What should be avoided on the solstice of winter?

Winter solstice, the shortest day and the longest night, is the day with the most overcast and the least sunny in a year. But at the same time, extremes meet, and the solstice in winter becomes the key moment for the sun to grow, which is the law of seasonal operation. Therefore, on the solstice of winter, even the ancient kings should close their palace doors, conserve their physical strength, keep a high profile and keep a low profile, which is a manifestation of interests. Why did the ancients say that the winter solstice was as big as a year? According to the theory of TCM health preservation, if you can gather the body yang in winter, you can make a new cycle start smoothly; If the yang cannot rise at this critical moment, it may affect the overall balance of the yang operation within one year. Therefore, it is very important to keep healthy in winter solstice. Then, how should we ordinary people keep in good health on the solstice of winter? The solstice of winter is coming. Have a good rest. Relax, don't overwork, don't think too much, and quietly save your strength. Stay at home on the solstice night in winter. Winter solstice, the longest night, the least sunshine. It is easy to lose yang when going out at night, or encounter cold blocking meridians, causing physical discomfort, and occasionally getting a minor illness, which is not easy to recover. On the solstice of winter, eat jiaozi and be grateful. In the north, there is a custom of eating jiaozi in winter solstice, which was handed down to commemorate Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage" who gave up medicine in winter solstice. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing saw that the villagers were sallow and emaciated, hungry and cold, and many people's ears were frozen and rotten, so he asked his disciples to set up a greenhouse in Dongguan, Nanyang, and set up a cauldron to cook "Quhan Charming Ear Soup" in winter to treat frostbite for the people. He put mutton, peppers and some herbs for removing cold in a big pot, boiled them in a big fire, then took them out and chopped them up, and then made them into ear-shaped Joules with white bread. After cooking, he gave everyone two Joules and a big bowl of broth. "Joule" entrance, clear soup, body and mind Shu Tai. This "charming ear" created by Zhang Zhongjing is the prototype of today's Jiaozi. People eat jiaozi on the solstice in winter just because they don't forget the kindness of Zhang Zhongjing, the "medical sage". On the day of winter solstice, we must avoid "scattered things" called "spicy things", that is, those foods that will radiate yang in the body, such as wine and spicy things. Drinking and eating spicy food will not only help us keep out the cold, but also make the yang in the body leak out, which is harmful to our health. It is not advisable to stay up late during the winter solstice. Staying up late damages our mind, making the yang unable to return to the inside of the body, making the internal organs weak and cold, and various diseases abound. When winter came, Yang was just born and was very weak. Sleeping at this time is more useful than sleeping at other times of the year. Ointment moxibustion invigorates vitality. Friends who already have a cream plan can get it from the solstice in winter; On the solstice of winter, moxibustion with moxa sticks at Guanyuan point three inches below the navel is of great benefit to the rise of vitality. On the night of winter solstice, sexual intercourse is forbidden. The solstice in winter is the key moment for the spiritual growth of the sun. From this day on, the spirit of the sun between heaven and earth gradually changed from weak to strong, just like the crescent moon on the first day. The human body's solar mental state is the same as that of nature, just like Xin Wei, who is in bud. Although weak, she has infinite potential, so the ancients abstinence on this day to protect the new solar spirit.

The solstice in winter is the node of alternating cycle of yin and yang in a year, so we must take good care of our fragile yang on this day. On the solstice after winter, it is still necessary to give priority to raising "Tibet" and taking care of the "One Yang" born.