Eat delicious food when the solar terms are small.

1, 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.

2, bitter vegetables. The most representative custom food in Xiaoman solar terms is bitter vegetables, which is one of the earliest wild vegetables eaten by China people. Zhou Shu: Xiaoman Day Bitter Vegetable Show. The Book of Songs: Bitter comes sweet, under the sun. It is said that Wang Baochuan ate bitter vegetables in a cold kiln for 18 years in order to survive. Kuding tea is bitter with astringency, astringent with sweetness, fresh and refreshing, cool and smooth, rich in nutrition, containing vitamins, minerals, choline, sugar, riboflavin and mannitol, and has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood and detoxifying.

3, 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.

4, wheat 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.

5. 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.

6. 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. Lettuce also has a calming effect. Regular consumption helps to eliminate tension and help sleep.