Autumn dryness can easily damage the lungs. Female Chinese medicine practitioners teach how to moisturize the lungs and maintain health.

Although autumn begins on August 8, which is also the time when summer and autumn alternate, the weather will gradually become cooler, but it is still very hot during the day, so a unique climate phenomenon in early autumn is formed: the weather is hot during the day, and It's cooler in the morning and evening. In a season with a large temperature difference between morning and evening, and the typhoon in the past few days brought huge rainfall, how should we maintain health in late summer and early autumn?

Maintain health in early autumn, moisten the lungs, remove dampness and prevent dryness and fatigue

Practicing Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Mingzhu pointed out that the air in early autumn is still hot and there is a lot of rain. During this period, there is a scorching sun in the sky and a lot of water and moisture on the ground. Dampness and heat combine to form dampness and heat evil qi. "Huangdi Neijing" states that "moisture flows through the spleen". Because the spleen likes dryness and hates dampness, and the dampness evil is retained, it is most likely to trap the spleen. Dampness is a yin evil, which can easily block qi, damage yang qi, lead to weak spleen yang, inability to transport and transform, and stop the accumulation of water and dampness, leading to edema or diarrhea. In addition, the owners like to eat raw and cold fruits and cold drinks, which further promotes dampness evil. , damage the spleen yang.

Due to the weak spleen yang, it cannot transport and transform water and dampness. Water and dampness stop gathering and produce phlegm. Therefore, "the spleen is the source of phlegm, and the lungs are the organ for storing phlegm." said. In early autumn, the spleen is damaged by dampness, which lays the root of the disease for the recurrence of chronic bronchitis in winter.

In addition, in early autumn, the air becomes cooler and the climate becomes dry, and the human body is prone to some "autumn dryness" symptoms. For example, catching wind and cold can easily cause a series of symptoms such as headache, dry throat, nasal congestion, cough, stomachache, joint pain, etc. , or even cause old diseases to relapse or induce new diseases. Chinese medicine practitioner Wu Mingzhu (right) emphasized that in autumn, the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and traditional Chinese medicine diet can moisturize the lungs and help maintain health.

(Photography/Reporter Zhang Shijie)