At first, the nasopharyngeal mucosa shriveled and felt dry, and then there was congestion and pain, which led to itchy discomfort, burning pain, dry cough and less phlegm in the nasopharynx. The attack and persistent cough of laryngeal and tracheal mucosa is called "dry cough"
If dry cough is not treated in time, it may lead to bronchitis and bronchitis, which will cause more damage to the lungs. Because pathogenic dryness invades the upper orifices such as nose and mouth, it is often accompanied by symptoms such as dry mouth and nasopharynx and paroxysmal severe dry cough. If cough is the main symptom, it is called "autumn dry cough".
Autumn dryness can be divided into "warm dryness" and "cool dryness", and their results will lead to yin essence and body fluid deficiency, dry skin, loss of body fluid, and injury to human lungs, often manifested as dry mouth, cleft lip, stuffy nose, sore throat, paroxysmal dry cough, even nosebleeds or blood in sputum, and a series of "dryness" similar to upper respiratory tract infections.
In addition, due to the inhibition of lung function, the body may have symptoms such as insufficient oxygen supply, body fluid consumption, itchy skin, hair withering and constipation.
Prevention and treatment of "autumn dryness" is the key, nourishing yin can prevent lung dryness, benefiting qi can warm and nourish lung qi. Nourishing yin and benefiting qi should start from all aspects of life. To nourish the lungs in autumn, we should start from these aspects:
Eat-drink more porridge
Appropriate: eat more vegetables and fruits, which can supplement human body fluids and have the effects of moistening dryness, clearing away heat and relaxing bowels; You can also eat more' lily porridge, sweet porridge, milk porridge' boiled with honey, lily, lotus seeds, carrots, lotus roots, pears, sesame seeds, fungus and other tonics.
Eating more foods rich in protein, magnesium and calcium can effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Get up and drink a cup of boiled water, which can dilute the blood. You can drink more light tea during the day and insist on drinking two or three cups of tea every day, which has a health care effect on your heart.
Avoid: eat less spicy fried hot food, such as leek, garlic, onion, ginger, star anise, fennel and other spicy foods and condiments, as well as fried chicken legs and other fried foods.
Wear-don't wear it too early.
According to the weather changes and everyone's physical condition, increase or decrease clothes in time to prevent exogenous cold. Don't "put on more clothes" too early, but pay attention to cold-resistant exercise, which is often called "autumn freezing".
Exercise-cold water exercise
Do some cold-resistant exercise, do some aerobic exercise, such as mountain climbing, walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan, cycling, dancing and so on.
Proper cold water exercise can prevent colds, colds, runny nose and bronchitis, so you can usually wash your face, feet and nose with cold water, and healthy people can also take a cold bath.
It should be noted that "nourishing yin and moistening lung" is not suitable for everyone. Although it is often said that' nourishing yin and moistening lung' is beneficial to health preservation in autumn, it is not suitable for anyone. For example, some chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases are partly related to lung dryness, and most of them are also closely related to spleen deficiency and dampness, and the kidneys are not satisfied with qi. Judging from the characteristics of constitution and symptoms, such patients are often referred to as yin deficiency or yang deficiency in traditional Chinese medicine, rather than yin deficiency due to dryness and evil, so they are not suitable for "nourishing yin and moistening lung".