November 8, 2011, the festival of winter. Every year around November 7, 8 on the Gregorian calendar, the sun's yellow longitude is 225 degrees, the bucket refers to the northwest, is the winter season, customarily, China's folk take this day as the beginning of winter.

In ancient times, winter is an important festival, the emperor must lead the civil and military officials to the northern suburbs of the winter festival, in the winter ceremony after the end of the return to the palace to immediately handle the death of civil and military officials killed in the line of duty for the pension, reward and relief work. In addition to the rituals, there is also a common custom to "make up for the winter" in order to take in a lot of protein and fat to ward off the cold.

First, diet

As the saying goes, "three nine to make up for a winter, the next year, no disease", winter is a good time to supplement. But the dietary regimen should follow the "autumn and winter yin", "no disturbance to the Yang", "weak complementary, cold warm," the ancient teachings, with the four seasons and climate change and regulate the diet. Eat less cold, but also should not be hot, targeted consumption of some of the nourishing yin submerged yang, higher calorie diet is appropriate, but also to eat more fresh vegetables to avoid vitamin deficiencies, such as: soybean milk, radish, bok choy, tofu, fungus. As well as potatoes, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes and so on.

Drinking hot porridge in winter is also a good choice for health. Wheat porridge has the role of nourishing the heart in addition to the role of annoyance, sesame porridge can benefit the essence of yin, radish porridge can eliminate phlegm, walnut porridge can nourish the yin and solid essence, poria porridge can strengthen the spleen and stomach, jujube porridge can benefit the qi and yin, and so on.

Dietary health should be different from place to place, different from person to person, because the food has a grain, meat, fruit and vegetables, people have men and women, young and old, the difference between the physique has the defense of the real cold and hot. According to Chinese medicine theory, winter nourishment should be "juvenile heavy nutrition, middle-aged heavy adjustment, old age heavy protection, old age heavy extension. Therefore, "winter tonic" should be based on the actual situation of targeted selection of clear tonic, warm tonic, small tonic, large tonic, not blindly "tonic".

Winter in the five organs should be kidney. "Winter does not hide the essence of the spring will be sick warm". Cold is one of the six evils, so winter should keep warm and avoid the cold, appropriate early to bed and late to get up, extend the sleep time, you can raise the yin meridian, promote the recovery of physical strength, it is best to wait until the sun comes out and then get up and move. Preparatory activities should be done before exercise, and the amount of exercise should be increased gradually, avoiding exercise in the cold and snow.

Second, the movement of health

1, rubbing the waist heat

two palms close to the waist, rubbing up and down hard, the action is uniform and powerful, to the waist with a sense of warmth to the degree.

2, rubbing the eyes of the waist

two hands in a fist, the index finger tightly pressed the eyes of the waist, rotating and kneading about 50 times.

3, pinch the waist muscles

Thumb and forefinger of both hands at the same time from the top down pinch, lift and release both sides of the waist muscles, from top to bottom pinch four times.

4, warm water feet

Every day before bed, it is best to use warm water to wash the feet, and then rub the heart of the foot, not only can go to the dirt, cold and warm, but also to replenish the kidneys and strengthen the body to relieve fatigue, promote sleep, and to ensure that sufficient sleep.