solar term
Animals hiding in the soil in winter do not drink or eat, which is called "sting"; On "Awakening Day", spring thunder in the sky awakens dormant animals, which is called "sting". So I was stung, awakened, the weather turned warmer, and the spring thunder gradually arrived. Most parts of China have entered the spring ploughing season. At this time, the temperature rises rapidly, the liver yang of human body rises gradually during the period of being stung, and the yin blood is relatively insufficient. Therefore, health care should conform to the characteristics of the rising of yang and the beginning of everything, and choose a way suitable for one's own physique to carry out reasonable mental, daily and dietary conditioning.
755-79000: "Spring March, this is called Chen Fa. Heaven and earth are born, and everything is proud of it. Go to bed early at night, walk widely in court, put on your hair, and slow down to make a living. " It refers to the revival of everything in spring. You can go to bed late and get up early, walk slowly, be cheerful and healthy. However, "spring thunder scares thousands of insects", and warm climate conditions are conducive to the occurrence and spread of many diseases and insect pests. Be careful of insect bites when going out to play. In addition, due to the changeable climate, we should pay more attention to the weather changes and increase or decrease clothes appropriately.
prescribe a diet
The diet and daily life during hibernation should conform to the nature of the liver, help the temper and make the five internal organs peaceful. Eat more light foods rich in plant protein and vitamins, such as bamboo shoots, duck blood, spinach, aloe, bitter gourd, black fungus, celery, rape, yam, lotus seeds and tremella. Eat less animal-based high-fat foods.
Sting has always been the custom of eating pears. In the dormant period, it is warm and cold at first, and the climate is relatively dry, which makes people thirsty easily and more people suffer from respiratory diseases. Pear is cold and sweet, and has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat. There are many ways to eat pears, such as raw, steamed, juiced, baked or cooked, among which steamed pears with rock sugar have a good effect on cough. In addition, patients with cough can also eat lotus seeds, loquat, Siraitia grosvenorii and other foods to relieve pain. Their diet should be light, greasy foods should not be eaten, and irritating foods such as peppers, onions, garlic and peppers should be eaten less.
Food: celery, mandarin fish and citrus. In the past, there were various snacks among the people, such as sesame oil pancakes, fried soybeans and leek cakes. This means that they are all killing insects.
Seasonal vegetable: celery, a biennial herb with slender petioles and many fibers. Rich in protein, carbohydrates, carotene, B vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium and so on. Has the effects of calming liver, clearing away heat, expelling pathogenic wind, promoting diuresis, relieving vexation, relieving swelling, detoxicating and dispersing lung qi.
Customized snacks
Many anti-drug activities are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For example, eating snowballing usury means "when the pests die, people turn over."
Food-"Fried Worm"
Some areas have to eat "fried insects" (fried corn/soybeans) after being stung. People soak soybeans in salt water and stir-fry them in a pot, making a crackling sound, which symbolizes the bouncing sound of insects when they are heated in the pot. Another custom is to eat pears on stinging days, which means saying goodbye to pests.
pay attention to the diet
About eating pears: Although it is a custom to eat pears in shock, and it is spring, because of the dry climate, eating pears can clear the heart, moisten the lungs and relieve cough. But pear is cold, which is called stomach cold, or people with diarrhea should not eat pears raw; Pregnant women and children with acne should not eat pears. At the same time, because pears are cold, ordinary people should not eat more at once. Especially those with spleen and stomach deficiency, epigastric cold pain and blood deficiency, overeating pears is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach. People who have a cold and cough, such as eating pears, must cook or stew.