Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - The 24 Solar Terms - Why does Chushuang eat persimmons? What's the function? Why does the first frost eat persimmons?

Why does Chushuang eat persimmons? What's the function? Why does the first frost eat persimmons?

1. Persimmon is the most popular food in the first frost. There is an old saying that "when the first frost comes, eat persimmons". Persimmons generally mature completely before and after the first frost. At this time, persimmon skin is thin and fragrant, and its nutritional value is high. There is a proverb to prove it: "Persimmons are picked in the first frost, and beginning of winter beats soft dates", and "Persimmons are not picked in the first frost, and hard persimmons become soft persimmons".

2. Everything withers in autumn, which is the season when the lungs are vulnerable to invasion. At the same time, autumn dryness also makes people get angry, get acne and lose their temper. At this time, clearing fire and moistening the stomach has become the top priority of dietotherapy. Therefore, eating persimmons has naturally become the first choice at this time.

3, eating persimmons can clear away heat and moisten the lungs, but also replenish bones and muscles, and at the same time have the effect of relieving cough, which is a fruit that is very suitable for autumn.

4. Persimmon not only has the function of adapting to the autumn weather, but also contains a lot of vitamins and sugar. One persimmon can meet half of the vitamin C needed by a person in one day.

In addition, the first frost day is also the last solar term in autumn. The first frost means that the weather is getting colder and colder with frost, especially in the morning and evening. There is also a folk saying that eating persimmon diced in the first frost will not cause runny nose. In some places, there is a folk custom that you should eat a shuttlecock on the first frost, otherwise your lips will crack all winter.

6. Persimmon tastes sweet and cold, can clear away heat and moisten the lungs to quench thirst, and has curative effect on thirst, cough, vomiting blood, aphtha and other diseases caused by lung heat; It is also a natural health food for patients with chronic bronchitis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and internal and external hemorrhoids.