Autumn Equinox Health: Eat Tremella to Beat Dryness

Keep the Top Warm, Let the Legs Stay Cool

• Before the equinox the dryness is warm; after it, the dryness turns cold.
• The old saying "bundle up in spring, stay cool in autumn" never meant freezing all over.
• Add a layer on your upper body — take your time before adding to your legs.
• After the equinox the ground still holds summer heat, but the air has turned cool. Young people who skip a jacket on a windy morning often end up with respiratory trouble later.
• So: add a top layer now. No rush on the trousers.

Dryness Hits Three Places First

• Skin: dry, with fine lines.
• Airways: nose and throat dry out, so viruses walk straight in.
• Gut: dry intestines, easy constipation.

All three are governed by the lungs — and lungs are delicate, dryness is what they fear most. The simplest defence: one bowl of tremella soup a day.

One Hundred Days of Tremella, from Equinox to Spring

• Nourishes yin, supports the skin, and helps with long-term complaints.
• Tremella, lily bulb and pear soup — people have eaten it for a decade and it keeps getting better.
• Drink it daily through autumn: skin stays supple, lips and nose stop feeling parched.
• Cough easily? Pair tremella with lily bulb to moisten the lungs and support kidney yin, helping prevent coughs and bronchitis.
• Cold stomach? Add longan. Lily bulb and longan tremella soup is no longer cooling, and it nourishes blood and the heart.
• Toss in a handful of goji berries just before serving.