The autumnal equinox, the sixteenth of the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, is generally held on September 22 or 23 of each year. The climate in the south begins with this solar term before autumn begins. On this day, the Sun reaches 180 degrees of ecliptic longitude and directly hits the Earth's equator, so the day is divided equally for 24 hours day and night, 12 hours each, and the global infinite day and night phenomenon.
autumnal equinox
The autumn equinox has truly entered the autumn, as the day and night time is equal to the solar term, people should also be in line with the law of yin and yang balance in health maintenance, so that the body maintains the principle of "yin and yang secret", according to the "Su Qing • True to the Great Theory" said: "Carefully observe where yin and yang are, to level the period", where yin and yang can not be biased.
Autumn wellness essentials
1 In autumn, the yin and yang balance of the body should be maintained
a First of all, we must prevent the invasion of evil qi from the outside world. Autumn weather is dry, and the main external evil is dry evil. Before the autumn equinox, there is a residual heat of summer heat, so it is mostly seen in warm and dry; after the autumn equinox, gusts of autumn wind strike, so that the temperature gradually drops, and the cold and coolness become heavier, so there is more coolness. At the same time, the change of autumn dryness and coolness is also related to everyone's physique and body reaction.
b Insist on exercising, enhance physical fitness, and improve disease resistance. Autumn exercise, focusing on the improvement of lung dryness, such as practicing Tuna Gong, Percussion And throat Moisturizing Dry Gong.
Health
C In terms of diet and maintenance, you should drink more water and eat clean and warm foods, such as sesame, walnuts, glutinous rice, honey, dairy products, pears, etc., which can play a role in nourishing the yin and moisturizing the lungs and nourishing the yin and living. In autumn, chrysanthemum crab fat is the best time for people to taste crabs. However, crabs are a cold thing and are not suitable for eating more.
In terms of spiritual recuperation, the most important thing is to cultivate optimism and maintain mental tranquility. The elderly can reduce their speech, climb higher and look at the distance, so that the bad emotions such as melancholy and melancholy dissipate. At the same time, after the autumn equinox, the climate gradually cools down, which is the season of frequent and recurrence of stomach diseases. The gastrointestinal tract is very sensitive to cold stimuli, and people with chronic gastritis should pay special attention to the warmth of the stomach.
2 To achieve convergence and closure
In autumn, the yang qi in nature tends to converge and hide from the drainage, and the living and resting should be adjusted accordingly, and the "Su Qing • Four Qi Tuning God Theory" said: "In autumn and March, lie down early and get up early, and the chickens are happy." "Lie down early to conform to the collection of yin essence, in order to nourish the "harvest" qi; get up early to conform to the relaxation of yang qi, so that the lung qi can be stretched. The medicine of the motherland believes that the physiological activities of the human body should adapt to the changes in the yin and yang of nature, so in autumn, special attention should be paid to maintaining the yin qi of the inner guard, and all living, diet, spirit, sports and other aspects of adjustment can not leave the principle of "adoption".
a In terms of dietary adoption, because autumn is lung gold, sour taste astringent to supplement the lungs, spicy taste divergent diarrhea lungs, so autumn should not be scattered, to try to eat less onions, ginger and other spicy products, appropriate to eat more sour and sweet fruits and vegetables. At the same time, autumn dry jin liquid is easy to hurt, causing dry throat, nose, lips and dry cough, hoarseness, dry skin, dry stool and other dry diseases, it is advisable to choose more sweet and cold moisturizing products, such as lilies, white fungus, Huaishan, autumn pears, lotus root, persimmons, sesame seeds, duck meat, etc., to moisten the lungs, nourish the yin and dry. Guangdong folk has always been the most nourished soup in autumn, and it is of great use at this time, such as green radish tangerine peel duck soup, Yuzhu lily pig lean broth, papaya corn flower raw fish soup, Sha tin grapefruit flower pork liver soup, fig white crucian soup, overlord nectar jujube pig moon exhibition soup, etc. are all family health products.
b In terms of spiritual health, to see the autumn climate gradually dry, the sunshine decreases, the temperature gradually drops, people's emotions are inevitably a little twilight, so there is "autumn wind and autumn rain sad" words. Therefore, at this time, people should maintain a sense of tranquility, slow down the influence of the autumn killing qi on the human body, and converge the divine qi to adapt to the autumn rongping qi. At the same time, the spirit and emotions should see a positive side, that is, during the Golden Autumn Festival, the sky is high and refreshing, which is a good time to carry out various sports exercises, climbing, jogging, walking, playing ball, swimming, taking cold water baths; or practicing five birds, playing tai chi, doing eight dan jin, practicing gymnastics, etc. At the same time as carrying out "kinetic exercises", you can cooperate with "jinggong", such as the six-character trick of silently reciting the exhalation practice method, internal qigong, intention to keep the gong, etc., the combination of movement and static, the strengthening of the body, the quiet and the nourishment of the body, you can achieve the effect of the mind-body Kangtai.
Healthy meals around the autumn equinox
Sugarcane porridge
Ingredients: sugarcane juice 800 ml, sorghum rice 200 g.
Directions: Wash and squeeze the sugarcane juice, wash the sorghum rice, put the sugarcane juice and the sorghum rice into the pot, and then add the appropriate amount of water to cook into a thin porridge.
Effect: Nourish the spleen and digest food, clear the heat and vitality.