Sting, is the third solar term in the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, marking the beginning of the mid-spring season, stinging, the temperature gradually warms up, the spring thunder begins to roar, the insects and small animals that hibernate in the ground are awakened by the thunder, so it is called "sting".
In traditional Chinese cultural customs, there are traditional customs such as "sacrificing the white tiger", "beating the villain", and "eating pears". In Chinese folklore, the white tiger is the god of tongue and right and wrong, and on this day every year, people will pray for a safe and smooth year and avoid the dispute between tongues and tongues by sacrificing to the white tiger.
At the same time, in ancient times, people would use wormwood to repel snakes, insects, mosquitoes, rats and musty smells. Later, it gradually evolved into people who were unlucky, or people who didn't go well, drawing small people with paper and reciting the incantation "Hit you on the head of a dead man" while hitting paper figures with wooden shoes; Slap your little man's mouth crooked; Hit until you walk barefoot without shoes; Good people are close, villains are far away", by slapping the paper figure to drive away bad luck and villains, and pray for a safe and auspicious new year.
Because "pear" and "leave" are homophonic, which means parting from pests and staying away from diseases, so there is also a folk custom of eating pears in the north, in addition, pears also have the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, nourishing yin and clearing heat, and are also more suitable for spring consumption.
With the arrival of the sting, the earth begins to warm up, and the breath of spring is getting stronger and stronger. Although spring has arrived, the temperature in the morning and evening is still low, and it is easy to make people feel cold, and it is especially important for friends with weak constitution to keep warm, especially to protect the head, neck and feet from the cold from invading the body.
Physical deficiency and cold refers to the lack of yang energy in the human body, which is manifested as symptoms such as cold intolerance, fatigue, and cold hands and feet. In the sting season, the temperature will begin to rise gradually, but the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, and friends with weak constitution will be more likely to feel uncomfortable.
Increase clothing: Choose clothing with good warmth, especially when going out in the morning and evening, to increase clothing appropriately to avoid cold.
Soak your feet to warm up: Soaking your feet in hot water before going to bed at night can promote blood circulation, relieve fatigue and improve sleep quality.
Warm foods: Eat more warm foods, such as ginger, red dates, longan, etc., which can help to increase the yang energy in the body and improve deficiency and cold.
Avoid raw and cold food: Try to avoid eating raw and cold food, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach and aggravate the symptoms of deficiency and cold.
Balanced nutrition: Ensure a variety of diets and consume more nutrients such as high-quality protein, fresh vegetables and fruits to enhance the body's immunity.
Ingredients: 5 slices of ginger, 4-5 red dates, more than a dozen wolfberries, appropriate amount of water.
Method: Put ginger and red dates into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, boil and turn to low heat and cook for 10-15 minutes, add wolfberries and cook for another 3-5 minutes to drink.
Efficacy: Ginger has the effect of warming yang and dissipating cold, red dates can replenish qi and blood, and wolfberry nourishes liver and kidney.
Ingredients: Appropriate amount of brown sugar, appropriate amount of ginger, appropriate amount of water.
Method: Slice 3-5 slices of ginger or shred and mince it, put it in a pot, and add an appropriate amount of water. After boiling, turn to low heat and cook for 10 minutes, then add brown sugar and stir to dissolve and drink directly.
Efficacy: Brown sugar has a warming effect, ginger can drive away cold and warm the body, and the combination of the two has a good effect on alleviating symptoms such as cold hands and feet caused by physical deficiency and cold.
Ingredients: 10 dried longan, 5 red dates, appropriate amount of water.
Method: Wash the dried longan and red dates, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, turn to low heat and cook for 10-15 minutes after boiling.
Efficacy: Both longan and red dates have a warming and tonic effect, which can enhance the yang energy in the body.
Ingredients: 1 apple, 1 cinnamon, appropriate amount of honey, appropriate amount of water.
Method: Cut the apples into pieces, put them in a pot, add cinnamon and water, bring to a boil, turn to low heat and cook for 15 minutes, and finally add honey to taste.
Efficacy: Cinnamon has the effect of warming the sun and dissipating cold, and apples are rich in vitamins, which combine skills to provide nutrition and warm the body.
Ingredients: Stir-fried black sesame flour and glutinous rice flour.
Method: In a ratio of 4:1, add an appropriate amount of boiling water and stir into a paste, and if you like to eat sweet, you can add some sugar or honey to taste.
Efficacy: Black sesame seeds have the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, invigorating sperm and blood, and glutinous rice can nourish the spleen and stomach.
Ingredients: 10 red dates, 15 grams of wolfberry, 100 grams of glutinous rice, appropriate amount of water.
Method: Soak glutinous rice for 1 hour in advance, wash red dates and wolfberries. Put all the ingredients into a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, and cook until the glutinous rice is cooked and rotten.
Efficacy: Red dates and wolfberries both have a warming and tonic effect, which can enhance the yang energy in the body, and glutinous rice has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach.
Ingredients: 500g of mutton, a few slices of ginger, an appropriate amount of wolfberry, and an appropriate amount of water.
Method: Cut the mutton into pieces, put it in a casserole with ginger, add enough water, skim off the foam after boiling, turn to low heat and simmer for 2 hours, finally add wolfberries and cook for 10 minutes, add salt to taste.
Efficacy: Mutton is warm, can warm and replenish yang qi, ginger helps yang dispel cold, and wolfberry nourishes liver and kidney.
Ingredients: 500 grams of mutton, 1 white radish, star anise, bay leaves, ginger, green onions, dried chili peppers, rock sugar, appropriate amount of salt.
Method: Cut the lamb and the radish into cubes. After the mutton is blanched, heat the cold oil, put the green onion, ginger, star anise, bay leaf pepper and stir-fry the lamb after stir-frying, add water to boil the ingredients over high heat and simmer for 1 hour, then add the white radish and simmer for half an hour, and finally add salt to season and collect the juice.
Efficacy: Mutton is warm, can warm and replenish yang qi, white radish has the effect of smooth qi and digestion, ginger helps yang dispel cold, wolfberry nourishes liver and kidney, can not only drive away cold but also eliminate food.
Ingredients: 500 grams of mutton, 15 grams of angelica, a few slices of ginger, an appropriate amount of wolfberry salt.
Method: Cut the lamb into cubes, wash the angelica, ginger and wolfberry. Put all the ingredients in a casserole, add enough water, simmer for 2 hours, and finally add salt.
Efficacy: Angelica sinensis has the effect of invigorating blood, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, ginger can drive away cold and warm the body, and mutton can warm and replenish yang qi.
Ingredients: 500 grams of chicken, 20 grams of goji berries, 3-5 slices of ginger, salt to taste.
Method: Cut the chicken into cubes, wash the wolfberries and ginger. Put all the ingredients into a casserole, submerge the ingredients with water, simmer for 1 hour and a half, and then add salt to taste.
Efficacy: Chicken has the effect of warming and invigorating qi, replenishing deficiency and filling essence, and wolfberry can nourish the liver and kidneys, brighten the eyes and moisten the lungs.
In spring, the metabolism of the human body begins to be vigorous, the diet should be light and peaceful, mainly light food that is warm and plain, rich in plant protein and vitamins, fresh vegetables such as leeks, spinach, camellia, etc., and avoid eating animal offal, fatty meat and other fatty and sweet foods, phlegm and dampness.
Traditional Chinese medicine has the theory of "acid into the liver", believing that sour foods or medicines such as hawthorn, schisandra, black plum and white peony can nourish the liver yin, nourish the liver and blood, and achieve the purpose of softening the liver and regulating the liver. In traditional Chinese medicine, acidic foods are mostly used for deficiency of sweat, diarrhea and other symptoms, such as dogwood astringency and sweating, gallic astringent intestine and antidiarrheal. However, when the liver, one of the five organs of the human body, is in season in spring, if you eat too much acidic food, it will make the liver fire more vigorous and damage the spleen and stomach. Therefore, it is necessary to eat less acidic foods during the sting season.
In spring, when the yang energy is born, you should eat something that is sweet and sweet, and you should not eat the taste of sour harvest. Because the sour taste enters the liver, it has astringent properties, which is not conducive to the growth of yang qi and the excretion of liver qi. Therefore, it is necessary to eat less chili, fried, and barbecued foods to avoid fueling the fire and producing phlegm, which will lead to heat accumulation in the body.
The yang qi of the whole body is not abundant, and the cold medicine and food are easy to damage the immature yang qi of the human body, or it can damage the less yang phase fire (physiological fire) of the human body, which is not conducive to the discharge and smoothness of the human body's qi. Therefore, it is not advisable to consume too many cold drinks, cold fruits, raw and cold seafood, etc.
In spring, all kinds of insects begin to move, and microorganisms (including bacteria and viruses that can cause infectious diseases) also begin to grow and multiply, and they are easy to invade the human body and cause diseases. Therefore, the diet can consume enough vitamins and minerals, such as fresh vegetables rich in vitamin C and fruits such as citrus and lemons, which can play an antiviral and antibacterial role to a certain extent and enhance the body's immunity. At the same time, spring is also the season of high incidence of some allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis, urticaria, etc., so it is also necessary to pay attention to avoid eating "hair products" that may cause allergies, such as marine fish, shrimp, sea crabs, etc.
Friends with weak constitution can eat some green onions, ginger, garlic, leeks, camellia, etc. in moderation, which can play a role in warming the yang and dissipating cold to a certain extent, and improve the body's resistance. Avoid excessively greasy, raw and cold food, so as not to damage the spleen and stomach and aggravate the symptoms of deficiency and cold.
It should be noted that although dietary therapy can play a certain role in health care, it is not a substitute for medicine**. Dietary therapy should be based on personal physique and health to choose appropriate ingredients and recipes, to avoid excessive consumption or improper combination caused by physical discomfort. At the same time, you should also maintain a good work and rest and emotional state, combined with appropriate exercise to enhance your physical fitness and immunity.