Today, sting
Stinging, spring thunder, all things long!
The Interpretation of the Seventy-Two Waiting For the Moon Order mentions: "The February Festival... All things are shocked, and the earthquake is thunder, so it is known that the sting is stung, and it is the sting that frightens and leaves. ”
Since ancient times, the working people on the mainland have attached great importance to the stinging of the festival and regarded it as the beginning of spring ploughing. Tang poems have clouds: a light rain is new, and a thunder sting begins. The Tian family was idle for a few days, and farming began from then on.
Thunder and wind stung the household, and the world opened up and turned into a huge junk.
——(Song) Excerpt from Lu You's "Spring Clear Rafting"
Who negative spin dry hands, when spring stings.
——(Ming) An excerpt from Sun Chengzong's "Curtain Cloud Day for the Shocking Festival"
There are three phenological phenomena of stinging solar terms:
A wait for Tao Shihua,
Erhou Cang Gengming,
The three eagles turned into doves.
The yang qi of the stinging festival is about to come out, but the nature is cold in spring, the changes in yin and yang are more obvious, and the human body's righteous qi is vulnerable to damage.
At first warm and cold, we must pay attention to the "three defenses": fire prevention, cold prevention, and "spring cold".
Fire resistant
In mid-spring, the liver is full of qi, people are easy to "catch fire", they should drink warm boiled water after getting up in the morning, and they can also drink a small amount of white tea every day. If there is a bitter mouth, dry mouth, bad breath, sore throat and other symptoms, a small amount of chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other amounts of water can be used to replace tea, which can clear the heat and reduce fire and detoxification; with the same amount of osmanthus flowers, it can neutralize the coldness of chrysanthemums and honeysuckle, and can also improve breath. The three flowers are matched and are a very good choice.
Anti-cold
Spring is the season of high incidence of influenza, various viruses and bacteria are active, and the nasal cavity is one of the main ways they are introduced to the body. Insisting on nasal cleaning in the morning and evening can effectively prevent colds. You can hold the water with both hands, gently inhale the water into the nasal cavity with your nose, stay for a while and then spray the water vigorously, repeating 3 to 5 times.
Anti-"spring cold"
The wind is the main gas of spring, and if you are not careful, the germs will invade the human body. Avoiding wind and evil, unbridled emotions, and adjusting diet are the ways to maintain health at this time. We must protect the wrists, waist, abdomen, navel, and ankles.
There is a divine door point at the wrist, which can protect the blood veins of the whole body by keeping warm. People's yang qi is based on the kidneys, the kidneys are located in the waist and abdomen, and keeping the waist warm helps the kidneys to be healthy. There are many important meridians in the abdomen, such as the spleen and stomach meridian, liver and kidney meridians, the abdominal umbilicus is the most susceptible to cold, especially the stomach is afraid of cold, easy to diarrhea people should pay special attention to the warmth here. The ankle should not be exposed, and many women's hands, feet and limbs are cold, painful menstrual and abdominal cold, etc. are caused by cold at the ankle.
Spring health should pay attention to maintaining an optimistic attitude, so that the heart is broad-minded, open-minded and cheerful, can be properly vented emotions, can not be in depression, anger, anxiety and other emotions for a long time.
In the spring, everything recovers, and people should get up early and exercise appropriately. Since the yang in the body is not yet sufficient at this time, it is not advisable to carry out strenuous exercise, so as not to consume too much yang qi and lead to disease. It is recommended to choose tai chi, jogging, baduanjin and other gentle sports.
Author | Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chief Physician of the Department of Encephalopathy Zhao Xiaodong
Beijing Gulou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital Acupuncture Special Diagnosis and Treatment Center Yu Bo
Audit | Expert of the National Health Science Popularization Expert Database
He Qingyong, chief physician of the Department of Cardiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Planning | Tan Jia
Edit | Wang Ning