After the little snow season, the temperature continues to drop, which is a process in which chilly temperatures continue to increase. When the weather is cold and dark, people’s feelings are also affected and they become depressed or feel depressed. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, depression is caused by excessive emotions (happiness, anger, worries, thoughts, grief, fear, and surprise), such as "angered liver, happy sadness, thought-severe spleen, sad lung injury, and feared kidney injury." ". The seven-emotional changes that occur in people's daily lives often do not cause illness. Only under the sudden, strong or long-lasting emotional stimulation will affect the normal physiology of the human body, causing disorders in the organs and blood, and triggering adverse reactions such as fluctuations in blood pressure. At this time, one should adjust his/her own mentality, maintain an optimistic attitude, and happily suppress anger; take in more sun, listen to more music, and often participate in outdoor activities to enhance physical fitness. Wu Shang, a medical scientist in the Qing Dynasty, said: "The illness of the seven emotions, to see the flowers to solve nausea, listen to the song disappeared, there are people who are better than medication." The focus of health care at this time is "Kidney, warm mood."

Sleep early to protect your yang, and get up late to raise yin; winter should get up early to bed, it is best not to rest after 22 o'clock. If you do not rest for more than 1 o'clock, your immune system will easily fall. Moreover, the temperature will drop significantly after the snowfall, and it will be easier to get sick if you are too late. Do not sleep when you sleep and cover your head to sleep, otherwise you may feel chest tightness or wake up in a dream due to lack of oxygen, and sweat out. This solar term is colder than the winter season, and it is cold and stagnant. It is easy to cause blood coagulation to block and cause body pain. Therefore, we should strengthen our legs and feet to keep warm and replenish the Yang and kidney. Reduce cold, windy days to go out; wear warm pants, shoes and socks; every night before going to bed, it is best to use green tea, fresh ginger, pepper, rice vinegar and 2 each Jianshui, the amount of water is not suitable for the ankle. Can promote blood circulation, cold and dampness. Such as the side of the foot soaking the waist (two hands stroke the waist, up and down movement) is better, can clear the meridians, warm kidney and strong waist. Using hot water bathing feet can also stimulate foot acupuncture points to improve the ability of the body to resist cold. In addition, bruises and bones, do not vent the skin, not to acupuncture, with its blood astringent, body fluid can not. "Golden Chamber" said: "If winter night stretches, it will be all warm."

In addition, more sun in the winter is also good for the body. Traditional Chinese medical theory attaches great importance to the effect of sunlight on human health, and believes that constant solarization contributes to the body's yang. Especially in the winter, because nature is in a state of “Yang Sheng Yang Fa”, people should also follow the laws of nature. The sun often shines in the winter and it can also play a role in strengthening the yang and passing meridians.

"Winter should be the kidney and raise possession", the little snow is a good time to kidney. However, scientific reinforcements can make people strong, prolong life, and improper diet is one of the important causes of illness and premature aging. In the five elements of the kidney, the water is black, and usually you can eat more black food to supplement the vitality of the kidneys, such as purple rice, black fungus, black beans, and black sesame seeds. At the same time, this dry weather is heavier, and with tight clothes, the body's heat is not easily emitted, resulting in "internal fire." Therefore, eat more clean foods, such as white radish, cabbage, tofu, mushrooms, kelp, etc., it is best to eat soup, both warm and able to clear the inner fire. In addition, winter supplements are expensive, blood stasis is not suitable to fill, because the blood barriers, resulting in "make up but not reached", instead stagnating toxic, increasing blood stasis. Appropriate to eat some foods that reduce blood fat, warming food and kidney, such as bitter gourd, corn, buckwheat, carrots, lamb, beef, chicken, dog meat, velvet, cashew nuts, Gorgon fruit, yam, walnuts and so on.

Should eat less cold food, drink less coffee, spirits, less smoke, eat less meat and fish, too spicy food is best not to eat, which will further contribute to the body's "inner fire." In winter, the kidneys are sweltering and the kidneys are salty. Therefore, it is necessary to eat less salty foods and prevent the water from catching fire. This is bad for the heart. Such as crabs, crab yellow, duck blood, cuttlefish, pig blood, clams and so on. In addition, the protection of kidney qi requires less cold, less coffee, less spirits, less smoking, less fish, and large amounts of hot, nourishing tonics. Do not eat onions in the winter months.

This season, avoid eating kidney, steamed bread, pepper, pepper, leeks, clam meat, pork. "Compendium of Materia Medica" remarked that "but in December, we can eat steamed bread and his onset of lunar eclipse." "Golden Chamber Outline" "Winter March, do not eat pig and sheep and other kidneys." "Qian Jinfang" "October Do not eat pepper ( Pepper, pepper), hurt the blood, do not eat oysters, it is a lot of phlegm. Do not eat cream to cook, it is noodles. Do not eat oyster meat, dynamic gas. Do not eat pig kidney, October kidney Wang also, not Dead air into the kidneys." "Baiyun avoid" "Optober eat pork, send a gas."

Snowy solar terms should enhance physical fitness, improve immunity and cold resistance. First of all, to ensure adequate sleep. In addition, health experts remind people that people feel cold in their bodies, and most of them lack yang. Chinese medicine has the saying that "moving will benefit the yang". Therefore, it is recommended that the public do more exercise and use indoor sports as well, such as table tennis, badminton, and skipping ropes. Do not be too severe to avoid hurting the blood. It is best to take a walk after dinner and do not lie down or sit down while eating. For older people who have habits of morning exercise, it is best to arrange exercise after sunrise or in the afternoon. Due to the large temperature difference between indoor and outdoor at this stage, it is necessary to pay attention to warm-up exercises in advance during outdoor activities.

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