Does the dryness in autumn cause your skin to become uncomfortably dry? In this article, Wong Kwok-wai, a registered Chinese medicine practitioner in Hong Kong, gives some food recommendations that nourish your body and offset the dry air conditions.  According to the traditional Chinese calendar, Sept. 23 is the Autumn Equinox, referring to the day on which day and night are equal in length. After that, the days get shorter and the nights get longer in the northern hemisphere. Autumn Equinox is a significant indicator of the change of seasons. After the Autumn Equinox, the weather turns cooler and drier.
Wong said that autumn dryness could easily damage our lungs and cause skin and gastrointestinal discomfort. The key to wellness is promoting the production of fluids to moisten dryness and reduce the dryness with humidity to restore our energy….