(1) Go to bed early and get up late
Winter is the weakest time in nature all the year round. In the north, at the end of 65438+February every year, that is, near the winter solstice, it can change from day to night at four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Therefore, it is better to go to bed as early as possible in winter, and it is best to go to bed before 10: 30 every day. Get up as late as possible. The original text of Huangdi Neijing is "You must stay in the sun", which means you must wait until the sun comes out before getting up. Because before the sun comes out, it is the time when yin is the most abundant and yang is the worst in a day, and yang itself is very weak in winter. If you get up too early, it will do great harm to human yang. But you can't get up too late. Getting up too late will "kill" the new yang of human body, which has been mentioned many times in this book. Going to bed early and getting up late in winter is not laziness, but an adjustment made in line with the changes in nature. The purpose is to hide the sun better and wait for it to grow better next spring.
(2) Keep warm.
Winter is the time when yin is the most abundant and yang is the worst in a year. The sun in this season is like a weak little flame. At this time, we should pay attention to keep warm, avoid yin and cold hurting human yang, and don't trust others, and participate in so-called "healthy" activities, such as ice bucket challenge in winter, cold water bath in winter, swimming in winter and so on. Keep warm in winter. On the one hand, you should keep warm all over. In addition, special attention should be paid to protecting feet, knees, nostrils and ears.
(3) Get more sunshine.
As mentioned earlier, sunbathing can replenish yang from nature. This season, if it is sunny, we still advocate going outdoors to bask in the sun at noon every day. This time period is the peak of yang in a day, and the outdoor temperature is also the highest in a day. The light is also mild, not as toxic as summer, just to supplement the yang in the human body. Therefore, it is also good to bask in the sun on a sunny day this season, but you should pay attention to cold and warmth when you go out.
(4) Avoid overeating
Overeating is very harmful to human body, and many units will organize year-end parties; As the year is approaching, many people will visit relatives and friends during the New Year, so it is inevitable to eat and drink when going out for dinner. But overeating will do great harm to human yang. The food you eat needs the yang in the stomach to decompose, so eating too much will greatly consume the yang in the spleen and stomach. For people who are vegetarian and yang-deficient, eating a lot of food at once may even be life-threatening. The reason is that the spleen and stomach belong to the soil and the heart belongs to the fire. If you eat too much, the yang of the spleen and stomach is not enough at once, which needs to be supplemented by consuming the yang of the heart. Traditional Chinese medicine has the saying that "the child steals the mother's qi", because in the five elements, fire can produce soil, the five internal organs belong to fire as the center, and the spleen and stomach belong to soil. Deficiency of yang in the spleen and stomach consumes the "mother organ" of the spleen, that is, the yang of the heart.
(5) Eat radish in winter
As the saying goes, "eat radish in winter and ginger in summer", and eat more radish in winter. Radish mainly refers to white radish. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that white radish has the effects of resolving food stagnation, resolving phlegm and reducing qi. Many people eat more in winter, and there are holidays such as New Year's Day and Spring Festival in winter, or because the company eats more at the end of the year, so at this time, it is necessary to eat radishes to help digestion, ensure the patency of the stomach and prevent the yang from floating up. When the spleen and stomach function is not good, the digestive ability is weak, and a large amount of accumulated food stops in the stomach, there will be fever symptoms such as facial acne and oral ulcer. These are not really hot in the body, but because there is food accumulation in the stomach, which will lead to the yang failing to go down and floating on the surface, resulting in the so-called symptoms of getting angry. Modern research shows that mustard oil in radish can promote the consumption and utilization of fat, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase appetite and help digestion; Amylase in radish can decompose starch and fat in food and make it fully absorbed. Clinical medicine has also reported that radish soup can promote maternal exhaust after cesarean section; Can improve intestinal obstruction caused by adhesion, foreign bodies and other reasons.
(6) Proper exercise
Some people often exercise a lot and sweat a lot in order to keep fit, even in winter, or believe that the more you sweat, the more you detoxify. But it is not suitable to sweat in winter, because Chinese medicine believes that winter is the main seal, so people should conform to the laws of nature and seal the essence of yin and yang in winter to prepare for the next spring. Winter sports will lead to sweating, which will lead to diarrhea and damage the yin and yang essence of the human body. As I said before, sweating too much will make you sad, and the yang of nature and human body is weak in winter. If you do strenuous exercise, it will even lead to a sudden loss of heart yang. If you can't save yourself in time and effectively within a few minutes, you will die suddenly, so there are many news about sudden death after exercising in the gym. It is suggested that in winter, especially for people with poor physical function, especially middle-aged and elderly friends, it is not appropriate to choose sports with a lot of exercise and sweating in winter, but to choose some relatively mild sports, such as jogging, walking, playing Tai Ji Chuan and practicing Wuqinxi. , and pay attention to control the exercise time. Whether indoors or outdoors, the best exercise time is after sunrise and before sunset. If it is dark, try not to do strenuous exercise, especially at five or six o'clock every morning, and don't go out to exercise. Chinese medicine believes that at this time, the yin in nature is the heaviest, the yang in the human body is the weakest, and the function of the human body is relatively poor. The temperature in nature is very low, and there is basically no light. The content of carbon dioxide in the air is very high and the content of oxygen is very low. It is very dangerous to do strenuous exercise at this time, which may even lead to syncope and sudden death. In addition, you should pay attention to warm-up before exercise, and the intensity of exercise is best to reach a slight sweat on your back. Remember not to exercise until you are sweating all over.
(7) Avoid overwork.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is a "strong official", and excessive sexual intercourse will damage the kidney qi of the human body, especially Yang Qi in the kidney. On the one hand, the damage of yang is reflected in the decrease of kidney yang, on the other hand, it will make yang deficiency, which is inconsistent with the principle of "main sealing" in winter. Therefore, this season, to reduce sexual intercourse, not only good for the body, but also make children healthy. If you have a lot of sex in winter, it will damage your parents' essence and blood, and the children born in this way will also have congenital defects. Zhang Jingyue pointed out: "Men and women who want less will live longer, and men and women who want more will die." Parents are warned that before the birth of life, it is often a decisive period of life force, and abstinence should be highly valued to preserve Xue Jing's teachings and benefit future generations.
Because winter is the main seal, the first thing to pay attention to in winter is to use food that can help digestion and keep the stomach unobstructed. The second is that you can eat more slightly warmer food to resist the cold outside, such as beef and mutton to supplement the yang of the human body; Third, be careful not to be too spicy, so as not to disperse yang and consume yin.
(1) Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup
Efficacy: Warming the middle energizer to tonify deficiency, dispelling cold and relieving pain.
Ingredients: angelica 9g, ginger 15g, mutton 500g.
Practice ginger and cut into strips. Put water in the pot, add lamb chops, blanch to remove fishy smell and blood foam. Put water in the pot and the fire will start. Pour in lamb chops, Radix Astragali, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, ginger, cooking wine and salt, and stew for 1.5 hours.
(2) White radish sparerib soup
It has the effects of promoting digestion, invigorating stomach, regulating qi and resolving phlegm, and is mostly used to treat anorexia in children.
Ingredients: 500g sparerib, one radish, one ginger, a little salt and a proper amount of chicken essence.
Practice: Wash and drain the ribs and blanch them in a boiling water pot. Don't pour out the water. Add a pot of cold water to ginger slices and ribs, drop a little vinegar, cover the pot, open the valve and cook for about 20 minutes. By this time, you should be able to smell the fragrance. Wash the radish, cut into pieces, put it into the stewed pork ribs soup and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for about 10 minutes until the radish is cooked, and add a little salt and chicken essence to the pot.
The yang in nature is the weakest in winter, so it should be kept warm. On our back, there is the back Shu point of the five internal organs, which is where these internal organs converge through qi. If you lie on the photon bed while sleeping, you can help the yang of the five zang-fu organs and improve their functions, thus enhancing our body's resistance and preventing many diseases caused by cold in winter, such as colds, heart diseases, hypertension and chronic gastritis. At the same time, according to the laws of nature, attention should be paid to sealing the sun in winter, and the photon bed is warm but not dry, which will not lead to the leakage of yin and yang essence.
In winter, the weather is cold and vulnerable to cold evil. You can often massage or moxibustion Yangchi point, especially in winter, but also insist on massage. Yangchi point is located in the dorsal carpal striation, which refers to the depression of the ulnar edge of the extensor carpi communis tendon, and is an important point that dominates the blood circulation and hormone secretion of the whole body. Stimulating this acupoint can quickly smooth blood circulation, warm the body, and then eliminate the cold. It's best to take it slowly when stimulating, with long time and slow intensity. Use both hands. Press the Yangchi point of one hand with the middle finger of the other hand first, and then press the Yangchi point of the other hand with the middle finger of the other hand. This posture can naturally transfer the power from the middle finger to Yangchi point.
In winter, the sun should hide. Therefore, this season, it is necessary to massage the human body's Zusanli, Yongquan and other acupoints more, so as to warm the yang and consolidate the exterior, lead the fire back to the yuan, replenish deficiency and prevent diseases. Pressing these acupoints can promote local blood circulation, keep feet and knees warm, and frequent rubbing will restore the symptoms of cold hands and feet and chills in lower limbs. Traditional Chinese medicine advocates bringing the fire back to Yuan, that is, bringing the fire of going to Yue back to life. If the yin does not converge and the yang has no attachment, it will cause the deficiency of yang to float outward, which is manifested as insomnia, aphtha, hypertension and other so-called "yang hyperactivity" symptoms; If yin-cold prevails inside, yang-qi prevails outside, and there is a phenomenon of true winter vacation fever, it can be treated by the method of inducing fire to return to yuan.
It should be noted that in winter, because health preservation is "suitable for hiding but not for diarrhea", the stimulation of massage in winter should be light and the time should be short. Generally, tonic method is used more than diarrhea method.