In ancient books, the ancients used "separation and combination" to summarize the four seasons and eight seasons, which means "one divides into two". Then "opening" means that beginning of spring grows in summer, and "closing" means that beginning of autumn beginning of winter, the main collection.

Spring grows in summer and autumn harvests in winter. beginning of winter is the beginning of "hiding".

Methods of storage in winter

Save your strength and lay a foundation: China has always had the custom of "making up for winter" and "making up for winter and killing tigers in spring". In winter, we should eat less salty, more bitter, less cold, and eat some light and gentle foods that can help healthy qi and replenish vitality.

It should be noted that food supplements vary from person to person and from place to place, and what you eat and do is enough. The principle of health preservation should be applied flexibly according to the local and then actual conditions. Generally speaking, healthy people should pay attention to a balanced diet, especially foods with high protein, high vitamins, high minerals and low fat, such as eggs, milk, lean meat, fish, shrimp, soybean milk, longan and jujube. And drink more hot soup to nourish the viscera, increase appetite, dispel cold and keep warm. People who have already developed symptoms of discomfort should take food based on syndrome differentiation.