Health Preservation and Wellness
A healthy body is the foundation for better living, working, and learning—the primary prerequisite for all endeavors. Health requires an optimistic and open-minded attitude toward life, while also stemming from our daily good habits. Here are some health preservation knowledge and wellness tips to help you better and more scientifically regulate your body, enjoying each day with health and happiness!
After the Start of Autumn, many regions remain sweltering as the lingering heat of midsummer persists—a phenomenon known as the "Indian summer." This intense heat often continues until mid-to-late September before the weather truly cools down.
After the Autumn Equinox, daytime temperatures remain high, but the overall trend is toward gradually cooler weather. Days are often hot while nights are cooler, with significant temperature differences between morning and evening. In nature, yang energy gradually diminishes while yin energy grows, marking the transition from yang dominance to yin dominance. Human yin-yang metabolism naturally enters a transitional period of declining yang and increasing yin.
Nourishing the Lungs at Autumn's Beginning
After Autumn's Beginning, yang energy wanes while yin energy rises. Nature shifts from growth to storage. Following the principle of harmonizing with the seasons, autumn and winter are times to nourish yin.
Traditional Chinese medicine holds that the lungs correspond to autumn. Autumn's dryness harms the lungs, and weakened lung qi reduces the body's tolerance to adverse stimuli, making illness more likely. Thus, it is essential to moisturize dryness, nourish yin, and hydrate the lungs.
Based on the Five Elements theory, the liver, heart, and spleen-stomach systems enter a period of relative weakness at this time, while lung function begins its peak phase after Autumn Equinox. Following the principle of balancing yin and yang to maintain bodily equilibrium, it is crucial to strengthen the nourishment of these organs to prevent excessive lung qi from disrupting overall health.
What to Eat After Autumn Begins
After Autumn Begins, prioritize sour foods over pungent ones to support liver qi. Consume liver-soothing and lung-moistening foods such as lily bulbs, lotus root, potatoes, radishes, wood ear mushrooms, Chinese yam, mung beans, goji berries, white fungus, pork, duck, chicken, rabbit meat, peanuts, eel,crucian carp, yellow croaker, pomelo, pear, and apple.
Autumn is an ideal season for nourishing the body, but choose mildly nourishing foods that "prevent dryness without causing greasiness," such as pumpkin, lotus seeds, longan, black sesame seeds, red dates, and walnuts.
Limit pungent foods like scallions, ginger, garlic, leeks, and peppers.
Avoid excessive consumption of melons and fruits to prevent digestive discomfort.
Eating Nuts at the Start of Autumn Prevents Malaria
Malaria, also known as cold-heat disease, is a common childhood infectious disease during summer and autumn. Transmitted by mosquito bites carrying malaria parasites, it causes symptoms like chills and high fever.The best prevention against malaria is mosquito control and protection against bites.
Scientists have discovered that an amino acid called arginine helps protect children from malaria. Arginine deficiency is closely linked to a lack of nitric oxide in the body, which aids in defending against Plasmodium attacks.
Researchers also found that nuts are rich in arginine. After the start of autumn, children who consume more nuts can enhance their bodies' resistance to malaria.
Autumn Equinox Dish: Pork Spine Stewed with Lotus Root
This dish nourishes the kidneys, replenishes marrow, supplements calcium, and strengthens the brain and body, making it ideal for the autumn equinox season.
Ingredients: 1 pork spine, 250g lotus root, salt, scallion segments, ginger slices, Shaoxing wine, MSG (to taste).
Preparation: Rinse and chop the pork spine. Blanch in boiling water, then drain. Remove lotus root knots and peel, wash, and slice. Place pork spine in a pot with sufficient water.Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off scum, then add salt, Shaoxing wine, scallion segments, and ginger slices. Simmer over low heat until meat separates from bone. Remove bones, strip off meat, and extract spinal marrow. Return spinal marrow and lotus root slices to the broth to simmer until tender. Remove scallions and ginger, then add MSG to taste.
Adjusting Our Diet After the Start of Autumn
"Start of Autumn." In health preservation, diet plays a crucial role. So what dietary adjustments should we make after the Start of Autumn?
After the Start of Autumn, increase sour flavors in your diet to enhance liver function and resist the invasion of excessive lung qi.Recommended foods include: apples, grapes, star fruit, pomelo, lemon, hawthorn.
For autumn dietary care, first follow the "nourish yin in autumn and winter" principle from the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine. This means consuming more yin-nourishing, moisture-replenishing foods to prevent autumn dryness from damaging yin.Recommended foods include: white fungus, pears, sesame seeds, lotus root, spinach, soy milk, duck eggs, and honey.
Autumn dietary taboos:
1. Avoid overeating
As autumn brings pleasant weather and abundant food, people often consume excessively. Excess calories convert to fat deposits, leading to weight gain.In autumn dining, moderation is key—avoid indulging appetite through excessive eating and drinking. 2. Limit pungent foods Reduce consumption of strongly stimulating, spicy, or heating foods like chili peppers. Additionally, prevent accumulation of damp-heat pathogens. Foods with pungent aromas possess dispersing properties, so incorporate aromatic ingredients like celery.
3. Avoid excessively cold or raw foods
As autumn weather transitions from warm to cool, the body adapts physiologically. Pay special attention to avoiding overly cold or raw foods to prevent digestive discomfort and gastrointestinal disorders.
4. Avoid excessively drying foods




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