Every year to the Dragon Boat Festival, people have the custom of eating zongzi. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice is sweet and flat, and has the functions of invigorating qi, strengthening spleen, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion. As far as the composition of zongzi is concerned, it also has a good health care function. Such as jujube, adzuki bean, mung bean and so on. It has the effects of enriching blood, calming nerves, diuresis and detoxification. Zongzi can be lightly supplemented and cleaned, which is indeed a wonderful method for timely food supplement and dietotherapy, and will inevitably become the best health food around the Dragon Boat Festival.
The leaves used to wrap zongzi are also very particular. Reed leaves are mostly used in the north, and bamboo leaves or lotus leaves are mostly used in the south. These leaves have good medicinal functions. Reed leaves can clear away heat and promote fluid production, remove annoyance and quench thirst; Bamboo leaves can clear away heat, relieve annoyance, induce diuresis and detoxify; Lotus leaf can clear away heat, induce diuresis and regulate stomach.
Of course, when eating zongzi, you should also be temperate. Eating too much will be bad for digestion, hinder the rise and fall of the spleen and stomach, and lead to constipation, bloating and other symptoms. Diabetes, the elderly and children should not eat more.
2, moderate exercise, strong body. Life lies in exercise, and regular exercise can get rid of illness and strengthen the body. Since the Dragon Boat Festival, summer has reached the peak of the spirit of the sun, but when the weather is hot, people will sweat when they move, and some people will be sleepy and lazy in summer. This is harmful to health. At the same time, the weather is dull, the physiological qi and blood of human body are not running smoothly, and it is easy to be agitated and depressed, palpitation and chest tightness, and mood changes, which will also affect the function of viscera and even lead to mental illness. Therefore, it is healthy to carry out proper and moderate exercise before and after the Dragon Boat Festival to make the qi of spleen, stomach, heart and lungs unobstructed.
Exercise and health preservation should conform to the characteristics of abundant sunshine in summer, pay attention to protecting the spirit of the sun, be suitable for exercise, be suitable for exercise, keep in shape, meditate and recuperate, combine static and dynamic to maintain physical and mental health.
Dragon boat rowing is a traditional exercise of Dragon Boat Festival, and it is a good health-keeping exercise, which can help the whole body to have a smooth flow of qi and blood, cheer up the mood and increase the heart and lung function.
Of course, in addition to rowing dragon boats, there are moderate aerobic exercises such as hiking, cycling, jogging and swimming. , but also to achieve internal and external access, balance of yin and yang, physical fitness.
3, aromatization and dampness, avoiding evil spirits. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the air is humid, and the main pathogens are dampness, heat and evil. It is advisable to adopt the method of turning dampness into fragrance and turbidity into fragrance. Artemisia argyi is an important medicinal plant. Its leaves taste bitter, slightly warm and non-toxic, and have the functions of warming qi and blood, dispelling cold and dampness, and avoiding filth with fragrance. Since ancient times, there has been a folk custom of "hanging Ai people, wearing Ai Hu, drinking Ai wine, eating Ai cakes and smoking Ai leaves". Some people hang wormwood in rooms, beds and other places. Folium Artemisiae Argyi has a fresh fragrance, which can dispel toxic gases, remove dirt, purify the air, keep the room clean and sanitary, and play a role in disinfection and disease prevention.
For another example, inserting calamus, wearing sachets, using Rhizoma Atractylodis, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae and other incense, and bathing with grapefruit leaves are all aimed at eliminating dampness and turbidity and enhancing human resistance.