Xiaoman solar terms and the origin of traditional food

Xiaoman, fighting nails, the sun reaches 60 degrees of the yellow meridian. A small solar term means entering the rainy season of heavy precipitation, and the rain begins to increase, and there will often be a continuous large-scale heavy precipitation. The following is the origin and traditional food of Xiaoman solar terms that I have compiled for you. I hope it will help you.

The origin of solar terms in Xiao Man

In ancient China, Xiaoman was divided into three stages: "Bitter vegetable show"; Second, waiting for grass to die; When the autumn wheat arrives. " In other words, in Xiaoman solar terms, bitter vegetables have flourished; Some shade-loving grasses with soft branches began to die in the strong sunlight; The wheat is beginning to ripen.

Southern proverbs give Xiaoman a new meaning: "Xiaoman refuses to accept the broken ridge"; "Little people are full of discontent, regardless of mangoes." Use "full" to describe the amount of rain. If there is not enough water in the field when it is full, it may cause cracks in the ridge, and even rice can't be planted. Because "transplanting rice in long summer is full" and "seedlings are full in autumn", full rice is a suitable season for planting rice.

What traditional food does Xiaoman eat?

Eat wolfberry 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.

Pick the tender seedlings of Lycium barbarum and put them in vegetarian soup to cook or cook soup to refresh yourself and get rid of summer heat; In order to taste delicious, stir-fry Lycium barbarum seedlings until half-cooked, then pour in the egg paste (add salt, pepper and oil before beating the egg paste and mix well), stir-fry until golden and half-burnt, and serve with porridge, which is delicious.

Eat bitter gourd

Eating bitter gourd in summer is a good way to clear away heat and toxic materials. Momordica charantia has the effects of clearing heat, nourishing blood, invigorating qi, invigorating kidney and spleen, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and has a certain curative effect on dysentery, sores, heatstroke, fever, excessive miliaria, conjunctivitis and other diseases. Bitter gourd is known as the "fat killer", which can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharide.

The key to choosing bitter gourd is fruit tumor, which is the protruding place on the surface of bitter gourd. The bigger and fuller the fruit tumor particles are, the thicker the melon meat is; The smaller the fruit tumor particles, the thinner the melon meat. Yellow bitter gourd is generally ripe and has a bad taste.

I suggest scalding bitter gourd with boiling water before frying it yourself, which can remove a little bitterness and oxalic acid in bitter gourd and promote better absorption of calcium.

Bitter vegetables

Bitter vegetable show of Xiao Man Festival. Bitter vegetables contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, various inorganic salts, vitamins and other nutrients, which can clear away heat, cool blood and detoxify, and have a good preventive and therapeutic effect on furuncle, hematemesis, nosebleeds, constipation and colds.

Sterilization and anti-inflammation, it has certain curative effect on jaundice hepatitis, pharyngolaryngitis, bacillary dysentery, cold and fever, chronic tracheitis and tonsillitis. It can also prevent and treat diabetes, cervical cancer and rectal cancer.

Bitter vegetables can be boiled in cold salad, soup, fried noodles or steamed, such as cold bitter vegetables, bitter pork liver soup, fried bitter vegetables and steamed bitter vegetables. Be sure to blanch with boiling water before eating, so as to remove oxalic acid and absorb calcium.

Eat lettuce

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lettuce is bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature, which is beneficial to five internal organs, dredging meridians, opening diaphragm, benefiting qi, strengthening bones and muscles, removing halitosis, whitening teeth, improving eyesight, promoting lactation, promoting diuresis and detoxicating, and can be used for hematuria, dysuria, postpartum hypogalactia, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

And if you eat asparagus regularly, it can also eliminate your nervousness, improve your poor sleep and let you have a good sleep. Because lettuce has a certain calming effect, eating it regularly has many benefits.

The contents of vitamin B 1, B2, C and E in lettuce leaves are 3 ~ 5 times higher than those in the stems, respectively. Leaves contain carotene (a precursor of vitamin A) almost six times as much as stems.

Lettuce leaves are rich in chlorophyll and have the reputation of "green spirit", which can moisturize and beautify, clean the mouth, prevent caries and deodorize. Therefore, eating lettuce and discarding leaves greatly reduces its nutritional value.

Eat 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.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dandelion is sweet, bitter and cold, and enters the liver and stomach meridians, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping diarrhea, benefiting gallbladder, protecting liver, strengthening stomach and lowering blood pressure.

In order to reduce the bitter taste of dandelion, dandelion can be washed, boiled in boiling water or salt water for 5-8 minutes, then soaked in water for several hours, and then the bitter taste is leached and washed, and then soup or porridge is cooked.

Eat cactus

Cactus has high development value, unique fragrance and rich nutrition. In addition to many essential amino acids and trace elements, it also contains precious ingredients such as Gynura bicolor, Celastrus orbiculatus and hibiscus mutabilis, which can enhance human immunity. Long-term consumption can have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diminishing inflammation, relieving summer heat, stimulating appetite, strengthening spleen, clearing throat and moistening lung.

When buying vegetable cactus, you should choose tender slices that grow for 15~35 days, with light green color, little or no thorns, shiny skin, no wrinkles and appropriate palm size. Tender slices can be stored for 15 days at room temperature, and can be kept fresh for 40 days in the refrigerator.

Cooking cactus should first remove the small thorns, which can be easily removed by choosing a sharp thin kitchen knife; If the cactus is old, you can peel it properly, which will taste better.

Eat wild garlic

Also known as small root garlic, small root garlic, small root garlic, small root garlic, small root garlic. Irregular oval, yellow-white or yellow-brown surface, with prominent bulb disk at the bottom. Its stems and leaves look like garlic, but they also taste like onions and garlic.

The main eating methods are mixed tofu, fried bacon, scrambled eggs and garlic tremella porridge. Wild garlic can promote yang to disperse stagnation, and promote qi to guide stagnation. Eating regularly is beneficial to lowering blood sugar.

Matters needing attention in xiaoman health care

1, stay up late less

Because after the solar term expires, the days are long, the nights are short, the temperature is high, the human body's metabolism is vigorous, the consumption is also large, and it is easy to get tired. If you stay up late for a long time, it will cause the disorder of people's physiological body and metabolic system, leading to excessive internal heat, which is easy to cause constipation, oral ulcer, sore throat and other symptoms of excessive internal heat. Therefore, in the hot summer, the effective way to prevent getting angry is to work regularly and avoid staying up late.

Step 2 pay attention to clothes

The temperature rises gradually after the small fullness, so the dress should be loose and comfortable, which is convenient for activities, cool and ventilated, and conducive to heat dissipation. Generally speaking, the smaller the body area covered by clothes, the faster the body temperature is lost, but in hot summer, don't mistakenly think that the more exposed you are, the cooler you will be, because only when the outside temperature is lower than the skin temperature will you feel cool when exposed. When the outside air temperature is higher than the skin temperature, the exposed area should not exceed 25% of the total surface area of the human body, otherwise the thermal radiation will invade the skin and become hotter.

Step 3 avoid catching a cold

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. Although I don't usually sleep on rocks or cold ground now, air conditioning, summer sleeping mat, cold bath and short skirt may bring a lot of cold and dampness. If you accidentally come into contact with damp and cold, you can get rid of dampness by exercising or taking a hot bath.

5. Eat less cold food

After entering Xiaoman, the temperature rises, and people often like to use cold drinks to cool down, but excessive cold drinks can lead to abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases. Eating a cold diet at this time is likely to cause gastrointestinal discomfort and abdominal pain, diarrhea and other symptoms. Because children's digestive system is underdeveloped and the visceral function of the elderly is gradually declining, this situation is more likely to occur in children and the elderly. Therefore, we should pay attention to avoid eating too much cold food in our diet.

6. Don't lose your temper.

People tend to sweat in hot weather, but Chinese medicine has always regarded sweat as "the liquid of the heart". Excessive sweating naturally consumes heart yin, which leads to more deficiency of heart yang and makes people feel tired. This is called "eating gas by fire", that is, if the fire is too strong, the gas in our body will be consumed. Therefore, in the hot summer climate, we should always pay attention to the harm of heart fire to human body. First of all, just don't lose your temper and add fuel to the fire. In Su Wen's theory of four qi regulating the spirit, it is also mentioned that "making the will not be angry", that is, people should be careful not to lose their temper because of irritability. "If you let off your breath, you should let it out peacefully and freely, as if you were angry." .

7. Prevent skin diseases

Because of the hot and humid weather in summer, it is easy to breed mosquitoes and cause itchy skin or infection, so prevention is very important. This requires attention to family and personal hygiene. Change exposed bedding and close-fitting clothes frequently, and eradicate the "hotbed" where germs breed and spread in hot and humid weather.

8. Pay attention to food hygiene

In the full season, as the weather gets hotter, food tends to deteriorate and rot. "Illness comes from the mouth", so we should pay special attention to food hygiene. Try to avoid eating cold food, avoid eating overnight food, and stop drinking in summer to cool down, so as to effectively prevent abdominal pain, diarrhea and other diseases.

9, suitable for outdoor sports

The weather is cooler in the morning and evening after Xiaoman Festival, which is more suitable for outdoor sports, while walking, doing exercises and playing Tai Ji Chuan are the most suitable. In addition, playing chess, calligraphy, fishing and so on. It is also a good way to cultivate one's morality. In the summer after Xiaoman starts school, exercise should not be strenuous to prevent sweating from hurting Yin and Yang.

10, eat more vegetarian food.

After entering Xiaoman, the temperature continued to rise, and the diet was mainly light and refreshing vegetarian food. You can often eat foods with the functions of clearing away dampness and heat and nourishing yin, such as adzuki bean, coix seed, mung bean, wax gourd, cucumber, day lily, cress, auricularia auricula, carrot, tomato, watermelon, yam, crucian carp and grass carp.

1 1, eat less spicy, greasy and humid food.

After the small full, there is more and more rain, and the air is hot and humid, which is easy to cause diseases such as rubella, eczema and wet skin disease. Therefore, in terms of diet, we should eat less spicy, greasy and humid food. Such as raw onion, raw garlic, ginger, mustard, pepper, pepper, marine fish, shrimp, crab, cattle, sheep, dogs, geese, etc., should be properly ingested after the festival.

12, eat more "bitter"

It's better to take tonic than to eat bitterness on a hot day. In summer, many people will lose their appetite because of the heat. Bitter vegetables are not as good as "entering the heart meridian to reduce the heart fire, except the heart fire to calm the heart." People's taste buds are more sensitive to bitterness. Eating bitter food can relieve summer heat, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, and promote digestion, which is exactly a multi-purpose.