12/20/2025
Winter Solstice of the Year of Snake 2025: Seasonal Tune up!
The Winter Solstice of the year of the Snake 2025 will arrive on Sunday, December 21, 2025. It marks the 22th term of China’s 24 solar terms. During the 10-days before and after the winter solstice, the solar term Minor Snow(Xiaoxue) will also be in effect. At the same time, people in western countries will be celebrating Christmas and New Year.
This year, we are experiencing an unusual warm winter, which may make people more susceptible to warm-type illness. In addition, the 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance was released on Nov.4, 2025 by CDC (2025–2026 COVID-19 Vaccination Guidance | Covid | CDC).
Do you know how this Winter Solstice may affect or influence your health? Please check out below.
Traditional Chinese Medicine accounts for specific balancing treatments in preparation for each season of the year. According to the Yellow Emperor’s Canon: Internal Medicine (tr. by Nelson Liansheng Wu and Andrew Qi Wu, China Science & Technology Press, 1997), Chapter 1 entitled “On Human Preserving Health Energy in Ancient Times”, the Yellow Emperor asked of Qibo, the Taoist Master, “…people in ancient times could all survive to more than one hundred years old…What is the reason?” The Master answered: “Those who knew the way of keeping a good health [habit] in ancient times always kept their behavior in daily life in accordance with nature… They were able to modulate their daily life in harmony with the way of recuperating the essence and vital energy, thus they could master and practice the way of preserving good health.” This is further discussed in Chapter 2 “On Preserving Health in Accordance with the Four Seasons,” which explains that each of the four seasons is a preparation for the coming seasonal period. For example, ten days before or after the December 21st of winter solstice would be ideal for patients to receive acupuncture treatment(s) in order to balance their vital energy for the winter, 2025 season. This is especially important for those who were born in the year of the Snake, Pig, Tiger or Monkey. Even if one is feeling very healthy, it is a good practice to routinely maintain healthy habits.
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Stay well and have a wonderful Winter!