Xiaohan is the twenty-third solar term in the twenty-four solar terms. Minor cold, like major cold, minor heat, major heat, and end heat, is a solar term that indicates changes in temperature. In the "Nei Jing", it is said: "Winter in the third month, this is called closed storage, the water is frozen on the ground, there is no disturbance to the sun, you lie in the morning and wake up at night, and you must wait for the sun, so that your aspirations are hidden or hidden, and if you have selfish intentions, If it has been obtained, it will be warm after the cold is removed, and the skin will not be released, so that the qi will be seized urgently. This is the answer to the winter qi, and the way to nourish the storage. If it is reversed, it will damage the kidneys, and the spring will be atrophy. p>
It means that in winter, the yang energy in nature is in a sealed state, and the weather is cold and dry. Humans must conform to the nature of nature, and go to bed early and wake up late. Because the sunrise symbolizes the strength of the yang qi, when people move at this time, they will not be hurt by the cold.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold is a yin evil, and the coldest solar term is also the period when the yin evil is most prosperous. Eat more warm foods in your daily diet to nourish the body and prevent the cold climate from attacking the human body.
The hot foods in daily food mainly include trout, pepper, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper, etc.; the warm foods include glutinous rice, sorghum rice, green beans, leeks, fennel, coriander, shepherd's purse, asparagus, mustard, pumpkin, Ginger, onion, garlic, apricot, peach, jujube, longan, lychee, papaya, cherry, pomegranate, ebony, rafter, bergamot, chestnut, walnut, almond, lamb, pork liver, pork belly, chicken, goat milk , goose eggs, eel, silver carp, shrimp, sea cucumber, mussels, cockles, etc.
An important dietary custom in the Xiaohan solar term is to eat Laba porridge. "The Chronicles of Yanjing's Years""Records: "Laba porridge, use yellow rice, white rice, Jiang rice, millet, water chestnut rice, chestnuts, red cowpea, peeled jujube puree, etc., boiled in water, and dyed red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, etc. for external use. Pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar, and Suo Suo grapes are used for dyeing.” The ingredients mentioned in the article are all sweet and warm, and have the effects of regulating the spleen and stomach, invigorating the middle and nourishing qi, nourishing qi and nourishing blood, dispelling cold and strengthening the body, and producing fluid and quenching thirst. .
When the weather is cold, everyone generally likes to lie in a warm bed. In fact, the colder it is, the more you need to move to avoid insufficient blood circulation. Here is a simple health exercise called "touch the sky and touch the ground", and do this exercise often , It is not easy to grow bone spurs, which is helpful for scoliosis. At the same time, it can also exercise to the elbows, wrists, ten fingers of both hands and arm joints to help smooth blood circulation in the arms and improve discomfort in these areas.
(The picture demonstrator is a student of Mr. Wang Xie, not the author himself)
1. Both feet are shoulder-width apart, and relax 3 times from head to toe.
2. When inhaling, the tips of both fingers face upwards relative to the palms, and lift up to the Tanzhong point (chest height).
3. Exhale, with the palm of the right palm facing up and the fingertips facing inwards, and pushing towards the void; the palm of the left hand facing down, the fingertips facing inwards, and pressing down hard on the ground. When doing this action, by supporting up and pressing down, the spine is stretched up and pulled up to the large vertebra of the back of the neck. (When bowing your head, there is a protruding bone at the back of the neck, and the depression below is the Dazhui point.)
4. Then inhale, return your hands to Tanzhong point.
5. When exhaling, switch palms, support the sky with the left hand, and press the palm of the right hand down to the ground.
6. Inhale when the hands are retracted and exhale when pushing out.
7. Repeat this action a total of 21 times.
◎ Part of this article is excerpted from / "Meditation - This Matter, Daoyin Cultivation Method" by Teacher Wang Xie ◎ Image source / Shanwen Wenchuang Publishing House‧Dazhi Image / courtesy of shutterstock
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