The three months of winter, starting from the beginning of winter, passing through the light snow, the heavy snow, the winter solstice, the little cold, the big cold, and ending one day before the beginning of spring, are a very important time for the nation to maintain health. Now, in the midst of the winter season, we have taken passages from the Su Wen and the Nei Jing Jing for our readers. Su Wen? The four qi tune Shen Da Lun said: “in March, this is called closed Tibet, water ice ground chap, no disturbance to the Yang, sleep early and get up late, must wait for daylight, so that the will if the ambush, if there is a private intention, if you have got, to go to the cold on the warm, no leakage of skin, so that the gas is very strange, this winter should be the way to nourish Tibet. Against it will hurt the kidneys, spring for the impotence and convulsions, the few people who are born. This is to say, in the winter of March season, grass and trees withered, water cold into ice, the earth cracked, many animals have entered the cave hibernation, no Yang Qi. At this time, people should also obey the heaven and earth are in a closed state, do not disturb the Yang Qi, should sleep early and get up late, in order to wait for the daylight, to go to the cold and warm. In the spirit, make the spirit deep inside, quiet and self-contained, as if there is a personal secret, strictly guarded and not leaked; and as if they have obtained what they crave, cherish it very much and hide it very well. It is suitable to live in a meticulous room, warm clothes and burial, to hide from the cold, to keep their body warm. But be careful not to let the skin overly warm and make it evacuate sweat, thus damaging the yang energy in their bodies. Be sure to avoid sexual intercourse. Do not go to the top of the risk of offending the cold wind, the elderly should pay particular attention to the fear of cold caused by the cold, causing coughing rebellious gas, paralysis and dizziness and other diseases. In winter, Yang Qi is inside and Yin Qi is outside, so the elderly have the problem of heat and cold, so it is not suitable for bathing and hair. Yang Qi is in a state of storage at this time, so if you use soup and fire to force it, you are bound to sweat a lot. The elderly have thin bones and thin flesh, and are easily touched by external sensations, causing external diseases, so do not go out too early to avoid being offended by frost and snow. This is the way of health care that focuses on the mechanism of “winter storage”, which should be observed. If you violate this principle of health maintenance, you will damage the kidney energy, and when spring comes, you will have a kind of impotence disease with weak hands and feet, which will greatly reduce the vitality of the human body that should grow vigorously in spring, or produce many diseases. As the saying goes, “If you don’t hide the essence in winter, you will get sick and plague in spring”, which is the reason for improper health care in winter. In addition, in the winter, we must master the hot and cold in a proper way. It is appropriate to add cotton clothes only when it is cold to the extreme, should gradually thicken, should not add a lot at once, add just enough not to be cold on the line. The book says: “In winter, if you suddenly feel very hot, do not forbear to endure, otherwise it will lead to seasonal diseases (warm disease) in spring. Also do not often bake fire, with a large fire for warmth, especially people suffer injuries. Hands and feet are directly connected to the heart, do not bake hands with fire, will lead to fire into the heart, making people irritable. Conditioning diet, in the usual food taste, suitable to reduce the salty increase bitter, in order to nourish the heart gas. In winter, the kidney water tastes salty, fearing that water will overcome fire and cause heart disease, so it is appropriate to nourish the heart. Winter kidney prosperity common sense “Nei Jing Jing” said: “kidney is the northern water, for the black emperor. Born to the umbilicus, attached to the waist ridge, weighing one catty one or two, color like onyx strong purple. The main division of water, filling the whole body, such as the tree has a root. The left said kidney, the right name of the life of the door, the house of the angry, the house of the dead gas. Guarded by the existence of, with the exhaustion, for the liver mother, for the lung son, ear for the official. The day I was born, the flow of gas and change, said to use, the essence of the movement is called God. God, the kidney its emotions and wisdom. The left belongs to the nonyl, the right belongs to the dec, in the eon for the son of hai, in the gas for blowing, in the liquid for saliva, in the form of bone. Long standing injury bone, for damage to the kidneys. Should be in the teeth, tooth pain, kidney injury. Through the upper jiao, in the middle jiao, guard in the lower jiao. The kidney evil from the entry is more saliva, the bladder is the House of fluids, the glory of its hair. The Huangting Jing says: “The palace of the kidney is the Xuan Que round center. There are children named ten Xuan, the main organs, nine liquid source outside the two ears, the main fluid and fluids. Its sound feather, its taste salty, its smell rotten. Heart evil into the kidneys is evil and rotten. Where the husband sixty, kidney qi decay, hair change teeth move, seventy form are due, ninety kidney qi scorched, bone impotence and can not get up, the kidney first die. Kidney disease is deaf bone impotence, are combined in the bone, its glory in the mustache. The kidney should be outside the North Mountain, the upper pass the essence of the star of stars. In the month of March, the darkness of the star of stars is stored in the kidneys to survive and die. People with bone pain, kidney deficiency; people’s teeth more disparity, kidney failure; people’s teeth fall, kidney wind; people’s ear pain, kidney congestion; people owe a lot, kidney evil; people’s waist does not stretch, kidney lack; people’s color black, kidney failure; people’s face purple and light, kidney disease; people’s bones sound, kidney win. Lung evil into the kidney is more moaning, kidney disease, when blowing to diarrhea, sucking to make up for it. Its gas wisdom, kidney gas heavy stagnation, it is appropriate to blow again is gradually pass also …… Therefore, the winter of March, the qi closed, all things hide, the group of children to be cautious, temperate desire, stop the sound and color, in order to wait for the determination of yin and Yang. No more yin and yang, in order to complete its life, in line with the Tai Qing. (From “Zun Sheng Bajiao? This is to say that the kidneys, among the five elements, reside in the northern part of water and are under the control of the Black Emperor. The kidney is in charge of the regulation of the body’s water and fluids, filling the whole body, just like the roots of a tree. The lungs are the mother of the kidneys, the liver is the son of the kidneys, and the ears are the palace of the kidneys. The kidney changes into essence due to the flow of qi and blood, and the movement of essence becomes god. The so-called God is the emotion and wisdom that lurk in the kidneys. In the distribution of the earth branch, the left side belongs to the non, the right side belongs to the decisive; in the hour for the son, Hai; in the gas exhalation for “blow”; in the form of liquid for saliva; in the form of bone. Standing for a long time will hurt the bone, so that the kidney injury. The teeth are the remainder of the bones, and those who have tooth pain have kidney damage. The kidney belongs to “fe” in the five sounds, “salty” in the five tastes, and “rotten” in the five odors. When a man reaches the age of 60, his kidney energy will fail, his hair will wither, and his teeth will begin to shake. At the age of seventy, the whole body is trapped. At the age of ninety, the kidney energy will be depleted, and the bones will become impotent and unable to get up, indicating that the kidneys have died first. The kidney and the bone are united and nourish the human hair. The kidney corresponds to the north mountain of nature and is connected to the essence of the twenty-eight stars in the sky. What is stored in the body during the three months of winter is the black qi of the star of stars, which enters the kidneys and is latent. People feel bone pain, is the kidney has been deficient, the teeth do not grow neatly, the kidney energy is weak. People who have lost their teeth have Wind Evil in their kidneys. People who have earache have Kidney Qi stagnation. People who have a lot of yawning have wind in their kidneys. A person who cannot straighten his back has a lack of kidney energy. A person with a dark complexion has a weakened Kidney Qi. A person with a purple-red luster indicates that there is no disease in the kidneys. A person whose bones are sounding indicates that the kidney qi is weak. If there is a disease on the kidney, it should be removed by the “blow” method of exhalation and replenished by “sucking”. Kidney Qi is also in charge of the human intellect. In March, the Qi of heaven and earth is in a closed state, and everything is hidden, so the gentleman should be careful, abstain from cravings, and stop the pleasures of sex, so that the Qi of Yin and Yang in the kidney and the essence of human life can be preserved. The recipe for the congee in March is walnut porridge. Recipe: 50 grams of walnuts, 60 grams of rice. Effects: Tonifying the kidney, strengthening the brain, and promoting laxative. Application: For insomnia and forgetfulness, kidney deficiency and lumbar pain, urinary stones, incomplete urination and white turbid urine. It can enhance the memory of healthy people. Long-term consumption can dispel diseases and prolong life. Method: Wash rice and walnuts, put them in a pot and cook them together. Serving method: It can be used as a snack for breakfast and dinner. Sesame and white sugar congee Recipe: 500 grams of sesame seeds, sugar. Effects: Replenish Yin and blood, nourish liver and kidney, darken hair and fill essence. Application: Suitable for usual tonification to fight premature aging. Dry lung and cough, dry skin. Yin deficiency of liver and kidney, premature graying of hair and constipation in the elderly. How to prepare: Pick the sesame seeds, put them in an iron pot and fry them with a gentle fire, then cool them, crush them and put them in a tile pot. Dosage: Take 2 tablespoons each time, put it in a bowl, add sugar and take it with boiling water. Corn and longan porridge Recipe: 1000g of corn, 15g of longan and 50g of japonica rice. Effects: Tonifying the heart and kidney, benefiting the waist and knees. Application: For deficiency of heart and kidney essence and blood, palpitation, insomnia, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees. Method: ① remove the husk of corn and wash it well. ② wash the hard rice, put it into the aluminum pot, add corn, longan meat, add water, put it on the fire and boil, then boil it on the fire, add sugar and stir well. Dosage: Serve for breakfast and dinner. Contraindicated: eat with almonds, vomiting and diarrhea. Explanation: Corn is sweet, salty and cold. It enters the kidney, spleen, stomach, hand and foot Taiyin and Shaoyin meridians. Its efficacy is recorded in ancient books. The “Compendium of Materia Medica” says: “Cooked porridge to eat to benefit the Dantian, replenish deficiencies, open the stomach and intestines.” Dian Nan Ben Cao says: “Mainly nourishes Yin, nourishes kidney energy, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and warms the middle. Cure regurgitation, children’s liver worms, or cholera vomiting and diarrhea, belly pain and dysentery, water diarrhea more than.” The “Daily Use of Materia Medica” says: “Corn powder is antiseptic, stirred with water to take; also main heat abdominal pain, epistaxis, and boiled with water to take.” Tao Hongjing has said, “Chen millet rice, made into powder especially relieves boredom.” Meng inon said, “Chen corn rice, stop dysentery.” It can be seen that corn longan porridge for food in winter has the effect of nourishing the heart and kidneys and benefiting the waist and knees.