The climate in autumn is dry, hot, and cold, and external dryness is easy to invade the hair and mouth, causing headaches, aversion to cold, dry nose and lips, and dry skin.

There are two kinds of dryness in autumn, one is dry mouth and tongue, and the other is impetuous. Drink a large glass of lukewarm water every morning on a empty stomach, helps replenish and cleanse the body after a long night. It is recommended to drink at least 3.7 liters (15.5 cups) of fluid for men, and 2.7 liters (11.5 cups) of fluid for women.

Dryness in autumn is the season, and the lungs should be purged. Food such as tremella, lotus seeds, lotus roots, pears can help moisturize and nourish the lungs. These can often be cooked in a slow cooker as a desert soup – a deliciously healthy treat for the whole family. 

Garlic can also help you prevent weather switches and strengthen the immunity of the lungs. Garlic is rich in precious allicin, which can help boost immunity and maintain cell health.  If you have headaches, fever, chills, sore throat, hoarse voice, you can use Chinese herbal medicines such as mulberry leaves, almonds, and sand ginseng to release the symptoms. For symptoms such as dry skin, perilla leaves, tangerine peel, platycodon, and other Chinese medicinal herbs can be used to moisturize and invigorate the spleen.

If you have symptoms such as nasal congestion, sneezing, joint pain, headache, aversion to cold, fever, but no sweat, you can use Chinese herbs such as white peony root, Fangfeng, Pueraria lobata root to relieve the temperature; Chinese medicinal materials such as ginger, ageratum, perilla leaves can be used to reduce dampness and expels cold and wind in the body.