It is a traditional custom to eat jiaozi on the head, because when it rains, people have a bad appetite and can't eat anything, while jiaozi is a food that stimulates and satisfies the appetite in the traditional customs of China people.
It's better to eat noodles in rainy days. There is a saying in the north that "jiaozi lies on his head and pancakes stand on his feet". The custom of eating noodles on Furi Festival began at least in the Three Kingdoms period. According to Wei's Spring and Autumn Annals, "Lie in the sun, wipe your sweat with a towel and look at Jiao Ran" makes people realize that white skin is white, not covered with powder. The "soup cake" here is hot soup noodles. Why eat hot noodles on a hot day? Liang Zonggu of the Southern Dynasties wrote in the Chronicle of Jingchu: "The soup cake is pale in June, which is called evil." May is an evil month, and June also touches the edge of the evil month, so it should also be "evil". This is superstition. Grinding new wheat into flour and cooking soup will make you sweat. The new grain is rich in nutrition, and sweating can drive away diseases. It is scientific to eat soup cakes in June.
Suffer hardships and get rid of anger.
The hot summer days not only bring us physical discomfort, but also easily lead to more and more people's anger rising, which is manifested as emotional irritability, anxiety, excitability, insomnia and so on. These symptoms are called "summer mood disorder" in medicine. Therefore, "removing fire" is also a compulsory course for summer food supplement. In summer, the best choice is bitter gourd, tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables that are cool and cool in summer. At the same time, milk is slightly cold, which can replenish water, nourish yin and relieve fever, and is also a good product for "removing fire". Dog meat and duck meat is the best way to make up for it in summer.
Fruits and vegetables stimulate appetite.
Chinese medicine believes that the stomach is the foundation of the day after tomorrow. In summer, people often feel loss of appetite, and the function of spleen and stomach is relatively slow. At this time, they might as well eat some fresh fruits and vegetables. The nutrients in fresh fruits and vegetables are generally cellulose and sugar, which can not only effectively supplement the necessary energy and water for human body, but also make people eat it for a long time. Carrots, lemons and amaranth are the first choice. Eating more wild vegetables and fruits in season is of great benefit. But be careful not to eat cold or unclean food to avoid dysentery and diarrhea.
Drink green tea
Drinking a cup of green tea in summer afternoon can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also detoxify and quench thirst. Drinking green tea has the functions of strengthening teeth, protecting capillaries and refreshing the brain. In addition, drinking green tea after sweating a lot can help the body replenish lost potassium and improve heat resistance. Green tea is cold, and people with bad stomachs are prone to flatulence.
Eating ginger can make up Yang Qi.
As the saying goes: "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer." Ginger has a warming effect. You can eat more ginger in summer to nourish yang. Ginger is pungent and warm, and has many functions such as dispelling cold and sweating, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting. It's the best time to drink ginger tea in dog days. Brew 4 slices of ginger, 4 slices of jujube and a proper amount of brown sugar in a cup of boiling water, and a cup of ginger jujube tea that warms the stomach and dispels cold will be ready. Drinking ginger tea is a simple and easy health care method, and now it seems to be more and more popular. Ginger tea can be drunk all year round, but summer is the most suitable season for drinking ginger tea.
Eat more lotus seeds
Eating more lotus seeds after sleeping can dispel fire. In hot days, the heart is the most fragile, the summer heat is pressing, and it is easy to be upset and sad. Although the lotus seed core tastes bitter, it can clear away heart fire and lower blood pressure, and is suitable for people with weak constitution, palpitation, insomnia and dreaminess. But people with dry stools and bloating had better eat less.
Tonifying filial piety
Strengthening the body with filial piety can help us clean up the toxins in the body and improve the physical discomfort that is easy to appear in the dog days. Eating ritalin enzyme stock solution can purify the blood, expel intestinal toxins, enhance the detoxification ability of the liver and excrete toxins. In addition, filial piety also has the effect of regulating the stomach, and can improve constipation, indigestion, loss of appetite and other symptoms, which is suitable for daily health preservation and dog days.