What traditional food does Xiaoman eat in solar terms?

Introduction: In a blink of an eye, the second solar term Xiaoman in summer is coming. At this time, all kinds of vegetables, fruits and crops also ushered in the harvest season. You know, if you want to meet the needs of the human body, it is best to eat according to the season, but what traditional food do you usually eat in Xiaoman solar terms? Let's take a look at the custom food of Xiaoman solar terms.

The customary foods of Xiaoman solar term include bitter gourd, bitter vegetable, wheat cake, loquat, wolfberry seedling and dandelion. Because Xiaoman solar terms are prone to wet skin diseases, the diet should be light and vegetarian, and you can often eat food that clears away heat and dampness.

bitter gourd

Momordica charantia is a good food in summer, which is rich in nutrients, mainly containing protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and other nutrients. Immature tender fruit as a vegetable, mature pulp can be eaten raw, cold, fried meat and grilled fish, crisp and refreshing, with unique flavor. Bitter gourd has the effects of stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, clearing away heat and pathogenic factors, relieving fatigue, clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight, benefiting qi and strengthening yang. Momordica charantia contains protein in addition to bitter quinine. It is found that protein can stimulate immune cells and has anti-cancer effect.

Maigao cake

Since ancient times, it has been said that Xiaoman is the birthday of the silkworm god. Because there are many silkworms in the south, Xiaoman is an important time node for the hatching of young silkworms and the growth of mulberry leaves, so it pays more attention to "offering sacrifices to the silkworm god". At this time, people will use rice flour or flour as raw materials to make wheat cakes and wheat cakes shaped like cocoons and enjoy them together, hoping for a bumper harvest of cocoons.

loquat

"Little full loquat half slope yellow". Of the fresh fruits, only loquat is just in time. Loquat is a kind of fruit with strong seasonality and short time to market. If you want to eat it, you should hurry up. Many cough syrups contain loquat ingredients, because loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten the lungs, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and treat various coughs.

Lycium barbarum seedlings

Lycium barbarum seedlings are also called wolfberry tips. Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum seedlings are cool, sweet and bitter, and have the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and improving eyesight. It is suitable for treating fever due to yin deficiency, thirst, hand and foot fever, liver and kidney deficiency, dry eyes, toothache due to deficiency of fire, etc.

dandelion

Dandelion, also known as Veronica, Dictyophora and so on. , a whole grass with roots of Taraxacum mongolicum, a compositae plant, is widely distributed all over the country. Dandelion is a nutritious vegetable, which mainly contains protein, fat, carotene, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxicating, stopping diarrhea, promoting gallbladder function, protecting liver, invigorating stomach and lowering blood pressure.

Bitter herbs

"Spring breeze blows, bitter vegetables grow, and wasteland is a granary." In the season of Xiaoman, the diet should be light, but in the past, all kinds of wild vegetables, including bitter vegetables, were on the market. Therefore, on this day, people have the custom of eating wild vegetables and bitter vegetables and clearing away heat and toxic materials. People in Ningxia like to cook bitter vegetables and mix them with salt, vinegar, spicy oil or garlic after cold washing to make them cool and spicy, so steamed bread and rice can greatly increase people's appetite.

What should we pay attention to in Xiaoman solar terms?

Be careful not to be greedy:

After a short day, the temperature rises obviously and the rainfall increases, but it will still be cold in the morning and evening, and the daily temperature difference is still large, especially after the rain, to avoid catching a cold, especially when sleeping at night. Otherwise, the evil of cold and dampness stays on the skin and turns into heat, which is easy to cause skin diseases such as rubella and eczema; Staying in joints can easily lead to various rheumatic diseases.

Pay attention to diet:

When the solar term enters summer, people often like to use cold drinks to cool off the heat. However, if men, women and children are trying to make their mouths happy, cold drinks will cause gastrointestinal discomfort and lead to abdominal pain and diarrhea. In particular, the development of digestive system in children is not perfect, and the function of viscera in the elderly is gradually declining, so children and the elderly are more prone to this situation, which is a health taboo that everyone often commits in the xiaoman season.