It will be the solstice summer in two days. The solstice in summer heralds the arrival of hot weather. During this period, in addition to paying attention to relieving summer heat and quenching thirst, health care should also be emotional and peaceful.
On the solstice of summer, the ancients had many ways to keep fit, and using incense was one of them.
During the summer solstice, the climate is hot. At this time, if you burn incense with charcoal fire, it will add fuel to the fire and it will be too hot. Steaming incense with water will lead to excessive damp heat. Therefore, these two ways of using incense are not the best choice for using incense in summer.
Looking at various ways of using incense in ancient times, Zhu Xiang wearing natural aromatic herbs is the most suitable for summer use.
This is because the high temperature environment in summer can accelerate the volatilization of aromatic substances in Zhu Xiang. It can not only make the fragrance easier to be captured by people, but also play a certain role in medical care.
Zhu Xiang's record was first found in the Taoist literature "Three-hole Pearl Capsule":
"Miscellaneous fragrant pills are like buttonwood trees, and green ropes are worn. This Huang San Zhenyuan Zhu Xiang is also burning incense. "
This statement has also been proved in Chen Xiangpu:
"Zhu Xiangzhi method, see the flow of Taoism, it is. If the husband belongs to tea medicine, it is also the legacy of the Han people with chicken tongue. Therefore, I recorded it in case I heard it, so as not to cast a cloud of ignorance. "
About the prescription, there are 20 kinds of fragrant genera such as sweet cake, fragrant coal, fragrant ash, fragrant medicine and fragrant tea recorded in the volume of Xiang Cheng of Zhou:
Sun Gongfu visited Zhu Xiang, Long Xianxiang Pearl, Zhu Xiang I, Zhu Xiang II and other places in Zhu Xiang.
In the palaces and wealthy families of the Qing Dynasty, people used to wear summer Zhu Xiang and heatstroke prevention tablets in summer.
Summer is a kind of bamboo with certain summer efficacy, which is made of a variety of aromatic medicinal materials according to the compatibility of traditional Chinese medicine.
In the medical books of the Qing Dynasty, there is a formula of "summer vacation in Zhu Xiang" in Yongzheng:
One or two of Elsholtzia, two or two of chamomile, five dollars of Paeonia suffruticosa, five dollars of Rhizoma Coptidis, one or two of Fructus Forsythiae, five dollars of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, forty bowls of water, simmer until dry, and stir the juice with shredded silk. Five parts of transparent cinnabar powder, five parts of transparent realgar powder powder, one or two pieces of sandalwood powder, one or two pieces of flower stone powder, one or two pieces of Ligusticum wallichii powder, one or two pieces of cold water stone powder, one or two pieces of plum blossom, one yuan of storax oil, one yuan of water rest, two pieces of fragrant angelica powder and one or two pieces of rose petal powder, and the above * * is fine powder, which is transferred into the previous medicinal juice and made into a string. Take it with you often in summer, which can help you escape the heat and make Shan Lan miasma. If the medicine juice is insufficient, add egg white.
From the above formula, we can know that the preparation of Zhu Xiang in summer needs to take the medicine juice first, and then pour the medicine juice into the powder, mix them into beads with the same size, and wear them in a string, which can not only prevent heatstroke, but also avoid miasma.
"Ingot medicine" is an aromatic product shaped like a silver ingot, which is generally composed of a variety of aromatic drugs.
According to Mr. Zhu Jiajin's description in the book Fuel for the Forbidden City, every year before the Dragon Boat Festival, the Qing emperor would ask the "tablets" made by the manufacturing institute to make a batch of heatstroke prevention tablets, mainly including Zijin tablets, toad venom tablets, detached palace tablets, brine tablets, summer Zhu Xiang, rhubarb fans and so on.
In summer, ministers will put a small amount of these tablets in their wallets or small bags for emergencies.
Zhu Xiang in summer can be hung directly on the skirt as decoration or worn on the wrist. It is also a reward for the Dragon Boat Festival, and all civil and military officials are proud of this award.
Although Zhu Xiang is suitable for summer wear, it needs attention in maintenance. "Miscellaneous Notes" mentioned the collection method:
"Every fragrant ring is wearing a rosary. After Xia Hou, it is necessary to wipe off the sweat with equisetum to avoid steaming. If it is steamed, it is washed with warm soup and dried, and its fragrance is as good as ever. " ?
It can be seen that wearing Zhu Xiang in summer needs to pay attention to the damage of sweat to Zhu Xiang, and it should be wiped clean with equisetum or soft handkerchief.
If there are indelible stains, you can wash them with warm water and dry them, which will not affect the aroma of Zhu Xiang.