January 20 is the “Big Chill”. Like the small cold, the big cold is also a season that characterizes the degree of cold weather. The proverb “small cold and big cold, cold into a ball” indicates that the cold season is also the cold period of the year. Big cold is the last festival of the year, but in the year’s luck changes, but the beginning of the year. The annual “luck”, “gas” cycle of change began in the cold, with the arrival of the cold, although still in the cold period, but has vaguely felt the breath of spring, at this time the body, the state of the heart should be adjusted with the change of the season, in order to adapt to the new year The new year will be a good year for us. The liver disease specialist Chi Xiaoling of Guangdong Provincial Hospital ★ Spiritual conditioning: the so-called “warm body first warm heart, warm heart is warm body warm”. It means that the heart and soul are strong, the qi is smooth, the blood vessels are smooth, the whole body can be warm, in order to resist the severe winter cold attack. Therefore, in the cold season, we should be at ease, Yi Shen convergence, can be adjusted through appropriate activities, entertainment, keep the mood, so that the body’s qi and blood and smooth, do not disturb the body of the closed Yang Qi, so that “the right gas inside, evil can not dry”. ★ diet regimen: the cold season diet should still comply with the winter diet principles to protect Yin and Yang. It is advisable to reduce salt and increase bitterness to nourish the heart qi, so that the kidney qi is strong, avoid sticky, hard, raw and cold food, preferably hot food, in order to prevent damage to the spleen and stomach yang qi. However, dry and hot food should not be over-eaten, and the taste of food can be appropriately thick, with a certain amount of lipids to maintain a certain amount of heat. In addition, more yellow and green vegetables such as carrots, rape and spinach should be consumed. In addition, the big cold season is still a good time for winter tonic. Winter tonic is a traditional method used in China for thousands of years to prevent diseases and strengthen the body. There are two ways to take tonic, one is food tonic and the other is medicine tonic. “Medicine is better than food. For those who are in yang deficiency, warm food is appropriate, such as mutton and chicken; for those who are in yin deficiency, yin food is appropriate, such as duck meat, goose meat, turtle, turtle, root, fungus, etc. Medicinal supplements should be taken in combination with one’s own constitution and illness, such as ginseng soup for people with weak constitution and qi deficiency, and Liu Wei Di Huang Wan for those with yin deficiency. People who can drink wine can also take medicinal wine tonic, common ones are ten whole tonic wine, wolfberry wine, wormwood tonic wine, etc. The type, dosage and frequency of medicinal tonic should be used under the guidance of a doctor. In addition, the medicine can also be included in the dietary supplement, because many drugs themselves are ingredients, such as wolfberry, Huai Shan, lily, etc., each person can choose the appropriate drugs for dietary supplement according to their own constitution. ★ living conditioning: cold is the last of the winter season, in the living should still be in line with the characteristics of winter closed, so early to bed and late to get up, early to sleep is to raise the body’s Yang, late to get up is to raise Yin. On the other hand, the old saying “big cold big cold, wind and cold”, the cold season in addition to pay attention to the cold, but also must prevent wind, clothing to increase or decrease with the temperature change, hands and feet easy to freeze, especially should pay attention to keep warm. The cold season, in addition to early to bed and late to prevent cold and wind, it is best to develop the good habit of washing feet before going to bed. As the saying goes, “cold from the feet, cold from the legs”, people’s legs and feet a cold, the whole body is cold. “Three hundred steps after dinner, a pot of soup before going to bed”, before going to bed to wash feet with hot water, can make the blood vessels expand, blood flow accelerated, improve the nutrition of the skin and tissues of the feet, reduce muscle tension, improve the quality of sleep, for the prevention of frozen feet and disease prevention and health care are beneficial, especially those who love to read and write at night, sedentary to late at night, before going to bed, more should use hot water to soak feet. ★ sports conditioning: as the saying goes, “winter move a move, less a disease; winter lazy a lazy, drink more medicine a bowl”. Winter activities, exercise has special significance for health. The cold season can be jogging, taijiquan, eight duanjin, basketball and other physical exercise, but should pay attention to the appropriate, moderate, outdoor activities can not be carried out too early, and so after sunrise is good.