From the small cold to the big cold, it is the last 15 days of the luck of the year of the Lunar New Year, the year of the Lunar New Year + the month of the Lunar New Year, the luck of the lunar month of the Lunar New Year is amplified in the last month, and there is a sinking cold and damp air in the middle of winter. After these 15 days, it will be transferred to the luck of the Jiachen year.
The handover of the annual fortune, especially the gold and soil gas of the Gui Mao, and the water and wood of Jiachen, the difference is quite big, Ding Ren turns wood, so the big luck is wood luck, and Ren is Yanggan, so the wood luck is too much. Therefore, the climatic characteristics of the 2024 Jiachen year: the wood is too much, the fire is less yang, and the wood is in the spring. The six qi are dominated by the wind, not only the wind is strong throughout the year, but also the wind will set fire, and the fire will borrow the power of the wind, resulting in relatively high temperatures, and spring will come relatively early.
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing Su Wen has a clear record: "Where this Shaoyang Sitian is ......."Gasification runs congenitally, the weather is positive, and the ground air disturbs ......Fire wood Tongde ......The cold does not kill, the warm illness is the beginning, the sickness is on the top, the blood overflows the eyes, the cough is reversed and the headache is painful, the blood collapses and the skin is full of ......It can be seen that the spring is windy, and the combination of fire is a warm spring, and the temperature disease is frequent, the so-called winter hurts the cold, and the spring will be warm.
In the last 15 days of the handover, we must do a good job of real winter storage, collect kidney qi in advance when winter storage is the most effective, and nourish qi and blood, so that the spirit of the coming year will be much more prosperous, and the ability to resist external evil will also be enhanced.
Ancient Chinese medicine believes that if it is particularly cold at this time, it will be conducive to the sealing of kidney qi, and the body will be healthy. In other words, the colder the weather after the small cold, the more stable the foundation of the body, which is a good thing. At this time, the cold wave is to bless the yang energy in the coming year, if everyone can protect the yang energy at this time, and hide the kidney essence, it indicates that the next year will also be healthy.
The essence will be in the depths of winter
There is an old saying: "The kidney, the essence of the seal, and the essence correspond to the winter air." "Most of the essence of the body is hidden in the kidneys, and now in the coldest season, the cold is yin and evil, it is easy to hurt people's essence and yang, and the yang in the kidneys is injured, we are prone to cold pain in the waist and knees, susceptible to wind and cold, and the lack of kidney yang involves the kidney yin, and the lack of kidney yin will cause dry mouth, dizziness and tinnitus.
The essence to be hidden in winter refers to the kidney essence, the essence in the kidney is abundant, the human body is full of righteousness, strong vitality, and external evil is not easy to invade the body.
The heart and kidney intersect - the drum of the sky
The first way to let the heart and kidney intersect is to sound the heavenly drum, the heavenly drum is the back of our head, first use the palm of the hand to stick to the ear hole, put the whole hand on the back of the head, put the index finger on the middle finger, and then flick down, there will be a bounce force. After repeating this several times, the ears suddenly loosen up, and the ears will have a particularly refreshing feeling.
Mingtian drum can nourish the kidney, strengthen the kidney, and have a certain recuperating effect on dizziness, health, and tinnitus.
Nourishing kidney water - rubbing the hearts of the feet
If our kidneys are particularly deficient, then tap on the springs on the soles of our feet. Don't underestimate this method, the spring of the soles of our feet, the labor palace of the palms, let them contact more when they are fine, that is, the palms of the hands pat the soles of the feet, rub the palms of the feet, help to let the kidneys play a role in collecting, guide the qi down, and drag down the virtual fire above us, so that the qi will not be pressed on it.
Many people are prone to virtual fire in winter, whether it is eaten out, or covered out, if these false fire and qi are held on it, it is very likely to make us tinnitus, dizziness, mouth ulcers, etc., then rubbing the palms of the hands and feet is conducive to dredging our body's qi, the qi is smooth, the veins are open, and the natural body is comfortable.
Stimulate kidney qi - percussion more
Percussion refers to the percussion of the incisors opposite each other, with a rhythm up and down, and 49 times a day in the morning and evening. In addition to the tooth is the bone, the kidney is the main bone and the marrow, so percussion can stimulate and protect the kidney qi.
Many of our middle-aged and elderly friends are getting older, and the teeth begin to loosen, which is in line with the above sentence, the kidney qi is gradually weakening, affecting the teeth, so we think in turn, if the kidney qi is sufficient, the teeth will also be very strong, and this method of percussion can not only make the teeth stronger, but also make the kidney qi more sufficient.
When percussion, you need to pay attention to the impact with two teeth in the upper and lower rows, and the impact is mainly on the back molars, and do not let the front teeth percussion first.
The Yellow Emperor's Neijing reminds us: "Women are five or seven, Yang Ming pulse failure, men are five or eight, kidney qi failure." So in a big way, women over 35, men over 40 should start to take care of their kidney qi.
Solid storage of kidney essence - eat more black
There is still some residual dryness between heaven and earth, and at this time, we can eat some energy foods rich in the essence of heaven and earth to nourish the essence of the essence. Helping the body to do a better job of sealing is equivalent to fertilizing this nascent yang energy, ensuring that in the new year, our body can be stronger.
First black: black beans
Black beans as a common ingredient, many people have eaten, it is called the "king of beans", recorded in the "Materia Medica": "black beans into the kidney), sweet and flat, black body moist, according to the bean image like a kidney, this is the kidney valley. "The Secret Record of Prolonging Life" also recorded: "Taking black beans makes people grow skin, benefit color, fill in essence, and increase strength."
We usually pay attention to the distinction when buying black beans, there are 3 kinds of common black beans, the first is the white core, called black kidney beans, also known as black beans, this is not a real black bean, if you want to raise a good kidney essence, you can't choose it.
The second is the black bean with yellow heart, also known as the black yellow kernel bean, named after the black seed coat and the yellow kernel flesh, it is a kind of black bean, which has a good tonic effect. You can choose it for kidney nourishing essence.
The last type is the green heart black bean, which is also known as the black green kernel bean because of the green flesh of the kernel, which is a traditional black bean with round grains and is called black pearl. On the premise of selectivity, it is recommended to use green heart black beans, the nourishing effect will be better.
After choosing, it's time to talk about how to eat, there are many ways to eat black beans, eat them raw, grind soy milk, stir-fry with salt, stew soup, soak in vinegar, etc., remember not to eat too many black beans, and don't eat them half-cooked, which can easily cause bloating. If you usually want to eat black beans, share three ways to eat them.
1.Salt sautéed black beans
"Materia Medica" says: "Black beans are especially through the kidneys, and if they are introduced with salt, the beans can be directly entered into the kidneys." If the black beans are fried with salt and introduced through the salty taste, the effect of the black beans on the kidneys will be better.
2.Stewed sea cucumber with black beans
It is recorded in ancient books: "Sea cucumber is the product of flesh and blood, and black beans are the essence of grain." Sea cucumber nourishes the yang energy in the kidneys, and black beans nourish the kidney water. The water and fire are sufficient, the water is calm and the wind is calm, and the discharge is stopped. Where the kidney family loses, there is an incredible meaning. He also preached: "Most of all the supplements have deviations, or they are swollen, or they are hot and dry, and all kinds of discomforts are not worth it." However, the longer you take it, the clearer and more refreshing your breath will be. "To put it simply, it is this dish, the kidney yin and kidney yang can be taken into account, and it is not easy to get angry and does not produce phlegm.
Method: 50 grams of black beans, 30 grams of dried sea cucumbers, 50 grams of lion's mane mushrooms, 8 walnuts, 15 grams of longan meat, ginger slices, edible oil, and appropriate amount of salt. Soak the sea cucumber for 24 hours (it is recommended to start soaking a day in advance), and then wash away the mud and dirt in the abdomen (do not remove the intestines). Soak the black beans for 12 hours.
Soak the lion's mane mushrooms, remove the walnuts, and clean the longan meat and set aside. Ceramic (crock) pot, wash, put in an appropriate amount of water, put in the soaked black beans, and bring to a boil over medium heat. After boiling, add sea cucumber, ginger slices, and a small amount of vegetable oil and stir to cook. After boiling again, add lion's mane mushrooms, walnuts, and longan meat, and simmer over low heat for about eight hours. After cooking, add a small amount of salt to taste.
3.Vinegar soaked black beans
A Taoist doctor once said: vinegar tastes the main acid, and enters the liver meridian (wood); Black beans are black, enter the kidney meridian (water), the kidney is water, the liver is wood, the wood is hydrated, and the role of aquatic wood is the classic principle of vinegar soaking black beans, there is a match of yin and yang, and there is a match of symbiosis.
In an episode of "Chinese Medicine", a 91-year-old man's health secrets were revealed. The old man has been eating black beans in vinegar for nearly 20 years, his body is hard and strong, and he is full of energy, such as buying vegetables and washing dishes, and climbing stairs.
Vinegar soaked black beans can:
Improve sleep black hair, hair growth;
Improve the loss of the eyes (tonify the liver and kidneys, the eyes are naturally bright, and the eyes are rich in anthocyanins);
It can invigorate blood circulation and dispel blood stasis, eliminate food and accumulation;
The laxative and intestinal experts are gathered here;
Improve shoulder soreness and improve energy;
The method of soaking black beans in vinegar is also very simple, and we can all learn to make it.
Method: 80 grams of black beans, soak for two hours and drain, put them in a pot and stir-fry over medium heat, wait until the skin bursts, turn to low heat and fry for five minutes, put them in a container to cool, and then put the black beans into a covered container, pour in the black bean vinegar (if you are afraid of acid, add some honey to it), and then seal and preserve, wait until the black beans absorb the vinegar almost, you can eat, two to three each time, insist on eating.
The black beans soaked in vinegar are very soft and glutinous, and they melt as soon as you sip them, and they are very delicious with porridge or rolled in cakes. If you find it difficult to make, you can try this ready-to-eat vinegar-soaked black beans.
The black beans are made of Fengqiu green heart black beans, which are plump; Shaanxi old vinegar with aged vinegar, after summer sun, winter ice, strong fragrance, delicate taste, soft sourness, can well remove the fishy smell of black beans, taste very refreshing, can better increase freshness and melting, in order to make the vinegar soaked black beans palatability better, this vinegar soaked black beans also added wolfberry, honeysuckle and honey, open the lid has a sweet taste, very fresh, nourishing at the same time is not easy to fire.
Goji berries also have the effect of nourishing the kidneys, honeysuckle can moisten dryness and clear heat, vitex honey, sweet but not greasy, nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness, these ingredients are matched, the black bean sour after soaking is sweet, and the taste level is richer. And in the production process, no miscellaneous preservatives and additives are added, and what you eat is the original vinegar-soaked black beans.
Middle-aged and elderly friends of black beans are afraid that the black beans are too hard to chew themselves, but we can eat this vinegar soaked beans with confidence, the beans are very soft, and the taste is like the honey beans we usually eat, very delicate and soft, easy to chew without teeth. As the saying goes, it is better to have no meat for a day than to be without beans for a day, and to take grains every day, and simple health is in the usual diet.
Vinegar soaked black beans can:
black hair, hair growth;
The eyes are naturally bright and rich in anthocyanins;
Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis; nourishes kidney qi;
Regulates the stomach and spleen; Improve shoulder soreness and improve energy;
Second black: black sesame
Black sesame seeds are also common ingredients, usually eat black sesame paste, black sesame cake, black sesame soybean milk, are used as raw materials, "Compendium of Materia Medica" records, nine steamed and nine sun-dried sesame seeds have the effect of moistening the five organs, invigorating qi, growing muscles, and filling the brain and marrow. But many people eat sesame seeds and ignore an important point.
My mother at home eats black sesame seeds, usually dips a little bit when making cakes, puts them in a pot and bakes, and brings out the sesame seeds when the cake is cooked, and does not study whether the black sesame seeds are ripe or not, but most of the time I find that how to eat the sesame seeds are excreted out, which is equivalent to going through the intestines and not being absorbed into it.
This is that the sesame seeds have not been thoroughly cooked, in a half-baked state, the outer layer of sesame membrane has not been crushed, so eat, nutrition is all in vain, and half-cooked sesame seeds are not to nourish the body, but the main discharge, after eating, I feel that the body is pulled, and it is more empty.
If you want to eat ripe sesame seeds, we can thoroughly fry or steam, in ancient times, black sesame seeds had a nine steaming and nine drying processing method, that is, steaming once, drying again, so repeated nine times, after such sesame seeds come out, thoroughly cooked, nutrition is easy to absorb, so there is a "Debei Materia Medica" said, "black sesame seeds into the tonic, steaming and drying is the best".
Therefore, even if we can't do this nine steamed and nine dried sesame seeds at home, it is best to use the steaming method to steam it thoroughly, or thoroughly fry it, this kind of steamed black sesame seeds are very fine and soft, broken when twisted, steaming, and then mixed with honey, sweet and silky are particularly fragrant.
The method of nine steaming and nine drying is not difficult, but most of our conditions in the city do not allow, there is no place to dry sesame seeds, and if you don't want to steam sesame seeds and fry sesame seeds by yourself, you can also try this ready-to-eat black sesame ball, which uses the production method of nine steaming and nine drying, and it is steamed with firewood, so that the sesame seeds are more fragrant and nutritious.
In the process of drying, black sesame seeds absorb the yang energy of heaven and earth and the essence of nature, this process is the process of yin and yang intermingling, nine steaming and completely remove the dry heat and greasy taste of sesame seeds, and our master who makes black sesame seeds has more than ten years of experience.
After breaking it is very dense and delicate, it is full of fragrance in the mouth, soft and smooth, the more you chew, the more fragrant it is, we must chew slowly when we eat sesame balls, we can't chew a few bites to swallow it, it is best to chew until the mouth is full, 2 capsules a day do not need to eat more, and the usual snacks, eat directly or eat with warm water, warm and more nourishing.
Seize the ** period of the last 15 days of cultivation from Xiaohan to Dahan, solidify the kidney essence, nourish the kidney qi, and lay a good foundation for the body in the spring of the next year.