The spring breeze brings warmth and the first bite of fresh food. During the spring equinox, the temperature is rising and delicious spring vegetables are in season.

So, what are the must-eat vegetables during the Spring Equinox? Come and take a look~

Leeks

Leeks are pungent in taste and warm in nature. They enter the liver, spleen, kidney, and stomach meridians. They can warm and nourish kidney yang, consolidate semen and stop spermatorrhea, promote qi, activate blood circulation, and warm the body. It has the effect of appetizing. At the same time, it is in line with the principle of nourishing it with Xin during this period.

Leeks can be fried, scrambled with eggs, or chopped into dumplings.

Shepherd's purse

Shepherd's purse has a sweet taste and a mild nature. It enters the liver, spleen, and lung meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, strengthening the spleen, improving eyesight, and strengthening the stomach and digestion. There is a folk saying that "on March 3rd, shepherd's purse is the elixir." Shepherd's purse can be stir-fried, made into dumplings, and porridge.

Toon

Toon has a bitter taste and a mild nature, and is associated with the liver, kidney, and stomach meridians. Known as a "tree vegetable", it has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, strengthening the stomach and regulating qi. Toon fried eggs and cold toon are both delicious.

Andrographis paniculata

Andrographis paniculata is bitter in taste and cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood, reducing swelling, and removing dampness. It has a very good relieving effect on common spring internal heat.

Additionally, it contains natural anti-inflammatory and antiviral ingredients such as andrographis.

But everyone must remember that the Andrographis paniculata on the table is very different from the medicinal Andrographis paniculata. Medicinal Andrographis paniculata is not edible.

Spinach

Spinach is sweet in taste and neutral in nature. It belongs to the liver, stomach, large intestine, and small intestine meridians. It has the effects of antipyretic toxins, blood circulation, and gastrointestinal benefits.

Spinach is available all year round, but spring is the best. Spinach, which is available in spring, is very beneficial to detoxification and preventing spring dryness.

Spinach is rich in a variety of vitamins, trace elements and antioxidants. The potassium in it plays a vital role in regulating blood pressure.

Chives

Chives are not just a condiment in cooking, they also have medicinal value. Onions can delay the aging of tissues and organs, protect vascular endothelial cells, prevent thrombosis, and reduce blood lipids.

Trichosanthes

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that its smell is bitter, slightly cold, non-toxic, thickens the intestines and stomach, and relieves coughs.

The mushroom also has the effects of dispersing stagnation and detoxification, tonifying the body and replenishing qi, etc., which is more in line with the law of luck adjustment of "replenishing it with bitterness" and "hardening it with bitterness".

Mushrooms can be used to roast pork belly, stir-fry or make soup.

Yam

Yam tastes sweet and flat, and returns to the spleen, lung, and kidney meridian. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting body fluid and lungs, strengthening the kidney and replenishing essence.

In view of the weak spleen and stomach function at this time, you can eat yam appropriately.

Stir-fry black fungus with yam, make pork ribs soup with yam, or steam the yam with an iron rod and serve as a side dish.

Spring Equinox Recipe

Spring Equinox Soup

Toona Egg Soup

Method: Take 6~8 toon sprouts, wash them and use boiling water Blanch it, then cut into pieces and set aside. Heat the wok, add a small amount of rapeseed oil, add the Chinese toon and stir-fry for a while before draining.

Put the oil in the pan again, stir two eggs into egg liquid and put it into the pan. When the eggs are five times ripe, add the toona sinensis again, stir well and then add an appropriate amount of boiling water. Cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Finally add salt, Coriander and chopped green onion are ready to serve.

Toon can play a certain regulating role in treating symptoms such as loss of appetite, food accumulation, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and epigastric distension and tightness caused by abnormal rise and fall of the Qi machine in the middle burner.

Drinking a bowl of toon egg soup before and after the Spring Equinox can not only strengthen the spleen and liver, but is also suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach.

Spring Equinox Porridge

Porridge not only satisfies appetite, but also has health-preserving effects.

Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, once mentioned in "Qianjin Prescription" that "congee should be eaten in spring", which can nourish the spleen and stomach, remove turbidity and produce clarity.

Spring Equinox Five Color Porridge

Method: Take 10 grams of mung beans, 15 grams of pumpkin, 3 red dates, 15 grams of yam, 5 grams of mulberries and an appropriate amount of japonica rice, put them into a pot and add water to boil Serve as porridge.

Soothe the nerves, jujube kernel and rehmannia glutinosa porridge

Take 15 grams each of crushed jujube kernel and raw rehmannia glutinosa, add an appropriate amount of water to make a decoction and set aside.

100 grams of rice, put into a casserole, add appropriate amount of water, cook over low heat until cooked, then add soup, continue to cook until thick. Take once a day, can be divided into meals.

Regular consumption of this product has the effect of nourishing yin and calming the nerves. It is suitable for people with heart and kidney yin deficiency, low fever, difficulty falling asleep and early awakening and insomnia.

Prevent sleepiness with jujube and tuckahoe porridge

Take 50 grams of jujube, 15 grams of tuckahoe (broken into pieces), and 100 grams of millet. ***Put it into a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook the porridge over low heat. Consume once a day, divided into 2 meals.

Regular consumption of this product has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind. Suitable for those who suffer from fatigue, loss of appetite, blood deficiency, pale complexion, and loose stools.

If you have a loss of appetite, severe symptoms of fatigue and fatigue, and are accompanied by dry and sticky mouth, you can change the Poria cocos to "Red Poria cocos" which has the effect of calming the nerves and drying dampness.

Spring Equinox Drink

In spring, the human body can take advantage of nature’s rising energy to promote human metabolism and perform skin care and beauty treatments, which can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

According to the literature "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "It calms the mind and improves the color."

Put an appropriate amount of dried lotus (lotus) into a thermos cup and rinse it with boiling water. After steeping for a while, drink the tea frequently, adding boiling water while drinking until the taste becomes weak. It tastes sweet and bitter, has a cool nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and nourishing the skin.

Drink 2 times a day, suitable for those with deficiency of heat, upset, insomnia, and poor appearance.

Fresh lotus can also be used, red lotus is the most suitable, and the dosage needs to be increased 4 to 6 times of dried lotus.

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Vernal Equinox Cream

For those with sallow complexion and haggard appearance caused by kidney yin deficiency, insufficient heart and blood, and spleen failure to control blood, it can be used during the Vernal Equinox. Use wolfberry paste to recuperate.

Method: Take equal amounts of wolfberry and longan meat, add an appropriate amount of water, put it in a casserole and cook over low heat. While cooking, crush the raw materials into a paste and set aside.

Take about 20 grams (about 1 level tablespoon) each time, 1 or 2 times a day. Wolfberry is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and can nourish the liver and kidneys; longan is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and can nourish the heart and blood.