🌿 Folk Prescriptions

At the transition from summer to autumn, the sun shines brightly. There is still lingering summer heat, coupled with autumn’s dryness. After excessive release during summer, the body lacks fluids, and dryness becomes apparent—leading to varying degrees of dry throat, bitter tongue, nasal congestion, and discomfort. Without care, one easily develops colds, coughs, bronchitis, and other ailments. Thus, the key to health preservation during this period is preventing dryness. Eat more fruits and vegetables, reduce spicy foods to moisten and relieve dryness; drink plenty of water, plain tea, and soups to quench thirst; maintain peace of mind and adequate sleep to calm dryness; engage in physical exercise to overcome dryness.
"By White Dew, nights grow colder each night." During the White Dew season, summer heat has dissipated. Although days may still be warm, nights often bring chill. A folk saying goes: "Don’t expose your body at White Dew, or you’ll catch cold and diarrhea"—a reminder to take self-care seriously.
Autumn is a transitional season from summer heat to winter cold. After entering autumn, temperatures gradually drop, day-night temperature differences widen, humidity decreases, and weather changes rapidly. Dry, variable conditions cause discomfort. Especially at the end of summer, residual summer fire remains, leading to dry mouth and lips, cracked skin. Moreover, cooling weather easily triggers gastrointestinal issues. Thus, autumn health preservation is essential. People should adjust clothing promptly with weather changes to prevent external wind-cold invasion. In dry indoor environments, regularly mist the air to maintain moisture. Pay attention to dietary adjustment and increase physical exercise. (September)
Now is the autumn transition from summer to winter, with cooling weather, contracting yang qi, and increasing yin qi. Nature appears desolate, air is dry, and people are prone to wind-chill, leading to headaches, dry throat, coughs, and other illnesses. In autumn health preservation, diet should be moistening and avoid draining; prevent dryness from harming lung qi. Clothing should be light and simple, allowing moderate exposure to cold to enhance cold resistance. Sleep schedules should be early to bed and early to rise, moderating the impact of climate changes. Most importantly, strengthen exercise and build physical strength to adapt to ever-changing climates. (October)
Autumn is a transitional period from summer to winter, with unpredictable weather changes. Modern medical meteorologists believe that after autumn, one should scientifically arrange clothing, diet, housing, and movement to avoid weather impacts on health and safely navigate the "troublesome autumn." Due to large day-night temperature differences—hot during the day, cold at night—one should dress warmly as needed. Diet should be clear and moist, drink plenty of water and tea, eat more fruits to relieve autumn dryness. Autumn skies are high and winds strong, yang qi gradually contracts; sleep should be adequate, early to bed and early to rise, aligning with yang qi’s expansion, allowing lung qi to spread. Maintain indoor air circulation, develop habits of opening windows for sleeping and exposing the head. (October)
In deep autumn, day-night temperature differences are large, and cold air activity is frequent. Weather alternates between cold and warm. Irregular changes often trigger various diseases—most commonly stroke, bronchitis, asthma, gastric flare-ups, and colds. Prevention hinges on staying warm during each cold front intrusion. (October)
Deep autumn sees frequent cold air activity in northern China, with extreme day-night temperature differences and erratic weather—cold one moment, warm the next. This makes it a peak season for various diseases. Common ones include stroke, bronchitis, asthma, gastric flare-ups, etc. The main cause is that cold air stimulation activates sympathetic nerves, raising blood pressure, promoting thrombus formation. Simultaneously, histidine in blood increases, gastric acid secretion rises, and gastrointestinal spasms occur. Thus, autumn health preservation is crucial.
As the saying goes: "Cold resistance training starts in autumn." In autumn, to prepare for harsher winters and adapt to severe cold, one should progressively improve cold resistance. Avoid dressing too warmly too soon—pay attention to cold resistance training.