After beginning of autumn, the weather is still hot and there is a lot of rain, which is often caused by heavy rain. During this time, the sky was scorching hot, the ground was wet, and the damp heat steamed people, which was a damp-heat evil. Huangdi Neijing says that dampness passes through the spleen. Because the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, it is most likely to be trapped by dampness. Dampness is yin evil, which is easy to inhibit qi movement and damage Yang Qi, leading to spleen-yang deficiency, transport and transformation obstruction, water-dampness stopping gathering, edema or diarrhea. In addition, people like to eat preserved fruits and cold drinks, which are helpful to damp evil and damage spleen yang. Because spleen yang is weak, it can't transport water and dampness, and water and dampness don't gather to produce phlegm, so there is a saying that spleen is the source of phlegm and lung is the reservoir of phlegm. Dampness in early autumn injured the spleen, which laid the foundation for the recurrence of chronic bronchitis in winter.
The maintenance of spleen and stomach in beginning of autumn season should follow the following principles:
First, eat more food or medicine to get rid of damp heat. The most commonly used medicine for eliminating dampness is Elsholtzia. Compendium of Materia Medica says: Xiangxieyin is the first medicine in the world to treat summer diseases.
The second is to eat more foods that strengthen the spleen and stomach, such as poria cocos, to promote the recovery of spleen and stomach function. "Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing" also listed Poria as the top grade, saying that long-term use is not hungry and prolongs life. In addition, Euryale ferox, yam, cowpea, millet and so on. Both have the effect of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the stomach, and you can also eat more.
The third is to avoid eating cold food. Although the weather is still hot after beginning of autumn, the yang has begun to converge, and the yin is slowly increasing. Eating cold food is easy to damage spleen yang, and cold fruits such as watermelon and cantaloupe should be avoided.
In addition, acupoint massage can be used for health preservation. In early autumn, massage Fenglong, Zusanli and Pishu points can strengthen the spleen and stomach. Fenglong point is the focus of eliminating dampness; Spleen Shu can strengthen the spleen and stomach; Zusanli can tonify the middle energizer, replenish qi, dredge channels and activate collaterals. Pressing the above three points 100 times a day is also a good way to relieve the high temperature of the stomach in summer.
Beginning of autumn has an appetite, so he should pay attention to food supplements.
After autumn, the climate begins to dry, and people often have symptoms such as dry mouth, dry lips, dry nose, dry throat, dry stool and dry skin, which is called autumn dryness by Chinese medicine.
Beginning of autumn should not eat mutton, dog meat and other hot foods, and should be nourished according to the principle of four seasons and five supplements of traditional Chinese medicine. Beginning of autumn is a long summer in the middle of four seasons, supplemented by light. The so-called light tonic means that it is not greasy. You should eat some foods or drugs that have the functions of strengthening the spleen, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis. On the one hand, it can make the evil of damp-heat in the body excrete stool and eliminate the sequelae of summer heat; On the other hand, it can regulate the function of spleen and stomach and lay a foundation for the health of Mid-Autumn Festival, late autumn and even winter. Besides ducks, cold foods such as rabbit meat, soft-shelled turtle and sea cucumber are very suitable for eating after beginning of autumn, so as to achieve the effects of nourishing yin and moistening lung, moistening dryness, clearing heart and calming nerves.
Compared with meat, leaves, cauliflower and some fruits and vegetables have more prominent nourishing effects. Therefore, choosing some light food and eating more appropriately is far better than tonic. Such as eggplant, fresh lotus root, mung bean sprouts, loofah, cucumber, wax gourd, bitter gourd and other light foods have the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness.
Chinese medicine also advocates drinking porridge every morning after beginning of autumn. Porridge is beneficial to strengthening the spleen, nourishing yin in the spleen and stomach, and balancing and strengthening yang.