I'm sure you haven't heard about the custom of eating garlic on Dragon Boat Festival. In fact, in many places, garlic must be eaten on Dragon Boat Festival. Why do you want to eat garlic on Dragon Boat Festival? Here's a story.
Introduction to the origin of eating garlic on Dragon Boat Festival:
The custom of eating garlic on Dragon Boat Festival is said to have been handed down by a Li county magistrate who served in the county in the early Tang Dynasty. Li county magistrate has a baby son named Defu. At the age of ten, Defoe had diarrhea similar to chronic enteritis, which was diluted ten times a day. Since the county magistrate is a good official, there are countless famous doctors who offer prescriptions, but none of them have any effect. Seeing his son's life in danger, the magistrate was heartbroken.
On the day of Dragon Boat Festival, a rural doctor who had been helped by the county magistrate heard about this, took the initiative to enter the County Yamen and told the county magistrate that he had a folk prescription to cure the disease of the young man. The doctor showed the prescription to the county magistrate, and it said: 'steam a bowl of garlic'. The county magistrate saw this strange Fang Zixin had doubts, but he still had the mentality of "dead horse as a living horse doctor" to steam a bowl of garlic for his son during the Dragon Boat Festival meal. He was afraid that his son would not eat it, and he sprinkled some brown sugar and sesame oil. Defu finished all with relish. Miraculously, the next day, Defu's diarrhea was significantly reduced, and it recovered a week later. And the county magistrate also thought it was incredible: 'I didn't expect that the common single garlic could cure the disease. '
After the story of "cure the strange disease of the county magistrate's son with single garlic" was spread, the common people got inspiration from it. So that at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival every year, every family would eat a bowl of "steamed garlic" to prevent disease. Some people who are not used to smell garlic slices are added to the dishes as ingredients.
Why eat garlic on Dragon Boat Festival?
According to the old Nanjing rules, at noon of Dragon Boat Festival, every family should put the whole garlic in the pot and cook it to the children. One child only eats one garlic because of the "unique" homophonic "poison. The child eats the roasted garlic, does not pull dysentery in summer, does not grow worms in the abdomen. Every family must eat amaranth. It is said that it can avoid abdominal pain in summer.
On the Dragon Boat Festival in Henan, Zhejiang and other rural areas, the housewife gets up very early and cooks the prepared garlic and eggs together for breakfast. In some places, I still put some Wormwood Leaves when I cook garlic and eggs. Breakfast garlic, eggs, baked buns, this method of eating is said to avoid 'five poisons', good health.
On Dragon Boat Festival, there are some places to eat "steamed garlic" (a garlic sprout only grows a round and big garlic, which is called "garlic alone").
The way to steam garlic is very simple. Peel off the skin of some garlic, wash them, put them in a bowl, sprinkle some brown sugar, and steam them in a pot until they are cooked and rotten. After serving the table, pour another spoonful of sesame oil and mix with chopsticks. Before a family can enjoy other delicacies, everyone has to follow the old rule - eat garlic first. Take a single garlic and put it in your mouth. Just chew it gently, and the mashed garlic will slide into your stomach. The unique flavor and pungent taste of garlic will make people's taste nerve highly excited, and also make people's appetite open.
The custom of eating garlic on Dragon Boat Festival is said to have been handed down by a Li county magistrate who served in the county in the early Tang Dynasty. Li county magistrate has a baby son named Defu. At the age of ten, Defoe had diarrhea similar to chronic enteritis, which was diluted ten times a day. Since the county magistrate is a good official, there are countless famous doctors who offer prescriptions, but none of them have any effect. Seeing his son's life in danger, the magistrate was heartbroken.
On the day of Dragon Boat Festival, a rural doctor who had been helped by the county magistrate heard about this, took the initiative to enter the County Yamen and told the county magistrate that he had a folk prescription to cure the disease of the young man. The doctor showed the prescription to the county magistrate, and it said: 'steam a bowl of garlic'. The county magistrate saw this strange Fang Zixin had doubts, but he still had the mentality of "dead horse as a living horse doctor" to steam a bowl of garlic for his son during the Dragon Boat Festival meal. He was afraid that his son would not eat it, and he sprinkled some brown sugar and sesame oil. Defu finished all with relish. Miraculously, the next day, Defu's diarrhea was significantly reduced, and it recovered a week later. And the county magistrate also thought it was incredible: 'I didn't expect that the common single garlic could cure the disease. '
After the story of "cure the strange disease of the county magistrate's son with single garlic" was spread, the common people got inspiration from it. So that at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival every year, every family would eat a bowl of "steamed garlic" to prevent disease. Some people who are not used to smell garlic slices are added to the dishes as ingredients.
Eating garlic on Dragon Boat Festival may be related to garlic's ability to kill bacteria, which means expelling pathogens and preventing diseases. Medicine has long proved that garlic does have the functions of detoxification, insecticidal, sterilization and anti-inflammatory. In particular, allicin contained in garlic can not only treat fungal infection and chronic diarrhea caused by intestinal flora imbalance, but also prevent skin diseases, especially garlic alone.
Three kinds of people must not eat garlic
Eating garlic has a good bactericidal effect besides eating. However, there are three categories of people who are not allowed to eat garlic.
1. Patients with liver disease. Some components of garlic can also stimulate the stomach and intestines, inhibit the secretion of intestinal digestive fluid, affect food digestion, and thus aggravate the nausea and other symptoms of hepatitis patients. In addition, the volatile components of garlic can reduce the red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood, and may cause anemia, which is not conducive to the treatment of hepatitis.
2. Non bacterial diarrhea. When non bacterial enteritis and diarrhea occur, garlic should not be eaten raw. The pungent allicin can stimulate the intestine, aggravate the congestion and edema of intestinal mucosa, promote the exudation and worsen the condition. If diarrhea has occurred, garlic should be used with caution.
3. Patients with eye diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that long-term consumption of garlic will damage the liver and eyes. Therefore, patients with eye diseases should try not to eat garlic, especially those with poor health and weak Qi and blood. Otherwise, vision will decline, tinnitus, head weight and feet light, memory will decline and so on.
Why do you want to eat garlic on Dragon Boat Festival? Xiaobian has told you the origin. In addition to the above people who can't eat garlic, others had better eat some garlic on Dragon Boat Festival to kill bacteria!