Four principles of winter solstice health

The Winter Solstice Festival is also known as the Winter Festival and the Crossing Winter. It is both one of the twenty-four solar terms and a traditional festival of the Han people, to which the court and folk have traditionally attached great importance. In ancient times in China, the winter solstice was very important to the winter solstice ten days of the solar year (New Year’s Day). The winter solstice was treated as a larger festival, there was a “winter solstice as big as the year”, and there are customs to celebrate the winter solstice. Since ancient times, we have the saying of “regimen with the times”, the change of season, the winter solstice health methods should be adjusted accordingly. 1, the cold winter solstice is the beginning of the “nine”, the first task of winter solstice health is to do a good job to prevent cold and keep warm. In the diet is mainly warm, such as eating glutinous rice, dog meat, dates, cinnamon, sesame, leeks, fungus, etc., and eat less cold drinks, seafood and other cold food; when going out, pay attention to keep warm, the elderly in the morning and evening when the temperature is low as little as possible, moderate warmth, moderate exercise. 2, nourish the collection After the winter solstice, the weather is cold, Yang Qi ambush, in line with this change, this time to maintain health should focus on “hide”, early to bed and late to rise, do not overwork; avoid impatience and anger, so as not to disturb the Yang Qi within the closed. It is very important to nourish the kidneys. 3, nourish Yang The winter solstice is the time when yin energy has reached its peak and yang energy has begun to sprout. In line with this trend, winter solstice health should also be appropriate to nourish Yang, you can eat some lamb, wolfberry, leek and other medicinal foods, pay attention to the regularity of life, regularly open the windows for ventilation, often breathe fresh air appropriate outdoor physical exercise. 4, yin “Nei Jing” has “autumn and winter yin” said, and the northern winter climate is generally dry, often windy weather, therefore, nourishing yin essence is also an important part of the winter solstice health. Spicy and thick, barbecue fried food to eat less, usually drink more water, eat more fruit, the bedroom should be properly ventilated and pay attention to maintain a certain level of humidity, to prevent upper respiratory tract infections.