Huangdi Neijing says that spring grows in summer and autumn harvests in winter. Autumn harvest is not only one of the laws of nature, but also one of the laws of human physiological changes.

Autumn dryness is the pathological change of human body in autumn. Not everyone will have symptoms of autumn dryness. Autumn dryness refers to the syndrome of dryness in autumn, which belongs to the category of dryness syndrome.

Su Wen's Huangdi Neijing has a classic exposition on "autumn harvest", and the four spirits adjust the spirit: "March autumn is called capacity. The weather is urgent and the atmosphere is clear. Early to bed and early to rise, happiness is with the chicken. Tranquilizing the nerves and delaying autumn punishment. Convergence calms autumn. No ambition, so the lungs are clear. This autumn air should be the way to raise and harvest. Conversely, it will hurt the lungs, it will be diarrhea in winter, and there are fewer people serving Tibet. "

From this point of view, the key to autumn health care lies in "harvesting". "Autumn harvest" is the physiological law of human body, and the way to maintain health lies in taking health care measures to guide and support the realization of "autumn harvest".

Autumn can be understood as a transitional stage from summer to winter, in which the temperature changes from high to low, the humidity changes from high to low, the air pressure changes from low to high, the wind speed changes from small to large, and the temperature of tangible things in the surrounding environment gradually decreases. These seasonal changes enable the human body to adjust its income accordingly, which is conducive to reducing the unnecessary loss of physical strength, water and gas to the outside world, thus contributing to health. In short, the phenological changes in autumn make it possible and necessary for the human body to "harvest".

If you harvest in summer, it is difficult for the residual heat in the body to be released to the outside in time, and it is also difficult for the turbid gas to be released to the outside in time, which will inevitably accumulate in the body and cause diseases. The changes in autumn make it possible to "harvest". On the other hand, failure to "harvest" in autumn will inevitably lead to excessive loss of physical strength and water, and illness and evil will take advantage of it, making it easy to get sick. Excessive physical strength and water loss will definitely cause Sjogren's syndrome. Dry people are short of water.

The specific health preserving method of "autumn harvest" is active convergence and active collection. As described in Huangdi Neijing: convergence makes autumn quiet; No ambition, so the lungs are clear.

Huangdi Neijing also said: In autumn, we should "lie down early and get up early, and have fun with chickens". This is debatable. The autumn climate is characterized by "freezing in the middle of the night facing north". It means that the north wind blows early and the temperature is low every day; In the afternoon, the south wind blows and the temperature is high; It is very cold in the middle of the night, and the temperature is extremely low. It can be seen that the temperature is low in the morning and it is not suitable for getting up early.

The method of "picking" is used in autumn health preservation, and its purpose is not to directly pick yin, but to pick yang. Yang is longer than Yin, and Yang is attached to Yin. Yang does not gather, Yin disperses, and water is lost.

Then, can you directly use yin-nourishing drugs to nourish yin and preserve water? This method can have a temporary effect, but the effect is very limited and unsustainable. Because the yin-nourishing medicine will inevitably extinguish the fire and damage the yang, the yang will lose its foundation, and it will be difficult to gather for a long time without attachment. The more yin is supplemented, the heavier the loss of yang is, but the faster the yin dissipates.

Poor harvest in autumn is the cause of autumn dryness. In order to prevent autumn dryness, the level of "autumn harvest" should be improved. Yang closes, yin gathers, water is attached, and it is not dry.

Yiyuan Garden June 65438+1October 65438+March 2020.