Meaning of the season winter
The season of winter is associated with the element of water. It is the time of cold, short days and long nights. Water in the form of snow covers the earth and wraps it in a cloak. The sun is weak, so there is a lack of warmth. Life freezes and retreats.
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Allocation of winter to the element water
The season of winter is associated with the element of water. It is the time of cold, short days and long nights. Water in the form of snow covers the earth and wraps it in a cloak. The sun is weak, so there is a lack of warmth. Life freezes and retreats.
Nutrition in winter poses particular challenges for our bodies. The climate is cold. In the TCW, winter is described by the earth branches water yin (W-), water yang (W+) and earth yin (E-).
Temporal allocation of winter
The 5 elements are divided into the 4 seasons. The earth has a special position. It always forms the last days of a season.
It is the period between the beginning of November and the beginning of February. The exact date varies from year to year and can be looked up in the Wannianli.
Allocation of organs to winter
The organ functional circuits (meridians) kidney and bladder are assigned to winter. The kidney is the yin organ, also known as the storage organ. And the bladder forms the yang organ, also known as the palace (hollow) organ. Qi is transported from the storage organ to the palace organ via the meridians.
Nutrition in winter
The following is a general guide to nutrition in winter. The diet must of course be adapted to the respective element constellation and thermal needs of a person. For example, a person with a high yang/heat ratio should also adapt their diet to the thermal needs of their body in winter.
Assignment of flavors to winter
Winter with the element of water is assigned to the salty flavor.
Salt regulates the amount of water present in the body. An excess of salt leads to fluid retention in the body, swelling in the tissues and edema as well as obesity. Salt/minerals are important elements in bone structure and enable the transmission of nerve impulses through the concentration of ions. The element water is therefore particularly important for the bone structure, the spinal cord, the brain and the nervous system. The kidneys regulate the required ion concentration of the salts in the body and the bladder regulates the stock.
Signature of food in winter
The signature of food in winter should be adapted to the climate. Winter is cold, thermally warm to hot foods are advantageous. Energetically, food should have a preserving character, with a nourishing consistency and a strengthening character for the water element.
Thermal cooking in winter
The cooking method is yangizing and warming. Long cooking times are ideal for this cold time of year. Because our winter dishes are designed to protect you from the cold.
What are winter foods
In winter we should not eat too little, we move from the gathering fall diet to the preserving winter diet.
Seasonal vegetables, dried fruit, nuts, warming cereals and pulses, warming meat and fish, warming oils and fats are particularly beneficial.
Recipes in winter
- Nourishing and warming (power) soups
- Cereal dishes with warming ingredients
- Vegetable dishes with warm-hot ingredients
- Pulses with warming vegetables
- Meat dishes with warming herbs
- Fish dishes with warming ingredients
- Desserts with warming spices and nuts
- Drinks with warming spices and herbs such as ginger tea, yoga tea, warm water...
