The heavy snow in the south of the Yangtze River has never been seen, and this year is Yan Ning. Heavy snow is the third solar term of winter, and it also marks the beginning of the midwinter season.
This season, the weather is cold, the birds are nowhere to be seen, the animals are nowhere to be seen, and even the cold birds have stopped chirping. Second wait.
Tigers begin to mate, and in nature, tigers begin to court. Three waiting for Liting to come out, in the midwinter snow season, everything is silent, and a kind of bluegrass called Liting pulls out new shoots.
There is such a saying among the people, small snow pickles, heavy snow pickled meat, as soon as the heavy snow solar term arrives, every household is busy pickling bacon, sausages and other New Year's goods, taking them out after a few days, hanging them under the eaves of the rising sun to dry, in order to welcome the New Year.
At the same time, heavy snow is also a good season for tonic, known as winter tonic, spring tiger fighting, especially people who are afraid of cold and cold, should pay more attention to food supplement, eat more protein, vitamin food.
In the 15 days after the heavy snowfall, the yin energy reaches its peak, and the yang energy is all hidden, so we must also follow nature and do less of these things that harm the yang energy, so as not to leave ourselves with the root of the disease.
If you don't pay attention to nourishing yang energy at this time, and do some things that dissipate yang energy, such as being greedy for cold, staying up late, overwork, strenuous exercise, indulgence, etc., it is easy to be afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, insomnia, indigestion, colds, allergies, etc. in the coming year.
What is Yang Qi?
The great treasure of the sky, only this one pill red day;The great treasure of people, only this breath of true yang!
Yang energy, like our sun, gives us warmth and promotes the growth of all things;Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yang qi, yin forming, yang into the energy required by the body, yin forming a body that can be seen and touched, and the circulation of the body's qi, blood, and fluid all need yang qi.
Moreover, "the yang guards the outside and is solid", which means that the human body has the ability to resist external evils, and this ability is yang!Therefore, if the yang energy is insufficient, the yang energy collection in winter is not good, and it will be especially easy next year:
1.Cold hands and feet
Yang deficiency gives rise to external cold", the more weak it is, the lower the temperature of the hands and feet, and not only the hands and feet are cold, but also below the knees and below the elbows. This is because the ends of the limbs do not get the warmth of yang energy, and the blood circulation is poor.
2.Afraid of cold and wind
This fear of wind and cold is long-term, not temporary, wearing more clothes than others, the head is afraid of the wind, the back is afraid of cold, but the sickness rarely has a high fever, often a low-grade fever, to more than 37 degrees is very uncomfortable, and it is not easy to go away by taking antipyretics.
If the yang qi is sufficient, the body's functional state will be full, and if the yang qi is deficient, the functional state will be low, the metamorphosis will not have enough heat, and the ability to resist external cold will also be poor.
3.Frequent colds and coughs
People with yang deficiency have a weak ability to resist external evils, and they will catch a cold and cough when they change the season or wear less clothes, and they get better slowly, but the symptoms when they are sick are not so vigorous.
Because the manifestation of disease is some reaction of Yang Qi to fight against external evils, when Yang Qi is insufficient, the ability to fight against external evils is weak, and external evils drive all the way in, so the body's reaction will be lighter, but because the external evil enters the body relatively deeply, and it is entrenched in the body for a long time, it will naturally get better slowly.
4.Allergic rhinitis
Every morning, I sneeze one after another, from a few to a dozen, and sneeze at any time after exposure to an allergenIf you don't catch a cold, you also have a lot of watery nasal discharge, and sometimes it can drip from your nostrils unconsciously.
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this is the lack of righteous qi, the invasion of cold and evil in the surface, and the stagnation in the nasal passages, which are mainly related to the deficiency of the lungs, spleen, and kidneys, and the key is in the lungs, and the root is in the spleen and kidney.
5.Stomach chills, stomach pain, diarrhea
Some people are particularly prone to stomach chills, stomach pain and diarrhea as soon as they get cold or eat some cold, sometimes there is no reason for diarrhea for no reason, if you are full in summer and then blow the air conditioner, vomit and diarrhea.
Usually the stool is often unformed, which is caused by yang deficiency and spleen yang deficiency.
6.Excessive nocturia and poor sleep
I didn't drink much water at night, and I went to the toilet before going to bed, but I still had to get up in the middle of the night, and even got up several times, and I got up groggy the next morning, and I didn't have energy during the day.
This is a typical manifestation of kidney yang deficiency, the water in the body can not be transported and utilized, and soon it becomes waste water and is discharged.
If you're already experiencing any of the above symptoms, be sure to seize the best time of year to replenish your yang energy!
In winter, we should pay special attention to protecting the yang energy in the body, first ensure that we do not lose it, and then go to replenish.
It is important to dress for the cold. Autumn pants and socks are about to be worn, and as I said before, you must not get cold in three places, head, navel, and ankles.
After the winter solstice, the wind also becomes sharp, Chinese medicine says that the wind is yang evil, easy to attack the yang position, what does it mean, it means that the wind evil is a bad element, it is a masculine disease, the head is on the top, for the yang position of the body, the wind evil likes to go to the head to hit hard.
So when the wind blows and gets cold, I have a headache first, and then I run away. After the winter solstice, the little friends and the elderly who are already weak in yang must wear their hats.
Warm the spleen and stomach, fast and cold
In addition to the above parts to protect in winter, there are not a few people who take tonic in winter, tonic is also a part of our body, in fact, the effect of winter tonic is good, it all depends on how much our spleen and stomach can absorb into it, people with a bad spleen and stomach, don't blindly make up, don't talk about absorption, but also just stay in the abdomen and become phlegm and wet garbage, let us get on fire and grow meat, thankless.
Whether it is the hot season, or the cold winter like now, especially in the northern heating room, it is dry and dry, it is easy to be thirsty and want to eat some cold and cold drinks, which will greatly hurt the spleen and stomach yang.
As well as some hard things that are not easy to digest, sticky food, the spleen and stomach don't like it, and you should eat less, cold food not only includes cold drinks, but also some cold fruits, melons and fruits, which should be eaten with caution in winter.
If the spleen and stomach always feel cold, often have dull abdominal pain, diarrhea or loose stools sticking to the toilet, then we can take this method.
It can help us dissolve the cold and dampness of the spleen and stomach, warm the spleen and stomach, and replenish the yang energy in the spleen and stomach.
There are only three kinds of traditional navel stickers: mugwort, Sichuan pepper and longan meat, mugwort and Sichuan pepper have the effect of dissipating cold and driving away cold, replenishing yang qi, longan meat calms the nerves and nourishes blood, and there is a sticky effect, after these things are broken, with the help of the stickiness of longan meat, they are glued together to make a small ball and stuffed into the navel.
The navel absorption capacity is very strong, and it is close to the spleen and stomach, so that the energy continues to penetrate in, and our spleen and stomach, and even the abdomen, and the whole body are warmed up.
We have also prepared such a belly button sticker for everyone, which can be used by tearing it off, which is very convenient. On the basis of the original three raw materials, sour jujube kernels and wolfberries are also added, one nourishes yin and calms the nerves, and the other helps yang to nourish and nourish, and the surface is added with pepper powder to accelerate the body's absorption and dissipate cold.
Each one is wrapped in white wax paper, then sealed into a glass bottle, peeled off the wax paper when used, stuffed into the navel, and then with the attached special sticker, it can be pasted, it is very firm and will not fall. This special sticker is a non-woven cotton sticker, which is skin-friendly and non-irritating, and has good air permeability, so it will not feel stuffy when pasted.
Open the lid to smell the strong smell of wormwood and peppercorns, remember to tighten the lid after use to avoid moisture, we generally stick it for three days, stop for one day, and give the body a buffer period.
Before going to bed, apply the crushed peppercorns and longan to the navel and paste them with adhesive tape. If you insist on applying it for a period of time, there are many benefits to the body.
If you also have the following conditions, use moxibustion to regulate your body.
Eating raw and cold food is easy to have diarrhea and abdominal pain;
Afraid of cold, often cold hands and feet;
Abdominal cold, dysmenorrhea, uterine cold;
Facial and hair are oily;
I don't sleep well, and my body is damp;
Weak resistance and susceptibility to cold.
Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold;If you win more than 1 of them, try this method.
If you are prone to heat and cold, it is recommended to stick one on each of your feet and feet, which will help us guide the kidney water upwards and promote the convergence of heart fire and kidney water.
Notes:1**Sensitive to adhesive tape, you can fold it with gauze, and fix it with medical adhesive tape around, which can reduce the contact surface of the adhesive tape and**, if you are sensitive to adhesive tape, then don't try it, you can replace it with plastic wrap.
2.Take it off the next day when you get up, and take it off by 10 a.m. at the latest. Don't be greedy, sticking it for too long will backfire.
3.Children are pure yang bodies, do not stick them, so as not to get angry.
4 friends who are on fire do not stick, easy to add fuel to the fire, if the child is very cold or we adults are easy to get on fire, but it is hot and cold, if you want to paste it, you can also paste it on the position of the spring on the soles of your feet, which can play a role in igniting the fire downward, it is best to stick it for three days and stop for one day.
Pay attention to this navel patch, the body is hot, pregnant women, mothers, and children are not recommended to use it. In winter, conform to the heaven and earth, and raise yang energy to prevent leakage!
Human beings do not hibernate, and life does not stop. It is also necessary to sleep well at night in winter, hide the yang, and cultivate the yin.
When the solar terms are intertwined, the qi and blood are adjusted, and it is easier to sleep poorly than before
Try:1Soak your feet in hot water for 15 minutes half an hour before going to bed. Sometimes insomnia is because the energy of qi and blood is in the head, soak the feet to warm up the feet, lead the fire to go down, warm up the body and sleep peacefully. The well-known warm gallbladder soup foot bath powder is especially matched with winter.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao's "Preparation for Emergencies" has a record of warm bile soup, which can be described as a thousand-year-old prescription for regulating qi and dispelling dampness and phlegm. The original recipe is composed of banxia, bamboo, citrus aurantium, tangerine peel, ginger and licorice, which is a common recipe for harmonizing the liver, gallbladder and spleen and stomach.
Solution:
Banxia Xin Wen is good at dispersing, Xin can regulate qi and open depression, dry and damp phlegm, reduce inversion and stop vomiting, so wind, cold, heat, and dampness fight each other, depression is not clear, non-half summer can not be and, seven feelings, six depression, nine qi do, knot in the middle, non-half summer can not disperse.This recipe is suitable for people with phlegm, dampness, dampness and heat, and these people are most suitable for:Citrus aurantium and tangerine peel dissolve dampness and stagnation. Zhuru travels qi and stomach, clearing the floating fire without hurting the middle yang. Poria cocos is added to promote dampness and calm the mind.
The whole prescription can reduce stomach qi, relieve the depression of the liver and gallbladder group, warm the yang qi, dispel dampness and phlegm, regulate the qi of the whole body, and especially help sleep.
People who don't sleep well (liver and gallbladder disharmony, phlegm in the body, sleep is naturally not good, and it feels more obvious when the seasons change).
Fat people who are fat (people with damp phlegm, swollen to the touch).
People with a short temper (warm gallbladder soup foot bath cleans the liver and gallbladder fire, remember to rub the Taichong acupoint on the surface of the foot after soaking, the effect is better).
People who are in a bad mood (open up the qi and blood, warm and yang qi, and a good mood is like a slight oozing sweat, and you will feel the change slowly).
People with white and greasy tongues. (The thicker the tongue coating, the heavier the moisture).
People who have acne and have an oily face. (Warm bile soup clears heat and regulates qi, dampness and heat are gone, and acne is naturally gone).
Three-high crowd. (Phlegm dampness can easily make blood sticky, and it is necessary for people with three highs who eat too well).
It is better to soak your feet than to eat, so that the meridians on the soles of your feet can eat the active ingredients in the ancient recipe. Without the pain of taking decoction, it has become the most relaxing enjoyment before going to bed.
Recently, many people say that their hands are cold and their feet are cold, but eating ginger paste will make them angry. Or some people are very damp but love fire, mouth ulcers, spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, upper heat and lower cold, and often have these symptoms:
Bloating, eating less, easy abdominal pain, like warmth, like to hold the stomach, very loose stools;
Eating cold, or cold and hot food, or having a cold stomach, is easy to have diarrhea;
I have a small belly and I can't lose it, and the temperature is lower than other places
The face is yellowish, gray, dull, and the lips are also pale and the lips are yellow
The whole person has insufficient firepower, is afraid of cold, cold hands and feet, and in severe cases, it is swollen and urinated
So the question is, the spleen and stomach are weak and cold like this, how can we make the spleen and stomach warm and strong?
In the book "Yin and Yang One Tune and One Hundred Diseases" written by Dr. Luo Dalun, the eight treasures cake is mentioned soon after the beginning, according to the available historical data, this cake is a cake that the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties often ate to nourish the spleen.
If you look carefully, many of the ingredients in the Bazhen cake are ripe fruits in autumn, which shows that the ancients also followed the method of the four seasons, and most of these ingredients are warm and beneficial to the spleen and stomach.
In the 40th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the Tai Hospital improved Chen's "Eight Treasures Cake", changing the hawthorn into ginseng and the malt into lotus seeds, which have the effect of replenishing qi and strengthening the kidney. The imperial doctors commented that "Bazhen cake is neither cold nor hot, peaceful and warm remedy, mainly to nourish the spleen and stomach, and has many miraculous effects".
After this improvement, the new style of Bazhen cake was quickly recognized by Emperor Qianlong, so that the Bazhen cake did not stop for decades to come. According to records, every summer and autumn, Qianlong went to Chengde Summer Resort to deal with government affairs, and after breakfast and dinner, he would eat four to six pieces of "Eight Treasures Cake" when serving tea.
Today, Chengde's specialty still has the snack of "Bazhen Cake". Emperor Qianlong reigned for 60 years, in order not to exceed his grandfather Kangxi and Zen to his son Jiaqing, and he controlled the government for three years until he died at the age of 89, is the longest actual reign in Chinese history, but also the longest life of the emperor of the Great Unification Dynasty, the reason why there are these two "best", and its long-term consumption of "eight treasure cakes" is of course inseparable.
Another celebrity who likes to eat "Bazhen Cake" is the Empress Dowager Cixi, the Empress Dowager Cixi was forty years old and had the problem of "lack of heart and spleen", the imperial physician Li Deli took the Qianlong period of "Bazhen Cake" after the improvement of the offering, and Cixi after eating, the body has obviously improved, and since then has been taking "Bazhen Cake", and finally lived to 72 years old. The so-called: life is rare for 70 years, and 72 years old is considered a long life at that time.
The method is simple, as long as you can do it with all the ingredients, prepare 30 grams of chicken gold, 10 grams of hawthorn, 50 grams of barley, poria cocos, lotus seeds, seeds, yams, 30 grams of malt, and an appropriate amount of wheat flour. Grind the above ingredients, add water and form a dough, you can add some honey if you like to eat sweet, and then form a piece of small cake, steam it in a pot, and generally steam it for 40 minutes.
This pastry is soft and glutinous and can be eaten by men, women and children. Children are controlled at 1 block per day, and adults 2 to 3 pieces are enough. When my friends eat, the staple food for lunch and dinner is usually Bazhen cake, and no other extra staple food is eaten. If you feel that you are cumbersome to make, you can also prepare two boxes of ready-made, anytime, anywhere, tear open the package and eat.
The ingredients are the same as the above, different from our own home production, its production process is more advanced, using the method of low-temperature baking, the pastry made is not like our steamed a little wet, it belongs to the dry but chewy and soft kind, the palatability is very good.
The gold in the chicken can be dredged and cleaned up, and the obstacles can be cleared for the subsequent ingredients to exert their sexual taste. Sand kernel dampness, has the characteristics of spicy fragrance and warmth, enters the spleen and stomach meridian, is good at aromatizing the dampness of the coke, and warms the stagnation of the spleen and stomach. Malt Ganping, Qi and spleen, starchy food;Poria cocos strengthens the spleen and dispels dampness, so that the spleen can rise, and barley strengthens the spleen and water, so that the dampness can go down, and Poria cocos, one rises and one falls, which can open up the qi in the spleen and stomach.
Lotus seeds clear the heart and awaken the spleen, so that the spleen and stomach are rejuvenated;Yam also has the effect of nourishing the lungs when strengthening the spleen;Hawthorn has a sour taste, which increases appetite, and these three flavors not only replenish the spleen but also reduce astringency, and can also open our appetite.
These ingredients are crushed and blended with eggs and wheat flour, and no added sucrose is added, so even those who can't eat sweets can eat with confidence. The authentic taste of the ancient recipe, the rich wheat aroma and the taste of all kinds of fruits, the taste is very rich and layered, after baking, there is a faint burnt aroma, the more you chew, the more fragrant.
Black enters the kidneys, and eating black food often helps to nourish the kidneys and nourish essence. Eat more winter real vegetables after the winter solstice. Potatoes, yams, radish, sweet potatoes, carrots, ......Born and raised, the most rustic, heavy root vegetables, can also be replenished to the middle qi. There are also nuts that have been formed: chestnuts, black sesame seeds, walnuts, pine nuts, ......Nourishes kidney qi.
01, black rice.
Black rice is dark in appearance, rich in nutrition, has the reputation of "black pearl" and "the king of rice in the world", it enters the kidney meridian, especially suitable for people with weak waist and knees, and weak limbs.
02, black beans.
Black beans are known as the "king of beans". The health care effect of black soybeans is much higher than that of soybeans, and the outstanding advantage is that the protein content and trace elements are richer. Eating black beans in winter can strengthen the kidneys and benefit yin, strengthen the spleen and promote dampness.
03, black sesame.
Black sesame seeds enjoy the reputation of "longevity products", which is a good product for nourishing the liver and kidneys, and also has the effect of moisturizing hair and moistening the intestines. Black sesame seeds are rich in iron, which is good for iron deficiency anemia, and the energy contained in black sesame seeds can improve the physical fitness of people with physical weakness.
Black sesame seeds are the first to nourish kidney qi!"Shennong's Materia Medica" records that sesame is the main treatment of "winning in the wound, replenishing the five internals, benefiting qi, growing muscles, and filling the lean marrow." Long-term wear, light and ageless. "Materia Medica" records that strong muscles and bones, bright ears and eyes, resistant to hunger and thirst, and prolonging life.
Nine steamed and nine tanned sesame balls.
According to the Jin Dynasty Ge Hong Daochang written the ancient book "Hug Puzi" records, black sesame seeds can only be steamed and dried nine times to give full play to the health effect, this method was later recommended by the medicine king Sun Simiao and the medicine saint Li Shizhen. The ancient process of nine steaming and nine tanning sesame seeds has a history of nearly 2,000 years.
So why go to such trouble to steam and dry nine times over and over again?Nine steamed and nine sunned, often used to concoct more precious medicinal materials, mainly tonics. This method works on sesame seeds, first of all, to make them easy to digest.
We usually eat sesame seeds, usually stir-fried and eaten, but in fact, the sesame seeds at this time are still close to raw sesame seeds, which are greasy and difficult to digest. After walking through the stomach and intestines, the human body does not get its blessings, but suffers from it. After nine steaming, the nutrients in the sesame seeds can be completely decomposed, the oiliness is greatly reduced, and it is more conducive to human absorption.
Ingredients: 500 grams of black sesame seeds, 100 grams of black beans, 100 grams of black rice, 45 grams of honey.
Production process: 5 catties of plump black sesame seeds are washed with water each time, steamed on the basket, dried, steamed again, and then dried, so that after repeated steaming and drying nine times, the sesame skin will naturally fall off, removed, and the remaining sesame seeds will be fried until fragrant, and the sesame seeds will be processed into micropowder. Then mix with white honey to make about 10 grams of honey balls.
About the distinction between good and bad sesame seeds.
There are 3 kinds of sesame seeds on the market, one is oil hemp, the other is chaff hemp, and the third is bran flax mixed in oil hemp;The oil hemp is of high quality, the particles are full, the sesame seeds are full of aroma, and the most expensive;The chaff particles are shriveled, the taste of food is bitter, and there is no sesame aroma;Bran flax with oil hemp, it depends on how much is in it, the less it is mixed with, the worse the taste.
Peeled sesame seeds have a brown color.
Mash the micronized. White honey blends.
Two pills a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. Eat before meals with a good stomach and after meals with a bad stomach. Rice wine, light salt water, rice wine, warm boiled water, easy to get hot with warm boiled water.