Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring, which means "Qingming Snow Rest, Grain Rain Frost Rest". The reason why the ancients named this solar term "Grain Rain" means "Rain gives birth to hundreds of valleys". Since Grain Rain, the temperature has risen and there has been a lot of precipitation. In such a prosperous season, the sun is shining, and health preservation is the right way. Seize the characteristics of spring's qi rising and refreshing, and give the body a "general cleaning" to lay the foundation for the arrival of summer and the health of the year.
Grain Rain
Daily life: pay attention to moisture.
After Grain Rain, rainfall increased everywhere, and the humidity in the air gradually increased. At this time, health care should adapt to the changes of the natural environment, and through the adjustment of the human body itself, the internal environment should adapt to the changes of the external environment, thus maintaining the normal functions of various organs of the human body.
Health should pay attention to:
Although the temperature is getting warmer, it will be cooler sooner or later. Those who leave early and return late should pay attention to increasing or decreasing their clothes to avoid catching a cold. People with allergic constitution should prevent pollinosis, allergic rhinitis and allergic asthma this season. Pay special attention to avoid contact with allergens and reduce outdoor activities. Reduce the intake of high-protein and high-calorie foods in the diet, and go to the hospital in time for allergic reactions.
At this time, the yang is getting longer and the yin is gradually disappearing. Go to bed early and get up early, and don't sweat too much to recuperate dirty air. In addition, because it is rainy season in Grain Rain, it is necessary to prevent moisture from invading the human body, resulting in shoulder and neck pain, joint pain, abdominal distension and aversion to eating and drinking.
Mental health: keep cheerful.
Due to the change of seasons, especially in spring and autumn, the incidence of mental disorders or mental illness will change more or less, among which mania and schizophrenia are the mental problems that are easy to appear in spring. Therefore, in terms of mood and exercise, we should keep a good mood and be open-minded, like Tomb-Sweeping Day's health preservation. Listening to music, fishing, spring outing, Tai Ji Chuan, walking, etc. It can cultivate our temperament, avoid anxiety and even anger, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and minimize external mental stimulation.
Exercise health: moderate and moderate
In exercise, we should pay attention to moderate amount and choose moderate exercise methods, such as Tai Ji Chuan and yoga. Avoid participating in competitive activities and avoiding emotional excitement; Avoid doing weight-bearing activities to avoid holding your breath and causing high blood pressure. You can go to parks, squares, Woods, hillsides and other places with fresh air for walking, boxing and doing exercises. Insist on strengthening physical exercise, improve the metabolism of the body, increase the amount of perspiration, and eliminate the damp and hot gas in the body by physical methods to achieve a balance with the outside world.
Grain Rain eats "cold and cool" to eliminate dry fire.
After Grain Rain, the temperature began to rise, and some people felt hot and might get angry. At this time, they can start to eat some cold and nourishing food, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, bitter gourd, bracken, purslane, celery and other vegetables, watermelons, bananas, sugar cane, mulberries and other fruits. But it is worth noting that at this time, the stomach is easy to catch cold, and drinking cold drinks is easy to cause weakness of the spleen and stomach or gastroenteritis.
Grain Rain tea
Grain Rain eats "Toona sinensis" to prevent diseases and keep fit.
In the north, people have the custom of eating "Toona sinensis" in Grain Rain. In fact, eating "Toona sinensis" can prevent diseases and keep fit in northern and southern Grain Rain.
According to records, our ancestors had the habit of eating Toona sinensis as early as the Han Dynasty. Toona sinensis, together with litchi, was once regarded as two major tributes of the North and the South, and was deeply loved by emperors, princes and court nobles. There is a poem praising "Toona sinensis is solid and its leaves are fragrant".
Toona sinensis was listed around Grain Rain. At this time, Toona sinensis is mellow and refreshing, with high nutritional value. Chinese medicine believes that Toona sinensis has the functions of invigorating stomach and regulating qi, relieving diarrhea and moistening skin, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, and killing insects.
Grain Rain eats leeks to tonify deficiency and gain yang.
Chinese medicine believes that leek has the effects of warming middle warmer, lowering qi, tonifying deficiency, harmonizing viscera and Yiyang, stopping bleeding and purulent, and warming liver and kidney. Modern medicine believes that leek has the function of lowering blood fat and is good for hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease. According to some medical books,
Leek is rich in cellulose, and the cellulose content per 100g of leek is 1.5g, which is higher than that of scallion and celery. It can promote intestinal peristalsis and prevent colorectal cancer.
"Early spring leek, late autumn leek fermentation", spring is the season with the best quality of leek, and there is a saying that "spring vegetables are fragrant and Natsuna stinks". In the rainy season when the crops are abundant, people might as well eat more leeks.
Grain Rain drinks tea to clear fire and improve eyesight.
The Chinese Tea Society and other relevant departments proposed that the annual lunar calendar "Grain Rain" should be regarded as the "National Tea Day". In fact, in the south, people have the tradition of eating "five grains and rain tea".
Grain Rain tea, that is, tea before rain, is spring tea picked in Grain Rain season, also called spring catechu. The moderate temperature and abundant rainfall in spring, coupled with the recuperation of tea trees in winter for half a year, make the buds and leaves of spring shoots plump, green in color, soft in leaf bottom, rich in vitamins and amino acids, fresh in taste and pleasant in aroma. Drinking grain rain tea can clear fire, ward off evil spirits and improve eyesight.