What are the health customs of the winter solstice solar terms?
The focus of winter solstice health care is to nourish the heart. First of all, we should cultivate a kind and generous heart, and be generous and worry-free inside. Keep healthy in winter, be calm and worry less, keep open and optimistic, don't worry about trifles, don't force fame and fortune, and suffer from loss; Avoid long-term "overload operation" and prevent overwork and break down from overwork.
2. Pay attention to keep warm when going out from winter solstice.
Entering the winter solstice solar term, the cooling rate will further increase. The most important health care in winter solstice is to keep warm. When the body is warm, the blood will be smooth and many diseases can be avoided. Keep warm and emphasize the head and feet. As the saying goes, "cold starts from the foot", the foot is farthest from the heart, the blood supply is slow and less, the subcutaneous fat is thin, and the warmth retention is very poor. Once it is cold, it will reflexively cause capillary contraction of respiratory mucosa, reduce disease resistance and lead to respiratory infection. Therefore, in the cold winter solstice season, foot warmth should also be strengthened.
3. Personal care should be moderate
In daily life, you should go to bed early and get up late, and then go out for activities when the sun comes out. At the same time, we should also wear more clothes to avoid unnecessary outdoor activities and prevent excessive consumption of yang. "Live regularly, recharge your batteries, don't act rashly, recharge your batteries." If you can arrange your daily life and rest reasonably in winter, you can maintain your spirit, and moderate work and rest can nourish kidney essence. Try to "walk without haste, listen without listening, stare without seeing, sit without sitting, lie without tiredness"
4. Moderate exercise is appropriate.
In terms of sports, because there are hidden snow solar terms, exercise and health preservation should also conform to the laws of nature and should not be too laborious.
5. Eat warm food for food supplement.
Among the foods suitable for tonic in winter, traditional Chinese medicine is divided into several categories. It is freezing in cold weather, and warming food is the first choice. Such as chicken, mutton, beef and crucian carp. However, eating too much warm food is easy to get angry. There is also a nourishing food, which has the effects of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, replenishing essence and marrow. Mainly include: fungus, black dates, sesame seeds, black beans, pork loin, sea cucumber, nail fish, turtle, abalone and so on.