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What do you mean by five kernels, five fragrances and thirteen fragrances?

Five kernels are a kind of stuffing for traditional Chinese cakes (such as moon cakes). It is made of five materials: peanut kernel, sesame kernel, walnut kernel, almond and melon seed kernel, which are fried, peeled and crushed into dices, and finally added with sugar.

Aromatic herbs are tall perennial herbs. The taproot is thick, cylindrical and brown in appearance; Sparse branches and roots. Has diuretic, fibrin dissolving, digestive juice secretion promoting, tracheal smooth muscle relaxing, and typhoid Bacillus, dysentery Bacillus, Escherichia coli and various fungi inhibiting effects. In addition, five spices are also used in cooking food, such as fennel, pepper, star anise, cinnamon and clove.

Thirteen incense, also known as shiquanxiang, refers to 13 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines with unique fragrance, including nutmeg, Amomum villosum, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, pepper, star anise, fennel, radix aucklandiae, radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae and galangal. Belonging to seasonings, kitchen supplies and condiments.