest rules and physical and mental activities according to the changes of Yin and Yang in the four seasons, and summarizes the principle of "spring birth, long summer, autumn harvest and winter storage" to achieve the effect of "harmony between heaven and earth". After the autumnal equinox, people should change the habit of going to bed late and getting up early in summer, and try to go to bed early and get up early to lay the foundation for going to bed early and getting up late in winter. So, when do you go to bed early?
In ancient times, people worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. 7: 00 to 9: 00 pm is called dusk. Shihai, that is, from 9 pm to 1 1, is called "people decide". There are two poems in Peacock Flying Southeast: "After dusk, lonely people will settle down." People decide, that is to say, people have to settle down and get ready for bed. As the saying goes, "Zhi Zhi will decide when to stop", that is, after 9 pm, people should be ready to fall asleep. In spring and summer, people can stay up late, and they can go to bed near 1 1. It doesn't matter if you stay up late, so after autumn and winter, people should start preparing for sleep at around 9 o'clock in the morning.
According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, people's sleep at night should not exceed 1 1 regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter. In this way, when you wake up the next day, you will feel very relaxed and tired, that is to say, people's metabolism will achieve the best effect.
3. It is cool and dry, and should be moist.
Cold cough belongs to dry and cold type. Fear of cold at onset, with mild fever, headache, stuffy nose, itchy or dry throat, unpleasant cough and expectoration, dry mouth and lips, thin and dry tongue coating, etc. Although it is not a serious illness, if it is not prevented in time, the pathogenic factors will deepen and the symptoms will worsen. In order to prevent autumn dryness from damaging the lungs, we should adjust our diet by moistening it and eat more sesame, walnut, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, Sydney, sugar cane and other foods. It can nourish yin, moisten lung and nourish blood. Because of the dry climate, we should try to eat less spicy food, such as onion, garlic, ginger, fennel, pepper and so on. And eat more fresh fruits, such as oranges, hawthorn, apples, pears, grapes, etc., so as to be "less spicy and more sour". You can also drink warm boiled water, light tea, soybean milk, dairy products, fruit juice and other drinks to achieve the purpose of benefiting the stomach and promoting fluid production. Old people are weak, so they can eat porridge in the morning, such as tremella rock sugar glutinous rice porridge and almond fritillary bulb glutinous rice porridge.
4. Suitable for cold and warm, protecting the stomach.
After the autumnal equinox, the climate is getting colder, which is the season of frequent stomach diseases. Chinese medicine believes that the gastrointestinal tract is very sensitive to cold stimulation. If it is not properly protected, it will lead to gastrointestinal diseases, such as acid reflux, abdominal distension, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or aggravate the original stomach disease. Therefore, patients with chronic gastritis should pay special attention to keep their stomachs warm, add clothes appropriately, and cover the quilt at night to prevent stomach pain and recurrence of old diseases. For patients with gastropathy, the diet in autumn should be warm, soft, light, vegetarian and fresh, so that food and gastric acid are often neutralized in the stomach, thus preventing gastric acid from eroding the gastric mucosa. Patients with stomach diseases should pay attention to taboos, do not eat food that is cold, too hot, too hard, too spicy and too sticky, and also avoid overeating, smoking and drinking.
5. Stabilize your mood and keep fit.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the occurrence of diseases such as stomach disease and duodenal ulcer is closely related to people's mood and mentality. Therefore, we should pay attention to mental health, keep the spirit happy and stable, avoid the stimulation of bad emotions such as tension, anxiety and anger, and at the same time pay attention to the combination of work and rest to prevent overwork and the recovery of stomach diseases. Gastrointestinal patients should combine their own signs, exercise properly, improve disease resistance, reduce disease recurrence and promote physical and mental health.