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We are now increasing momentum as the zenith of yinrise was at the Winter Solstice. On this day, at 9 A.M., shaolin monks begin to prepare materials of the yearly plaster made with herbs such as Japanese catnip, almonds, green tangerine peel, gypsum, and other ingredients, signaling the beginning of yangrise. A prayer to the Buddha of medicine, who sports a reversed fylfot on the chest, accompanies this ritual.