If autumn dryness harms the body, you may wish to eat more foods that nourish yin and moisturize dryness, or you can use traditional Chinese medicine to regulate it. The temperature is still relatively hot now, and it has passed the Beginning of Autumn solar term, so when the heat is prevalent, it is necessary to take nourishing and moisturizing foods in time. If it is a traditional Chinese medicine diet, what are the traditional Chinese medicines that nourish yin and moisturize the dryness?
1. Dryness in autumn is harmful to health
It is September. It has rained for a few days, and there is also some breeze. The weather is gradually getting cooler, unlike July and August. The high temperature is 37 to 8 degrees Celsius at every turn; autumn is coming, and with the change of seasons, Chinese medicine doctors remind us that after autumn, we must guard against autumn dryness, especially allergic diseases, which are easy to worsen during this season. You can usually take some traditional Chinese medicine for maintenance.
(1) Allergic diseases are likely to worsen in autumn
Chen Junliang, director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, said that allergic diseases are most likely to worsen when the seasons change in autumn, such as allergic rhinitis and asthma. Patients should pay special attention; they can usually take some Qi-tonifying Chinese medicines, such as Scutellaria baicalensis, American ginseng, red dates, etc. to replenish Qi. If reflux of nasal discharge is likely to cause allergic cough, you can eat some Sichuan clams and American ginseng for maintenance.
(2) Do not go to bed after 11:30 at night. If you have a dry mouth and tongue, you can take heat-clearing traditional Chinese medicine
In summer, due to the hot weather and the fact that modern people go to bed late, it is very difficult to Dry mouth and tongue often occur, and autumn dryness can make people even more angry. Director Chen Junliang suggested that it is best not to go to bed later than 11:30 every night to avoid any impact on your health. People with allergic diseases are likely to make their condition worse. In addition, if you have dry mouth and tongue, you can also take Heat-clearing traditional Chinese medicines include coptis, honeysuckle, cassia and chrysanthemum.
(3) Dry skin is due to yin deficiency and blood deficiency. These traditional Chinese medicines can nourish yin
After autumn, the temperature in the morning and evening drops a lot, and there is even a bit of coolness, unlike in summer. It's so hot that I often sweat profusely and have trouble falling asleep; however, my skin seems dry. Director Chen Junliang pointed out that after autumn, many people will have dry skin problems and their lips will also feel very dry. This is due to yin deficiency and blood deficiency. In addition to using lotion to maintain the skin, you can also take traditional Chinese medicine Ophiopogon japonicus and lily. Use it with yam, etc. to nourish yin.
2. What are the traditional Chinese medicines for nourishing yin?
(1) Ophiopogon japonicus
It is slightly cold in nature, sweet in taste, and functions to moisten the lungs, nourish yin, and clear the heart. It removes annoyance, nourishes the stomach and promotes fluid production. It is suitable for coughs with insufficient lung yin, dryness and heat, thick and sticky phlegm, or dry cough with blood in the phlegm, upset and insomnia, lack of fluid and thirst, dryness of the intestines and constipation.
Dosage: 10-15 grams. However, those with spleen and stomach deficiency and excessive dampness and phlegm should not take it, as this product is greasy.
(2) Asparagus
It is cold in nature, sweet and bitter in taste, and functions to nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. It is suitable for patients with insufficient lung yin, dry cough with less phlegm, and hemoptysis due to labored cough. , Yin damage caused by febrile disease, or internal heat caused by yin deficiency, thirst, dry tongue, quenching thirst, dry intestines, and constipation.
Dosage: 6-15 grams, if asparagus is washed with water, soaked, peeled and cored, mashed to extract the juice, fry in a casserole over slow fire, 10% to 30%, add white honey, simmer until cooked Store the ointment in a bottle and take it after 7 days. Mix 1 tablespoon of the ointment with boiled water every morning and evening on an empty stomach and take it. Taking it for a long time can moisturize the five internal organs and replenish the body.
(3) Polygonatum odorifera
It is neutral in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, benefiting the stomach and promoting fluid production. It is suitable for patients with insufficient lung yin, dry and hot cough, dry cough with less phlegm; Insufficient yin, dry tongue and thirst; it is also used for diabetes to eliminate grains and relieve hunger, coronary heart disease, heart palpitations and chest tightness.
Dosage: 10-15 grams. However, it should not be used by those with a full stomach, poor drinking water, excessive phlegm, thick and greasy coating, etc. with excessive dampness and phlegm.
(4) Ligustrum lucidum
It has a neutral nature, sweet and bitter taste, and functions to nourish the kidneys and yin, and nourish the liver. It is suitable for dizziness, tinnitus, and low back pain caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency. Sore knees, premature graying of hair and beard, blurry eyes, decreased vision, etc.
Dosage: 1-15 grams. People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea and loose stools should not take it.
(5) Eclipta
It is cool in nature, sweet and sour in taste. It nourishes yin and nourishes the kidneys, cools blood and stops bleeding. It is suitable for dizziness and premature graying of hair and hair due to liver and kidney yin deficiency. , hematemesis, hematuria, epistaxis, hematochezia, bloody dysentery, leucorrhea, stranguria and other symptoms.
Dosage: 1-15 grams. People with loose stools and diarrhea should not take it.
(6) Cornus officinalis
It is neutral in nature, sweet in taste, and sour. It nourishes the liver and kidneys, astringes yin, stops sweating, and relieves sweating. It is an important medicine for nourishing kidney yin. It is mainly used for nourishing kidney yin. For liver and kidney yin deficiency syndrome, it is suitable for symptoms such as soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, dizziness and tinnitus, impotence, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, and persistent sweating caused by liver and kidney deficiency.
Dosage: 3-9 grams. It should not be used by those with strong fire and those prone to damp and hot urination, stagnation of urination or painful urination.
(7) Adenophora japonicus
It is slightly cold in nature and sweet in taste. It has the functions of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, nourishing the stomach and nourishing the body fluids. It is suitable for dry coughs with less phlegm and chronic coughs caused by lung heat and yin deficiency. Hoarseness, cough, hemoptysis, gastric yin depletion, lack of body fluids, and thirst. Generally speaking, northern Adenophora ginseng has a strong yin-nourishing effect, while Southern Adenophora ginseng has a good effect on clearing the lungs and eliminating phlegm.
Dosage: 10-15 grams, can be used with different hellebores.
(8) Polygonatum
It has a neutral nature and a sweet taste. It nourishes the lungs, nourishes the kidneys and nourishes the stomach. It is suitable for dryness and cough due to lung deficiency, kidney deficiency, backache, dizziness, soft feet and insufficient spleen. , fatigue, poor appetite, spleen and stomach yin deficiency, dry mouth, eating less and diabetes, etc.
If it is steamed, steam the polygonatum and chicken together and eat the chicken cooked. If stewed, if Polygonatum spp. is stewed with pork, honey or rock sugar can be added. If steamed, each dose is 9-15 grams, and if fresh, 30-60 grams.
(9) Ganoderma lucidum
It is mild in nature and sweet in taste. It can nourish the spleen and lungs, nourish the liver and kidneys, calm the mind and strengthen the body. It is suitable for fatigue, cough, palpitations and insomnia. Indigestion, soreness and weakness in waist and knees, tinnitus and dizziness.
If soaked in wine, cut the Ganoderma lucidum into pieces, soak it in rice wine, and drink it after 20 days, 1 small cup each time, twice a day. If decoction is used, the dosage is 3-15 grams. If swallowed, dry Ganoderma lucidum and grind it into fine powder, 2-6 grams each time.
(10) Baiziren
It has a neutral nature and a sweet taste. It has the functions of nourishing the heart and calming the nerves, moistening the intestines and laxative. It is suitable for palpitations, insomnia, spermatorrhea, night sweats, constipation and other symptoms.
Dosage: 3-9 grams. Do not use if there is excessive phlegm in the compartment or diarrhea.
3. What are the foods that nourish yin in autumn and winter?
(1) Tremella fungus has the functions of promoting body fluids and moistening the lungs, nourishing qi and activating blood, nourishing the brain and strengthening the body, nourishing yin and nourishing the stomach. It has good relief for gastrointestinal dryness, dry cough, constipation and other symptoms.
(2) Lily is familiar to everyone. Lily has the functions of tonifying the body and replenishing qi, clearing the heart and calming the mind, clearing away heat and diuresis, and facilitating defecation. It has a good effect on chronic cough, deficiency and irritability, and confusion due to tuberculosis.
(3) Pears are one of the most common and common fruits. Pears have the effects of eliminating phlegm, relieving cough, and moisturizing the lungs. It has a very good effect on alleviating symptoms such as thirst, constipation, and dry cough caused by dry climate.
(4) Sugar cane has a sweet taste and has no toxic or side effects. Sugarcane can remove irritability and heat in the heart and chest, eliminate phlegm and quench thirst, control Qi and harmonize the heart, and also has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. It can very well improve symptoms such as cough with less phlegm and constipation.
(5) Coix is ??peaceful in nature and has the effect of whitening and nourishing the skin. It is nourishing but not greasy. It is one of the favorites of women who love beauty. At the same time, it also has two major functions of expelling dampness and strengthening the spleen.
(6) Milk, considered by Chinese medicine to be slightly cold in nature, has the functions of producing body fluids and quenching thirst, moistening the intestines, tonifying deficiency and strengthening the spleen, and clearing away heat channels. And the calcium contained in milk is easily absorbed by the body.