Frost is coming, and Beijing will usher in the most beautiful autumn season of the year. With the autumn rain and cold weather, more and more people began to join in the team. As the saying goes, make up in autumn and winter, and fight tigers in the coming year. Supplementing is not only an effective way to recuperate for the coming year, but also can take advantage of the natural "time" to regulate the imbalance of yin and yang and the deficiency of viscera. To this end, we interviewed Zhang Jin, the doctoral supervisor of the director of the Department of Preventive Medicine of Xiyuan Hospital, Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and talked with you about some things you need to know in the autumn and winter benefits. Why should we make up in autumn and winter? Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the synchronization of human and natural rhythms is the basic state of health. On the contrary, the main reason for disease is that human beings are out of sync with nature, and heaven and man are not corresponding. In Suwen · The Great Theory of Four Qi Regulating Spirits, it is said that "Yang is nourished in spring and summer, and Yin is nourished in autumn and winter". The so-called "Yin is nourished in autumn and winter" is mainly aimed at letting the human body obey the natural law of "autumn harvest falls, and winter accumulates", helping to nourish Yang, and waiting for the rise of the next spring. The chapter of Suwen · Yin and Yang should be like the Great Theory says that "winter hurts in cold, and spring will get sick and warm", and the chapter of Suwen · Jinkui True Speech says that "those who hide in essence will not get sick and warm in spring", which means that those who do not store essence well in winter are likely to get sick in the next spring. We can think of the four seasons as a day. "Spring begets and summer grows" means morning and noon. People are energetic and suitable for work and study activities. In the afternoon and evening, they should slowly reduce their sports consumption and gradually transition to a state of rest in the middle of the day, which is also called "autumn harvest and winter storage". It is just like a person who cannot sleep during the day, and people who lack sleep for a long time are likely to get sick, When it comes to autumn and winter, you must also do a good job of storing life for your body, replenishing what you have consumed in spring and summer, and laying a material foundation for the spring and summer of the new year. What is a nourishing cream? The cream is used as a tonic to "cure the disease before" in autumn and winter, also known as "plaster nourishing medicine", which has the effect of "curing the disease before". Speaking of this, some people may want to ask, what is the difference between the cream prescription and the decoction medicine and Chinese patent medicine that people prescribe in traditional Chinese medicine hospitals? This is the paste from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine dosage form. Generally speaking, the decoction has a quick onset, great strength, and flexible changes, and is suitable for treating emergencies and severe diseases. The pill (that is, Chinese patent medicine) is relatively slow and has a longer effect, and is suitable for treating minor diseases or the late recovery state of diseases. As eight dosage forms, the plaster includes external plaster and oral plaster. The nourishing cream is the "concentrated essence", which is added with fine tonic drugs such as glue, ginseng, saffron, etc. It takes a long time to decoct, has many drug effects, and has a lasting effect. It is most suitable for tonifying. Moreover, compared with the "one thousand people for one prescription" of traditional Chinese medicine for tonics, the prescription can be "one thousand people for one prescription" in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. The prescription can be adjusted according to the different physical conditions of each person, and the tonics can be more targeted. Can I have the same cream every year? You can't be lazy about the benefits. You'd better go to the hospital every year to open a new cream prescription. Take the "Five Movements and Six Qi Cream Recipe" of Xiyuan Hospital as an example. When preparing the cream recipe, doctors need to flexibly choose the recipe and use the medicine according to the different luck characteristics of each year, and enter into the traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment system of Si Tian, Si Ren and Si Sicheng