Foods to eat during solar terms:

1. Loquat. "Xiaoman loquat half slope yellow". Among seasonal fruits, loquats are probably the only ones that are on the market at the right time. Loquat is a fruit that is highly seasonal and has a short market time, so if you want to eat it, you must seize the time. Many cough syrups contain loquat ingredients. This is because loquat contains amygdalin, which can moisten the lungs, relieve coughs, eliminate phlegm, and treat various coughs.

2. Bitter herbs. The most representative customary food of Xiaoman solar term is bitter vegetables, which is one of the earliest wild vegetables eaten by Chinese people. "Book of Zhou": On Xiaoman's day, bitter vegetables show. "The Book of Songs": Picking up the bitterness, picking up the bitterness, under the first Yang. It is said that Wang Baochuan ate bitter vegetables in a cold kiln for 18 years in order to survive. Bitter vegetables are bitter and astringent, astringent and sweet, fresh and refreshing, cool and tender, rich in nutrients, containing a variety of vitamins, minerals, choline, sugars, riboflavin and mannitol needed by the human body, and have heat-clearing properties. , cooling blood and detoxifying functions.

3. Bitter melon. Bitter melon is a good food in summer and is rich in nutrients. It mainly contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and other nutrients. The unripe and tender fruits are used as vegetables, while the ripe fruit pulp can be eaten raw. It can be eaten cold, stir-fried with meat or grilled fish. It is crisp and refreshing, with a unique flavor.

4. Wheat cakes. It has been said since ancient times that Xiaoman is the birthday of the Silkworm God. Because there are many silkworms in the south, and Xiaoman is an important time node for the hatching of young silkworms and the growth of mulberry leaves, so "sacrifice to the Silkworm God" is relatively more important. At this time, people will use rice flour or flour as raw materials to make wheat cakes and wheat cakes shaped like silkworm cocoons and enjoy them together, hoping for a good harvest of silkworm cocoons.

5. Dandelion. Dandelion, also known as dandelion, dandelion, etc., is the whole plant with roots of dandelion in the Asteraceae family and is widely distributed throughout the country. Dandelion is a nutritious vegetable, mainly containing protein, fat, carotene, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dandelion has a sweet, bitter, and cold taste, enters the liver and stomach meridian, and has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, stopping diarrhea, choleretic, protecting the liver, strengthening the stomach, and lowering blood pressure.

6. Lettuce. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lettuce is bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature. It is beneficial to the five internal organs, unblocks the meridians, opens the chest and diaphragm, invigorates qi, strengthens muscles and bones, removes bad breath, whitens teeth, improves eyesight, promotes lactation, facilitates urination and detoxifies. It can be used for hematuria. , difficulty urinating, maternal agalactia, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Lettuce also has a sedative effect, and regular consumption can help relieve tension and help you sleep.