Why is there an old saying, "Don't visit the sick in the afternoon"?

The main reason why visiting a patient in the afternoon is offensive to the host or patient is that in the study of yin and yang, afternoon is considered yin and inauspicious, which means that the patient's condition will not be good.

The reason why hospitals schedule patient visits between 9am and 11am is because normal people are more passive in the morning and this time is not a time of excitement for people, normal people as well as the patient, the patient's condition will be aggravated at this time of the day. For example, if you have a pain condition, then in the morning, you are the one in the most pain.

There is also a rule about visiting friends and relatives, that is, after attending a funeral and burning paper, you are not allowed to go to someone else's house before you go home. Meaning: do you want to mourn or come to my house? On the other hand, it is permissible to visit someone first and then burn paper. If you really need to go to someone's house after burning paper, you can go on a walk to the store and then you have no problem going wherever you want. In addition, mothers are not allowed to walk around and go to other people's houses when they have not yet reached the full moon after giving birth, otherwise their "flesh and blood" will pounce on other people's houses and get lucky.

If you are an ordinary relationship, you and a few people to go, it is best to have 15 to 20 minutes. For one, the patient will get tired of talking too much. Two, there are other patients in the room, which can interfere with others' activities and rest. Of course, it is different if you are the patient's iron brother and sister. In feudal times, when people went to see a patient in the afternoon, they could easily be shocked by some kind of gas that resembled the patient's poisonous gas. When visitors couldn't stand it, they could become seriously ill or even die.

Taboo was a rule in the life of the ancients and an injunction in communication, and like the current traffic rules, taboos have become an iron law that cannot be transgressed without permission.