Autumn is the transition season when the yang disappears and yin grows. When it comes to autumn, the rain gradually decreases, the earth's air is clean, the golden wind brings coolness, and the weather turns dry. Therefore, dry climate is one of the basic characteristics of autumn climate, and the body is also the most likely to cause various sedative diseases.
types of autumn dryness
Clinically, autumn dryness is divided into two types: "warm dryness" and " cool dryness ". Warm and dryness are seen when the nature of the early autumn summer has not yet disappeared, and often have symptoms such as restlessness, thirst, dry nose and labia, dry cough without phlegm, and dry throat. Cool and dryness usually occur in late autumn and early winter, with coughing and less phlegm, dry throat and dry nose, etc., which are often accompanied by wind-cold symptoms such as chills without sweating, and clear nose runny nose. However, whether it is warm or dry, it is caused by dry evil, and damage to body fluids is its characteristic.
Autumn dryness is also divided into external dryness and internal dryness. External dryness is caused by external dryness, and often has symptoms such as colds and coughs; while internal dryness is caused by the depletion of internal organs and fluids, such as the first recovery of a serious illness, excessive fatigue, and excessive heat, which are often accompanied by symptoms of lung and stomach yin damage.
common manifestations of autumn dryness
cough
cough
Because autumn controls the lungs, the lungs like moisturize and hate dryness, so it is most likely to damage the lungs. Dry evil damages the lungs, and the lungs lose their nourishment, which is prone to dry cough, which is manifested as dry cough and less phlegm, and the phlegm is not easy to get out, and even chest pain and hemoptysis.
dry eyes
Since the beginning of autumn, for those office workers who are on computers all day long, the most obvious feeling is that their eyes are dry, and frequent eye drops still have poor results. This is mainly due to external factors, diet and daily routines, including long-term use of computers and excessive intake of spicy foods, which leads to loss of meridians, loss of nourishment of qi and blood, and deficiency of positive qi, giving dry evil an opportunity to take advantage of.
Dry skin
Generally speaking, the most comfortable relative humidity in the human body is 40% to 60%. When the relative humidity of the air is less than 30%, people will feel dry and rough skin, and they need to protect the skin in time. Traditional Chinese medicine theory believes that lungs are responsible for the skin and fur, so dry and itchy skin is related to the lungs.
Nervous bleeding
Autumn dry nose bleeding is the main feature of feeling dry and heat in autumn, which consumes lung yin and burns lung fluid, and blood heat flows rashly, circulates the lung orifices, and comes out of the nose. The nasal hemorrhage is the main feature. It is often accompanied by dry nose and dry throat, thirst, fever, slight aversion to wind and cold, red tongue and little fluid, and thin pulse.
Chrysted lips
When autumn comes, we often feel dry lips are uncomfortable. We always like to lick them with our tongue, and we are particularly prone to thirst. It is common for dry lips to peel off. Lip trunks are mainly manifestations of yin deficiency and dryness in the lungs. To deal with dry lips, in addition to drinking more water to replenish enough water, it is also recommended to use some lipsticks containing natural ingredients such as mint, vitamin E, etc. Because mint can cool, while vitamin E can moisturizing. It should be noted that for people with sensitive skin, you should choose milder or extremely mild lipsticks; for people with dry skin, you should choose relatively moisturizing lipsticks.
constipation
After the autumn enters the weather, the temperature difference between morning and evening increases. Due to the decrease in air humidity and dry weather, the excessive evaporation of water in the human body, and the gastrointestinal function is relatively weak, the intestines will also become dry due to damage to dry air, and the condition of many constipated patients begins to worsen; some people who have no constipation may also feel dry and difficult to resolve in autumn.
