Today's valley rain
Rain grows a hundred grains, and everything grows. Gu Yu is the sixth of the twenty-four solar terms. After the valley rain festival, the precipitation increased significantly. Just as the so-called "spring rain is as expensive as oil", it is moistened by the rainwater, and everything begins to grow rapidly.
The gun flag is rising green bush garden, and the valley rain is called cuckoo at the beginning of the rain.
——(Tang) Qi Ji's excerpt from "Wen Daolin's Friends Taste Tea Because They Have Sent"
Sails are sent by the wind, and the spring is rainy and sunny in the valley.
——(Tang) Meng Haoran 'S'd' Excerpt from "Visiting mirror lake with Cui Twenty-one to Send Bao He Ergong"
There are three phenological phenomena in the valley rain festival:
Yi Hou Ping was born.
Duckweed in the water begins to grow.
The second singing dove whisks its feathers.
The cuckoo's song seems to remind the farmer that it is time to sow.
Sanhou Dai Sheng descended to Sang.
Beautiful Daisei birds land on mulberry trees.
During the rainy season in the valley, there is a vibrant scene everywhere, and people must also conform to the changes of nature, go to bed early and get up early, and nourish the dirty qi, especially to loosen the liver and spleen, and invigorate the yang qi of the body.
"Three Defenses"
Pay attention to preventing three types of problems
● During the rainy season when the anti-moisture evil invades the valley, the rainfall increases, the air humidity increases, and the human body is vulnerable to the invasion of the wet evil, resulting in heavy body sleepiness, heavy head weight, and joint muscle acidity. Wet sleepy spleen and stomach, but also cause abdominal distention, do not want to eat and drink, etc. Chinese medicine believes that moisture passes through the spleen. Therefore, during the rainy season of the valley, we should pay attention to strengthening the maintenance of the spleen and stomach, and strengthen the spleen to remove dampness.
● Prevent liver qi depression valley rain season, still belongs to the liver qi order, liver joy and bad depression. Therefore, in this season, it is necessary to exercise properly and adjust the mood, and you can relax your mood by going on outings, chatting, singing and so on.
● Hypoallergenic diseases At this time, various flowers are competing to open, people go out for more time, and people with allergies are prone to or recurrent allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, urticaria, etc., which are manifested as sneezing, runny nose, cough, wheezing, skin itching, etc. Therefore, when going out, you should pay attention to wearing a mask, wear long-sleeved clothes, and avoid going to places with lush flowers and plants if you have serious allergies.
"A treasure"
Spring tea health is the right time
Gu Yu, is a good season for tea health, the following for everyone to recommend two health tea drinks.
1
Depressing flower tea drink
● Ingredients: 5 roses, 5 moon flowers, 5 chrysanthemums, 5 jasmine flowers.
● Directions: Put all the dried flowers in a cup, brew in boiling water, cover and simmer for 2 minutes, then drink.
● Effect: Relieve liver depression, activate blood and regulate menstruation.
2
Burdock mint drink
● Ingredients: Burdock 15 g, Mint 15 g.
● Directions: Bring burdock to a boil with 200 ml of water, then add mint, turn off the heat and cover and simmer for 2 minutes, then drink.
● Effect: evacuate wind and heat, detoxify and pharyngeal.
Author | Zhong Weiquan, chief Chinese medicine physician of the Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion of Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Audit | Expert of the National Health Science Popularization Expert Database
Professor He Juan of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Planning | Tan Jia Wang Ning
Edit | Liang Jing