Eawn is one of the twenty-four solar terms. The literal meaning is busy farming. This is a solar term that reflects the phenomenon of crops. In the past, people used this solar term to judge the growth of crops. Below are the foods and precautions I have compiled for you during the Eg Zhong solar term. I hope it will be helpful to you.

What foods should Eargreens eat?

1. Mulberry

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mulberry tastes sweet and sour, is slightly cold in nature, enters the heart, liver, and kidney meridian, and has tonifying properties. It has the functions of nourishing the liver and kidneys, promoting body fluids and moisturizing the intestines, and making black eyes clear. It mainly treats dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, irritability and insomnia, soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, premature graying of hair and beard, thirst, dry mouth, and dry stools caused by insufficient yin and blood.

When mulberry is put into the stomach, it can supplement the lack of gastric juice and promote the digestion of gastric juice. When it is put into the intestine, it can promote the secretion of intestinal juice and enhance gastrointestinal motility, so it has the effect of tonic and strengthening. Regular consumption of mulberries can improve eyesight and relieve symptoms of eye fatigue and dryness.

Mulberries contain allergenic substances and hyaluronic acid. Hemolytic enteritis may occur after excessive consumption. Therefore, children should not eat more mulberries. Mulberry contains a lot of trypsin inhibitor - tannic acid, which will affect the body's absorption of iron, calcium, zinc and other substances. It is also cold in nature, so people with weak spleen and stomach and loose stools should not eat it.

2. Barley

Barley is called "coix kernel" in Chinese medicine. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" lists it as a top grade. It can cure dampness, benefit the stomach and intestines, and eliminate edema. , strengthen the spleen and stomach, take it for a long time to lighten the body and replenish qi. Barley is cool in nature and settles, and is a commonly used medicine for diuresis and dampness. The best way to remove dampness from barley is to soak fried barley in water or boil it in soup.

Adzuki bean is neutral in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and has the effects of reducing edema, detoxifying and draining pus. The two together are perfect for eating during the hot and humid period after the summer solstice. Soak barley and adzuki beans in cold water for 2 hours and cook into porridge.

After the porridge is ready, you can add sugar appropriately according to your personal taste, or eat some side dishes. In the hot summer, it is very refreshing to drink a bowl of adzuki bean porridge.

3. Duck meat

In the hot summer, on the basis of maintaining a reasonable mix of meat and vegetables, duck meat is the first choice for summer consumption.

The biggest characteristic of duck meat is that it is neither lukewarm nor hot, and can clear away heat and remove internal heat. According to the principle of traditional Chinese medicine that "hot is cold", it can be eaten in seasons when it is easy to get internal heat. It nourishes yin, nourishes the stomach, strengthens the spleen and replenishes deficiency. , has a strong effect of diuresis, and anyone with damp-heat or excessive deficiency-fire in the body is suitable to eat duck meat.

Although duck is rich in nutrients, you should also pay attention when eating it: you should not eat smoked and roasted duck meat for a long time, because after processing, it can produce benzopyrene, which is carcinogenic. Duck meat is a fatty food and should not be eaten in large quantities. Especially those who are obese and have arteriosclerosis should eat less.

Cold patients should not consume it. People with colds should eat pungent foods, while duck meat is nourishing and can make the cold lingering and difficult to heal.

Precautions for the health care of Miscanthus

Beware of heat colds

It is easy to catch a cold in summer, which is called "heat cold" in Chinese medicine. It can cause runny nose, stuffy nose, sneezing, and sometimes Fever, headache, etc. may also occur, and some may also experience vomiting and diarrhea.

In terms of diet, you can drink mung bean soup, honeysuckle dew, chrysanthemum tea, and reed root flowers to clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

At the same time, avoid greasy, sticky, sour, and spicy foods, such as glutinous rice, fried foods, sea fish, and sweets.

Wash your clothes frequently

The weather is very hot during the Ear Grain season, and you will sweat just by walking around outdoors for a few minutes. At this time, you must change your clothes in time and don't be lazy.

Because sweat also contains a large number of bacteria, if you do not change clothes and take a bath in time, these bacteria will definitely cause skin itching and infection. You must pay attention to personal hygiene.

Another thing to note is that if you sweat a lot, don’t take a shower right away. If you take a shower at this time, your skin and heart will bear a heavy burden. It is recommended to sit down and rest for about 20 minutes before taking a shower.

The diet should be light

Health experts of all ages believe that the diet in summer should be light and tonic. From a nutritional perspective, a light diet plays an irreplaceable role in health preservation.

People are also warned not to eat food that is too salty or too sweet. Eating too salty foods and excess sodium ions in the body can increase blood pressure and even cause cerebrovascular dysfunction.

Eating too much sweets can easily lead to the accumulation of intermediate products such as sucrose, which can lead to hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia, and in severe cases can induce diabetes.

The cultural implication of the Ear Grain solar term

The Ear Grain Festival coincides with the time when rice is grown in the south and wheat is harvested in the north. The "harvest" and the "plant" reveal important events in life. However, Sow and reap; only when you sow can you reap; only when you sow well can you reap well. Principle of life. The climate characteristics of Miscanthus are significantly higher temperatures and abundant rainfall. Such unique climate conditions are very suitable for sowing and transplanting. Therefore, in agricultural production, we must seize the time to plant spring crops and transplant rice in time. Therefore, people call "awnzhong" "busy planting", which means that this season is already the busiest season for agricultural cultivation.

There is a folk proverb, "If you don't sow the awn, it will be useless if you sow it." This means that this season is already a late sowing period, and sowing must be done in time. When the awn planting season comes, rice should be planted as soon as possible; if it is delayed any longer, the vegetative growth period of rice will be shortened due to the increase in temperature, and the growth stage will be prone to drought, diseases and insect pests, and the yield will inevitably be low. For most parts of our country, the arrival of Ear Grain is the busiest time of the year.

"Tongwei Xiaojing Aids Shen Deed" says: "On the fifteenth day after Xiaoman, the fighting finger C is the awn seed, which is the May Festival. It is said that there is a valley of awns that can be sown." "awn seed" The two words are homophonic. In the folk, "Mang Zhong" is also called "Busy Planting" and "Busy Planting". It is the season for sowing late rice and other cereal crops. The half-month period from Ear Grain to the summer solstice is the climax of sowing, transplanting and seedling management of autumn-ripening crops. The folk proverb "Earg planting is busy, rice planting is late" means that Eg planting is the busy season for rice transplanting. During the awning season, rice and other crops grow vigorously and require a lot of water. Moderate rainfall is very beneficial to agricultural production. In ancient my country, the water replenishment of agricultural crops relied on precipitation from the sky and rivers on the ground. Farming was mainly concentrated in areas with abundant precipitation and developed river water networks. Until now, farmers in these areas still engage in agricultural production according to solar terms, temperature and precipitation. The solar term of Ear Grain is the beginning of the noon month in the calendar of stems and branches. The noon month is in midsummer. At that time, all things grow and flourish. From the beginning of the awn until the Great Heat, it is the peak season of the year when all things grow wildly.