solar term
Eating more sweets and less sour food in spring is good for the spleen and stomach. In the spring of Qingming, the liver is the main factor. Therefore, we should also pay attention to the aftercare of the liver and spleen, and don't let the liver easily overcome the spleen soil, resulting in symptoms of spleen and stomach weakness.
In April, when the sky is crisp and spring returns to the earth, the yang of the human body begins to spread outward and the skin gradually stretches. However, with the increase of blood supply to the muscle surface, the limbs feel sleepy, so there is a saying that "this morning in spring, I woke up lightly." But staying up late is not conducive to Yang's growth, and he is still sleepy. So, you are Wen? As mentioned in "Four Qi Tunes the Spirit", going to bed late and getting up early means gradually adjusting one's living habits, sleeping from around 10 in winter to around 1 1 0, and getting up early in the morning helps the yang to rise.
prescribe a diet
Qingming diet nursed back to health, still choose sweet products, avoid sour taste. At this time, the climate is warming from cold to keep out the cold. The diet in early spring should be mainly high-calorie foods, and some foods rich in protein and methionine can be supplemented, such as eggs, fish, shrimp, beef, chicken and rabbit meat. Protein can replenish energy, while methionine can enhance the cold resistance of human body. At the same time, in order to enhance resistance and prevent diseases, we should pay attention to the intake of vitamins and inorganic salts in our daily diet. We can choose foods rich in vitamins such as cabbage, rape, spinach, citrus and red dates.
The period of Tomb-Sweeping Day from April 4th to 6th every year is the season of vegetation growth. The research shows that March-May every year is also the accelerated growth period of children, and the average height 1.37cm is significantly higher than other seasons. Therefore, during this period, children often complain about leg pain, especially when sleeping at night, and sometimes even wake up with pain, that is, long bone pain. So this is a good time to supplement calcium for children.
However, although Qingming has reached the perfect season of "tonic", tonic should also follow certain principles. The tonic should be moderate, not blindly tonic, not excessively spicy, and rarely drink water. Pay attention to the rules of daily life and avoid hot and dry.
Li Shizhen, a famous doctor in Ming Dynasty, wrote in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Bitter and cold tea makes people feel refreshed and can't sleep. This kind of tea also contributes to success. " Moreover, in terms of health care, Qingming tea is highly respected, and the product is "Mingqian tea". "Qianming tea" refers to the new tea picked and processed before Qingming every year, which has the effects of nourishing the liver and clearing the brain, resolving phlegm and quenching thirst. Drinking tea in Tomb-Sweeping Day can not only avoid getting angry during tonic, but also relieve the above-mentioned "I feel very relaxed when I wake up this morning in spring" by drinking "Qianming Tea", which has a refreshing effect.
The teas suitable for drinking at this time are Shanshan, Tieguanyin, Longjing and scented tea.
Special snack "Qingming snail"
There is a folk saying that "during the Qingming Festival, a snail tops a goose". In the past, poor people couldn't afford to raise geese, so every time before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, they went down to the river pond to touch snails, soaked them in clear water for two days, cut off their tails and cooked them with onions, ginger and peppers. Fat snails can be as delicious as goose.
Customs-Youth League
Tomb-Sweeping Day has the custom of eating green zongzi, also called Qingming Cake and Qingming Zongzi. They are mixed with the juice of Bromus inermis or wormwood to form glutinous rice flour, and then wrapped with bean paste or lotus paste stuffing. They are not Swedish.