1, the folk proverb says: "On the third day of the third lunar month, don't forget to cook eggs with vegetables." In many places in the south, on the third day of March, there is a custom of eating shepherd's purse and boiled eggs! Eating eggs boiled in shepherd's purse on March 3 can not only cure headaches, but also reduce illness and disasters for a year, and have the strength to work. Although the old saying is exaggerated, the nutritional value of shepherd's purse is an indisputable fact, and it is also beneficial to our health.

2. Shepherd's purse, also called local dish, is a common wild vegetable, which can be seen everywhere on the roadside or in the wild. Spring is the season when shepherd's purse grows luxuriantly, and it is a good time to pick shepherd's purse. Picked shepherd's purse can be eaten cold, fried with eggs, and used as dumpling stuffing or soup. Shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable, but it is rich in nutrition. Boiling eggs with shepherd's purse has many advantages, and it also has a good moral. Because shepherd's purse is homophonic for "gathering wealth", it is quite popular among ordinary people. After washing fresh shepherd's purse, bundle it into a bundle, add eggs, red dates and ginger and cook it together. The whole family will eat a bowl, which will not only be rich and aura, but also prevent diseases and fitness, and prevent spring fever.

3. About the origin of boiled eggs with shepherd's purse on March 3rd, it is said that it was created by the famous doctor Hua Tuo. There is a legend: During the Three Kingdoms period, the famous doctor Hua Tuo came to Miancheng to collect herbs, and met with heavy rain. When he went to an old man's house to take shelter from the rain, he saw that the old man was suffering from headaches, dizziness and other diseases. Hua tuo immediately diagnosed the old man, and collected a handful of rice dishes in the old man's garden and asked the old man to take juice and boil eggs. After the old man ate it, his head suddenly stopped hurting and his eyes stopped spending. As a result, this method soon spread, and people boiled eggs with rice dishes one after another, gradually forming a custom in Miancheng, and Jianghan Plain became popular. Since the date when Hua Tuo treated the elderly was the third day of March, there was a custom of "eating local dishes and boiling eggs on the third day of March, which kept the headache away for a year" and continued to this day.