2023-09-22 08:46:55
Autumn is a divisive season. There are the melancholic people who will declaim that “the long days are gone, the lovely months are ending. Alas! the trees are already turning yellow.” There are the grateful who celebrate its energy, a season of wealth where we reap the harvests offered by summer. There are those who follow the Gregorian calendar and for whom autumn begins following the equinox which takes place on September 21, 22 or 23 or even 24. There are enthusiasts of traditional Chinese medicine (MTC) which ensure that autumn begins in August and ends around October 20. As for those who swear by it ayurvedic medicinethey consider that autumn, sharat, begins on September 15 and ends on November 15…
The lung, target organ?
But all recognize the need for preparation of the metabolism for the cold and frosts of winter and his days consumed by night. They invite everyone to a seasonal detoxification.
For TCM for example, the target organ is the lung, which will have to face the winter season, and where the yang, represented in white, evoking energy, the Sun, summer, activity, decreases so that the yin, represented in black and symbol of the night, grows. the Moon, winter, rest. Preparing the lungs involves respiration (which is linked to the Lung meridian), walks in nature (the forests are sumptuous in this season) with protection of the respiratory tract during cool or humid days the use oforganic essential oils eucalyptus globulus and eucalyptus radiata, Scots pine, peppermint or tea tree (two drops on the wrists and soles of the feet).
At the same time, in anticipation of the moment of rest and energetic gathering required by yin winter, autumn, a period of adaptation rather than transition, will be the time of a gradual withdrawal into oneself, at a slowed pacewhere we will practice going to bed earlier.
In dietary terms, TCM will favor cooking with water, drinking liquid (soups) to moisten dryness, eating fresh fruits and vegetables to “lubricate” the lung and produce organic fluids, and the choice of white foods (cabbage, celery, turnip, onion, leek, walnuts, almonds, white fish, blond lentils, broad beans, white beans, chickpeas, sprouts of soy, etc.).
For the Ayurvedic medicine, the predominant idea is also to keep yourself “warm, hydrated and grounded”, with the target organ, therefore, the lung and respiratory exercises (pranayama). Water should never be consumed fresh, but rather hot or lukewarm (with lemon juice in the morning on an empty stomach), herbal teas and soups should be preferred and, to strengthen one’s metabolism and immune system, a course of chyawanprash, the two-thousand-year-old “youth jam” made from plants (including ashwagandha), spices (cinnamon, cardamom), honey and ghee will be recommended.
The contribution of Unani medicine
But he is also a medicinal tradition closer to Westerners and for good reason, since it comes from the very cradle of our civilization, ancient Greece. Unani medicine – or yunani – since that is what it is regarding, is that of Hippocrates, revised and enriched six hundred years later by Galen. It was used for centuries by the Christian, Jewish and Muslim worlds. Recognized in India where it occupies a place almost as important as Ayurvedic medicine, Unani medicine therefore continues to be taught and used in Asia and the Middle East, from China to India, from Pakistan to Iran.
One of the interests of Unani medicine is that its pharmacopoeia uses plants from the Mediterranean basin, sometimes more adapted to Western metabolism and those for whom the Far Eastern pharmacopoeia may prove too “powerful”. Thus, in addition to a change in the diet common to all medicinal traditions inviting preparation for winter during the fall (eliminating as much as possible the sources of toxins, no more summer feasts), a synergistic preparation from the Unani tradition can bring together plants such as rhubarb (Rheum officinale), celery (Apium graveolens), fragrant calamus (Acorus calamus), paliure or Christ’s thorn (Rhamnus paliurus), imperatorium (Peucedanum ostruthium) or even thistle globe (Echinops setifer). The action will not target a single organ here, but all vital and emunctory organs (spleen, pancreas, liver, gallbladder, intestines, kidneys, lungs).
The objective is twofold: to ensure the evacuation of toxins, as with the carminative action of odorous acore or with the rutoside of paliure which potentiates the evacuation of urea, but also to stimulate the organs and their functions, as with celery and celery for kidney functions, rhubarb and even celery for intestinal function and its benefits on transit. This preparation is marketed under the name DynOrgan: as a depurative treatment, it is recommended to take 2 capsules following each meal for ten days, and then 1 to 2 capsules following dinner.
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