一到换季，很多人开始有这样的困扰：皮肤紧绷、脱屑、嘴唇干裂，口干、鼻腔干、半夜被干咳弄醒，连大便都变干、几天才一次。中医一个词概括：秋燥。燥是秋季当令的邪气，「燥胜则干」，最会耗伤人体的津液（体内滋润的水分）。肺「喜润恶燥」首当其冲，但燥伤的是全身津液，所以皮肤、口鼻、肠道、睡眠都跟着干。方向是养阴润燥、生津。马来西亚虽然没有明显的秋天，但换季的温湿波动、整天待在冷气房被抽干、加上偏爱辛辣煎炸，一样会造出一身「燥象」，所以这里也常见。
At every season change, many run into the same thing: tight, flaking skin and cracked lips, a dry mouth and nose, a dry cough that wakes you at night, and stools that turn hard and infrequent. TCM sums it up in one word: autumn dryness. Dryness is the pathogen "in season" in autumn; "dryness spends fluids," draining the body's jin-ye (the moisture that lubricates us). The lung "likes moisture and hates dryness" so it takes the first hit — but fluids drain body-wide, so skin, nose, gut and sleep all dry out with it. The direction is to nourish yin, moisten dryness and generate fluids. Malaysia has no real autumn, yet the swing in temperature and humidity at a season change, long hours in air-con that pull the air dry, and a taste for spicy fried food produce the same "dry signs" — so we see plenty of it here too.
Setiap kali tukar musim, ramai menghadapi perkara yang sama: kulit ketat dan bersisik serta bibir pecah, mulut dan hidung kering, batuk kering yang mengejutkan pada waktu malam, dan najis yang menjadi keras dan jarang. TCM meringkaskannya dalam satu perkataan: kering musim. Kering ialah patogen "bermusim" pada musim luruh; "kering menghabiskan cecair," menguras jin-ye badan (kelembapan yang melincirkan kita). Paru "suka lembap dan benci kering" jadi ia menerima kesan pertama — tetapi cecair terkuras seluruh badan, jadi kulit, hidung, usus dan tidur turut kering. Arahnya memupuk yin, melembapkan kering dan menjana cecair. Malaysia tiada musim luruh sebenar, namun perubahan suhu dan kelembapan, berjam-jam dalam hawa dingin, serta makanan pedas bergoreng menghasilkan "tanda kering" yang sama — jadi ia biasa di sini juga.
同样是「燥」，温燥和凉燥不一样
Not All Dryness Is the Same: Warm vs Cool
Bukan Semua Kering Sama: Panas vs Sejuk
秋燥有两副面孔，方向刚好相反，别一概而论。温燥偏热：多见于初秋、偏热的环境，表现是口干咽痛、干咳痰少而黏或带点黄、皮肤干红、心里烦，方向要「清润」。凉燥偏凉：多见于长期吹冷气、偏凉的环境，表现是怕风、鼻子发干、皮肤干紧、干咳痰稀白、不太口渴，方向要「温润」。这一步很关键——分错了，越调越糟。
Autumn dryness has two faces that need opposite care, so don't lump them together. Warm-dryness leans hot — common in early autumn or hot settings: a dry sore throat, a dry cough with little sticky or slightly yellow phlegm, dry reddish skin, restlessness — and needs "clearing and moistening." Cool-dryness leans cool — common with long air-con or cool settings: aversion to wind, a dry nose, dry tight skin, a dry cough with thin white phlegm, little thirst — and needs "gentle warming and moistening." This step matters: get it backwards and care makes things worse.
Kering musim ada dua wajah yang memerlukan rawatan bertentangan, jadi jangan campurkan. Kering-panas condong panas — biasa pada awal musim atau tempat panas: tekak kering sakit, batuk kering kahak sedikit likat atau kekuningan, kulit kering kemerahan, resah — perlu "menyejuk dan melembapkan." Kering-sejuk condong sejuk — biasa dengan hawa dingin lama: takut angin, hidung kering, kulit menegang, batuk kahak nipis putih, kurang dahaga — perlu "menghangatkan lembut dan melembapkan." Langkah ini penting: silap membuatnya lebih teruk.
一、先伤肺津。肺最娇嫩、最怕燥，津液一被耗，就喉咙干痒、干咳无痰或痰黏、鼻腔口唇发干、声音沙哑。二、阴津不足，皮肤失养。「肺主皮毛」，津液不够滋润体表，皮肤就干痒、脱屑、起皮，嘴唇裂、敏感肌更明显。三、肠道失润。大肠靠津液濡润才能顺畅传导，津亏则大便干结、几天一次、解不干净。四、阴虚扰神。阴津是身体的「凉润」底子，不足了容易睡不沉、心烦、眼睛干。归结起来，秋燥不是「上火」，而是「津液不够、身体缺润」。
One: it drains lung fluids first. The lung is the most delicate and most fears dryness; spend its fluids and you get a dry itchy throat, a dry cough with no or sticky phlegm, a dry nose and lips, a hoarse voice. Two: short on yin fluids, the skin loses nourishment. The "lung governs the skin," so with too little moisture at the surface the skin turns dry, flaky and peeling, lips crack, and sensitive skin flares. Three: the bowel loses moisture. The large intestine needs fluids to move smoothly; short of them, stools go hard, infrequent and incomplete. Four: yin-deficiency disturbs the mind. Yin fluids are the body's "cooling-moist" base — run low and sleep turns light, with restlessness and dry eyes. In sum, autumn dryness isn't "heatiness" — it's "not enough fluids, a body short on moisture."
Satu: ia menguras cecair paru dahulu. Paru paling halus dan paling takut kering; menghabiskan cecairnya membawa tekak kering gatal, batuk kering tanpa kahak atau likat, hidung dan bibir kering, suara serak. Dua: kurang cecair yin, kulit hilang khasiat. "Paru menguasai kulit," jadi dengan kelembapan terlalu sedikit, kulit kering, bersisik dan mengelupas, bibir pecah. Tiga: usus hilang lembapan — najis menjadi keras dan jarang. Empat: kurang yin mengganggu minda — tidur menjadi cetek, resah, mata kering. Ringkasnya, kering musim bukan "panas dalaman" — ia "kurang cecair, badan kekurangan lembapan."
秋燥最常「干」在哪几个地方？
Where Autumn Dryness Shows Up Most
Di Mana Kering Musim Paling Ketara
秋燥不是单一症状，而是一组因津液不足而「处处发干」的表现，你可能同时中了好几个。
Autumn dryness isn't one symptom but a cluster of "dry everywhere" signs from short fluids — you may have several at once.
Kering musim bukan satu simptom tetapi sekumpulan tanda "kering di mana-mana" — anda mungkin ada beberapa sekaligus.
最直观的一组。皮肤紧绷、脱屑、起皮、干痒，小腿手臂尤其明显，抓了更痒；嘴唇反复干裂脱皮。敏感肌、本身有干咳底子的人换季更容易犯。方向是养血润燥、滋阴润肤，从里补润，光靠涂护肤品不够。
The most visible cluster. Tight, flaking, peeling, itchy skin — worse on the shins and forearms, itchier the more you scratch — with lips that crack and peel again and again. Sensitive skin, and those prone to a dry cough, flare more at a season change. The direction is to nourish blood and yin and moisten the skin from within; lotion alone isn't enough.
Kumpulan paling ketara. Kulit ketat, bersisik, mengelupas, gatal — lebih teruk di betis dan lengan — dengan bibir yang pecah berulang. Kulit sensitif dan yang cenderung batuk kering lebih mudah teruk. Arahnya memupuk darah dan yin serta melembapkan kulit dari dalam; losyen sahaja tidak cukup.
一直想喝水但喝了还是干，早上起来喉咙干痛、鼻腔干得难受、干咳无痰或痰少而黏、卡在喉咙咳不出。这是燥伤肺津最典型的表现。方向是养阴润肺、清燥利咽，把肺里的「润」补回来。若同时正逢烟霾，呼吸道会更受刺激。
Forever wanting water yet still dry after drinking; a dry sore throat on waking, an uncomfortably dry nose, a dry cough with no or sticky phlegm caught in the throat. This is the classic sign of dryness draining lung fluids. The direction is to nourish yin, moisten the lung and ease the throat. If a haze hits at the same time, the airways are irritated all the more.
Sentiasa mahu air tetapi masih kering selepas minum; tekak kering sakit ketika bangun, hidung kering tidak selesa, batuk kering tanpa kahak atau likat. Ini tanda klasik kering menguras cecair paru. Arahnya memupuk yin dan melembapkan paru. Jika jerebu melanda serentak, saluran napas lebih terengsa.
大便变干、变硬、一颗一颗，好几天才一次、解不干净，甚至肛门干痛。这是肠道津液不足、传导失润。这一类的便秘，方向不是猛用泻药或猛喝清热的凉茶，而是润肠通便、滋阴增液——像给干涸的河道重新加水，而不是硬冲。
Stools that go dry, hard and pellet-like, once every few days, incomplete, sometimes with a dry sore anus — the bowel short on fluids and losing its moisture to move. For this kind of constipation the direction isn't hard laxatives or downing cooling teas, but to moisten the bowel and boost fluids — like adding water back to a dried-up channel rather than forcing it through.
Najis menjadi kering, keras dan berketul, sekali beberapa hari, tidak tuntas — usus kekurangan cecair untuk bergerak. Untuk sembelit jenis ini, arahnya bukan julap kuat atau teh sejuk, tetapi melembapkan usus dan menambah cecair — seperti menambah air ke saluran yang kering, bukan memaksanya.
阴津是身体的「凉润」底子，燥久了阴虚，就容易睡不沉、半夜醒、心里烦躁、手心脚心发热、眼睛干涩。很多人以为只是「累」或「压力大」，其实是身体缺了那份「润」。方向是滋阴、安神、润燥同调。
Yin fluids are the body's "cooling-moist" base; long dryness brings yin-deficiency — light, broken sleep, waking at night, restlessness, warm palms and soles, and dry eyes. Many put it down to "tiredness" or "stress," but it's the body short on that "moisture." The direction is to nourish yin, calm the mind and moisten dryness together.
Cecair yin ialah asas "menyejuk-lembap" badan; kering yang lama membawa kurang yin — tidur cetek dan terputus, terjaga malam, resah, tapak tangan dan kaki panas, mata kering. Ramai menyangka ia "penat" atau "tekanan," tetapi badan kekurangan "kelembapan" itu. Arahnya memupuk yin, menenangkan minda dan melembapkan kering serentak.
安心中医怎么帮你「润」回来？
How An Xin TCM Helps You Moisten Back
Bagaimana An Xin TCM Membantu Anda Melembap Semula
中医帮秋燥，思路很直接：把被耗掉的津液补回来、把该润的地方润回去，再按你是偏温燥还是凉燥定方向。方向对了，好转是干的程度减轻、发作的次数减少、每次持续的时间缩短——皮肤没那么紧绷、喉咙没那么干、大便顺了、睡得沉了。
TCM's approach to autumn dryness is direct: restore the fluids that were spent, moisten what needs moistening, and set the direction by whether you lean warm-dry or cool-dry. Get it right and improvement shows as the dryness easing in degree, coming less often, and lasting a shorter time — less tight skin, a less dry throat, smoother stools, and deeper sleep.
Pendekatan TCM untuk kering musim terus terang: pulihkan cecair yang terkuras, lembapkan apa yang perlu, dan tetapkan arah mengikut sama ada anda condong kering-panas atau kering-sejuk. Arah yang betul menunjukkan kering kurang teruk, jarang berlaku, dan lebih singkat — kulit kurang ketat, tekak kurang kering, najis lebih lancar, dan tidur lebih lena.
医师先分清你是温燥还是凉燥：温燥偏清润（润肺生津、清一点燥热），凉燥偏温润（温和润燥、不寒凉），津亏便秘的还会润肠增液。用的是科学中药（浓缩颗粒），冲泡方便、剂量准，不必自己煎一大锅。别自己照搬网上的「万能润燥方」——分错温凉，可能越喝越干。
The practitioner first tells warm-dryness from cool-dryness: warm-dryness leans to clearing-and-moistening (moisten the lung, generate fluids, clear a little of the dry-heat), cool-dryness to gentle warming-and-moistening (no cold herbs); for fluid-short constipation, herbs to moisten the bowel and boost fluids are added. It's concentrated herbs (granules) — easy to make, precisely dosed, no big pot to boil. Don't copy a one-size "moistening formula" online — get warm and cool backwards and you may dry out more.
Pengamal membezakan kering-panas daripada kering-sejuk: kering-panas condong menyejuk-melembap, kering-sejuk condong menghangat-melembap lembut; untuk sembelit kurang cecair, ditambah herba melembapkan usus. Ia herba tumpat (granul) — mudah disediakan, dos tepat. Jangan salin "formula melembap" dalam talian — silap panas dan sejuk boleh jadi lebih kering.
针灸取肺、胃、大肠经的相关穴位，帮身体调动津液、润燥利咽、通调肠腑，缓解干咳、咽干和便秘。对反复干咳、大便老是干结、皮肤干痒睡不好的人，针灸配合中药一起调，比单靠一种更整体。
Acupuncture uses points on the lung, stomach and large-intestine channels to help the body marshal its fluids, moisten dryness, ease the throat and regulate the bowel — relieving dry cough, a dry throat and constipation. For a recurring dry cough, persistently hard stools, or dry itchy skin and poor sleep, acupuncture alongside herbs works more completely than either alone.
Akupunktur menggunakan titik pada saluran paru, perut dan usus besar untuk membantu badan mengatur cecairnya, melembapkan kering, melegakan tekak dan mengatur usus — melegakan batuk kering, tekak kering dan sembelit. Bersama herba, ia lebih menyeluruh daripada satu sahaja.
秋燥一半靠调、一半靠养。饮食上多来点滋阴润燥的：雪梨、百合、银耳、蜂蜜、黑芝麻、豆浆；多喝温水（少量多次比猛灌好），少吃辛辣、煎炸、烧烤这类助燥的东西。生活上给室内加点湿度、皮肤勤保湿、别熬夜耗阴。医师会按你的体质给出更具体的搭配。
Autumn dryness is half care, half nurture. Eat more yin-nourishing, moistening foods: snow pear, lily bulb, white fungus, honey, black sesame, soy milk; drink plenty of warm water (little and often beats gulping), and go easy on spicy, fried and grilled "drying" foods. In daily life, add humidity indoors, moisturise the skin often, and avoid late nights that spend the yin. The practitioner tailors the mix to your constitution.
Kering musim separuh rawatan, separuh pemeliharaan. Makan lebih banyak makanan memupuk yin dan melembapkan: pear salji, lili, cendawan putih, madu, bijan hitam, susu soya; minum banyak air suam (sedikit dan kerap lebih baik), dan kurangkan makanan pedas dan bergoreng. Tambah kelembapan dalam rumah, lembapkan kulit kerap, dan elak berjaga lewat. Pengamal menyesuaikannya dengan perlembagaan anda.
重点：秋燥要「润」，别一味「清」。很多人一干就狂喝凉茶、猛吃清热的东西，但秋燥多半是「阴虚津亏」的虚性干——凉茶苦寒，喝多了更伤脾胃和阳气，反而越喝越干。先分清温凉，再决定怎么润。另外，以下情况别当普通秋燥拖着：便秘长期不缓解或大便带血（排除肠道问题）、体重不明原因下降、严重且顽固的皮肤病、口干伴明显多饮多尿（排除糖尿病）、眼睛口腔持续严重干燥（排除干燥综合征等）。而如果换季恰逢烟霾、出现呼吸困难或胸闷胸痛，请按急症立刻就医、不要等。中医调理与必要的西医检查从不冲突。
Key point: autumn dryness needs moistening, not just clearing. Many respond to dryness by downing cooling teas and heat-clearing foods, but autumn dryness is usually a deficient dryness of short yin and fluids — bitter-cold teas harm the spleen and yang, and you dry out more. Sort warm from cool first, then decide how to moisten. Also, don't sit on these as ordinary autumn dryness: constipation that won't ease or bloody stools (rule out gut problems), unexplained weight loss, severe stubborn skin disease, a dry mouth with marked thirst and frequent urination (rule out diabetes), and persistent severe eye-and-mouth dryness (rule out Sjögren's). And if a season change meets a haze with difficulty breathing or chest tightness or pain, seek care at once, don't wait. TCM care and necessary medical checks never conflict.
Perkara utama: kering musim perlu dilembapkan, bukan sekadar disejukkan. Ramai bertindak balas dengan teh sejuk, tetapi kering musim biasanya kering kurang yin dan cecair — teh pahit-sejuk merosakkan limpa dan yang, dan anda lebih kering. Bezakan panas dan sejuk dahulu. Juga, jangan biarkan ini sebagai kering musim biasa: sembelit yang tak reda atau najis berdarah, berat badan turun tanpa sebab, penyakit kulit degil teruk, mulut kering dengan dahaga dan kerap kencing (tolak diabetes), dan mata serta mulut kering teruk berterusan (tolak Sjögren). Dan jika tukar musim bertemu jerebu dengan kesukaran bernafas atau sakit dada, dapatkan rawatan segera. Penjagaan TCM dan pemeriksaan perubatan tidak pernah bercanggah.
换季干燥，自己能先做的3件事
3 Things You Can Do at a Season Change
3 Perkara Yang Boleh Anda Buat Ketika Tukar Musim
- 喝对水，吃对「润」的食物。别等到口渴才喝，改成少量多次喝温水；多吃雪梨、百合、银耳、莲子、蜂蜜、黑芝麻这类滋阴润燥的，煮点雪梨百合银耳汤是最简单的家常方。同时少碰辛辣、煎炸、烧烤、烈酒——这些最助燥、最耗津。 Drink right, and eat the "moistening" foods. Don't wait until you're thirsty — sip warm water little and often; eat more yin-nourishing, moistening foods like snow pear, lily bulb, white fungus, lotus seed, honey and black sesame — a simple snow-pear-and-white-fungus soup is the easiest home remedy. Go easy on spicy, fried, grilled foods and strong alcohol, which dry you out and spend fluids most. Minum betul, makan makanan "melembap." Jangan tunggu dahaga — hirup air suam sedikit dan kerap; makan lebih banyak pear salji, lili, cendawan putih, biji teratai, madu dan bijan hitam — sup pear salji dan cendawan putih ialah petua rumah termudah. Kurangkan makanan pedas, bergoreng, dan alkohol keras yang paling mengeringkan.
- 给身体和空间「加湿」。皮肤在洗澡后趁半干时就抹上保湿，锁住水分；水温别太烫、别洗太久，否则越洗越干。整天待在冷气房的，放一杯水或用加湿器给空气补点湿度，别让冷气一直把你抽干（这点和冷气病是一体两面）。 Add moisture — to your skin and your space. Moisturise while the skin is still half-damp after a shower to lock water in; keep the water not too hot and the shower short, or it dries you more. If you're in air-con all day, set out a glass of water or run a humidifier to put moisture back in the air, so the cold doesn't keep pulling you dry (the flip side of air-con syndrome). Tambah kelembapan — pada kulit dan ruang anda. Lembapkan kulit ketika masih separuh lembap selepas mandi untuk mengunci air; jangan air terlalu panas atau mandi terlalu lama. Jika dalam hawa dingin sepanjang hari, letak segelas air atau gunakan pelembap udara, supaya sejuk tidak terus mengeringkan anda (sisi lain sakit penyaman udara).
- 别熬夜，别乱清火。熬夜最耗阴，本来就燥的身体，越熬越干、越干越烦。感觉「上火」就狂灌凉茶、乱吃清热成药，对虚性的秋燥反而更伤——真要清、要润、还是要温，先分清体质再说。拿不准是温燥还是凉燥，交给医师辨证最省事。 Don't burn the midnight oil, and don't randomly "clear heat." Late nights spend the yin most; an already-dry body dries and frets more the later you stay up. Feeling "heaty" and downing cooling teas or self-bought heat-clearing remedies can harm a deficient autumn dryness — whether to clear, moisten or warm depends on your constitution. If you can't tell warm-dry from cool-dry, leaving it to a practitioner's assessment is simplest. Jangan berjaga lewat, jangan sesuka hati "buang panas." Berjaga lewat paling menghabiskan yin; badan yang sudah kering menjadi lebih kering dan resah. Rasa "panas" lalu minum teh sejuk atau ubat buang panas boleh memudaratkan kering musim yang kurang — sama ada perlu menyejuk, melembap atau menghangat bergantung pada perlembagaan anda. Jika tak pasti, serahkan kepada penilaian pengamal.
常见问题
Frequently Asked Questions
Soalan Lazim
什么是「秋燥」？马来西亚没有秋天，也会有吗？What is 'autumn dryness', and can it happen in Malaysia with no autumn?Apa itu 'kering musim', dan bolehkah ia berlaku di Malaysia tanpa musim luruh?+
「秋燥」是中医对一组以「干」为核心的失衡的统称：皮肤干痒脱屑、嘴唇干裂、口干鼻干、干咳、大便干结。燥会耗伤津液（人体滋润的水分），肺「喜润恶燥」首当其冲，但燥伤的是全身津液，所以皮肤、口鼻、肠道都跟着干。马来西亚虽没有明显的秋天，但换季的温湿波动、整天待在冷气房被抽干、加上偏爱辛辣煎炸，一样会造出一身「燥象」，所以这里也常见。方向是养阴润燥、生津。
'Autumn dryness' is TCM's name for a cluster centred on 'dryness': dry itchy flaking skin, cracked lips, a dry mouth and nose, a dry cough, and hard stools. Dryness spends the body's fluids (the moisture that lubricates us); the lung 'likes moisture and hates dryness' so it takes the first hit, but fluids drain body-wide, so skin, nose and gut dry out too. Malaysia has no real autumn, yet the swing in temperature and humidity at a season change, long hours in air-con that pull the air dry, and a taste for spicy fried food produce the same 'dry signs' — so we see plenty of it. The direction is to nourish yin, moisten dryness and generate fluids.
'Kering musim' ialah nama TCM untuk sekumpulan simptom berpusatkan 'kering': kulit kering gatal bersisik, bibir pecah, mulut dan hidung kering, batuk kering, dan najis keras. Kering menghabiskan cecair badan; paru 'suka lembap dan benci kering' jadi ia menerima kesan pertama, tetapi cecair terkuras seluruh badan. Malaysia tiada musim luruh sebenar, namun perubahan suhu dan kelembapan, berjam-jam dalam hawa dingin, serta makanan pedas bergoreng menghasilkan 'tanda kering' yang sama. Arahnya memupuk yin dan menjana cecair.
温燥和凉燥怎么分？为什么分错很要紧？Warm-dryness vs cool-dryness — how do I tell them apart, and why does it matter?Kering-panas lawan kering-sejuk — bagaimana membezakannya, dan mengapa ia penting?+
秋燥有两副面孔，方向刚好相反。温燥偏热：口干咽痛、干咳痰少而黏或带黄、皮肤干红、心烦，方向要清润。凉燥偏凉：怕风、鼻子发干、皮肤干紧、干咳痰稀白、不太口渴，方向要温润。分错很要紧：把凉燥当温燥猛喝凉茶清热，会更伤阳、更干；把温燥当凉燥去温补，等于火上加油。所以别照搬网上的「万能润燥方」，先分清是哪一种。
Autumn dryness comes in two forms needing opposite care. Warm-dryness leans hot — a dry sore throat, a dry cough with little sticky or yellowish phlegm, dry reddish skin, restlessness — and needs clearing and moistening. Cool-dryness leans cool — aversion to wind, a dry nose, dry tight skin, a dry cough with thin white phlegm, little thirst — and needs gentle warming and moistening. It matters because getting them backwards makes things worse: cooling teas for cool-dryness harm the yang and dry you out more, while warming tonics for warm-dryness pour oil on the fire. At An Xin TCM in Melaka, KKM-registered practitioners tell them apart before choosing the direction.
Kering musim datang dalam dua bentuk yang memerlukan rawatan bertentangan. Kering-panas condong panas — tekak kering sakit, batuk kering kahak likat kekuningan, kulit kering kemerahan — perlu menyejuk dan melembapkan. Kering-sejuk condong sejuk — takut angin, hidung kering, kulit menegang, batuk kahak nipis putih, kurang dahaga — perlu menghangatkan dan melembapkan. Ia penting kerana silap membuatnya lebih teruk. Di An Xin TCM Melaka, pengamal berdaftar KKM membezakannya dahulu.
秋燥能不能一直喝凉茶降火？该怎么食疗？Can I just keep drinking cooling teas for autumn dryness? How should I eat?Bolehkah saya terus minum teh sejuk untuk kering musim? Bagaimana pemakanan?+
不建议一味喝凉茶。很多秋燥其实是「阴虚津亏」的虚性干，凉茶苦寒，喝多了更伤脾胃和阳气，反而越喝越干。食疗方向是「润」不是「清」——雪梨、百合、银耳、蜂蜜、黑芝麻这类滋阴润燥的更对症；多喝温水，少吃辛辣、煎炸、烧烤这类助燥上火的东西。到底偏温燥还是凉燥、要不要用药，最好让医师辨证后再定，别照搬网上的润燥方。
Not advisable to rely on cooling teas. Much of autumn dryness is a deficient dryness of 'yin and fluids short'; bitter-cold teas harm the spleen and yang, and you dry out more. Eat to 'moisten', not to 'clear' — snow pear, lily bulb, white fungus, honey and black sesame suit better; drink plenty of warm water, and go easy on spicy, fried and grilled 'heating' foods. Whether you lean warm-dry or cool-dry, and whether herbs are needed, is best decided after a practitioner's assessment — don't copy a one-size 'moistening formula' online.
Tidak digalakkan bergantung pada teh sejuk. Banyak kering musim ialah kering kurang 'yin dan cecair'; teh pahit-sejuk merosakkan limpa dan yang, dan anda lebih kering. Makan untuk 'melembap' — pear salji, lili, cendawan putih, madu dan bijan hitam lebih sesuai; minum air suam, kurangkan makanan pedas dan bergoreng. Sama ada kering-panas atau kering-sejuk, dan sama ada perlu herba, terbaik ditentukan selepas penilaian pengamal.
秋燥什么情况不能当普通干燥拖，要看医生？When should autumn dryness not be toughed out, but checked by a doctor?Bila kering musim tidak boleh dibiar, tetapi perlu diperiksa doktor?+
大部分换季的皮肤干、口干、干咳可以调理，但以下情况别当普通秋燥拖着：便秘长期不缓解或大便带血（排除肠道问题）、体重不明原因下降、严重且顽固的皮肤病、口干伴明显多饮多尿（排除糖尿病）、眼睛口腔持续严重干燥（排除干燥综合征）。另外，如果换季恰逢烟霾，出现呼吸困难、胸闷胸痛等，请按急症立刻就医、不要等。中医调理与必要的西医检查从不冲突。
Most season-change dry skin, dry mouth and dry cough can be managed, but don't sit on these as ordinary autumn dryness: constipation that won't ease or bloody stools (rule out gut problems), unexplained weight loss, severe stubborn skin disease, a dry mouth with marked thirst and frequent urination (rule out diabetes), and persistent severe eye-and-mouth dryness (rule out Sjögren's). Also, if a season change meets a haze with difficulty breathing or chest tightness or pain, seek care at once, don't wait. TCM care and necessary medical checks never conflict.
Kebanyakan kulit kering, mulut kering dan batuk kering ketika tukar musim boleh diuruskan, tetapi jangan biarkan ini: sembelit yang tak reda atau najis berdarah, berat badan turun tanpa sebab, penyakit kulit degil teruk, mulut kering dengan dahaga dan kerap kencing (tolak diabetes), dan mata serta mulut kering teruk berterusan (tolak Sjögren). Juga, jika tukar musim bertemu jerebu dengan kesukaran bernafas atau sakit dada, dapatkan rawatan segera. Penjagaan TCM dan pemeriksaan perubatan tidak pernah bercanggah.