The way to keep healthy in solar terms

Dragon Boat Festival, a festival of Chinese medicine.

The ancients believed that the fifth month of the lunar calendar was a vicious season, with snakes, insects, rats and ants breeding in large numbers, and diseases and plagues easily spreading. May 5th is considered as a poisonous day in the poisonous month because of the "extreme sun". It is said that the name of "Dragon Boat Festival" evolved from "hiding in the afternoon", which means avoiding poisonous summer.

It is precisely because the Dragon Boat Festival is such an easy-to-get-sick season that many methods of using Chinese medicine have been popularized. It is no exaggeration to call the Dragon Boat Festival "a festival of Chinese medicine".

Looking through the classics, we will see that there are other nicknames for the Dragon Boat Festival, such as Yulan Festival, Acorus calamus Festival and Daughter's Day, which are all related to the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival and Chinese medicine. In the Han Dynasty, "Da Dai Li" said: "Blue soup bath in the afternoon", which means that skin diseases occur frequently in the midsummer of the Dragon Boat Festival. The ancients used blue grass soup to bathe and decontaminate, so it was called "Blue Bath Festival". The ancients thought that "heavy noon" was a taboo day, when the five poisons were exhausted. Therefore, the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is to ward off evil spirits and avoid poison, such as hanging calamus and mugwort leaves on the door, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Acorus Festival". In addition, in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Bang said in "Miscellaneous Notes of Ten Thousand Departments" that "May Daughter's Day is the Dragon Boat Festival, wearing five poisonous spells. Ten thousand customs are decorated with little girls from the first day of May to the fifth day of May, and we do our best. Married women also have their own motherhood. Because it's called Daughter's Day. "

The way to keep healthy in solar terms

1. Healthy diet therapy

During the Dragon Boat Festival, the temperature is high and the humidity is high. Under such climatic conditions, people's various life activities are more exciting, energy and nutrients are consumed faster, body fluids are lost more, and the body's metabolism is unbalanced, which often leads to symptoms such as fever, thirst, upset and loss of appetite. Therefore, we should pay special attention to replenish water, eat more light food and fruits and vegetables, and pay attention to sun protection when going out.

During this period, the hot and humid climate is easy to breed snakes, insects, rats, ants and various germs, which further aggravates the spread of diseases. Therefore, it is popular among the people to insert moxa sticks in front of the door and drink realgar wine to ward off evil spirits and keep healthy.

Step 2 live and stay healthy

"The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic Su Wen Four Qi Tiaoling" says that the way to maintain health in summer is "Xia San Month, called Fanxiu, where heaven and earth are connected, everything is gorgeous, lying at night and getting up early." March in summer refers to April, May and June of the lunar calendar, also known as Xia Meng, midsummer and the last month of summer respectively. Dragon Boat Festival is in midsummer. In daily life, it is necessary to go to bed late and get up early, and receive proper sunlight, so as to conform to the fullness of yang, which is conducive to the operation of qi and blood and cheer up the spirit. Doing more outdoor activities and taking a nap at noon will help the human body recover from fatigue, straighten out the mood and avoid getting angry.

3. Exercise for health

From ancient times to the present, Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to promote sports, and the annual "Dragon Boat Race" is a vivid example. Traditional Chinese medicine calls essence, qi and spirit "three treasures", which are closely related to human life. It is precisely these three links that exercise and health preservation grasp, adjusting consciousness and nourishing the soul; Breathe air by heart, adjust breathing and practice qi, promote qi and blood circulation, and circulate all over the body; Through the movement of the body, bones and joints, the muscles and meridians of the whole body are unblocked and the whole body is nourished.

In daily life, you can keep your body and mind healthy by walking, playing Baduan Brocade or Tai Ji Chuan, jogging and swimming.

Dragon Boat Festival Wei Zi Branch

Tomato and potato sparerib soup

Ingredients: 300g of tomatoes, 500g of potatoes and 500g of ribs.

Practice: firstly, wash and blanch the spareribs, then rinse them with clear water, put them in a casserole with diced potatoes, add 3000ml of water, cook them with strong fire for 15 minutes, then cook them with slow fire for 40 minutes, then add tomatoes, cook them for 20 minutes, and serve after seasoning.

Efficacy: invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.

Boiled egg soup with white crucian carp

Ingredients: 500g of white crucian carp, 3 eggs, 3 slices of ginger and appropriate amount of pepper.

Practice: Slaughter and wash the white crucian carp, fry it until it is slightly yellow, splash a little water and pick it up; Fry the eggs into poached eggs and scoop them up; Stir-fry ginger slices in a wok, add 1250 ml water (5 bowls) and bring to a boil with strong fire. Roll the white crucian carp for a while, add poached eggs, and sprinkle with appropriate amount of salt and pepper after boiling.

Efficacy: eliminating dampness and appetizing.

Shang Tang Hong Amaranth

Ingredients: Amaranth 1 kg, a little minced lean meat, broth 1 cup, 2 garlic.

Practice: Wash red amaranth for later use; Add oil to the pot, saute the garlic until the minced lean meat changes color, and pour in the broth to boil; After boiling, add amaranth to the soup, cook until soft, glaze it, and take out the pot.

Efficacy: clearing heat and invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness and stopping dysentery, astringing and stopping bleeding, and promoting defecation.

Celery mixed with tofu

Ingredients: celery 1 50g, tofu1,seasoning.

Practice: cut celery into small pieces, cut tofu into small squares, blanch with boiling water, remove and cool with cold boiling water, and control the water for later use. Stir-fry celery and tofu, add salt, monosodium glutamate and sesame oil and mix well.

Efficacy: calming the liver, clearing away heat, inducing diuresis and detoxifying.

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