Take care of yourself; the consequences will catch up to you later.

Although the heat of summer shows no signs of abating, the arrival of autumn means that the summer's yang energy is gradually waning, while yin energy is growing, and the weather is starting to become dry. There is a common saying, "The summer heat persists after the start of autumn, beware of the 'autumn tiger'," meaning it's important to prepare the body early to welcome winter, avoiding excessive depletion from summer and preventing any "reckoning" in autumn. Autumn corresponds to the lungs, so the focus of health preservation should be on moistening the lungs to prevent autumn dryness. In all aspects, the principle should be nourishment and conservation, reducing strenuous exercise to avoid excessive sweating and the loss of body fluids. This helps to compensate for the decline of summer and also prepares the body for winter. If too much yang energy has been depleted in summer, to nourish yin and moisturize dryness, prepare 5 grams each of loquat leaves, mulberry leaves, and chrysanthemum. After rinsing with water, place them in a cup and steep for 10 minutes with hot water before drinking. This tea can clear heat, promote fluid production, and regulate the lungs and stomach. Loquat leaves are bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, and act on the lung and stomach meridians. Loquat leaves are a main ingredient in loquat paste and can clear heat from the lungs and stomach, resolve phlegm, relieve cough, and stop vomiting. Mulberry leaves are sweet in taste, cold in nature, and act on the lung and liver meridians. They can calm liver yang, disperse wind and clear heat, and alleviate cough due to lung heat and dryness. Chrysanthemum is sweet with a bitter taste, slightly cold in nature, and acts on the liver and lung meridians. It can calm the liver and dispel wind, detoxify and reduce inflammation, lower blood pressure, and relieve headaches. Regarding diet, due to the dryness of autumn, one should avoid foods that deplete fluids and harm the lungs. It is advisable to eat more white-colored foods, such as Chinese yam, snow pear, white radish, white fungus, lily bulb, lotus root, and honey; reduce the intake of strongly flavored and spicy foods to prevent excessive lung qi.