Winter Health Methods

Winter time, cold wind, everything withered, snowflakes flying. As the “Suwen” said: “the basis of life, the yin and yang, yin and yang, the beginning of all things can also be clear yang for the sky, turbid yin for the ground; the earth’s gas rises for the clouds, the weather down for the rain”. Therefore, the winter for the natural world, “yin rise and yang fall” season, all things in order to defend against the cold, plant roots continue to go deep into the soil, absorb nutrients, animals foraging around, the formation of thick fat, cellular metabolism slows down, for the next year, the spring of the vitality of the storage of more energy. According to the “Nei Jing” of the unity of man and heaven as a whole, “between heaven and earth, within the six, its gas nine states, nine orifices, five Tibet, twelve sections, are all through the weather” that people and heaven and earth, and the natural world are connected to the root of life lies in the yin and yang and the yin and yang of the day of the intercompatibility of the “clear yang out of the upper orifices, turbid yin out of the lower “Clear sun out of the upper orifices, turbid yin out of the lower orifices, clear sun hair coupling, turbid yin go five Tibet.” The clear yang is out of the upper orifices and the turbid yin is out of the lower orifices. Therefore, winter health care focus on “hide”. The word “hide” in the human body performance in several aspects: “essence, gas, God”. Here, “essence” refers to the body’s vital energy, i.e., the “essence of the kidneys”. “Qi” refers to the body’s vital energy, i.e., the essence of the spleen. “God” is the broader sense of God, i.e., “the God of the heart”. Winter is the withering of everything, the human body’s vital energy decline, qi and blood solidification, low mood, depression, boredom. Therefore, the winter is hidden, that is, to maintain vitality, tonifying the kidneys and hidden essence, strong muscles and bones; increase outdoor exercise, blood stasis; regulate emotions, remain optimistic, enhance immunity, so that the human body can ensure that the four seasons of health, full of spirit, prolong life. First of all, “the kidney is the foundation of the innate, the main collection of essence, growth and development”. Throughout the life process, it is due to the changes in the kidney in the vitality of the changes in the growth of the old and the growth of the different physiological state. Therefore, tonifying the kidneys and filling up the essence is an important part of maintaining good health throughout the year. The next step is to strengthen the spleen and benefit the kidneys. Insufficient kidney yang injures the spleen and earth. If the Spleen is deficient in transportation, insufficient generation of Qi and blood will result in a lack of Kidney essence in the opposite direction. Next is “Shen”. Winter tends to cause feelings of sadness, and some people may experience a significant loss of energy and stamina. Therefore, “tranquility is the basis for the maintenance of the spirit”, and stability and tranquility should be taken as the basis for maintaining mental happiness and emotional stability in winter. As stated in the “Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine”, “make the will if the ambush if hidden, if there is selfishness, if there has been gained”. 1, living and living regularly, living a regular life “Su Wen four gas regulating God’s great theory” said: “winter March, sleep early and get up late, must hold the sun.” Early to sleep in order to raise the body’s Yang Qi, to maintain a warm body; get up late to solid Yin essence, sunrise and do, to avoid the cold, seek warmth. Most of the animals in winter will reduce out, in hibernation, so in winter to work and rest regularly, more sleep, less late, enhance the yang qi, help the positive qi, to prevent the spring “warm disease” occurs. “Spring, summer growth, autumn harvest, winter,” is the natural law of the four seasons of change, mankind lives in nature, we must adapt to the changes of the four seasons, regulating spiritual activities, in order to achieve the human body and the surrounding environment, as well as the harmony of the human spirit and physical function, so as to achieve the purpose of health care. The Su Wen four gas regulating God on the Great Theory of the chapter pointed out that the four seasons between the method of health, that is, “the spring of heaven and earth are born, everything to glory, people should lie down at night and get up early, wide walk in the court, in order to make the Zhisheng, this is called nourishing life; summer and heaven and earth qi cross, everything is real, people should lie down at night and get up early, no boredom in the day, so that the Zhi no anger, this is called nourishing the long; the weather to the rush in the fall. Earth’s gas to bright, people should lie down early and get up early, with the chicken with the rise, this is called the foster income: winter water ice ground chaparral, no disturbances to the sun, people should lie down early and get up late, must wait for daylight, so that the Zhi if the ambush, this is called the “foster Tibetan”, reflecting the “spring and summer to raise the sun, autumn and winter to raise the yin,” the principle of nourishing life. 2, tonifying the kidneys and spleen, reconcile the gas deficiency Kidney main salty, heart main bitter, winter diet should reduce salt and increase bitter, in order to replenish the heart gas, solid kidney gas. Diet should be warm and yin products, avoid eating cold, sticky, hard food. Pay attention to the reasonable combination, more use of iron-rich foods (such as purple cabbage, tomatoes, mushrooms and fungus), foods rich in calcium (such as soy products, green beans, lotus root powder, oilseed rape, nori and milk powder), foods containing vitamin A (such as carrots, cabbage, a small amount of eggs, a small amount of liver) and vitamin B2-rich foods (such as black beans, shiitake mushrooms, almonds). In addition, eat hot porridge in the morning and easy diet in the evening to nourish stomach qi. Mutton porridge, glutinous rice, red dates and lily porridge and eight treasures porridge, as well as the appropriate combination of warming the yang and benefiting the qi, nourishing yin and nourishing the blood of traditional Chinese medicine: such as ginseng, astragalus, Colla Corii Asini, antler velvet, angelica and so on. 3, regulate emotions, calm the mind Ancient health science, emphasizing the health is not as good as sex. The so-called nourishment, mainly refers to moral cultivation, such as ideals, sentiments, spiritual life. Ancient people believe that emotions and human organs are linked to the function, “Su Wen Yin Yang should be like a great theory of the chapter” pointed out that “anger hurts the liver, happiness and sadness, thinking about hurting the spleen, sadness hurts the lungs, fear hurt the kidneys,” the external sense of the six evils (wind, cold, summer, moisture, dryness, fire) and internal injuries to the seven emotions (joy, anger, sadness, thoughts, sadness, fear and shock) is often the main cause of disease. Therefore, the “Nei Jing” repeatedly pointed out that “uncontrolled joy and anger, excessive cold and heat, the birth is not solid”, and repeatedly emphasized “and joy and anger” is the way of the wise man: ancient health writings that the center of the emotional and spiritual activities is the dominant all, in fact, is to advocate that people’s rationality, high moral sentiments should dominate the emotional activities. Moral sentiments should dominate the emotional activity, so remove selfish distractions, maintain optimism, cheerful personality, noble sentiments, the spirit of internal security, the unity of form and spirit is the first condition of disease prevention and fitness, longevity, is the core of ancient health. 4, guide massage, enhance the body practice “Su Wen different method of prescription of the book” that is “guide” “according to” the name. Guide is based on the human body muscle movement, and with a certain breathing movement of China’s ancient health care gymnastics. It can not only nourish and strengthen the body, but also prevent and treat diseases, “Su Wen Blood Gas Shape Zhi Chapter” that guidance can cure “disease born in the tendons” and cure “interest accumulation”. Ancient guide content including guide type (gymnastics) and later show the five birds play, taijiquan and so on. The “Neijing” also put forward for the first time, “God is not enough, depending on its deficiency, according to and to the” “press” the word, this is a kind of massage, massage, percussion for the form of a class of sports, both health, exercise, but also can cure health care; “Suwen four gas regulating the god of the Great Theory of the chapter Requirements for people to “sleep at night and get up early, wide walk in the court”, with long walks and running methods to exercise, through human movement to improve and promote the organism’s metabolism, so that the body’s organs and systems are full of vitality, enhance physical fitness, and promote health. However, improper exercise will also be harmful to the human body, moderate exercise in order to have a beneficial effect on the human body, otherwise, “long visual injury to the blood, long lying injury to the gas, long sitting injury to the flesh, long standing injury to the bone, long walking injury to the tendon.