In frigid winter, people always keep their windows firmly closed. This does harm to human bodies, because it causes excessive carbon dioxide and waste gas and stay in the room. In winter, the following points are always adopted by the ones who take regimen seriously:
Wear enough to fight against the chillness-as an ancient chinese saying goes "Prevent dryness in fall and cold in winter. Because during winter season, temperature plummets to the rock bottom, in particular piercing wind from North. In this case, if be out of the consciousness of keeping body warm, as the explanation goes " External frigidity invades into body and remains in circulation, affects balance of Yang, triggers internal fridigity and leads to sickness as a result". Therefore, prevention of cold should be the primary task on regimen in winter season which means no physically fight against the chillness without wearing enough clothes. Remember to dress properly no matter you are indoors or outdoors. If having a strong desire to survive the freezing winter without getting sick, it comes to the point of 3 parts which require your highlighted attention to keep them warm-head,back and feet.
Head
"Head is the center which Yang accumulates" as in Chinese medicine theory. Internal Yang may exhale away in head, just like thermos bottle without a lid.
If head lacks of warmth in winter, it may just cause cold, headache,rhinitis,toothache,trigeminal neuralgia and so on, or even worse-acute blood vessel related dieseases. Thus, wearing a proper anti-cold hat is crucial in winter.
Back
In Chinese medicine, back stands for Yang. Once back does not deserve sufficient warmth, chillness breaks the fragile and invades internally through numerous acupoints on dorsal primary and collateral channels. In the end, it harms the Yang, damages the balance of Ying and Yang, decreases human immune function and anti-diesease function and triggers other sickness, or even deteriorates current sickness and causes a seizure. Hence, what vital to people is to put on a skintight cutton vest or wollen vest to make sure your back stay in warm.
Feet
As a saying tells "Feet experiences first-hand cold". Modern medicine suggests that it senses the chillness more easily due to long distance from heart, deficiency of blood supply, long period of hanging down, difficult blood circulation and thin subcutaneous fat with limited capacity of storing warmth. Once feet are chilly, through nerve relfex, it shrinks blood vessels the membrane of the upper respiratory tract, reduces blood flow, decreases anti-virus immune function, creates a beneficial enviornment for bacterias and hidden nasopharynx virus to reproduce. As a result cold or seizures of tracheitis, asthma, arthritis, dysmenorrhea and sore waist and legs will occur. Therefore, Keep it in mind that shoes and socks need to be warm and dry, and of course, clean. Taking walks may help to improve blood circulation. In addition, another keep-fit tip - dip feet into warm water and rub arch with hands for 10 minutes before bedtime.