According to the "Twenty-four solar terms": "In mid-February, it is divided into half, which is half of ninety days, so it is called minutes." Another "Spring and Autumn"? "Yin and Yang in and out of the first chapter" said: "The vernal equinox, Yin and Yang are also half-phase, so it is cold and hot day and night." Therefore, the vernal equinox has two meanings. One is that day and night are equal, each of which is 12 hours; The second is to split the ninety days of spring in two, hence the name.
First, how to maintain health during the vernal equinox? Because the vernal equinox and solar terms are divided into day and night, cold and heat, people should pay attention to maintaining the balance of yin and yang in health care. Traditional diet and traditional Chinese medicine treatment can be summarized as tonifying deficiency and purging excess. Of course, whether it is tonic or diarrhea, we should insist on adjusting yin and yang and carry out scientific diet and health care, so as to effectively prevent and treat many non-communicable diseases.
In this solar term, we should choose a diet that can keep the body function coordinated and balanced according to our actual situation, and avoid eating misunderstandings such as being too hot, too cold, too high and too healthy. For example, when cooking cold foods such as fish, shrimp and crab, in principle, it must be accompanied by onion, ginger, wine and vinegar, so as to avoid this dish being cold and cold, damaging the spleen and stomach and causing abdominal discomfort after eating. For another example, in the consumption of aphrodisiac dishes such as leek, garlic and papaya, eggs are often accompanied by nourishing yin to achieve the purpose of complementary yin and yang. Maintain a relaxed, cheerful and optimistic mental state. In daily life, we should insist on proper exercise, regular sleep, quantitative meals and purposeful nursed back to health in order to achieve the best health care effect.
The period from beginning of spring solar term to Tomb-Sweeping Day gas is the budding period of plant growth, and the human blood is also in a vigorous period, and the hormone level is also at a relative peak. At this time, common non-communicable diseases that are prone to occur include hypertension, menstrual disorders, hemorrhoids, allergic diseases, etc., so special attention should be paid. In addition, this period is the time of Muwang. Accordingly, the strength of gold and soil is bound to weaken, so the probability of old diseases in the respiratory system and digestive system is relatively high, so we must pay attention to maintenance.
Around the vernal equinox, the temperature is moderate, the face plate and microvessels are in a relaxed state, the blood supply to the body surface increases, and the blood flowing into the brain decreases accordingly, so it is easy to get sleepy in spring. It is not enough to relieve the spring sleep just by sleeping more. Proper physical exercise can greatly accelerate the brain's response to information processing and effectively prevent spring sleep. During the vernal equinox, it is best to take more activities in sunny and full of green places, take more deep breaths and provide fresh and sufficient oxygen to the brain, which will make people feel comfortable, refreshed and eliminate drowsiness.
Second, the spring equinox season health recipes The spring equinox solar terms are in the middle of spring. At this time, liver qi is strong and kidney qi is weak. Therefore, it is necessary to abstain from acid and increase fragrance in diet, and to tonify kidney and liver. At the same time, due to liver qi, spleen soil, and rain, it is easy to get wet, so diet should also pay attention to strengthening the spleen and stomach, strengthening the spleen and eliminating dampness. So what should we eat in the spring equinox and solar terms? Here I recommend some health recipes suitable for this season.
1, abalone longan Ophiopogon japonicus soup (3 people) Ingredients: fresh abalone 250g, longan meat 30g, Ophiopogon japonicus 30g, sugar cane 250g.
Practice: Wash abalone first, add longan meat, Ophiopogon japonicus, sugar cane slices, add lean broth and appropriate amount of salt, and stew for 1 hour.
Efficacy: abalone can nourish yin and tonify kidney, calm the liver and subdue yang, and calm the nerves; Ophiopogon japonicus nourishes yin and moistens lung; Longan meat nourishes the heart and spleen, nourishes blood and calms the nerves; Sugarcane has the functions of promoting fluid production, moistening bath, clearing heat and diuresis. This soup is suitable for patients with deficiency of five internal organs, fatigue cough, upset insomnia and dizziness.
2. Dried tangerine peel, lotus seed and glutinous rice duck soup material: 6 grams of Xinhui dried tangerine peel, 30 grams of peeled lotus seed meat, 30 grams of fried glutinous rice, 0/2 grams of yam 10 gram of ginger10 gram of duck meat can be selected each time.
Method: First, wash the duck with clean water and cut into pieces. Stir-fry Coicis Semen in an iron pan until it is slightly yellow, and remove the heart of lotus seeds and wash them. Soak yam in clear water, wash dried tangerine peel and ginger with clear water, then put all ingredients together in a soup pot, add water, first boil with strong fire, then stew with slow fire for 2 hours, and season.
Efficacy: this soup can strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate dampness and stop diarrhea, especially for those with heavy moisture and thin stool.
3. Materials of Chinese yam Gordon Euryale seed lentil ribs soup: Chinese yam 15g, Gordon Euryale seed 15g, fried Coicis Semen 15g, fried lentils 15g, Beiqi 12g and Atractylodes macrocephala/kloc can be selected.
Method: Soak yam. Stir-fry lentils and Coix lachryma-jobi seeds in water until they are slightly yellow, wash the ribs with blood and cut into pieces, wash Euryale ferox, Beiqi and Atractylodes macrocephala with clear water, then put all the ingredients in a soup pot, cook for 1.5 hours and season.
Efficacy: This soup has the effects of invigorating the spleen, waking the stomach, eliminating dampness and resisting fatigue, and is especially suitable for people with spleen deficiency and heavy dampness and listlessness.
4, Chenpi Baizhu Pork Belly Soup Material: 6 grams of Xinhui Chenpi, 30 grams of Baizhu, half a fresh pork belly or 1 piece, 6 grams of Amomum villosum, 5 slices of ginger, optional each time.
Methods: First, the pork belly was degreased, put into boiling water to remove fishy smell, and the white film was scraped off. Wash Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae, Atractylodis Rhizoma, Fructus Amomi and Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens with clear water. Then put all the ingredients into the soup pot, boil and simmer for 2 hours.
Efficacy: this soup has that effect of invigorating spleen and stimulate appetite. It is especially suitable for people with abdominal distension, loss of appetite and indigestion.
5. Radix Codonopsis, Radix Astragali and Coicis Semen porridge materials: Radix Astragali 15g, Radix Codonopsis 15g, fried Coicis Semen 60g, fried lentils 15g, 2 red dates and rice 100g can be selected each time.
Methods: First, stir-fry Coicis Semen and lentils until they are slightly yellow, remove the core from red dates, wash Radix Astragali and Radix Codonopsis with clear water, put them in a casserole, and add clear water to decoct the juice; After the medicinal juice is prepared, remove the residue, put the fried Coicis Semen, fried lentils, red jujube meat and rice into the medicinal juice to boil, and then cook it into porridge with slow fire.
Efficacy: This porridge can tonify middle energizer, strengthen spleen and eliminate dampness, especially suitable for people who are tired and have thin stools in spring and wet weather.
6, yam lentil carp soup materials: 30 grams of white lentils, 40 grams of yam, 3 grams of dried ginger (or ginger 15 grams), carp 1 strip (about 500 grams).
Practice: First cut open the carp, remove scales, gills and viscera, wash it, add appropriate amount of water, cook it with the first three herbs 1 hour, and add appropriate amount of refined salt and Shaoxing wine for seasoning.
Efficacy: spleen and stomach, dampness.
7. Poria Poria porridge material: Poria Poria15g, 200g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Practice: Wash Poria cocos and japonica rice, put them into the pot together, add appropriate amount of water, boil them on high fire, then cook them on low fire until the porridge is cooked and cooked, and add rock sugar to cook them slightly.
Efficacy: invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis.
Third, the vernal equinox solar terms custom 1, vertical eggs Every year on the vernal equinox, many people all over the world are doing "vertical eggs" experiments. Choose a smooth and symmetrical fresh egg that has just been laid for four or five days, gently stand up and put it on the table. Although there are many losers, there are also many winners. The vernal equinox has become the best time for vertical egg games, so there is a saying that when the vernal equinox arrives, the eggs will be beautiful.
2. Eating Spring Vegetables There is a folk custom of "eating spring vegetables at the vernal equinox" in China. "Spring vegetable" is a kind of wild amaranth, which villagers call "Artemisia chun". On the vernal equinox, people collect spring vegetables in the wild and go home to make soup with fish fillets, which is called "spring soup". There is a jingle that says, "Spring soup is dirty, and it washes the liver and intestines. The whole family is safe and healthy. " People use this custom to pray for family safety and good health.
3. Send the spring cattle to print the annual lunar solar terms on red paper or yellow paper, and also print the farmer's farming pattern, which is called "Spring Cattle Map". On the vernal equinox, spring officials will send photos of spring cows door to door. When sending pictures, they will say things like spring ploughing and good luck that don't go against the farming season. Every time they go to a house, they will feel the situation and say whatever they see until the owner is happy and gives money. Although the words come out casually, but every sentence has rhyme, commonly known as "talking about spring." And these people who say spring are called "Spring Officials".
4. The spring equinox sticks a bird's mouth, and farmers have a holiday according to the custom. Every family should eat glutinous rice balls, and a dozen or thirty glutinous rice balls that don't contain hearts should be cooked, and placed on the edge of outdoor fields with thin bamboo forks, which is called sticking birds' mouths to avoid damaging crops.
Flying kites at the vernal equinox is a good time for children to fly kites, especially on the vernal equinox, and even adults are involved. Kites are divided into Wang Zi Kite, Silver Carp Kite, Myxomoth Kite, Leigong Kite and Moon Light Kite. The biggest kite is two meters high, and the smallest one is two or three feet. There are kites on the market, many of which are smaller than others' and suitable for children to play with, but most of them are posted by themselves, and the bigger ones have to compete with each other to see which one flies high.
6. the spring equinox of the spring festival begins to sweep graves to worship ancestors, also known as the spring festival. Before sweeping the grave, a grand ancestor worship ceremony should be held in the ancestral hall, pigs and sheep should be slaughtered, drummers should be invited to play, and the ritual students should read the eulogy and quote three praises. On the vernal equinox, grave sweeping began. First, sweep the graves of ancestors and distant ancestors. The whole family and the whole village should be dispatched on a large scale, and the team often reaches hundreds or even thousands. After the ancestral graves of Kaiji and Yuanzu were swept, they were divided into rooms to sweep the graves of ancestors in each room, and finally each family swept the graves privately. In most Hakka areas, ancestor worship and grave sweeping in spring begin at the vernal equinox or earlier, and must end in Tomb-Sweeping Day at the latest. There is a saying everywhere that after the Qingming Festival, the tomb door is closed, and the ancestors' spirits are not needed.
7. Watch cattle and sacrifice birds.