The winter solstice is the 22nd of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, which usually falls on December 22 or 23 every year. The ancients had a cloud: "The winter solstice is a yang birth", marking the arrival of the cathode, the yang energy begins to rise, and the days are gradually extended. At this moment, the natural world enters the peak of the cold season, and it also provides a unique time for the human body to maintain health. This article will take "Winter Solstice Health Preservation - The Key to Yin and Yang Conversion" as the theme, combined with history and culture, from daily life, diet, emotion, exercise, moxibustion and other aspects to give you a detailed introduction.
After the winter solstice, the weather enters the coldest stage, and people enter the period of "entering the nine". At this stage, every nine days is a sub-festival, a total of 9981 days. There is a folk ballad: "1929 don't shoot, 3949 walk on the ice, 5969 along the river to see the willows, 79 rivers open, ** Yanlai, 99 plus 19, ploughing cattle everywhere." "This ballad vividly describes the changing seasons at different times, reflecting people's perception of the winter climate.
During the cold winter solstice season, proper living and health are particularly important. Rubbing your hands frequently is an easy and effective way to prevent colds. By rubbing your hands, especially massaging the fingers and key acupuncture points in the palms, it helps to stimulate the meridians, strengthen immunity, and maintain heart health. In addition, keeping your feet warm is also the key to preventing body cold. In addition to choosing shoes and socks with good thermal performance, you can also enhance the vitality of your feet through exercise, such as running and walking.
During the winter solstice, traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes tonifying the kidney and warming yang, because kidney yang is the foundation of the body's yang energy. Recommend a medicinal diet - angelica ginger mutton soup. Mutton has the effect of warming and replenishing kidney yang, and angelica and ginger help to invigorate blood and warm menstruation. In addition, pork kidney eucommia porridge is also a good choice for kidney nourishment. Eucommia ulmoides has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the tendons, strengthening the kidneys and stopping the legacy, and is cooked into porridge together with pig kidneys and japonica rice, which is not only delicious, but also helps to maintain body temperature.
During the winter solstice, people often feel depressed and emotional. At this time, you should pay attention to adjusting your mood and maintaining a happy mood. You can choose to increase social activities, communicate with people, and enrich your life. In addition, moxibustion is also a good way to regulate the mood. Through moxibustion, it helps to stimulate the body's yang energy, improve mood, and achieve the effect of warming yang and dissipating cold.
On the occasion of the winter solstice, the body's yang energy gradually recovers, and appropriate exercise helps to invigorate the yang energy. It is recommended to choose some gentle aerobic exercises, such as tai chi, brisk walking, etc. Be mindful of the timing of exercise, preferably in the middle or afternoon when there is plenty of sunshine, and avoid exercising in the cold morning or evening. At the same time, it is necessary to control the intensity of exercise and choose the exercise intensity that suits you according to your physical condition to avoid discomfort.
Moxibustion is an ancient and effective TCM health regimen, especially during the winter solstice. It is recommended to moxibustion Shenque acupoint, which is an important acupoint that helps to generate yang and strengthen the foundation. Through moxibustion, it can promote the body's yang energy, warm the meridians, and achieve the effect of warming yang and dissipating cold. However, when performing moxibustion, be careful not to overdo it so as not to hurt **.
Zhu Danxi emphasized in "Danxi Heart Method: Do Not Cure the Disease and Cure the Disease" that the disease should be cured in winter, and the chickens should be happy in the autumn of Rongping, and the sunshine must be waited for in the winter of closure. He mentioned that the key to curing diseases in autumn and winter is to collect the mind and hide the mind, as well as eat warm food and hot food to nourish yin. This regimen embodies the principle of conforming to the transformation of yin and yang in nature.
In the cold winter solstice season, we can use this ancient wisdom of health preservation to achieve the purpose of balancing yin and yang and strengthening the body through reasonable living, dietary conditioning, emotional regulation, moderate exercise and moxibustion. In this way, we will be able to follow the path of nature and have a healthy and warm winter.