Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival in China. Its origin can be traced back to ancient times. As an activity of offering sacrifices to emperors and ancestors during the autumn harvest, it has developed into more connotations of respecting the elderly.

There are many interesting customs in the Double Ninth Festival, such as climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums, enjoying dogwood, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine.

These customs actually coincide with the way of keeping in good health during the Double Ninth Festival.

Let's talk about the weather changes in the Double Ninth Festival.

At the time of Chongyang, the weather turned from hot to cold, and the yin of the yang became longer and longer. The breath of midsummer is replaced by the breath of autumn. In order to adapt to the four seasons, the yang of the human body began to hide with the weather changes, so as to rise in the coming year. At the same time, some actions can help the implicit convergence of Yang.

It's like Chongyang going to climb high. Climbing high at this time and getting in touch with the cold air in autumn can help your yang to converge.

But in fact, it is not necessarily limited to mountain climbing, and it is also the same effect to go outdoors more.

However, whether climbing or walking outdoors, we should do what we can, not be too tired, and pay attention to prevent falling and catching a cold.

In addition, it is not advisable to sweat excessively during exercise, so as to avoid the loss of the essence of the sun with sweat, not being adducted, and the vaginal fluid being consumed.

There is a saying in Neijing: "Calm your mind to slow down the autumn punishment."

The autumn wind is bleak and chilly, which makes people feel depressed easily. It is also very important to maintain peace and stability in autumn and alleviate the invasion of cold air in autumn.

Chongyang is the season when chrysanthemums bloom. At this time, climbing mountains, enjoying chrysanthemums and enjoying dogwood are nothing less than a very pleasant thing, which can broaden your mind and relieve your mood.

Moreover, in autumn, the lungs are sad, and relaxing the mood can promote lung qi, prevent lung qi stagnation, and achieve the effect of nourishing the lungs and preventing diseases.

In addition, Pei dogwood not only delights in emotion, but also refreshes the mind, and repels insects and evil spirits because of its fragrant smell.

It is a well-known saying that "the spring is chilly and the autumn is crisp". It happened to be the time when the weather began to get cold on Chongyang, that is, the time of "autumn freezing". But don't blindly "freeze in autumn".

The reason for "freezing in autumn" is to let the human body feel the cold outside and help the sun be the spirit converge.

However, it should be noted that the human body is loose in summer, but the weather changes too quickly in summer and autumn during communication, and it is impossible to change from cold to hot overnight, so it is easy to catch cold and get sick, so it is "autumn freezing" to some extent, so we should pay attention to keeping warm and let the human body have a transition to adapt to cold weather.

If you feel cold and catch cold because of inappropriate "autumn freezing", it will not be worth the candle.

Especially the elderly who suffer from lung diseases, cardiovascular diseases and osteoarthritis, it is easy to induce diseases after feeling cold and catching cold.

For example, elderly people with lung diseases may have cough, shortness of breath and wheezing due to cold, elderly people with cardiovascular diseases may have vasoconstriction due to cold, and elderly people with osteoarthritis may have aggravated joint pain.

Therefore, "autumn freezing" should be appropriate, don't feel cold and catch cold, and pay more attention to keep warm.

Chinese medicine says "autumn dryness", and the dry climate in autumn will have various effects on the body.

In particular, autumn qi passes through the lungs, and dryness is more likely to attack the lungs. At this time, patients with lung diseases may be more prone to cough, expectoration and other symptoms; When the lungs are covered with fur, under the influence of autumn dryness, the skin will also become dry, dehydrated and even peeling.

At this time, you need to nourish the vagina.

In autumn, the diet should be moist, nourish the lungs and spleen, nourish the soil and produce gold, replenish the source of qi and blood biochemistry, and produce yin fluid.

Avoid pungent, bitter, pungent, bitter, dry, easy to consume vaginal fluid.

The unique custom of eating Chongyang cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine in Chongyang can just solve the "autumn dryness".

The main components of Chongyang cake are japonica rice flour and glutinous rice flour, which can strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs, while chrysanthemum wine made of chrysanthemum can nourish the liver and clear away heat. It is necessary to pay attention to the elderly with poor gastrointestinal function not to overeat, which will hinder digestion.

In addition, sesame, walnut, glutinous rice and japonica rice are all sweet and moist products, among which sesame tonifies the yin of liver and kidney, walnut tonifies the lung and kidney, glutinous rice and japonica rice tonifies the middle and qi, and elderly people with lung qi deficiency can eat them in moderation to strengthen the spleen and lung.

There are also seasonal fruits such as pears and dates, which can nourish yin and promote fluid production.

Add duck, chicken, fish and other meat rich in high-quality protein to nourish the spleen and stomach, and seasonal vegetables can stop diarrhea and harmonize the stomach, so as to achieve the goal of "matching the smell and replenishing the essence".

Eating less greasy, cold and spicy products is easy to damage the spleen and stomach, and even depress heat and consume yin and body fluid.

Generally speaking, the Double Ninth Festival should keep warm, suppress yang and protect yin essence, so as to "hide" in winter, "live" in spring, "grow" in summer and be stable at all times.