Folk custom and health care of breaking the solar terms in midsummer.

1, the folklore of summer solar terms is mainly reflected in eating. Dietary customs can be roughly divided into two types: one is to eat cold food to cool off the summer heat, and the other is to eat hot food for tonic.

2. Regarding the custom of cooling off summer heat, there is a proverb in southeastern Guangdong: "Eat fairy grass in the midsummer of June, live like a fairy, and never get old." Cao Xian, also known as Xiancao and Cao Xian, is an important medicinal and edible plant. It is known as "Cao Xian" because of its magical summer-cooling effect, and its stems and leaves are a summer-cooling dessert after drying. In Taiwan Province Province, it is a custom to eat pineapples in summer, because pineapples are the best in this season and have a good fire extinguishing effect.

3. "Eating ginger to relieve summer heat" is a nourishing method, and the nourishing effect is very good, so there is a saying that "eating radish in winter and eating ginger in summer does not require a doctor to prescribe". "Drinking sheep to cool off the summer heat" is a popular custom to cool off the summer heat in Yimeng Mountain area and southwest Shandong in the old revolutionary base area of central and southern Shandong. Among them, Shandong Shanxian mutton soup is the most famous. The mutton soup in summer is of good quality and rich in nutrition. It has the good effects of strengthening glands, benefiting qi, warming and tonifying kidney yang, and has become a nourishing and delicious food with excellent flavor on people's table in slack season.

4. When it comes to health care after the summer heat, eliminating summer heat and dampness is the top priority. As the saying goes: "A little summer is not hot, but a big summer lasts for three days." After the summer heat, it entered the hottest period of the year. Moreover, at this time, the weather is not only hot and high-temperature, but also unbearable humidity, which is in urgent need of cooling off summer heat and eliminating dampness.

During the summer heat, people's metabolism is vigorous, physical energy consumption is high, coupled with short day and night, lack of sleep, hot weather, personal sweating and loss of body fluids, which can easily lead to symptoms such as general fatigue, loss of appetite and listlessness. This requires paying attention to lunch break to make up for lack of sleep and mental fatigue. At the same time, drink plenty of water and pay more attention to conditioning in diet.

6, the law of summer five fires, corresponding to people's hearts. When it is hot and hot, it is also a time when the heart is fragile. It is easy to be agitated and my heart is like a sea of fire. At this time, it is most appropriate to eat more bitter food. Bitter food can not only clear away heat, but also dispel dampness and relieve summer heat, calm the mind and soothe the nerves and relieve anxiety. Bitter food, such as bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, bitter buckwheat, etc., can not only strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, but also prevent heatstroke and dispel damp heat, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. In addition to eating bitter food after summer, some seasonal sweet or slightly cold fruits and vegetables are also suitable for eating more. Such as pineapple, watermelon, tomato and so on. It's all about clearing fire and nourishing the heart, clearing heat and strengthening the spleen. They are all seasonal fruits and vegetables suitable for eating after summer.