In ancient times, the fifth month of the lunar calendar was considered as "poisonous month" and "evil month". There are some very important taboos that you must know in advance! Just in case!
May of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the "poison moon". Legend has it that on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Yin and Yang strive for each other, and Yin wins, and evil spirits and poisonous diseases will gradually become rampant with the arrival of the summer heat, so May is also called "evil month"; The climate in May is warm and rainy, and sometimes it is warm and cold, so the ancients also called May "cloudy steaming". People set the fifth day of May as the day to drive away plagues and poisonous insects.
The hexagram in May is called "Ai", with five Yang above and one Yin below. When the sun be the spirit rises to the extreme, where there is no rise, it will transform to its opposite, and the sun be the spirit will gradually disappear. Unconsciously, the yin spirit has been slowly bred from the ground, everything in the world can be satisfied, and females have begun to reproduce.
It can be seen that May is the time when the anode turns negative. At this time, the temperature rises, the rainfall increases, and the air becomes humid. With proper temperature and humidity, all kinds of poisonous insects, mosquito and fly larvae and microorganisms enter a period of mass reproduction and activity, and the human body is also vulnerable to damp-heat evil.
It is not unreasonable for the ancients to think that May is not suitable for sexual life, nor can it be completely denied. Physical discomfort is also necessary to control sexual life. Therefore, there is an ancient custom to let women go back to their parents' homes for one month in May. One of the nine poisonous days, be more cautious.
According to Han folk customs, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is a poisonous month, and it is the month that needs the most attention. According to the folk custom of ancient Han nationality, husband and wife can't share the same room in poisonous month, and a gentleman should control his lust, eat lightly, reduce sour taste, increase bitterness and benefit liver and kidney. At this time, the festival should be quiet and harmonious with nature to calm the mood. Being able to stay in different rooms for a whole month is of great benefit to both body and mind.
Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the nine poisons, so there are many rituals of drinking realgar wine, wearing sachets and inserting wormwood to ward off evil spirits and drive away poisons, all of which contain the inheritance of Goode's wisdom and experience.
The fifth day of May begins: the fifth day, the sixth day, the seventh day, the fifteenth day, the sixteenth day, the seventeenth day, the twenty-fifth day, the twenty-sixth day and the twenty-seventh day. These nine days are "nine poisonous days of heaven and earth"; The 14th day of the fifth lunar month is the day when heaven and earth meet in Thailand, which lasts for ten days. In this 10 day, you must forgive yourself and avoid killing or adultery, otherwise it will seriously hurt your health and waste your energy.
There is a passage in Huangdi Neijing that talks about the death day of sexual life by the way of dialogue between Huangdi Xuanyuan and Motome. Motome said: Every year in the fifth lunar month, it is the day when heaven and earth meet. Men and women are not allowed to have sex. Any roommate will die young in three years. What can be verified? Take a foot of new white cloth and hang it on the east wall that night. When I watch it the next morning, it will be bloody. Don't close the room.
May is the month when heaven and earth fall in love. Confusion of yin and yang greatly affects the qi and blood of human viscera. Only by holding on to one's own essence, cherishing one's own life and hiding one's heart in it can one spend it safely and show one's body, feeling empty, unable to walk and without spirit.
Many people don't believe this kind of advice, but they may not dare to try the law when they know it. On the 16th day of the fifth lunar month, the night sky looks pale red. It's from 23: 00 to 1, not the time of sunset. At this time, the sky is red for a reason. Man's understanding of nature is extremely limited.
According to Taoist doctors, man and the universe are integrated, and the internal organs of the human body are affected by the operation of heaven and earth. The solar term at this time is the time when Yin and Yang fight for life and death. It is suggested that it be banned from the first day of the fifth lunar month and stopped in January. If you can have a desire for sex, you can eliminate all diseases.
The fifth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the poisonous month, and there are even nine days that hurt the body, consume gas and consume essence, which is the so-called "nine poisonous days" in ancient times.
Some practitioners will practice valley in May, so that a month's valley crossing can cultivate one's self-cultivation, clear the intestines and detoxify, lose weight and regulate yin and yang.