Little cold, the twenty-third of the twenty-four solar terms is also. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the twenty-four solar terms are actually a sequential process of birth and development. With the “round” and move, rise and fall. The winter solstice is the precursor of the cold, the end of the “sink” and the beginning of the “rise”. Small cold and cold after moving, at this time, Yang sinks to the bottom and sealed, for the life of everything happens fundamental. Chinese medicine believes that cold is yin, the coldest season is also the most abundant period of yin evil. In this period, you need to take care of food, movement, sleep and other aspects, so that the coming year will be healthy and healthy, so that less disease. Food From the perspective of diet and health, we should pay special attention to consume more warm food in our daily diet to benefit our body and defend ourselves from the cold weather. Daily food belonging to the hot food mainly trout, chili pepper, cinnamon, pepper, etc.; belong to the warm food glutinous rice, sorghum rice, knife beans, leek, fennel, coriander, capers, asparagus, mustard, pumpkin, ginger, onion, garlic, apricots, peaches, dates, cinnamon, lychee, papaya, cherries, pomegranate, umeboshi, rafters, Buddha’s hand, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, mutton, pork liver, pork belly, ham, Dog meat, chicken, goat’s milk, goose eggs, eel, bighead carp, silver carp, shrimp, sea cucumber, light vegetable, ark, wine, etc. In particular, the cold season is a good time to eat spicy hot pot, stewed lamb. Medicine Xiao cold is a good period of “tonic”, you can take tonic cream products (need to hospital or various Chinese medicine treatment institutions, dialectical medicine regulation), but tonic is not to eat a lot of tonic products can be, must be targeted; can also need to pay attention to, do not blindly tonic, need to be identified in accordance with Chinese medicine eight, qi and blood, yin and yang of the comprehensive dialectical tonic also ( You can consider the factor of medicine and food together and give dietary supplements, right?) The Chinese Medicine practitioner should also take into account the eight principles of Chinese medicine and the comprehensive dialectic of qi, blood, yin and yang. Qi deficiency for Qi – such as astragalus codonopsis chicken soup, yam and coicis chops soup, etc. Blood deficiency for blood – such as angelica ginger lamb soup, nourishing Agaricus paste (can be homemade, ingredients: red dates, walnuts, black sesame, etc., Agaricus yellow wine melt, add auxiliary ingredients grind, stir while cooking For those who have Yin deficiency, they can try Dendrobium (iron skin), Cordyceps, Jade Bamboo, Radix et Rhizoma, Gorgonian, and so on, as well as meat and poultry boiling and stewing soup. Yang deficiency for Yang – such as you can consider taking medicinal wine (auxiliary ingredients can be used deer antler (valuable), Eucommia, Cistanches, Bacopa monniera, lockjaw, mulberry, black wolfberry, etc.), ginger and lamb casserole, etc., are good choices. The winter weather is cold, the human body is prone to emotional depression, laziness and lethargy, drowsiness, and some people have this problem year after year; at the same time in this season, people suffering from heart disease and hypertension tend to be aggravated, suffering from “stroke” increased. This is because the cold causes the body’s metabolism and physiological functions to be inhibited and reduced, slowing down blood circulation and causing insufficient blood supply to the brain. Chinese medicine believes that the blood in the human body, warm is easy to flow, cold is easy to stagnate, the so-called “blood in cold is condensed”, said this is the truth. To treat this winter unique situation, the common saying: “winter move a move, less a disease; winter to a lazy, more medicine a bowl.” This illustrates the importance of winter exercise. We can be suitable for more outdoor exercise, such as morning jogging, rope skipping, shuttlecock, etc., as well as with the sun to relieve, appropriate exercise and sufficient sunlight can make people get physical and mental peace, where the sun can quickly get rid of from the tension, excitement, anxiety, depression, mood relief. Sleep The ancient Chinese medical text “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine” says: “When the yang energy is exhausted, you sleep, and when the yin energy is exhausted, you wake up”. This means that sleep and waking up are the result of the alternation of yin and yang. It is the time of the day when the yin energy is heaviest. Resting at this time is the best way to nourish the yin energy, and the best sleep quality can be achieved with half the effort. Ziqi is also the time when the meridians of Chinese medicine run to the liver and gallbladder, and the time to nourish the liver should be ripe for sleep. At noon (11:00-13:00), the “he yang” time should be a small sleep, resting for about 30 minutes, not more than 1 hour at most. Even if you are not able to sleep, you should “go to sleep” so that your body can balance the transition, refresh your mind and replenish your energy.