"The autumn wind is how bitter, and the white dew is the morning frost." After the dew, the temperature begins to cooler, the rain is getting less and less, and the weather becomes dry. At this time, some people cough uninvited, from dry throat, sore throat, itchy throat, gradually developed into coughing continuously... Has anyone around you been recruited?
Why do so many people cough easily in the fall
It is easy to cough in autumn, this is likely to be autumn "dry evil lung", the lungs are proud of the dirty, like to run and dry, autumn dry invasion of the lungs is easy to cause cough, this seasonal symptoms, since ancient times, has also been affirmed and valued by many doctors.
For example, Yu Jiayan, a famous physician in the Qing Dynasty, once put forward the theory that "autumn hurts dryness", and Ye Tianshi, a Wen disease scientist in the Qing Dynasty, also proposed: "Dry gas is affected, first dry on the lungs, making people cough." "So in the autumn, there was a sudden increase in coughing patients in various hospitals and clinics...
Judging from the principles of "the unity of heaven and man" and the "philosophical thought of the five elements", the five elements of autumn correspond to gold, and the five elements of human lungs also correspond to gold. Autumn dry evil is easy to hurt the lungs, the lungs are "delicate", the outer fur, the main breath, when the external evil invades the human body, whether inhaled from the mouth and nose, or by the skin invasion, it is easy to make lungs and cough.
Three tonic methods to deal with autumn cough
In the season when the dry and dry things alternate, there are more and more people coughing around, and many times, the cough is not good, more or less will affect work and life. To share with you a few simple and easy ways to deal with autumn cough, it is worth collecting.
1. Distinguish between cold, heat and dry cough
There are many cough remedies, but cough is cold, hot, dry, dialectical is the key, simply put, cold to disperse cold, that is, dry to nourish the yin, hot to dissipate heat.
▶ Wind chill cough
Autumn morning and evening temperature drop, if you still blow air conditioning, it is easy to cause wind chills and colds, thus bringing cold cough, cold cough body performance: runny nose, cold hands and feet, slightly afraid of cold, afraid of wind, tongue moss pale, pale tongue, no obvious sore throat.
Affected by the external wind and cold cough, timely cold dissipation is the key, to recommend a suitable for all ages, delicious and effective dietary remedies - roasted oranges. The outermost layer of the peel of the orange is called orange red, hard, bitter and warm. Attribution to the lungs and spleen meridians. Can disperse cold, dry and wet, sharp gas, phlegm. It is used for cold cough, itchy throat phlegm and other situations.
Recommended dietary remedy: Roasted oranges
Wash the oranges, then use chopsticks to put the oranges on the stove to roast; in the process of baking, you should keep turning the oranges so that each side is heated evenly; when the oranges are all black, you can turn off the heat; put the oranges warm, you can peel them off, and eat the orange meat inside.
▶ Dry cough
Autumn is a season full of "dry gas", easy to damage the liquid, cough caused by dryness, typical symptoms are: dry throat, dry cough phlegm less, dry lips, dry stool, easy hands and feet heart.
This type of cough can eat more foods that moisturize the lungs and remove dryness in the early stage, which can play a role in nourishing the lungs, such as mulberry leaves, jade bamboo, lilies, almonds, pears and so on. The Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Pears, the heat of the six intestines of the living, and the yin of the five viscera of the ripe ones." "It is recommended that you can eat rock sugar stewed sydney pear, which can quench thirst, cough and phlegm, clear heat and reduce fire, moisturize the lungs and get rid of dryness."
Recommended dietary remedy: Rock sugar stewed Sydney pear
Cut the whole pear into pieces, add water and rock sugar and cook together, bring to a boil on high heat and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes on low heat. When eaten, the soup can be eaten together with the pear meat.
▶ Wind fever cough
Autumn is hot and dry, and it is easy for everyone to cough because of the fire or wind fever. Hot cough body manifestations: stool is easy to dry, hands and feet are easy to heat, nasal congestion, tongue is yellow and greasy, there is yellow sputum.
At this time, it should be appropriate to clear the heat and diarrhea lung fire, "Su Qing Zhi Zhi Zhi Da" cloud: "Hot people are cold." Therefore, it is recommended that everyone eat Sichuan shellfish stewed pear. Chuanbei is cool, sweet and flat, into the lung meridian, stomach meridian, has the effect of moisturizing the lungs, coughing up phlegm, clearing heat and phlegm, and cooperating with pears, moisturizing and clearing heat is better.
Recommended dietary remedy: Sichuan shellfish stewed pear
Use about three grams of Sichuan shellfish powder, cut the upper end of a white pear at the same time, dig out the pear core, put the Sichuan shellfish powder in, and then cover it, put the pear into a bowl, add some water to the bowl, and then put it in the steamer and start steaming for about 30 minutes; finally, take the bowl out and let it warm, eat the pear and drink the soup.
It is worth mentioning that in the two dietary remedies mentioned above, pear soup and Sichuanbei stewed pear both have the taste of pear.
Pear, one of the most common fruits in daily life. Since ancient times, pears have been revered as the "Sect of Hundred Fruits", which can suppress cough and phlegm, clear heat and reduce fire, and is a good food remedy for blindly coping with dry autumn coughs. If you don't have time to stew the therapeutic recipe or think the steps are too troublesome, introduce you to a orange stem pear soup.
It is based on the characteristics of pears such as raw jin, moisturizing, clearing heat and phlegm, with the orange stem that promotes lung qi and pharyngeal expectorant, not only clears the heat and pharynx, but also moisturizes the lungs and nourishes the yin and dissolves phlegm; it can be prepared at home in autumn.
2. Relieve cough and rub more
The fish point is a special acupuncture point on the lung meridian - the xing acupoint, and it is also a strong lung health point. This acupuncture point has the effect of clearing heat, and has the best effect on alleviating the hot cough and dry cough caused by autumn dryness. At the same time, it is also known as the "life-saving acupoint", which can introduce the lung meridian surface into the body through water, excrete the qi of the lung meridian in the body, and insist on rubbing the fish point every day.
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Specific method: The fish point is an acupuncture point on the side of the bone, and the first metacarpal bone can be used as a marker to find the point. Open your palm and go down the outer edge of the first metacarpal to find a depression that is the fish hole. When pressing the fish socket, the finger needle should be used, and the opposite thumb can be used to press on the fish socket.
3. Daily replenishment
Take the autumn harvest yin qi as the principle, nourish the yin and nourish the lungs. Autumn is a transitional period in the metabolism of yin and yang in the human body, so the life activities of the human body must be based on the principle of adopting yin qi.
The "Su Qing And Dirty Qi Method" says: The lungs converge, urgently eat acid to receive it, supplement it with acid, and relieve it. The sour taste will converge the lungs, and the spicy taste will spread out the lungs, so it is necessary to eat less spicy foods such as onions and ginger, and should eat more sour vegetables, foods, and eat more foods that nourish the yin and lungs, such as lilies, lotus, radish, yam, white fungus, grapefruit, apples, etc.