Slight cold is the 23rd solar term among the 24 solar terms, and it is the same as great cold, slight summer heat, great summer heat and summer heat, and it is the solar term that indicates the temperature change. For our country, it is around March 9, and slight cold marks the beginning of the coldest day of the year. "Twenty-four solar terms" said: "December Festival, the cold at the beginning of the month is still small, so it is cloudy. It will be big in half a month. " As soon as the slight cold passed, it entered the three or nine days of "ice".

There are three stages of slight cold: one is to wait for Yanbei Township, the other is to wait for magpies to nest, and the third is to wait for pheasants to nest. The ancients believed that the geese among migratory birds migrated along the yin and yang, when the yang had moved, the geese began to migrate northward; At this time, magpies can be seen everywhere in the north, feeling the yang and starting to build nests; The third time, the word "pheasant" means singing. When the pheasant approaches April 9, it will feel the growth of Yang and sing.

Slight cold and severe cold are the coldest seasons of the year. Listening to the name, slight cold should be slightly warmer than severe cold, but meteorological observation data show that slight cold is more serious than severe cold! There is a folk proverb: "Cold is in March 9th", and March 9th is in the slight cold solar terms. At this time, health care should grasp a big principle: don't disturb the sun!

have a healthy diet

1. Eat "Bitter" properly:

When the slight cold comes, we should eat more bitter food in our diet, because this kind of food helps to improve the heart yang, reduce excessive kidney water in the body, and then play a role in maintaining the kidney. Common bitter foods are: bitter gourd, lotus plumule and bitter almond.

2. Diet diversification:

The weather is getting colder and colder during the slight cold season. If there is not enough nutrient support, the body can't provide heat normally, and it will often feel cold. In order to supplement the body with sufficient and comprehensive nutrition, it is suggested that everyone adhere to the dietary principle of food diversification, thickness matching and both meat and vegetable.

3. Eat more warm food:

In the cold winter, it is the time to eat warm products such as mutton and chicken, especially those who tend to have yang deficiency constitution; But for people with yin deficiency, duck and goose should be the best food supplement. Avoid sticking cold food in the diet.

Live a healthy life

1. Keeping warm is the first priority:

Slight cold is one of the coldest solar terms in a year. At this time, we must pay attention to keep warm in our daily life! Especially for shoulders, neck, feet and other parts that are easy to catch cold, we should take extra care. While keeping the room warm, we should also pay attention to ventilation to make the indoor air fresh.

2. A hat is indispensable;

When dealing with the cold, people first think of adding clothes, but they often wear thick clothes and ignore the cold protection of their heads, and even regard hats as unimportant things.

In fact, the head is closely related to the heat balance of the whole body. As the saying goes: "Wearing a cotton-padded hat in winter is like wearing a cotton-padded jacket." Wearing a hat outdoors in winter, even a thin hat, has obvious cold-proof effect.

Exercise health

1. Practice Sanjiu in winter:

Slight cold is the occasion of nine winters. At this time, exercise can not only enhance physical fitness, improve the body's adaptability to cold, but also exercise people's strong will not to be afraid of cold. After full-body exercise, breathing deepens, digestion is enhanced, metabolism is vigorous, and health level is improved.

2. Life lies in exercise:

People who are good at keeping in good health should insist on physical exercise in winter. The principles of exercise in the slight cold season are: first, start exercising after sunrise; Second, they should be fully prepared for exercise and take off their clothes when they are warm. Exercise moderately and don't sweat. Dress in time after exercise to avoid the invasion of cold evil. You can choose jogging, skiing, skipping rope, kicking shuttlecock and so on.

Emotional health

1. Abstinence:

First of all, we must control greed. People's needs involve both spiritual and material aspects. Excessive greed will make God restless and uncontrollable, which is definitely harmful to health. Second, we must control sexual desire. In the slight cold season, the yang will rise quickly. At this time, sexual intercourse should be controlled to make kidney yang flourish.

2. Happy mood:

When it is cold, people are more likely to be lazy. At this time, it is especially necessary to be cheerful to help the body and eliminate the influence of various bad emotions. Maintain an optimistic attitude through subjective efforts, while maintaining harmony with the external environment.

3. suppress anger with joy:

Chinese medicine believes that happiness is the heart, and proper happiness can relieve tension, but if it is too much, it will make you sad, so that your heart is scattered and your spirit is not specialized; Anger is the desire of the liver. Appropriate anger can make people brave, and if it exceeds it, it will hurt the liver and make qi and blood abnormal. Therefore, in the cold winter, we should control our emotions rationally.

disease prevention

1. Respiratory diseases:

To prevent respiratory diseases before and after the slight cold solar terms, we must first enhance immunity, get more sunshine, and pay attention to cold and warmth. For the elderly, children and patients with chronic diseases with low resistance, outdoor activities should be appropriately reduced. Secondly, we should pay attention to indoor air circulation and open windows for ventilation during the day.

2. Frostbite:

Human skin has a certain tolerance range for cold and heat. When the "cold" exceeds the skin's tolerance, the skin will be frostbitten, on the contrary, overheating will burn. Slight cold is the coldest season in a year, and frostbite is a habitual disease. Once frostbite occurs, it may recur for several years, so prevention is particularly important.

It is suggested that people must do a good job of cold protection and warmth when going out, especially in the parts that are prone to frostbite such as hands, feet and ears. Children's skin is delicate and easy to get frostbite, so we should pay more attention to keep warm.