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What's the point about carrying sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival? What's in the sachet of Dragon

Why do you wear fragrant bags on the Dragon Boat Festival? On the Dragon Boat Festival, children wear sachets, which not only have the meaning of avoiding evil and driving away plague, but also have the wind of embellishment. Inside the sachet are cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine. The sachet is wrapped with silk cloth, and the fragrance is overflowing. Then the sachet is made of five color silk thread. It is made into a string of different shapes, which is exquisite and eye-catching.

What's in the sachet

1. Realgar

Dry dampness, dispel wind, kill insects and detoxify. It is found that this product contains arsenic. If you drink realgar wine, you should drink it carefully.

2. Artemisia argyi

It was found that fresh Artemisia argyi leaf smoking can kill Staphylococcus aureus, B hemolytic streptococcus, Escherichia coli and other bacteria. In addition, Artemisia argyi has the functions of regulating qi and blood, expelling cold and dampness, warming meridians, and hemostasis.

3. Acorus calamus

The leaves contain volatile aromatic oil, which can refresh the mind, dredge the orifices, invigorate the spleen, eliminate the discharge, kill insects and sterilize. External use can drive bacteria and kill insects, while internal use can cool, invigorate the stomach, dispel wind, and refresh.

4. Citronella

It has the fragrance of lemon. The volatile oil of the whole grass is citronella oil, which can dispel wind and dehumidification, disperse cold, relieve exterior and prevent insect bites.

5. Pomelo leaves

It's the leaf of grapefruit, a Rutaceae plant. Its volatile oil has the flavor of orange peel, which can prevent windache.

6. Angelica dahurica

Dispelling wind and dampness, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Chinese herbal medicines such as Artemisia argyi, Atractylodes lancea and Angelica dahurica are used to simmer in the room, which has the effect of preventing pollution, disinfecting and purifying the air, expelling mosquitoes, and has a certain role in purifying the living environment.

7. Artemisia annua

The whole plant has aroma, and the volatile oil accounts for 0.3-0.5% of the whole plant. The main components are Eucalyptus oleoresin and camphor. The whole plant can extract artemisinin, clear away heat and toxin, and inhibit the growth of pathogens.

8. Dragon Boat flower

The flowers are just like the red flowers on the dragon boat head of the Dragon Boat Festival. This herb is cool in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood.

How to make sachets

Material preparation: colored thread, hard paper, cotton, fragrant medicine.

Method:

1. Cut the hard paper into long strips and make creases as shown in the picture. Pay attention to both sides.

2. Wrap the cotton with fragrant medicine and put it in it.

3. Wrap the paper layer by layer according to the crease.

4. Insert the end into the seam.

5. Start winding now. Put the end of the colored thread into the seam of the top of the rice dumpling, hold the upper and lower ends of the rice dumpling with your left thumb and middle finger, move the rice dumpling counterclockwise with your index finger, and wrap the colored thread around the three corners of 1, 2 and 3 with your right hand. Wrap the required width, and finally put the end of the thread into the seam of the dumpling with a needle. Note that there should be no gap or cross between each circle of colored lines.

6. Wrap the threads of other colors in turn.

7. With fringes and other decorations, the Dragon Boat Festival sachet is completed.

How to hang sachets on Dragon Boat Festival

1. In order to prevent diseases and keep fit, the old people generally like to wear plum blossom, chrysanthemum, peach, apple, lotus, baby riding fish, baby holding rooster, double lotus and other shapes, which symbolize the sound of birds, the fragrance of flowers, all the best, the love of husband and wife, and the harmony of family.

2. Children like birds and animals, such as tigers and leopards; Monkey on Yu, cockfighting, etc.

3. Young people are most particular about wearing sachets. If they are lovers in love, the sentimental girl would have to make one or two unique sachets very early to give them to her lover before the festival.

4. When a young man wears a sachet given by his sweetheart, he will naturally attract the comments of the men and women around him. He praises the young man's ingenuity.