Spine is the third solar term in spring among the 24 solar terms in China, which is roughly around March 5 of the Gregorian calendar every year. The word "sting" means hiding, and the word "sting" refers to hibernating animals lurking in the soil and insects crawling at home. Ants began to revive, foraging everywhere.
In ancient times, on scary days, people would light a fire with mugwort leaves and smoke around the house to drive away insects and ants and the musty smell in the house. Not now, because people used to live in civilian bungalows. The room is not well kept warm and the windows are sealed. It won't open in winter. If you don't open the window for five or six months, there will be a musty smell in the room. Nowadays, people usually live in buildings, and they have to open windows to ventilate every day, so there will be no smell in the room. Bungalows are also brick houses, and they often open windows for ventilation, so there will be no such musty smell.
Before and after the shock, the weather began to get warmer and the rain gradually increased. The temperature in the north generally rises to about 4-5 degrees below zero. It is higher in the south, generally exceeding 10 degree, or even about 15 degree. Although the climate is getting warmer, the cold has not disappeared, the temperature difference between morning and evening changes greatly, it is still cold in the morning and evening, and noon is better, so it is necessary to achieve "spring cover".
Although the rain is increasing, the climate is still relatively dry, and most people will have symptoms such as dry mouth and cough. At this time, they should eat more foods to dispel cold, moisten lungs and relieve cough.
During the period of fright, you should eat more sweets and strengthen the function of the spleen and stomach. Frightened solar terms are also the high incidence period of measles, chickenpox and dermatitis, so we should do a good job in preventing these epidemics.
There are the following kinds of foods to eat in the solar terms: (1) Tremella fuciformis is a precious nutritional tonic, which has the effects of strengthening the heart and brain, refreshing the brain and improving human immunity. It's easy to get sleepy when you are shocked. You can eat more tremella to refresh yourself. The general population can eat tremella.
(2) Strawberry, strawberry is one of the seasonal fruits in spring and one of the top ten fruits in the world. Strawberry is a kind of fruit with high nutritional value and is known as the "fruit queen". Strawberries are rich in vitamin C, which helps the body absorb calcium. Strawberry also has the health-preserving function of improving depression and insomnia and eliminating spring sleepiness. The general public can eat strawberries.
(3) Banana, banana is one of the fruits that can be eaten all year round; Bananas are rich in potassium, which can improve human fatigue and slow response. Bananas also have health-preserving effects such as relaxing bowels, lowering blood pressure and making people energetic. Bananas are also especially suitable for people with constipation to eat regularly.
(d) Bitter gourd is also one of the vegetables that can be eaten all year round. Bitter gourd is a good dietotherapy product for both medicine and food. Bitter gourd is called "gentleman's dish" because it can't transmit bitterness to other foods when cooking and frying with other foods. Momordica charantia is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C, which has health-preserving effects such as clearing heart and improving eyesight, relieving fatigue, relaxing bowels and enhancing immunity. The general population can eat it, especially diabetics.
(E) Sesame, sesame is one of the four major edible oils in China. Sesame has a high oil content, and sesame oil is also one of the condiments. Sesame is black and white. White sesame seeds are generally used for oil extraction, while black sesame seeds are used for medicine and food. Sesame is high in protein, high in iron and calcium. Spring is the peak season for children's growth, so you can add more black sesame seeds to the growing children during the scare. Sesame also has dietotherapy effects such as preventing hypertension, which can be eaten by the general population.
(6) Lettuce is rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber, which can eliminate excess fat, so it is also called diet dish. Lettuce contains slightly bitter lettuce element, which has the health-preserving functions of analgesia, hypnosis and neurasthenia. Lettuce is a kind of vegetable suitable for raw food, hence the name "lettuce". Lettuce is also an edible food for ordinary people.
What foods should not be eaten in solar terms: (1) During the scary season, the climate is dry and it is easy to get angry. At this time, you should avoid irritating and hot food.
(2) During the period of fright, there is much phlegm and heavy moisture in the body. Don't eat animal fat food.
(3) Asthma occurs frequently in the solar terms of convulsion. If you have asthma, don't eat food with allergens. If you are allergic, you should go to parks or other public places with pollen less to avoid pollen allergy endangering your health.
Today, I'm going to make a "tremella porridge" suitable for keeping healthy in a daze and solar terms, and share it with you.
Preparation of ingredients: tremella 20g, red dates 100g, glutinous rice100g; The ingredients can be increased or decreased according to the number of people who eat. My ingredients are the amount of two people;
Seasoning: appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Production method: (1) Wash tremella and soak it in clean water for 2-3 hours until it is completely soaked;
(2) washing glutinous rice and red dates;
(3) Pour the washed glutinous rice and washed red dates into the pot, add a proper amount of water to boil, and cook for more than ten minutes with low fire;
(4) Break the tremella into small flowers, put them into the porridge pot together with the rock sugar, and cook them with low fire until the rice porridge is sticky.
Health-preserving efficacy: This "tremella porridge" has the health-preserving efficacy of promoting fluid production, nourishing the stomach, benefiting qi and moistening the lungs, and is especially suitable for solar terms.