Solar terms health Grain Rain solar terms health

Grain Rain, which means "Rain gives birth to a hundred valleys", is the last solar term in spring. As the saying goes, "Snow breaks in Qingming Festival and frost breaks in Grain Rain". After Grain Rain, the weather warmed up faster, the rain increased, and the spring-sown crops grew well. During the solar term in Grain Rain, there are folk customs such as drinking Grain Rain tea, enjoying peony and eating Toona sinensis.

Chinese medicine believes that spring corresponds to the liver, and it is appropriate to keep the liver qi unobstructed. During the period of Grain Rain, the rainfall increased and the humidity was high, so we should pay attention to eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen.

Xuanbu Nourishing Liver: In late spring, flowers and trees sway gently with the wind and stretch and grow. People can stand on a high place and look into the distance, pour out their bad feelings to others, or shout and sing loudly during an outing to vent their bad feelings in time and relax their liver qi. If you are unhappy, you can also massage Xuan Shi point (fingertip, left and right *** 10) to relieve it.

Eliminating dampness and strengthening the spleen: Coix seed is a good medicine to remove damp-heat in the body. Usually, when cooking porridge, put some barley, or mix it with red beans to make a classic diet remedy-red bean barley porridge. It should be reminded that pregnant women should not use coix seed, and coix seed should not be eaten on an empty stomach. In addition, Poria cocos, Chinese yam and Codonopsis pilosula can also be used to drink broth (References:

Life Times).

Copywriter: Xia Di Wang Xiaoli

Illustration: Li Yuanling Tian Tian