Wearing a hat. Generally, people living in the north wear hats in winter, otherwise their ears will be frozen. But in the south, especially south of Guangdong, when it is cold in winter, there is no heating and no hats. You just have to endure the cold. Anyway, after a few days of cold weather, the weather will be hot again.
In fact, I find that wearing a hat is helpful for the internalization of Yang Energy. For example, when the weather is cold, the body will naturally release heat energy to resist the cold. You cover your hands and feet tightly, but you don’t know that the heat is dissipated through your head. Then you buy a hat, especially a woolen one. Once you put it on, the heat energy will decrease. I find it is particularly suitable for people with yang deficiency and runny nose in winter.
If you have weak Yang Qi, it is okay to sleep with a quilt. If one quilt is not enough, you can add a blanket on top to keep you warmer. But you can’t lie down all day long. You have to get up and do things, especially in the morning when you just get up. If the Yang Qi is not rising enough, you will have a runny nose, sneezing, etc.
If you can raise your Yang Qi at this time, you will be fine all day long. If you don’t pay attention to keeping warm at this time, and the Yang Qi is insufficient to rise, then you will be busy wiping your nose all day long. I call this type of rhinitis of deficiency-cold type, which is actually a manifestation of Yang Qi deficiency and physical weakness. The Yang-supporting school says that it is a deficiency of true Yang, that is, a decline of the life gate fire.
This kind of people are particularly miserable in winter, not because they are afraid of the cold, but because they can’t stop the runny nose. This also happens in the summer when they use air conditioning, so I created a recipe for cold rhinitis, which was published on Weibo on May 19. After you take this tonic, although the symptoms are relieved, you still need to pay attention to keeping warm in normal times. For example, if it’s cold in winter, remember to wear a hat
I found that wearing a hat is like the lid of a steamer. When the fire is burning and the water is boiling, the steam rises. Because there is a lid on it, the steam will naturally go down. Then the body (especially the middle burner) will naturally become warmer. When the body is warm, the yang energy will rise. When the yang energy rises, the runny nose will stop. You can try it.
Whether you are an old person, a child, or an adult, if you have similar problems, you might as well try wearing a hat. If wearing a hat can reduce the need for medication, why not do it?
More than 20 years ago, I went to visit my friend’s hometown (Ji’an, Jiangxi). Winter was just around the corner. The weather there gets cold earlier than in the south. I went to the vegetable garden and saw that many elderly people who were growing vegetables in the garden covered their heads with cloth or towels. I found it strange because there is no such thing in Guangdong.
Later I asked my friend, he said it was a local custom, old people have to cover their heads, saying it can prevent wind and cold, prevent stroke and headache, etc. Then I understood, it turns out that covering like this is mainly to prevent wind and prevent illness. Thinking back to when I was in yang deficiency, every winter was the hardest, why didn’t I think of wearing a hat? The main reason is that there is no such custom in Guangdong, only people in their seventies and eighties wear hats, so young people wearing hats, wouldn’t it be a joke?
But now I regret it when I think about it. As long as the body feels comfortable, it doesn’t matter whether it looks good or not, as long as it doesn’t interfere with work and reduces illness, it’s fine. So I should wear more tight clothes, vests, hats, etc. These are the conclusions drawn from seeing many people with yang deficiency in clinical practice. Maybe this is what it means to become a doctor after suffering from illness for a long time, haha
