The ancient book "Qunfangpu" said: "A light snow will snow when it is cold, but the ground is not cold and the snow is not heavy." In other words, due to the cold weather, the form of precipitation changed from rain to snow in the "light snow" festival, but at this time, because the ground is not very cold, the number of snows is small and the amount of snow is not large, so it is called light snow. So light snow indicates the beginning time and degree of snowfall. Light snow, like rain and Grain Rain, is a solar term that directly reflects precipitation.
In ancient China, light snow was divided into three stages: "When the rainbow disappeared, it disappeared;" Second, the weather is rising and the atmosphere is falling; It was blocked three times and turned into winter. "The sun rises in the sky, and the yin falls in the ground, which leads to the impassability of heaven and earth, and the disharmony of Yin and Yang, so everything loses its vitality, and the world is blocked and becomes a cold winter.
First, how to maintain health After the light snow, it will enter the real winter. At this time, you should go to bed early and get up late, don't stay up late, and keep warm in your daily life to prevent colds. Pay attention to opening windows and ventilation indoors during the day. Before going to bed every night, it is best to soak your feet with hot water, and the Yongquan point on the soles of your feet.
When the light snow solar term began, heating began in the north. It's cold outside, people wear tight clothes, and the heat in the body can't be emitted, so it's easy to get angry, which is what people often say. I often hear that people around me have oral ulcers and even more acne on their faces than usual. These are all manifestations of internal fire. Although people like to eat hot food in cold days, it is best not to eat too spicy food, which will further encourage the "internal fire" in the body. Besides, in a cold and dry room, most people will feel their mouths and noses dry, as if they were going to get angry. I suggest you drink more hot soup, such as Chinese cabbage and bean curd soup, spinach tofu soup, mutton and radish soup. , both warm and nourishing body fluid. Cabbage and radish in this season are seasonal foods, rich in vitamins and various trace elements. Moreover, white radish can clear fire and reduce qi and digestion, which is very suitable for eating in this solar term.
In addition, in the light snow season, it is advisable to eat foods that warm and tonify the kidney, such as walnuts, grapes, chestnuts, chickens, shrimps, ginger and peppers. Kidney-tonifying foods include cashew nuts, yam, Euryale ferox, purple rice porridge, ginkgo, walnuts and so on. In addition, eat more black food such as black fungus, black sesame seeds and black beans. In other words, it is far from "three whites": sugar, salt and lard; It is also close to the "three blacks": the first is auricularia, the second is laver, and the third is purple rice. Three blacks are better for people. This is the far "three whites" and near "three blacks" recommended by health experts.