The origin and implication of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse on March 3

Introduction: During traditional festivals, there are many catchy proverbs in China. Take the upcoming March 3rd as an example. There has always been a saying in Guangxi that "don't forget to boil eggs with vegetables on the third day of the third lunar month". So, what is the origin of the saying that shepherd's purse boiled eggs on March 3? I'll show you the origin and meaning of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse on March 3 next year.

The saying that shepherd's purse boiled eggs on March 3 originated from a folk prescription. Mustard has a good effect on treating headache, and studies have proved that it can also prevent meningitis. Mustard mustard tuber is also the local dish we are talking about now. It is not only the custom in Hunan, south, central and north-central regions to eat local dishes and boil eggs on March 3.

The meaning of eating shepherd's purse and boiled eggs on March 3;

Eating eggs on March 3 means eating boiled eggs will not cause headaches.

According to legend, in Chu, people have headaches because of wind and rain. On the third day of March, Shennong passed Yunmengze (now Xiaogan) and saw that the villagers had a terrible headache. He found wild eggs and vegetables and cooked them to satisfy people's hunger. People eat their heads and the pain stops. The custom of "eating vegetables and boiling eggs on March 3, a year without headaches" continues to this day.

However, this is just a folk saying. Although it is a traditional custom to eat cauliflower and boil eggs on March 3, its scientific nature remains to be verified.

However, from a nutritional point of view, although the ground vegetables are wild vegetables, they are rich in nutrients, containing a lot of carotene, vitamin B and vitamin C, and the contents of calcium and iron are also relatively high. These nutrients are beneficial to human health. In addition, the protein content of eggs is high, and lecithin and vitamin A are also rich, so the two nutritious foods are naturally good for the body.

Method for boiling eggs with shepherd's purse

Before the third day of the third lunar month, dig some shepherd's purse in the wild, remove impurities and wash it, and then put it in the pot with shepherd's purse roots.

Soak the eggs in cold water for two or three minutes in advance to prevent them from breaking during cooking. Put the soaked eggs in a pot and cook them over high fire. After boiling, turn to medium heat and cook for seven or eight minutes, then turn off the heat. After stopping for a minute, take out the eggs with a colander, break them gently one by one, and then put them back in the pot. Light it again at this time and cook it slowly. When you smell the shepherd's purse and the soup in the pot changes color, take out the cooked shepherd's purse and add a little salt to turn off the fire in the pot. So that the eggs can be taken out and eaten after soaking in shepherd's purse soup for a day.

Precautions for eating boiled eggs with shepherd's purse

1, don't eat sugar immediately after eating eggs.

Eggs can't be cooked with monosodium glutamate, which I believe many people already know. But you may not know that eggs can't be boiled with sugar, or that eating eggs before eating sugar is not acceptable. Many places have the habit of eating poached eggs in sugar water, which is actually wrong! The combination of sugar and eggs will make amino acids in protein of eggs form a combination of fructosyl lysine, which is not easily absorbed by human body, so it is not good for health.

Don't eat goose or rabbit immediately after eating eggs.

Eggs can't be eaten with meat such as rabbit and goose. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Eggs and rabbits are eaten into a pool of dysentery." That's because rabbit meat tastes sweet and cold, while eggs taste sweet and flat and slightly cold. Both of them contain some bioactive substances, which will react when eaten, stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and cause diarrhea.

Don't eat persimmon immediately after eating eggs.

Eating persimmons after eating eggs will lead to food poisoning, acute gastroenteritis and lung stones. Generally speaking, eating these two foods at the same time will lead to acute gastroenteritis, accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal pain. If you take it within 1-2 hours, you can use the method of inducing vomiting. Take 20g of salt and 200mL of boiling water and drink it once after cooling, or mash fresh ginger to get juice and take it with warm water. If you take it for a long time, you can take laxatives under the guidance of a doctor to discharge toxic substances.

Don't take anti-inflammatory drugs immediately after eating eggs.

Eggs are rich in protein, so we should pay special attention to the intake of protein when inflammation occurs, so remember not to take medicine after eating eggs when inflammation occurs. Especially for digestive tract diseases, people with diarrhea symptoms should not eat eggs. Because eggs contain more protein, it will increase the burden on the stomach and affect the curative effect. If it is other inflammation, such as respiratory system, urinary system and so on. It has little influence from the perspective of western medicine.