September 23 is the autumnal equinox solar term, He Xin, chief physician of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Community Health Service Center of Tianping Street, Xuhui District, recently gave a lecture on TCM health tips for community residents at the neighborhood of Tianping 66 Wutong Courtyard.
"The autumnal equinox solar term is a sign that it has truly entered autumn, as a solar term with equal day and night time, people should also follow the law of yin and yang balance in their health." He Xin said that the autumn equinox solar term light decreases, the temperature difference increases, and the humidity is low, "and the autumn climate is dry, there is a 'autumn dry' said, the most easy to consume lung yin, easy to occur nasopharyngeal dryness, dry cough less phlegm, cleft lips and thirst, constipation, hair is not honorable, dry throat, dry eyes and other symptoms, severe even phlegm with blood, cold air is easy to feel wind cold, or cough and asthma attacks. He Xin believes that according to the theory of "autumn and March, lie down early and get up early, and be happy with chickens" according to the "Yellow Emperor's Internal Canon", "usually you should fall asleep from 9 to 10 o'clock at night, and it is more appropriate to get up from 5 to 6 o'clock in the morning." According to the natural law of spring and summer, autumn harvest and winter storage, human life activities should be consistent with the changes of nature, so as to conform to nature and maintain and strengthen the yin and yang balance of the body. ”
He Xin also introduced several tips for autumnal equinox health care to the residents present. First of all, after the autumnal equinox, the climate is getting cooler, the gastrointestinal tract is very sensitive to cold stimuli, and friends with digestive diseases such as chronic gastritis should pay special attention to keeping the stomach warm. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is warm and sweet, into the spleen, stomach two meridians, can replenish qi, is a good product to warm the stomach and protect the stomach, put a few pieces of pumpkin when cooking porridge for breakfast, or add a pumpkin vermicelli soup to the dinner table, simple and convenient, nutritious and delicious.
Secondly, many people will have cold hands and feet, fatigue and other symptoms at this time, especially thin women, which are all manifestations of insufficient kidney qi, so insist on soaking their feet at night. There are many acupuncture points on the feet, such as the spring point, which can disperse the cold qi in the body through the effect of hot vaporization upward, which has a good effect on enhancing yang qi for people with physical weakness. It should be noted that the foot soaking time should not be too long, 15 minutes is appropriate.
Third, Chinese medicine believes that the main bone of the kidney, the teeth are bones, and the weak kidney qi will loosen the teeth and lose the teeth. Sun Simiao, a famous physician of the Tang Dynasty, advocated "knocking teeth three hundred times in the morning" to nourish the kidneys and fix teeth. Percussion can also be done regardless of time and place, as long as the lips are gently closed, and the upper and lower teeth gently tap each other. After tapping the teeth, slowly swallow the liquid in the mouth.
At the end of the lecture, He Xin said that the daily precipitation after the autumn equinox will not be very large, and it will be "an autumn rain and a cold", or to do a good job of cold protection and warmth after cooling, "After the autumnal equinox, oranges are on the market in large quantities, from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the aromatic smell of oranges can dissolve dampness, awaken the spleen, avoid pollution, and open up." In order to cope with the autumn fatigue, you may wish to put some leftover orange peel on the desk or bedroom bed, which is also conducive to promoting sleep. ”
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