After the Start of Autumn, according to the traditional Chinese medicine principle of "nourishing yang in spring and summer, and nourishing yin in autumn and winter," the body needs to be nourished at this time. The following are some precautions for autumn nourishment that the editor has collected for you: 1. Nourish your body according to your own constitution
The therapeutic principle of traditional Chinese medicine is to tonify deficiency. Those who do not have deficiency symptoms should not use tonifying medicines. Deficiency is further divided into yin deficiency, yang deficiency, qi deficiency, and blood deficiency. Only by taking the right medicine for your specific condition can you benefit your body; otherwise, it will have the opposite effect and harm your health. If you plan to take Chinese medicine to regulate your body, you must consult a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to determine your constitution, and don't make assumptions and tonify indiscriminately. 2. It's better to keep your supplements simple and take them in small amounts
All medicines have some toxicity. The belief that "taking more tonics can cure diseases if you're sick, and strengthen your body if you're not" is unscientific. For example, excessive intake of ginseng and antler supplements can cause abdominal distension and loss of appetite; excessive intake of vitamin C can lead to nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. 3. Food therapy is better than medicine therapy
Many foods have therapeutic effects. For example, eating more shepherd's purse can help treat high blood pressure; eating more radish can strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, regulate qi, and relieve chest tightness and cough; eating more Chinese yam can tonify the spleen and stomach. Walnuts, peanuts, red dates, hyacinth beans, and lotus roots, commonly eaten in daily life, are all excellent choices for nourishment. 4. You cannot tonify your body in a fixed way forever
Some people like to take only one type of supplement according to their own preferences, which is not good for health. Because both medicines and foods have health-preserving and therapeutic effects, they also have certain side effects. Long-term and excessive use can affect the body's nutritional balance. Therefore, it is necessary to adjust according to different situations; you cannot tonify your body in a fixed way forever.