During the Ear Grain season, the days are long and the nights are short, and the yang energy is strong. The human body must adapt to the changing laws of the rise and fall of yin and yang. You should go to bed late and get up early, and receive appropriate sunlight during the day to nourish yang energy and facilitate the movement of qi and blood. Below are the special foods and health-preserving principles of the Mangzhong solar term that I have compiled for you. I hope it will be helpful to you.
Special foods during the Ear solar term
1. Drinking green plum wine
Nanjing has a custom of "boiling green plums", and people in Lishui District still have it It is customary to make green plum wine during the Mangzhong solar term. In the south, May and June are the season when plums mature. The plums are picked and dried in the shade at home. On this day, the cleaned plums are soaked in white wine. The white wine is usually 55 degrees, and 3 pounds of plums are added to 10 pounds of white wine. , two pounds of rock sugar are used as a proportional formula, and the process of soaking green plums in wine takes one month. This folk custom is closely related to the allusion of the Three Kingdoms period "Green plums are cooked in wine to discuss heroes".
2. Eating eggs
There is a custom of eating eggs in the Manzhong solar term, because eating eggs in the Manzhong solar term can bring a better meaning to people, and it can not only make the family happy Live a more fulfilling life, and eggs are also a relatively nutritious food.
We all know that eggs contain a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to the body. Therefore, eggs can help replenish the body's qi and blood. Moreover, after the climate is hot, the human body will suffer from loss of appetite, and eggs can Helps prevent common summer symptoms such as lack of appetite and other bitter summer symptoms.
3. Drinking tea
In many areas, there is also the custom of drinking tea in Mangzhong, because drinking tea in Mangzhong can refresh the mind, relieve physical fatigue, and also has certain effects on some physical diseases. Prevention and avoidance, so some people say that if you don’t drink Mangzhong tea, the whole summer will be more difficult.
4. Eat Juntacai
Juntacai is also a traditional food of Mangzhong, because Juntacai is a vegetable that is on the market before and after the Mangzhong solar term, and it is also considered the Mangzhong season. seasonal vegetables, and it is said that eating Junta vegetables in Mangzhong can clear away heat, detoxify and protect skin, and can prevent and alleviate prickly heat that often occurs in summer.
Principles of health maintenance during the Ear solar term
1. Do not take a bath immediately after sweating
As the temperature continues to rise, many people will take frequent baths to cool themselves down. , but do not take a bath immediately after sweating profusely, because after sweating profusely, the blood flowing through the muscles increases and the heart rate accelerates. If the bathing water is overheated, it will accelerate the blood flow and expand the blood vessels and pores of the body, which will cause insufficient blood. It supplies vital organs such as the heart and brain, causing the body to be deprived of oxygen and causing dizziness.
2. Don’t go out at 2pm on hot days.
The main factor affecting the temperature is the intensity of solar radiation. Sunlight itself cannot directly increase the temperature. After the ground absorbs the heat from solar radiation, it is then conducted to the air through radiation, convection, etc. This process of upward transport of heat is the main reason for the increase in temperature.
To put it simply, the sun shines on the ground and heats the ground. The ground absorbs the heat and releases it to heat the air, and the temperature rises. Although at noon in summer, the angle of sunlight hitting the ground is closest to direct sunlight, and the heat received by the ground and air is the strongest, the heat released by the ground is less than the heat provided by the sun, so noon is not the hottest time.
The ground temperature continues to rise after noon. When the heat released by the ground is equal to the heat supplied by the sun, the heat released by the ground can reach the maximum. This process takes a certain amount of time, usually at two o'clock in the afternoon. The temperature reaches its maximum around 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
3. Pay attention to your diet: be light and eat less meat
Traditional Chinese health science believes that summer belongs to fire among the five elements. Affected by this seasonal characteristic, people will Feeling hot, irritable, sweating, losing body fluids, and losing a lot of nutrients, coupled with decreased appetite, can easily lead to physical weakness and fatigue. At this time, you should eat more light, soft and easy-to-digest food, and eat less greasy, spicy and irritating food. Diet therapy is called Qingtonic.
Frequently eating greasy and spicy food can lead to spleen yang deficiency. Therefore, you should focus on a light diet no matter what season you are in, especially in summer. Only in this way can the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases be prevented.
A light diet is what is commonly referred to as "meal".
The staple food should be mainly grains, and the non-staple food should be mainly beans, vegetables, fruits, and fungi. However, eating a light diet does not mean eating a completely vegetarian diet.
Meat contains protein necessary for the human body. Failure to eat it will cause malnutrition, so you should eat a small amount of lightly cooked meat. It is best to use low-fat and high-quality protein such as eggs, milk, fish and shrimp.
4. Three categories of vegetables that you should eat more in summer
Category 1: tomatoes, eggplants, celery, lettuce and other cool vegetables
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Eating some cold vegetables in summer is helpful for producing body fluids and quenching thirst, relieving irritability and heat, clearing away heat and detoxifying, detoxifying and laxative.
Category 2: Winter melon, cucumber, bitter gourd, loofah and other melon vegetables
From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, most melons can clear away heat and dampness, help eliminate toxins, and are good for cooling down and preventing heatstroke. of good food. Modern nutritional research shows that most melons and vegetables contain more than 90% water and are rich in a variety of minerals and vitamins, which can effectively replenish a large amount of water and nutrients lost in summer.
Category 3: Garlic, onions and other vegetables with "sterilizing" effects
During the 24 solar terms, Ear Grain is suitable for drinking more tea and eating more grains
The air is humid during Ear Grain season , the weather is hot and humid. At this time, attention should be paid to avoiding seasonal diseases and infectious diseases, such as heatstroke, mumps, chickenpox, etc.
The digestive function of people in this solar term is relatively weak, so they should eat more foods that can dispel heat, replenish qi, produce body fluids and quench thirst, and master the principles of low salt, drinking more, clearing away heat, and being light and soft.
Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty advocated "always eat light, sweet and light foods", emphasized a light diet, and warned people to be low-salt and low-fat. Eat more whole grains and don't eat too much hot food.
In summer, human body metabolism is strong, sweat is easy to leak, and it is easy to consume qi and damage body fluid, so drink more tea. Tea such as boiling water, traditional light tea. Herbal teas such as mulberry tea (mulberry is also known as mulberry fruit and is known as the "folk holy fruit"). Mulberry tastes sweet and sour and is slightly cold in nature. It has the functions of nourishing the liver and kidneys, producing body fluids and moistening the intestines, promoting intestinal juice secretion, and increasing gastrointestinal motility. . Black plum tea, dark plum is sour, astringent, and flat, and returns to the liver, spleen, lung, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of astringing the lungs and promoting fluid production.
For wolfberry heatstroke prevention tea, add 10 grams of wolfberry, 3 grams of mint, 12 grams of Schisandra chinensis, and 6 grams of chrysanthemum, cover and soak for 10 minutes until the flavor oozes out, then drink. This drink can nourish the lungs, promote body fluids, and cure excessive thirst due to summer heat.
For bitter melon honey tea, put 15 grams of dried bitter melon into a cup, pour in 300 ml of boiling water, cover and steep for 10 minutes until the flavor oozes out, then add honey and drink. It has the effects of clearing away heat and lowering blood pressure. effect.
For Cassia Chrysanthemum Tea, grind 30 grams of Cassia cassia (Cassia Seed) into fine pieces, put 12 grams of wild chrysanthemum together in a tea cup, and brew it with boiling water instead of tea. It has the functions of calming the liver and subduing yang, clearing away heat, and lowering blood pressure (Cassia cassia) has the effects of lowering blood pressure, diuresis and laxatives.
Wild chrysanthemum has been tested on animals and has obvious antihypertensive effects and can relieve insomnia. , headache, dizziness and other symptoms. The combination of the two can improve the effect of clearing away heat and lowering blood pressure, and has a significant effect on hypertension headache).
Pay attention to clearing away heat during the Ear Grain solar term. The poison of summer heat and dampness will affect human health. Eating some cold vegetables can help to produce body fluids and quench thirst, relieve irritability and relieve heat, clear away heat and purge fire, detoxify and relieve constipation. Bitter melon, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, celery, lettuce, asparagus, watercress, cold potato, etc. are excellent choices. In addition, summer is the season when diseases, especially intestinal diseases, are prone to occur. Eat more garlic, onions, leeks, green onions, and fragrant vegetables. "Bactericidal" vegetables such as green onions can prevent disease. Fruits such as watermelon are cool in nature and rich in potassium salts. Tomatoes can also clear away heat and detoxify, soothe the liver and remove fire. Pears are also known as "natural mineral water" because they are tender, juicy, sweet and sour, and are the best hydrating skin care products. Food: Eat more porridge and pasta, such as mung bean porridge.