The origin of the Great Cold Term
The Great Cold is one of the twenty-four solar terms. Every year around January 20, when the sun reaches 300° ecliptic longitude, it is cold.
“Teaching Time Tongkao Tianshi” quotes the “Three Rites and Righteous Sect”: “The big cold is the middle, and the upper form is the small cold, so it is said to be great… The opposite pole of the cold is called the great cold. ”
Characteristics of the Great Cold Term
In ancient times, the Great Cold was divided into three periods:
Waiting for chicken milk;
2. Migratory birds are sick;
Sanhou Mizusawa belly firm;
That is to say, when it comes to the big cold solar term, you can hatch chicks; Eagle falcons and other signage birds are in a state of strong predation ability, hovering in the air to find food everywhere to supplement the body’s energy to resist the cold; During the last five days of the year, the ice in the water freezes to the middle of the water and is strongest and thickest.
What food to eat in the big cold?
orange
Winter is coming, the weather is cold, from the perspective of health is advisable to eat warm kidney tonic fruits, the yellow orange on the street is just suitable. The pulp of orange is rich in vitamin C, citric acid, dietary fiber and pectin, which can assist in the treatment of hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and a variety of cardiovascular diseases, and also has the effect of appetizing and regulating qi, coughing and moisturizing the lungs, hangover and awakening the mind, mainly treating vomiting and eating, dry mouth, lung heat cough, excessive drinking.
Jujube
“Great cold” solar term should pay special attention to the intake of more warm food from the daily diet, so as to resist the cold and maintain the yang, common foods such as red dates, very nutritious, containing 19 kinds of essential amino acids, can improve human immunity, prevent colds.
Cold tonic, rest assured ingredients are recommended
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Jujube testing items include heavy metals (arsenic, lead, cadmium), microorganisms (E. coli, mold, salmonella, etc.), benzoic acid, sulfur dioxide residues, preservatives (cyclamate, acesulfame potassium, sodium saccharin), pesticide residues (65 stone fruit packages).
Rest assured that oranges are:
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