秋属金，主于肃杀。秋，肺气旺，肺属金，味属辛，金能克木。木属肝，肝主酸。当秋
之时，其饮食之味，宜减辛，增酸，以养肝气。肺气盛者，调 气以泄之。顺之，则安
；逆之，则太阴不收，肺气焦满。
秋时，凄风惨雨，草木黄落。高年之人，身虽老弱，心亦如壮。秋时思念往昔亲朋，动
多伤感。季秋之后，水冷草枯，多发宿患，此时人子，最宜承奉，晨昏体悉，举止看详。若
颜色不乐，便须多方诱说，使役其心神，则忘其秋思。
其新登五谷，不宜与食，动人宿疾。若素知宿患，秋终多发，或痰涎喘嗽，或风眩痹癖
，或秘泄劳倦，或寒热进退。计其所发之疾，预于未发以前，择其中和应病之药，预与服食
，止其欲发。
今布秋时汤药如后。
治老人一切泻利，七宝丹。此药如久患泻痢，诸药疗不瘥者，服此药无不瘥。若老人反
脾泄滑，大宜服此药。
附子（炮） 当归 陈橘皮 干姜（以上各一两） 吴茱萸 浓朴（以姜汁炙） 南椒（以上三味
各半两） 舶上硫黄（一两）
上件七味，细锉，以慢火焙过，捣罗为末，与硫黄末同拌匀，一处煎，米醋和，作两剂
。却以白面半斤，和令得所，亦令分作两剂。用裹药，如烧饼法，用文武火煨，令面熟为度
。去却面，于臼中捣三百下，丸如桐子大。如诸般泻痢，以米汤下二十丸，空心，日午服
；如患气痛及宿冷食不消，以姜盐汤下二十丸，空心日午服；如患气痛及宿冷，并无忌。此方
如神如圣，其效无及。
治老人乘秋，脏腑虚冷，滑泄不定。摄脾丸。
木香 诃子（炮，去核） 浓朴（生姜汁炙） 五倍子 白术（各等分）
上为末，用烧粟米饭为丸，桐子大。每服十丸，米饮送下。
治老人秋肺壅滞，涎嗽间作，胃脘痰滞，塞闷不快。威灵仙丸。
干薄荷（取末，一两） 皂角（一斤，不蛀，肥者。以河水浸洗，去黑皮，用银石器内，用河
水软揉，去滓，绢滤去粗，熬成膏） 威灵仙（洗择去土，焙干为末四两）
上入前膏，搜丸如桐子大。每服三十丸，临卧，生姜汤吞下。
治老人脾脏泄泻，中心气不和，精神倦怠，不思饮食。神授高青丸。
高良姜 青木香（各一两）
上二味为末，煮枣肉为丸，桐子大。干姜汤下十五丸至二十丸。
治老人秋后多发嗽，远年一切嗽疾，并劳嗽痰壅。保救丹。
蛤蚧（一个，如是丈夫患，取雄者腰前一截用之。女人患，取雌者腰后一截用之） 不蛀皂
角（二挺，涂酥炙，去黑皮并子） 干地黄（一分，熟蒸如饧） 五味子（一分） 杏仁（一分，去皮尖，
用童子小便浸一伏时，入蜜，炒黄色） 半夏（一分，水煮三七遍） 丁香（少许）
上为末，炼蜜为丸，如桐子大。每日食前一服，五丸，姜汤下。
治老人膈滞，肺疾痰嗽。生姜汤。
杏仁（四两，去皮尖） 生姜（六两，去皮，细横切之） 甘草（三分） 桃仁（半两，去皮尖） 盐花（
三两）
上以杏仁、桃仁、姜、湿纸同裹煨，沙盆内研极细后，入甘草、盐再研，洁器贮之。汤
点服。
治诸般泄泻不止，及年高久泻。健脾散。
川乌头（炮，去皮脐，三分） 浓朴（去皮，姜汁制一两） 甘草（炙） 干姜（炮，各一两）
上为末。每服一钱。水三合，生姜二片，煎至二合，热服。并进二服，立止。
Autumn corresponds to Metal in the Five Elements, governing the energy of desiccation and killing. In autumn, Lung Qi (Lung Energy) is prosperous; the Lung belongs to Metal, and its flavor is pungent. Metal can overcome Wood. Wood corresponds to the Liver, which governs the sour flavor. Therefore, during autumn, dietary flavors should reduce pungency and increase sourness to nourish Liver Qi (Liver Energy). If Lung Qi is excessive, regulate the Qi to vent it. Following this principle leads to peace; violating it causes the Taiyin (Great Yin) mechanism to fail to gather, resulting in dry and distended Lungs.
In autumn, cold winds are bleak and rain is miserable; vegetation turns yellow and falls. Although elderly people have aging and weak bodies, their minds may remain as vigorous as those of the strong. In autumn, they often reminisce about past relatives and friends, leading to frequent sadness. After late autumn, when water becomes cold and grass withers, chronic conditions tend to recur. At this time, children should best attend to their parents' care, showing consideration morning and night and carefully observing their behavior and demeanor. If one notices an unhappy expression, one must employ various methods to persuade and comfort them, engaging their mind and spirit so that they forget their autumnal melancholy.
Newly harvested grains and cereals should not be given to the elderly immediately, as they may trigger chronic diseases. If it is known that a patient has chronic conditions prone to flare-ups at the end of autumn—such as phlegm and saliva with wheezing and coughing, wind-dizziness, bi-syndrome (painful obstruction), or accumulation; constipation, diarrhea accompanied by fatigue; or alternating chills and fever—one should select neutral medicines appropriate for the specific disease before the onset occurs and administer them in advance to prevent the illness.
The following decoctions and medicines suitable for autumn are listed below.
Qibao Dan (Seven Treasures Pill): Treats all types of diarrhea and dysentery in the elderly. For those suffering from chronic diarrhea and dysentery unresponsive to other treatments, this pill is invariably effective. It is particularly suitable for elderly patients with Splei-xie hua (Spleen deficiency leading to slippery discharge).
Prepared Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Praeparata), Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), Chenjupi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium), Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) [each 1 liang], Wuzhuyu (Evodiae Fructus), Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) [prepared with ginger juice], Nan Jiao (Zanthoxyli Pericarpium) [each 3 qian], Boshang Liuhuang (Sulfur) [1 liang].
Finely chop the first seven ingredients, bake slowly over low heat, pound into powder, and sieve. Mix thoroughly with the sulfur powder. Decoct together, mix with rice vinegar, and divide into two doses. Take half a jin of white flour, knead well, and divide into two portions. Wrap the medicine in the dough like baking flatbread. Bake over moderate fire until the dough is cooked. Remove the dough, pound the pills in a mortar three hundred times, and shape them into pills the size of sophora seeds. For various diarrhea and dysentery, take twenty pills with rice soup on an empty stomach and at noon. For qi pain and indigestion due to retained cold food, take twenty pills with ginger-salt soup on an empty stomach and at noon. There are no contraindications for qi pain and retained cold. This formula is miraculous and unparalleled in efficacy.
Shepi Wan (Spleen-Nourishing Pill): Treats elderly patients in autumn suffering from cold deficiency of the zang-fu organs and unstable slippery diarrhea.
Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix), Hezi (Arecae Semen) [prepared, pitted], Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) [prepared with ginger juice], Wubeizi (Galla Chinensis), Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) [equal parts].
Pound into powder. Make pills using cooked millet rice, shaped like sophora seeds. Take ten pills per dose, swallowed with rice drink.
Weilingxian Wan (Clematis Pill): Treats elderly patients with lung congestion in autumn, intermittent phlegm-cough, gastric phlegm stagnation, and a sensation of blockage and discomfort.
Gan Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) [powder, 1 liang], Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) [1 jin, plump and non-borer. Soak in river water, wash, remove black skin, rub soft in silver/copper vessel with river water, filter through silk to remove coarse residue, boil into paste], Weilingxian (Clematidis Radix et Rhizoma) [washed, cleaned of soil, dried, powdered, 4 liang].
Mix the above paste with the Weilingxian powder to form pills the size of sophora seeds. Take thirty pills before bed, swallowed with ginger soup.
Shenshou Gaoqing Wan (Heaven-bestowed High-Green Pill): Treats elderly patients with spleen diarrhea, disharmony of central qi, mental fatigue, and loss of appetite.
Gaoliangjiang (Alpiniae Officinarum Rhizoma), Qingmuxiang (Vitalis Radix) [each 1 liang].
Pound the two ingredients into powder. Make pills using boiled jujube flesh, shaped like sophora seeds. Take fifteen to twenty pills with dried ginger soup.
Baojiu Dan (Rescue Pill): Treats frequent coughing after autumn in the elderly, long-standing cough diseases of any kind, including labor-induced cough with phlegm congestion.
Gejie (Gekko Geckus), non-borer Zaojiao (Gleditsiae Sinensis Fructus) [two stalks, coated with lard, roasted, remove black skin and seeds], Gan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata) [1 fen, steamed until sticky like maltose], Wuweizi (Schisandrae Chinensis Fructus) [1 fen], Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) [1 fen, peeled and de-veined, soaked in urine of young boy for one shichen, added honey, fried until yellow], Banxia (Pinelliae Rhizoma Preparatum) [1 fen, boiled water thirty-seven times], Dingxiang (Eugeniae Flos] [a small amount].
Pound into powder. Form pills with refined honey, shaped like sophora seeds. Take five pills once daily before meals, swallowed with ginger soup.
Shengjiang Tang (Fresh Ginger Decoction): Treats chest stagnation and pulmonary diseases causing phlegm-cough in the elderly.
Xingren (Armeniacae Semen Amarum) [4 liang, peeled and de-veined], Shengjiang (Zingiberis Recens Rhizoma) [6 liang, peeled, thinly sliced horizontally], Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) [3 qian], Taoren (Persicae Semen) [0.5 liang, peeled and de-veined], Yanhua (Sal Crystal) [3 liang].
Wrap Xingren, Taoren, and ginger in wet paper and roast. Grind extremely finely in a stone mortar. Add Gancao and salt, grind again. Store in a clean container. Take by mixing with hot water.
Jianpi San (Spleen-Strengthening Powder): Treats various types of persistent diarrhea and chronic diarrhea in the elderly.
Chuan Wutou (Aconiti Radix) [prepared, peel and navel removed, 3 qian], Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) [peel removed, prepared with ginger juice, 1 liang], Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma) [roasted], Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) [prepared, each 1 liang].
Pound into powder. Take 1 qian per dose. With 3 he of water and 2 slices of fresh ginger, decoct until 2 he remains. Drink hot. Administer two doses consecutively; diarrhea will stop immediately.