Post Date April, 15 2023
"Su Wen? Four Qi Regulating Spiritual Concepts" points out that "to make one's ambition hidden, if one has personal intentions, if one has already obtained them." It means that people should avoid all kinds of harmful interference and stimulation, and be in a state of "tranquility and nihility, followed by true Qi." Only by doing so can one make one's mind calm and free, containing but not revealing, secretive but not revealing, and giving one the beauty of pleasure.
In the third month of winter, the principle should be to gather yang and protect yin, and cultivate "concealment". The "Su Wen? Four Qi Regulated Spiritual Concepts" pointed out that "one must wait for the sun when one sleeps early and rises late." In the "Health Preserving Mirror" of the Qing Dynasty, Shi Chengjin warned people, "Winter and March are the times when the water reservoir is closed and astringent, and it is best to adhere to the Yuanyang to nourish the true Qi." This requires that one follow the natural laws in one's daily life. Go to bed early to nourish yang qi, and get up after sunrise to nourish yin qi. It is beneficial for the human body to "balance yin and yang, and the spirit is the cure".
In sunny and windy weather, you should go outside to bask in the sun, participate in colorful cultural and recreational activities, and pay attention to the combination of movement and stillness. Movement can promote fitness, calmness can nourish the mind, and physical fitness can be vigorous. It can sweep away the twilight, invigorate the spirit, and be full of vitality. We have mastered the above essentials of winter health preservation, and will have a happy and peaceful winter in 2014.
Kidney Nourishing Recipe——
Fried Shredded Eel with Vegetables
Ingredients: 400g eel, 30g mushroom, 15g onion.
Seasoning: soy sauce, cooking wine, white sugar, water lake powder, pepper, high soup, salt, coriander powder in appropriate amounts.
Approach:
1. Wash eels, remove bones and shred; Soak mushrooms in hair, rinse, slice, peel and pedicel onions, rinse, and shred.
2. Place a wok on the heat, pour in oil to heat, add shredded eels and stir fry for a moment, add mushrooms and onions until cooked, add soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, stock, salt, stir fry, thicken with water starch, sprinkle with cilantro.
Efficacy: Onions have anti-inflammatory, bacteriostatic, appetizing, diuretic, and other effects. Mushrooms can improve human immunity, delay aging, enhance appetite, and be consumed with eel. They can benefit the spleen and stomach, replenish kidney qi, and aid digestion.
