Neijing, a classic work of traditional Chinese medicine, said: "Dryness leads to dryness". That is to say, dry evil invades the body in autumn, damaging yin and body fluid, resulting in a series of symptoms of insufficient yin and body fluid and disdainful dry evil. Therefore, the prescription of nourishing yin and moistening dryness must be used to treat "autumn dryness". Autumn dryness varies with the climate, and autumn dryness is often divided into warm dryness and cool dryness in clinic. The symptoms of warmth and dryness belong to the feeling of dryness and evil in early autumn, often accompanied by summer heat and residual temperature of summer heat. Symptoms are fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, headache, dry cough with little phlegm, dry throat, short and red urine and dry stool. The effect of taking "Sangxing Decoction" is ideal: mulberry leaves and almonds are 65,438 00 g each, Adenophora adenophora and pear peel are 65,438 05g each, and Douchi, Gardenia, Bulbus Fritillariae Cirrhosae and Glycyrrhiza are 5 g each, and they are decocted in clear water, one dose per day. The symptoms of cold and dryness are mostly due to the dryness and evil feeling in late autumn, often accompanied by the chill in recent winter. Symptoms include aversion to cold, slight fever, stuffy nose and runny nose, itchy throat and cough, white and thin sputum, slight headache and no sweat. Treatment can be given "Jiawei Su Xing Powder": almond, Poria, Peucedanum each 65438±00g, Platycodon grandiflorum 6g, Perilla leaf, Fructus Aurantii, Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata 5g, Glycyrrhrizae Radix 5g, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae 3g, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens 3g and Fructus Jujubae 3g. Decoct with water, one dose a day. As for the prevention of autumn dryness, 60 grams of carrot, 3 grams of water chestnut and 3 grams of cogongrass rhizome can be used as drinks; Or simply stew carrot soup, or stew Sydney rock sugar to moisten the lungs and clear the dryness. The above methods are efficient, low-cost and easy to do, so you might as well try. Eat fruits and vegetables that tonify the lungs in autumn. The climate in autumn is dry, and the human body is vulnerable to dryness, which damages the lungs and causes chapped skin and face, dry mouth and throat, and less cough and phlegm. However, many fresh fruits and vegetables in the autumn market are rich in all kinds of nutrients needed by human body, which not only have the effects of nourishing yin and moistening lung, moistening dryness and promoting fluid production, but also can treat lung-related diseases, and are the best food for health care in autumn. Pear pulp is sweet and delicious, tender and juicy, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, moistening lung and promoting fluid production, relieving cough and resolving phlegm. It can be eaten raw, squeezed, stewed or boiled, and has a good therapeutic effect on cough due to lung heat, measles, cough in the elderly and bronchitis. If you take it with water chestnut, honey, sugar cane and other juices, the effect will be better. Grape is nutritious, sweet and sour, and has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting qi and blood, promoting fluid production and diuresis. Raw food can nourish yin and relieve annoyance. Pour the juice with cooked honey, fry the paste, and take it with boiling water. It is especially good for treating vexation and thirst. Regular consumption is good for neurasthenia and fatigue. Chinese medicine believes that autumn governs dryness, and dryness is the season. Dry mouth, dry nose, dry throat, dry cough and dry skin. It can be caused by dryness, so you should eat more foods that moisten the lungs and produce fluid. This is especially true for new mothers who have just given birth to babies, because Chinese medicine says that men belong to yang and women belong to yin; Men dominate essence, women control blood, and dryness and evil are easy to hurt yin and blood. However, breast-fed new mothers will have great adaptive changes in their body systems, and need to supplement more nutrients, especially protein, calcium, iron, zinc and vitamins. Autumn is the most abundant time for all kinds of fruits and vegetables, and it is most suitable for diet therapy. The dietary principle in this period is: firstly, eat more foods rich in protein, such as chicken, fish, shrimp, lean meat, milk, eggs, bean products, etc. The daily protein is 1 ~ 1. 2 g/kg body weight; Fat intake should not be too much, accounting for 20% ~ 25% of total heat energy; Take more inorganic salts and trace elements such as calcium, iron and zinc; Suggest eating more.