Xiaoshu is one of the 24 solar terms in China. Entering Xiaoshu means that it's the hottest time of the year, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter in the future. How to keep healthy in 2018? Let's get to know each other.
What does Xiaoshu eat to keep healthy?
Xiaoshu is the 11th solar term of the 24 solar terms, and it is also the time when the body's Yang is most vigorous. So when people work, they should pay attention to the combination of work and rest to protect the masculinity of human body. So what does Xiaoshu eat to keep healthy?
Xiaoshu is about to enter the dog days. The weather is hot, the human body sweats a lot and consumes a lot. We must pay attention to supplement physical strength, relieve heat and prevent heatstroke for health care. Folk in this season has always eaten three treasures - eel, honey lotus root, mung bean sprout custom.
New food
In the past, there was a folk custom of "eating new" in Xiaoshu, that is, tasting new rice after Xiaoshu. After the farmers milled the newly cut rice into rice, they prepared rice to offer sacrifices to the five grain gods and ancestors, and then everyone ate and tasted new wine.
Ricefield eel
As the saying goes, "little summer eels compete with ginseng". Almost all classic dishes are made of eels. Monopterus albus grows in the mud caves on the water bank. The most nourishing and delicious one is the summer Monopterus one month before and after Xiaoshu. At this time, it can play the role of Tonifying Qi, liver and spleen, removing rheumatism and strengthening muscles and bones.
Mungbean sprout
In summer, cooking a bean sprout dish can clear away heat, detoxify, diuresis and dehumidification. At the same time, mung bean sprouts have low heat, high moisture and cellulose content, which can promote intestinal peristalsis and have the function of defecation. It is recognized as a good summer slimming product.
The lotus root
In summer when the air is dry and the water is not enough, lotus root can cool blood, nourish yin and clear away heat. For the elderly, summer lotus root is a good food for nourishing the spleen and stomach.
Dumplings
"Dumplings, noodles, pancakes and eggs". It's a traditional custom for people to eat dumplings in front of their heads. People in front of the sun have poor appetite and are often thinner than those in the ordinary days. It's called bitter summer, and dumplings are just appetizers in the traditional custom.
Volt surface
At least the Three Kingdoms period has already begun. "Wei spring and Autumn Period": "Fu solar eclipse soup cake, take a towel to wipe sweat, the face is bright". The soup cake here is hot soup noodles. In the book of Jingchu's age, it says: 'in June, I lay down the sun eating soup cake, which is named PI evil. "May is a bad month, and June is also on the side of the bad month, so we should also" fight against evil ". You can also eat water and fried noodles in the dog days.
mutton
Xuzhou people fell in to eat mutton, which is called "eat sheep". This custom can be traced back to the period of Yao and shun. There is a saying in the folk that "a bowl of soup for sheep in Pengcheng is not prescribed by a doctor". Xuzhou people like to eat Fu sheep better than the local folk song 'pick up the girl on June 6, new wheat cake mutton soup'.