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Autumn home-style meal with daikon radish, dried shrimp and shiitake soup, mixed-grain rice, pumpkin and dark leafy greens

Eat Right in Autumn, Get Sick Less in Winter? Eating for a Dry Autumn Throat, Plus Daikon and Dried Shrimp Soup

As autumn air turns dry, do you wake up with a dry throat and phlegm that feels stuck? Drawing on the traditional idea of "moisten in autumn, tonify in winter," this article introduces a balanced home-style meal of daikon and dried shrimp soup, mixed-grain rice, pumpkin and dark leafy greens for more balanced autumn eating.

Autumn daikon radish and pork rib soup with seasonal pumpkin and sweet potatoes, healthy choices to manage a bigger appetite in cool weather

Healthcare, Metabolic Health

Craving Rich Food as Soon as It Cools Down? 4 Ways to Manage Your Autumn Appetite

It's normal for your appetite to pick up as the weather cools. There's no need to white-knuckle it; just change how you eat. Have soup first, swap white rice for root vegetables, cut back on sugary drinks and late-night snacks, and add a walk or some Baduanjin, so you can eat well and still feel light this autumn.

Bowl of Asian pear, snow fungus and lily bulb soup, a traditional lung-moistening soup for dry throat and dry cough in autumn

Healthcare, Metabolic Health

Dry Throat From Autumn Dryness? 5 Small Habits for Autumn Wellness

After autumn arrives, a dry, itchy throat, dry cough and tight skin may be signs of autumn dryness. From going to bed earlier, eating moistening foods and cutting back on spicy food and iced drinks to staying hydrated and dressing sensibly, here are five small habits for autumn wellness and two lung-moistening soups.

Late summer landscape turning toward autumn, representing the End of Heat solar term when summer heat fades and dryness begins

Healthcare

Wellness for the End of Heat (Chushu): Easing Into Autumn as Summer Heat Fades and Dryness Begins

The End of Heat (Chushu) is the solar term when summer heat subsides and autumn dryness begins: summer's dampness hasn't cleared, yet autumn's dryness has already arrived. This article looks at three common states of the body around this time from a TCM perspective, and at gentle daily habits that put digestion first, add sleep and steady the mind.

Autumn soups and white foods such as pear, snow fungus and lily bulb, used in TCM food therapy to nourish the lungs and ease seasonal dryness

Healthcare, Metabolic Health

Autumn Wellness in TCM: Food Therapy to Nourish the Lungs

Autumn's dry air often brings a dry, itchy throat and dry skin. Starting from the TCM idea that autumn belongs to the metal element and corresponds to the lungs, this article introduces five lung-moistening foods and drinks, with ingredients, methods and which body types they suit.

Eat Right in Autumn, Get Sick Less in Winter? Eating for a Dry Autumn Throat, Plus Daikon and Dried Shrimp Soup

Craving Rich Food as Soon as It Cools Down? 4 Ways to Manage Your Autumn Appetite

Dry Throat From Autumn Dryness? 5 Small Habits for Autumn Wellness

Wellness for the End of Heat (Chushu): Easing Into Autumn as Summer Heat Fades and Dryness Begins

Autumn Wellness in TCM: Food Therapy to Nourish the Lungs

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