24 solar terms: the winter solstice

(Gregorian calendar December 21 to 23,)

The earthworm "moose Angle solution springs of water move

【The appropriate 】 early sleep late on, sustained movement

【 avoid 】 sun be the spirit is insufficient, excessive sex life

        The winter solstice commonly known as the "holiday" and "long to festival", "the years" and so on, is the ancients believed that a year to the most important day and one of the most important solar term. The syndrome of written seventy-two set solution "load:" on November 15, the end of the gas, so far hide and very also." This is the day of the year in the northern hemisphere the shortest, the longest night a day the winter solstice, the days will become long day by day, and the night will gradually become short.

        The ancients to the winter solstice is that, to the cathode, sun be the spirit execution, day south to, day short to and the shadows long to, so yue "winter". After winter solstice climate around into a most cold stage, folk from the winter solstice up even if into "nine", that is, from the winter solstice, count as one unit will nine days, even the coldest a nine days, to 9980 one day, winter on the past.

        "The winter solstice a YangSheng", the ancient health think sun be the spirit primary, like farmers seedlings, the pregnant woman, need to take care of, carefully aftercare. Because only the body of sun be the spirit enough, will reach the illnesses longer purpose.

        The winter solstice to slight, big, is the coldest season of the year, with heart disease and high blood pressure disease often illness, a "stroke" increased the, the day is cold also easily frostbite. Therefore, in the winter season, to hypertension, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease patients, it especially vigilant, guard against attack.