What are the traditional ways of keeping in good health for the Dragon Boat Festival?

Speaking of Dragon Boat Festival, the most direct connection is Zongzi. Zongzi is rich in ingredients, with fragrant leaves and soft glutinous rice, which is a festive delicacy and makes people have an appetite. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice has the functions of benefiting qi, strengthening spleen, appetizing and promoting digestion, and eating zongzi has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving annoyance and helping spleen to stimulate appetite.

However, Zongzi is a high-calorie food, which is not easy to digest. Pay attention to the control of quantity when eating. Overeating can easily lead to indigestion, especially for diabetics. For people with spleen and stomach yang deficiency and cold deficiency, it is not advisable to eat more zongzi. In addition, zongzi is best eaten with tea, which can help swallowing and digestion.

2, smoked mugwort leaves, mosquito repellent

There is a folk proverb that says, "Willows are inserted in Qingming Festival, and wormwood is inserted in Dragon Boat Festival." As a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine, Folium Artemisiae Argyi is warm in nature and has the effects of dispelling cold, removing dampness, warming meridians and stopping bleeding. At the same time, its stems and leaves contain volatile aromatic oil, which can drive away mosquitoes and flies and purify the air. Studies have shown that the smoke produced by fumigation of mugwort leaves can inhibit the spread of viruses and bacteria in the air and is harmless to people.

In addition to smoking, mugwort leaves are pounded into velvet and made into sticks and sticks. External moxibustion can dispel cold, relieve pain and warm qi and blood. Need to be reminded that people suffering from respiratory diseases such as rhinitis and asthma should be carefully smoked with mugwort leaves to avoid causing allergies and aggravating symptoms.

3. Wear sachets to avoid the plague

Wearing sachets is one of the traditional customs of Dragon Boat Festival. Experts said that in order to scent, repel insects and avoid epidemics, sachets are often filled with some Chinese medicines with "smelly" functions, such as cloves, angelica dahurica, agastache, perilla and mint. They all contain strong volatile substances, which can refresh the mind, invigorate the spirit, relax muscles and tendons, dredge nine orifices and prevent plague.

Now the ingredients of sachets sold in the market are not the same, no matter which one, you should identify and choose when buying. People with allergies, it is best not to wear it. In addition, pregnant women should use sachets with caution.

4, drink medicinal liquor, dampness and evil spirits.

When it comes to drinking during the Dragon Boat Festival, the most impressive thing is realgar wine. However, experts remind that realgar is a toxic Chinese medicine, which will cause damage to the liver, and it is generally not recommended to drink it directly. Yellow rice wine and Wu Jia wine can be used instead. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that yellow rice wine is warm, and raw drinking can treat anorexia and irritability caused by hot weather. Hot drinks can relieve rheumatoid arthritis, backache and numbness of hands and feet.

Acanthopanax senticosus is Acanthopanax senticosus, which is pungent, bitter and warm in nature. Cut into shreds and soak in a container filled with Chinese liquor for about 10 day. However, although medicinal liquor has the effect of preventing and treating diseases, it is not suitable for everyone, such as pregnant women, lactating women, people who are allergic to alcohol, and people with liver and kidney diseases.

5. Rowing dragon boats and practicing waist muscles.

Dragon Boat Festival is one of the most traditional folk customs, which is not only interesting and enjoyable, but also has a very good exercise effect, especially beneficial to sedentary workers. Experts believe that dragon boat rowing can improve the health problems of sedentary people such as lumbar muscle strain, muscle stiffness and disc herniation.

The above contents refer to People's Daily Online-the way of keeping in good health in the custom of Dragon Boat Festival.