Order: Xiao Han is the 23rd of the twenty-four solar terms, the sun runs to 285 degrees of the yellow longitude, when the Gregorian calendar January 6 or so (January 5-7). The “seventy-two moon” said “December festival, the beginning of the cold is still small, so the cloud. Half of the month is big carry on”. Small cold means the weather has been very cold, “freezing gas accumulated for a long time and cold”, most of our country small cold and cold period is generally the coldest period. In the north, into the “small cold”, into the “go out on ice” “three nine days”. In ancient times, China’s cold is divided into three: “one for the geese to fly north of the country, two for the magpies to start nesting, three for the pheasants to start cone.” In the migratory birds geese are migrating with the yin and yang, at this time the yang has moved, so the geese began to migrate north; magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, and feel the yang and began to build nests; the third wait “pheasant robin” “chick” for the meaning of whimpering, pheasants in the approaching four nine will feel The pheasant will feel the growth of Yang Qi and call. This is the time when yin energy is at its peak and yang energy starts to sprout. Body: After the small cold, the coldest stage of the year begins. So the way to maintain health or continue the general policy of winter health “hide”, “nourish the emotions, benefit the heart and lungs, regulate the qi and blood, replenish the kidneys’, pay attention to keep warm, “nourish the kidneys to prevent cold” is still a priority. “The cold climate makes people prone to various diseases caused by “cold”. If people can’t add clothes and blankets at the right time, the cold can make people’s resistance drop, and the function of the lungs, heart, kidneys and other organs disorder, causing colds, bronchitis, arthralgia, cough, rheumatoid arthritis, hypertension and other diseases or aggravate existing conditions, and even cause pneumonia, angina, heart attack, stroke and other diseases. During this season, it is especially important to protect the kidneys. This is because: cold when the order, the body’s Yang collection, Qi and blood tend to be in, the skin is dense, water dampness can not be leaked from the body surface, but by the kidneys, bladder gasification, a small part into fluid and spread around the body, most of the bladder into urine, invariably increased the burden on the kidneys. Therefore, in the winter, nephritis, pyelonephritis, enuresis, urinary incontinence, edema and other diseases are prone to recurrence or aggravation, so it is especially important to avoid the cold to nourish the kidneys. The most important thing is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you are doing. The basic principle is still the famous saying in the Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine: “Nourish the Yang in spring and summer, and the Yin in autumn and winter”. After the spring, summer and autumn harvest, the yin and yang of the internal organs will decline in winter. In the winter, everything is collected, health should also follow the natural collection of the momentum, hide Yin essence, so that the essence of the internal gathering, the five organs and harmony. Reasonable tonic can not only timely replenish the qi and blood fluids, to resist the cold attack, but also to make the next year less disease, so as to achieve the purpose of health with half the effort. In the winter tonic should be a combination of food and medicine, to warm tonic is appropriate, but not too hot, but also pay attention to the regulation of Yin essence. Commonly used tonic ginseng, astragalus, aconite, cordyceps, shouwu, wolfberry, angelica, etc.; dietary supplements should be based on the Yin and Yang Qi and blood bias, combined with the nature of food to choose some warm such as mutton, dog meat, pork, chicken, other foods such as walnuts, dates, longan meat, sesame, yam, lotus seeds, lily, chestnuts, etc.. And eat less snail, mussel, crab, turtle and other cold seafood, river food. And people with a cold physique, such as people with a cold stomach and easy diarrhea, should eat less or not eat pears, persimmons, sugar cane and watermelon and other cold fruits. Do not drink beer to avoid causing cold and damp. Seasoning to reduce salt and increase bitter: less salt so as not to hurt the kidneys; bitter food can complement the heart, the heart is fire, can restrain the hyperactive kidney water, play a role in nourishing the kidneys. Most of the regions in China have the custom of eating red dates porridge and eight porridge, but also can eat lamb porridge, walnut porridge, yam porridge and pumpkin porridge, etc., easy to eat and suitable for most people. Treatment: The small cold and big cold season, in the middle of winter, is the best time to “supplement the heart to help the lungs and regulate the kidneys”, reasonable tonic, can help you improve the quality of your body, resist the invasion of cold. This is the best time to take tonic to improve your body quality and resist the invasion of cold. This is a reasonable time to take tonic to benefit the qi and blood, enhance the ability to resist cold, and make you less sick in the coming year. The main purpose of supplementing qi is for qi deficiency: such as sweating after moving, mental fatigue, women’s uterine prolapse and other bodies, it is appropriate to use red ginseng, red dates, white atractylodes, northern astragalus, Huai Shan and Wu Wei Zi. For blood deficiency, such as dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, pale lips, low menstrual flow and light color, etc., angelica, rehmannia, peony, aconite and shou wu are used. For Yin deficiency: such as night sweating, low fever in the afternoon, flushing of the cheeks, heat in the heart of the hands and feet, increased leucorrhea in women, etc., Cordyceps sinensis, sage, asparagus, turtle shell, turtle board, white fungus, etc. are suitable. Yang tonic for Yang deficiency physique: such as cold hands and feet, fear of cold, lumbago, low sexual function and other signs, can be used deer antler, Eucommia, Cistanches, Bacopa monniera, etc. You can ask a senior Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe a cream formula according to your physique. The folk proverb says: “winter move a move, less a disease; winter to a lazy, more medicine a bowl.” Fully illustrates the importance of winter exercise. In this dry and cold days, suitable outdoor exercise, such as jogging, rope skipping, shuttlecock, playing Taijiquan, etc.. But with the winter “hidden essence” suitable, not easy to get up too early exercise, but also not excessive exercise! Exercise to “must wait for the sun”, four or five o’clock in the morning or even three o’clock in the morning to get up to exercise, not only can not achieve the effect of strengthening the body, but also greatly hurt the Yang Qi, the body has a lot of damage. It should be appropriate to exercise after seven in the morning or two or three in the afternoon. Winter should be “no drainage of the skin, so that the gas is very much taken”, that is to say, exercise when a slight sweat can be, not sweat like rain excessive exercise, otherwise it will consume gas injury Yang make gas very much taken, and suicide is no different. And the severe winter season “hand rub” is a good choice. The practice of hand rubbing is easy, that is, hands clasped fist, hands from the tiger mouth joint, hands pinch, and then move the hands turn, so that the hands in the process of turning the various parts of the hand rub each other. Hand rubbing time can be long or short, as long as the two hands are free to do so. Rub your hands for a little longer, both hands will feel warm. “The three yang of the hand, from the hand go head”, there are many points on the hand. Regular hand rubbing mainly has the following benefits: can prevent the occurrence of frostbite; can make the fingers more flexible and free, while the brain also has a certain role in health care: often so rubbing hands can promote blood circulation and metabolism, to prevent colds. Road: careful living: small cold should be “early to sleep and late to get up, must wait for the sun”. Get up should sleep early and get up late (about 22:00 to go to bed, get up at 7:00), sunrise and work, to ensure sufficient sleep. “Sleep” itself is a good “hide” state, the March of winter emphasis on nourishing Tibet, sleep time should of course be properly extended, conducive to the Yang Qi hidden, Yin essence accumulation. Adjust the mood and will: the mood and will of the cold should be “so that the will if the ambush if hidden, if there is a private intention, if there has been obtained”. “If the ambush if hidden”, refers to the hide. So, at this time, the mood should be quiet, not so open, exposed. “If there is any private intention”, that is, if there is anything to say or intend, don’t tell others, just hide it in your heart. “If you have already got it”, as if you have already got it, you don’t need to go outside to seek it. In short, the mind and emotions should be concealed and should not be openly displayed, so that it is conducive to nourishing and hiding. If we can reduce our selfishness and desires, abstain from the extravagant desire for selfishness and fame from the actual situation, and be calm and empty, we can reduce the unnecessary burden of thoughts and make people become open-minded and relaxed, thus promoting physical and mental health. In addition to learn to regulate the emotions, spoil the humiliation, you can also take the relief method, that is, the accumulation of depression in the heart of the bad emotions, through the appropriate way to declare, vent out, in order to restore mental balance as soon as possible. Medicine: Colla Corii Asini, also known as donkey skin gum, contains collagen, bone collagen, protein and 17 kinds of elements such as calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, zinc, etc. The protein contained can produce a variety of essential amino acids after hydrolysis. Modern medicine experts have also found that Colla Corii Asini can treat various diseases caused by blood deficiency, nourish the skin by replenishing blood, regulate menstruation and protect the fetus, enhance physical fitness, improve sleep, strengthen the brain and slow down aging, and help prevent and treat many diseases including cancer. Genuine Colla Corii Asini is yellow like amber, uniform in color, without pores and oil holes, fragrant, hard and brittle, and can be broken in one shot. Colla Corii Asini should not be directly decocted, but separately steamed with water. Newly boiled Colla Corii Asini should not be consumed to avoid “fire”. Colla Corii Asini is greasy and can cause diarrhea, it is better to take Colla Corii Asini with medicine to regulate the spleen and stomach, which can promote the digestion and absorption of Colla Corii Asini and multiply the effect. In addition, for people with weak spleen and stomach and poor digestion, Colla Corii Asini is a great tonic, but it is not suitable for everyone. It is not suitable for people with dampness and heat, people suffering from cold and flu, people with high blood pressure, high blood fat and high blood sugar, people with blood stasis that has not been cleared, such as menstruation and women with postpartum dew, are not suitable for taking Colla Corii Asini.