Solar terms and disease prevention│Autumn equinox arrives, disease prevention should pay equal attention to nourishment and harvest

Famous Doctor Biography

Liu Guiying

Chief Physician, First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Director of Respiratory Medicine Department, Master's Instructor, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine first batch of “pan12span 12span” "Famous doctors and apprentices" tutor, deputy director of the Respiratory Disease Branch of Tianjin Medical and Health Association, and member of Tianjin Integrative Medicine Association. Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases with integrated Chinese and Western medicine, and has expertise in the treatment of chronic cough, bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary interstitial disease, etc.


Autumnal Equinox Generally, it is September 22 to 24 of the Gregorian calendar each year, which is the 16th solar term in the twenty-four solar terms.

On the day of the autumnal equinox, the sun is almost directly at the equator of the earth, and the whole world has the same length of day and night.

After the autumnal equinox, the point of direct sunlight shifted to the southern hemisphere. In the northern hemisphere, nights and days became shorter and nights became shorter. The temperature dropped significantly faster, and the temperature difference between morning and evening increased.

The weather is dry in autumn, and the main external evil is dry evil.

There is summer residual heat before the autumnal equinox, which is mostly expressed as warm and dry; after the autumnal equinox, the weather turns cooler and the temperature gradually drops, mostly showing the characteristics of cool and dry.


Liu Guiying, an expert in the Respiratory Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, introduced that the lungs should be nourished in autumn, and nourishing the lungs focuses on "raising" and "receiving".

"Nourishing": The lungs are delicate, moisturizing and nasty. In autumn, dry evil is more abundant, which can easily lead to symptoms of lung injury such as dry mouth and throat, dry cough and no phlegm. In autumn, you should pay special attention to to nourish yin and moisturize the lungs. , in order to resist the damage of dry evil to the lungs.

"Shou": astringent yang energy can be increased appropriately in the diet hawthorn , schisandra , vinegar and other sour foods,Try to eat less or not eat green onions, ginger, chili, mustard and other foods that relieve sweating. In addition, with the gradual cooling of the climate, the body's qi and blood will tend to converge and pool. At this time, it is necessary to increase clothing to keep warm and cold, and reduce the intake of sexually divergent food to help the qi and blood to converge and return to smoothness.

Cold

Cold is one of the most frequent occurrences in autumn, because in autumn, human immunity will decline with the change of seasons, and the autumn climate is dry, which easily exposes the human body to external pathogenic pathogens. The invasion and disease.

The mouth and nose are the gateway to the respiratory tract, and the fur is also related to the lungs. If these two parts are attacked by external pathogens, they are most likely to cause a cold.

Regardless of whether it is wind-cold syndrome or wind-heat syndrome, you should pay attention to the characteristics of autumn dryness. During the treatment of colds, drink plenty of water, or boil Sydney, , Ophiopogon , and white fungus. Drinking water frequently can have a certain auxiliary effect.

cough

cough is also a high incidence in autumn, and wind dry cough is the most common. "Zhongyuemaizhi·Shangzao Cough" says: "The sky is dry and strong, dry from cremation, and the lungs are dry and wounded, and cough will be necessary." Phlegm, in severe cases, there may be bloodshot eyes, dry mouth and nose, hoarse voice, dry tongue and less body fluid.

"Golden Chambers' Wings · Dry Cough" summarizes: "Patients with dry lungs have less lung-deficiency liquid but dry qi can take advantage of them. Their coughs are less salivary, throat is dry, and choking is unfavorable. Ziheyun: dryness Those who take the lungs will suffer from unfavorable qi stagnation, internal pain in the halves, dry skin, astringent constipation, and sticky nose and saliva."

Use traditional Chinese medicine decoctions, and choose yin and lung moisturizing drugs. If it is warm dryness, you can use mulberry soup to add or subtract; if it is cool dryness, you can use apricot susan to add or subtract.

In addition, diet can prevent dry coughs in autumn, such as eating water chestnuts, sugar cane, Sydney and other sweet fruits, or eating white fungus snow pear soup, lily white fungus soup, sugarcane horseshoe drink and other yin and nourishing lungs. Diet.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a respiratory disease with a high prevalence rate among the elderly. Acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease usually occur in autumn and winter. Especially when the autumnal equinox weather turns cooler or warmer and colder alternately.

Patients with COPD have different degrees of obstructive pulmonary ventilation dysfunction. The bronchi will spasm due to cold stimulation, and they are more likely to produce symptoms such as chest tightness and wheezing.

In autumn, especially after the autumnal equinox, the weather becomes cooler, dry and windy, and suspended particulates in the air increase. Colds will cause acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

In addition, in autumn, the Qi and blood are restrained and the Yang Qi is decreased. The original , phlegm, blood stasis and other pathogenic pathogens of yin and cold properties in the body will increase accordingly. Coupled with changes in the external climate, the combined effect is easier to make Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

COPD patients should

in autumn ① Add clothes in time to prevent colds and minimize going out to avoid dust stimulation.

② Carry out conditioning according to the season, and intervene and treat in the early stage of aggravation.

③ It can also be supplemented with medicated diet, diet therapy or Chinese medicine decoction, to strengthen the body and eliminate evil, and treat both symptoms and root causes. It is a better choice.

If the disease does not increase significantly in autumn, you can consider appropriate supplementation to improve disease resistance.

It is usually difficult for patients with chronic respiratory diseases to make nourishment, because most patients have "deficiency and no nourishment" and need to adjust tonic. It can be carried out with ginseng, astragalus and other Qi-tonifying drugs combined with Yin-nourishing and lung-moistening drugs , In order to prevent "getting up" to cause aggravation of the disease.

If the disease has been aggravated, regular treatment should be carried out in time.

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease should pay attention to eating more moisturizing and warm foods.Such as sesame, walnuts, glutinous rice, etc., and spicy food should not be eaten.

There are many varieties of fruits and vegetables listed in autumn, such as lotus root, water chestnut, sugar cane, autumn pear, citrus, hawthorn, apple, grape, lily , white fungus, persimmon, etc., all of which are good for conditioning.

In addition, moderate outdoor exercise for COPD patients is beneficial and harmless.

Patients can choose appropriate exercises according to their physical condition, such as walking, jogging, Tai Chi, doing middle-aged and elderly aerobics, etc. People with better physical conditions can also climb mountains and swim, but they must proceed step by step, persevere, and exercise. Feel comfortable afterwards.

At the same time, beating the back and massaging the Yingxiang point can also play a certain role in health care.

When hammering the back, take a seated position. The back is naturally straight. Hold the empty fists with both hands. Punch the center and sides of the back, from the bottom to the top, and then from the top to the bottom, first the center and then both sides, 30 times each , It can regulate the back meridian and smooth lung qi. Massage the Yingxiang acupoints to rub the outer sides of the thumbs of the two hands until it is hot, rub them up and down on both sides of the nose 30 times, and then use the index fingers of both hands to rub the Yingxiang acupoints on both sides (near the midpoint of the outer edge of the nose) 30 times, which is effective Improve the blood circulation of the local area and its adjacent tissues, enhance the local adaptability to weather changes and the ability to fight pathogens, and have a certain effect on reducing the occurrence of respiratory diseases.

source/WeChat public account "Purple Frog in Popular Science Sauce"

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