Autumn feels clean and dry, but it is prone to lung diseases, such as colds, coughs and asthma. If you don't treat it carefully, the symptoms will get worse. Traditional Chinese medicine has some health care methods for autumn lungs, which are summarized as follows.

In autumn, you should "lie down early to avoid the cold, get up early to enjoy the cool autumn", so that your spirit is stable and quiet and will not be affected by the cold air in autumn. Mentally, we should be "mentally restrained, not in a hurry or rashness", so that in the cold weather in autumn, we can still achieve peace and the lungs can breathe normally, which is the "way to maintain health in autumn".

Ancient medical books on diet and health care mentioned that cold drinks can hurt the lungs. In other words, if you don't keep warm properly, avoid cold, or eat cold food and drinks often, it is easy to damage lung function and cause diseases. So eat more corn, soybeans, black beans, wax gourd, tomatoes, lotus roots, sweet potatoes, pigskin, abalone, shellfish, sea cucumbers, pears and so on. In order to nourish the lungs, but choose according to personal physique and gastrointestinal function.

Exercise and health preservation "three strokes to replenish lungs in autumn": "the first stroke", with hands on your head, rotating and pitching 10 times. It can dredge the meridians of the neck, chest and back, promote blood circulation and improve the physiological function of the lungs. The second trick is to cross your hands over your head and swing your body from side to side 10 times. It can dispel rheumatism and cold pathogens between joints and treat lung diseases. The third trick is to pat the tibia (anterolateral calf) 10 times with both hands. It can open diaphragm, benefit lung qi and treat lung disease. It will be better if you can knock on your teeth when doing this exercise. The specific method is to tap your teeth 36 times and don't make any noise.

The raw materials of the medicated diet "Yiwei Decoction" are Radix Adenophorae 10g, Radix Ophiopogonis 15g, Radix Rehmanniae 10g, Rhizoma Polygonati Odorati 5g, and crystal sugar 30g, which are decocted in water for three times or taken as drinks. Used for dry cough, dry throat and dry mouth caused by lung fluid injury. Precautions: Do not take it for people with flu cough, spleen and stomach weakness and diarrhea.