Four principles need to be grasped to maintain health during the rain solar term:
1. In daily life, you should pay attention to going to bed early and getting up early, keeping warm, and doing well in spring and autumn.
2. In terms of mental recuperation, it is advisable to be energetic, vigorous, open-minded, and optimistic, which corresponds to the spring spirit.
3. In terms of exercise, do more stretching exercises.
4. Seize the opportunity to recuperate the spleen and stomach, eat less sour food and more sweet food to nourish your spleen.
Healthy porridge suitable for the rainy season
The air is moist during the rainy season, the liver is strong and the spleen is weak, so it should be less sour and more sweet to nourish the spleen and stomach. In terms of diet, you can choose toon, lily, pea shoots, red bamboo shoots, yams, etc. Porridge has always been effective in strengthening the spleen and diluting dampness. Taking health porridge three days before, during and after the rain solar term is of great benefit to the spleen and stomach. .
1. Moisturizing: Carrot and Pumpkin Porridge
Efficacy: It can moisturize and moisturize, making the skin soft and elastic. Method: wash and soak 300 grams of rice and 300 grams of glutinous rice for 2 hours; boil hot water in a pot, pour in rice and cook porridge for 40 minutes; add peeled and diced pumpkin and chopped carrots, and cook for 30 minutes until soft. Can.
2. Replenishing blood: Coix Seed Codonopsis Porridge
Efficacy: Eating it for breakfast every day can not only remove dampness and strengthen the spleen, but also replenish qi and blood. Method: Wash 30 grams of coix seed and soak in cold water for 2 hours; cut 15 grams of Codonopsis pilosula into thin slices and wash 200 grams of japonica rice. Put the three ingredients into a pot, add water and bring to a boil over high heat. After the pot is boiled, skim off the foam, then simmer over low heat for 30-40 minutes, and add rock sugar to taste.