November and December are the perfect season to indulge in the beautiful scenery of red autumn leaves and the excitement of skiing, so it is one of the best timing to travel. Let’s pack your luggage and get ready to enjoy the beautiful view, the yummy local cuisine and have fun during the journey with your family and friends. It is therefore important to keep your body in the best condition. If you are plagued by coughing before departure or during the journey, your travel mood will be ruined as the medicine you take may make you fatigue or drowsiness. She Dan Ultimate Powder (For Adults) is a good choice for you, as it is made ​​of natural Chinese herbs.

She Dan Ultimate Powder(For Adults) comprised with 5 Chinese herbal ingredients which are good for nourishing the lung and relieving cough, including Fel Serpentis Liquidum, Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium, Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus, Platycodonis Radix and Glycyrrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Bulbus can moisten the lung and relieving cough; Fel Serpentis Liquidum can clear heat and cool the liver; Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium can regulate qi and fortify the spleen; Glycyrrhizae Radix Et Rhizoma can dispel phlegm to suppress cough; Platycodonis Radix can soothe the throat and dispel phlegm. This Chinese herbal 5 in 1 formulation is good for nourishing the lung and relieving cough. Its natural ingredients do not cause drowsiness, and you can keep going to enjoy the journey.

There is big temperature difference between day time and night time in autumn, people are vulnerable to cold and flu virus “attack”. Moreover, Hong Kong people are busy and do not have enough time to take rest and thus they are easily to suffer from influenza or other upper respiratory system infection. Cold and flu symptoms such as runny nose, cough, muscle pains, nausea make people feel uncomfortable, which affect working performance.
At the early stage of cold and flu due to exogenous wind-evil, it is good to take “Cold Remedy”, this formula contains Radix Puerariae, Herba Ephedrae, Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens, Ramulus Cinnamomi, Radix Paeoniae Alba and other traditional Chinese medicines, which is effective to ease symptoms such as stiffness of back and shoulder, muscle pains, sweating and cold aversion, headache and fever and nasal congestion. For the late stages of cold and flu, “Livereen” is beneficial for relieving symptoms associated with Shaoyang disease such as chill and fever, loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, bitter taste of mouth and dry throat. This formula contains Radix Bupleuri, Radix Codonopsis, Fructus Jujubae, Radix Scutellariae and other traditional Chinese medicines. It is suggested to developing a good life habit, doing exercises regularly, taking rest on time and maintaining healthy eating habit can strengthen one’s immunity, and help one’s body fight off illness.

Most people would like to have BBQ and hot pot in Autumn-Winter.  Under the high pressure of life, eating too much hot & spicy food or staying up late may make your body imbalance – “Deficiency of Yin in the Kidney”.  It caused a month ulcers easily. Month ulcers can form on the gums, inner cheeks and lips etc.  Sufferers feel annoying & extremely painful when they speak or drink normally.  Taking traditional Chinese medicines with nourishing yin purpose may help you relieve the pain.

Look Mei Pills adopts from classic traditional Chinese medicine prescription.  It contains Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Fructus Corni, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Poria, Cortex Moutan and Rhizoma Alismatis.  “Prevention is always better than cure”, so the sufferers should eat less hot & spicy foods, sleep early, get more rest.  All may help the sufferers reduce the mouth ulcers happen again.

Following the previous discussions about the causes of upper respiratory tract ailments, we will now discuss prevention of coughs.

“Curing before illness occurs” is an important concept in TCM disease prevention. Prevention is better than cure and when one does fall ill, pathological changes must be prevented. TCM’s “curing before illness occurs” is a concept that is internationally recognised as being the most progressive and ahead of its time. It leads mankind towards “a world without sickness”.

Coughing is mainly caused by the Six Excessive Atmospheric Influences (wind, cold, heat, moisture, dry heat and fire). For children and the elderly weak, care must be taken to prevent catching colds or getting too stuffy. They should keep warm and maintain their living environments clean, hygienic and well-ventilated. During the peak period for upper respiratory tract ailments, they should avoid crowded places. In public areas, they can wear surgical masks to reduce the chances of getting sick. Given the unpredictable weather that vacillates between hot and cold, dry and humid within short periods of time, these external factors easily lead to upper respiratory tract ailments and coughing. Children and the elderly weak should take care.

It is advocated in the TCM classics that food and drink intakes should be moderate, lifestyles should be regulated, and one’s mind should be disciplined. In doing so, sickness will not befall one. This is the theoretical basis for disease prevention and health promotion. Food and drink, lifestyles, work and mental inclination and health are related to disease and illness. In particular, food and drink have a major effect on coughing. People who cough a lot and produces a lot of phlegm should avoid fatty, sweet and heavy-flavoured foods in order to prevent harming the spleen, encouraging wetness and produce phlegm. People who are coughing because of wind-heat, wind-dry-heat and weak yin of the lungs should avoid heavy, spicy, deep-fried foods and alcohol in order to prevent harm to the yin and the body gaining more heat. People who cough at night because of weak yang and hollow-cold should avoid raw and cold foods. One should also take note of one’s working hours. Sleeping and waking up early is recommended. Late nights are discouraged. In everyday life, one should strengthen one’s body by engaging in an appropriate amount of exercise and adjust one’s emotions. Bad habits such as smoking should be stopped. Finally, soups suitable to one’s constitution are recommended when there is a lull in coughing. With a stronger body, one catches coughs less easily and when one does, one stops coughing more quickly.