There are six solar terms in winter: beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice, slight cold and severe cold. Huangdi Neijing says that winter is "closed" and it's cold, so it's best to raise yang.
Beginning of winter: Nourishing Yang and Tonifying Kidney Meridian. Traditional Chinese medicine conforms to the law of the development of all things in nature, and believes that winter is the season of closing Tibet in a year. Beginning of winter season should pay attention to the preservation of yang, especially the elderly. In winter, you should go to bed early and get up late, and rest at sunrise and sunset. We should go out less. Old people can do some quiet and leisurely activities, such as practicing calligraphy and maintaining physical strength.
Xiaoxue: Warming kidney and strengthening yang. Take good care of your kidneys when it snows, and the yang will grow in the second year. In order to protect the kidneys, we should eat more black food and less sweets and irritating food. Such as black rice, black beans, black sesame seeds, laver and the like. It should be noted that salty taste into the kidney will make the kidney water cooler and vulnerable to Yuanyang. So don't eat salty things in winter. Eating radishes in winter keeps you warm and cold.
Heavy snow: keep warm from the cold. If properly nourished when it snows heavily, you won't catch a cold for a year. Be careful, don't take tonic at will, and don't make it up indiscriminately. People with weak stomach and intestines can take some medicines such as Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, etc., and then take supplements from less to more. At this time, you must pay attention to the warmth of your head, neck, feet and back.
Winter: protect the sun. There is a saying among the people: "When winter comes, dog meat is fat". Dog meat is sweet, salty and sour, warm in nature, nourishing the middle warmer, warming the kidney and strengthening yang. But note: eating too much dog meat is easy to get angry, patients with fever should not eat it, and gout patients should not eat it. Moreover, dog meat and carp cannot be eaten together. Don't drink tea after eating dog meat, and dog meat can't be eaten with garlic, otherwise it will fuel the fire and do harm to people.
Slight cold: nourishing the stomach is the best. People have long had the custom of eating Laba porridge in the slight cold season. Drinking Laba porridge in winter can smooth the stomach, promote fluid production and warm up. Coix seed laba porridge: strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach. Nut Laba porridge: nourishing the heart and tonifying the kidney. Black rice laba porridge: nourishing yin and benefiting kidney. Slight cold is suitable for reasonable exercise.
Great cold: moistening lung and eliminating pathogenic dryness. In a warm room in winter, it is easy to form lung dryness, which will lead to nosebleeds. If nosebleeds often occur, you can apply garlic paste to Yongquan point to stop bleeding. Yongquan point is the position of the forefoot of our sole. It is best to use a single garlic.