Herbs avoid poison and eliminate evil.
"I've been at home for three years, and I don't need a doctor." Compendium of Materia Medica records that Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, pure in yang, and has the functions of restoring yang, regulating qi and blood, eliminating dampness and dispelling cold, stopping bleeding and preventing miscarriage, as well as fragrance. There is a folk custom of "hanging Ai people, wearing, drinking Ai wine, eating Ai cake and smoking". During the Dragon Boat Festival, the air is moist and the mugwort leaves are fragrant, which can get rid of toxic gases and pollution, purify the air, keep the room clean and sanitary, and play a role in preventing diseases. Modern research shows that hanging moxa sticks and burning moxa leaves do have the function of sterilization and prevention of epidemic diseases.
In addition, there is also the custom of wearing sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival. Various kinds of spice powder are put in sachets, which can drive away poison, insects and evil spirits. Ge Hong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded in Elbow Urgent Prescription that "the realgar is used as the jujube stone, and it is tied under the left armpit, which makes people sleepless for life". The efficacy of the sachet depends on the powder wrapped in the sachet, so it varies from person to person and adapts to local conditions. Commonly used perfume drugs are clove, mint, cinnamon, nutmeg, cinnamon and so on. The special season of the Dragon Boat Festival has created the particularity of the Dragon Boat Festival sachet, which generally contains cinnabar and realgar. , used to drive away poison and evil spirits and prevent the invasion of poisonous insects.
Diet can keep fit and prevent diseases.
Every year to the Dragon Boat Festival, people have the custom of eating zongzi. What's the function of zongzi? The main ingredient of zongzi is glutinous rice. Compendium of Materia Medica says: glutinous rice warms the spleen and stomach, stops deficiency and cold, stops dysentery, reduces stool, stops spontaneous sweating and stops acne. Glutinous rice is a mild tonic, which has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer, strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, tonifying deficiency and stopping sweating. The general population can eat it.
What's more worth mentioning is that the leaves used for dumplings are very particular. Reed leaves are mostly used in the north, and bamboo leaves or lotus leaves are mostly used in the south. Reed leaves can clear away heat and promote fluid production, remove annoyance and quench thirst; Bamboo leaves can clear away heat, relieve annoyance, promote fluid production and induce diuresis; Lotus leaf can clear away heat, induce diuresis and regulate stomach. Eating zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival can be light and balanced, and the balance is clear. It is indeed a recipe for timely tonic and dietotherapy.
Although zongzi is delicious, it is not suitable for everyone. Deputy Director Xu Yin reminded that the following people should reduce their consumption appropriately: diabetic patients; Patients with a history of cholecystitis or pancreatitis; Gout patients; Patients with cardiovascular diseases; Dampness of spleen, deficiency and cold of spleen and stomach; Patients with gastrointestinal diseases; Old people and children.
In addition, eating zongzi must be cooked thoroughly; Don't do it too fast; Don't eat zongzi before going to bed; Put the food you can't finish in the refrigerator.
[Editor: Zhou]
[Source: Hunan Daily]