Traditionally, "beginning of winter" is the beginning of winter, "Spring comes and summer grows, autumn harvests and winter hides". Winter is the season to enjoy harvest and rest. Beginning of winter is one of the "four seasons and eight festivals" in ancient China. In some places in ancient China, sacrifices, banquets and other activities were held at the beginning of winter as important festivals to celebrate.
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Solar terms health care
After beginning of winter, the dry climate in autumn gradually passed, and the weather began to tend to be rainy and cold. After entering the "beginning of winter" solar term, the cold air activity is frequent and the temperature drops obviously. In cold weather, you should eat more warm and nutritious food, which can not only make your body stronger, but also play a good role in keeping out the cold.
In winter, Chinese medicine believes that we should eat less salty and suffer more. The reason is that winter is the time when the kidney meridian is vigorous, while the kidney is salty and the heart is bitter. According to the five elements theory of traditional Chinese medicine, saltiness wins bitterness, and kidney water wins heart fire. If you eat too much salty taste, it will make the kidney water that is already too strong more vigorous, thus weakening the strength of the heart yang, so you should eat more bitter food to help the heart yang. This can resist too much kidney water.
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