The meaning and tradition of solar terms in heavy snow.

1, the solar term of "heavy snow" usually falls on 65438+February 7 every year (there are also some years on the 6th or 8th). When the longitude of the sun reaches 255 degrees, it is one of the 24 solar terms. Heavy snow, as the name implies, has a large amount of snow. The ancients said: "The great man is prosperous, and the snow is prosperous here." At this time, it often snows heavily and widely, hence the name heavy snow.

2, heavy snow and solar terms, pay attention to keep warm in daily diet.

3, you can eat more meat such as beef, rabbit meat, mutton, Chinese medicine believes that this kind of meat is warmer, which helps to enhance the body's cold resistance. For people with cold constitution, when cooking these meats, you can also put some auxiliary ingredients such as onions, garlic, ginger and peppers to improve the warming effect of these meats. But for people who get angry easily, it is best to cook these warm meats with white radish to prevent getting angry. In addition, you can eat more walnuts, black sesame seeds, oranges and other foods this season, which can also play a warming role.

4, heavy snow solar terms according to their own situation. People with yin deficiency, such as red face, dry mouth, dry cough, chapped lips, dry skin and dry hair, should prevent dryness and protect yin, nourish kidney and moisten lungs, eat more soft and moist foods, such as milk, soybean milk, eggs, fish, sesame seeds, honey and lily, and avoid hot and dry foods, such as pepper, star anise and fennel. If people with yang deficiency are often pale, weak, tired and afraid of cold, they should eat more warm and soft foods, such as beans, dates, yams, longan, pumpkins, leeks, celery, chestnuts and chicken. And avoid sticky, dry, hard and cold food.