(1) Xiaohan (Slight Cold)

The time between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. every day in this month is good for the following exercise. Sit upright with legs crossed. Raise left arm and place right palm on bed, eyes looking up to the left. Return to the starting position and repeat the raising movement 15 times on each side. Then, with body remaining upright, click teeth and inhale and exhale be-fore swallowing saliva.

This Qigong exercise is good for vomiting, abdominal distention, anorexia, dysphoria, difficult urination and defecation, dry mouth, the yellow dis-coloration of .the sclera, listlessness and drowsiness.

2) Dahan (Great Cold)

The time between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. every day in this month is also good for the following exercise. Sit on left foot with palms touching bed behind back. Extend right leg as forward as possible. Return to the starting position and repeat the extending movement 15 times on each side. Then, sitting upright with legs crossed, click teeth and inhale and exhale before swallowing saliva.

This Qigong exercise is effective for stagnancy of qi in the channels, stiffnes of body, pain at the base of tongue, granuloma in the thigh and knee, pain in the instep, abdominal distention, bowel sound and indigestion.