"The green shade paves the field for new light, and the first day of the lavender wind is long." Small lotus sticker point cross pond, butterfly clothes drying powder busy. "On May 5th, we ushered in the seventh of the twenty-four solar terms, Lixia. The establishment of summer is the beginning of summer, indicating that summer is coming.
Lixia has an important position in the twenty-four solar terms, as early as the "Lü's Spring and Autumn Mengxia Ji" recorded: "On the day of the establishment of summer, Tianzi personally led the three dukes and nine princes to welcome the summer in the southern suburbs. In the "Explanation of the Seventy-two Waiting For the Moon Order", it is said: "One waits for the grasshoppers to sing, the second waits for the earthworms to come out, and the third waits for the king to be born," the image depicts the phenological scene of all things flourishing after the establishment of the summer. After the summer, the busy season for agriculture comes, the northern wheat is filled with flowers, the summer harvest crops enter the rapid growth period before harvest, and the summer crops corn also begins to be sown.
Lixia living health: sleep well meridian
After entering the summer, the long day and short night are more obvious, at this time, in line with the changes of the yang and yin deficiency in nature, sleep should also be relatively late to sleep and get up early, in order to accept the clear air of heaven and earth, at noon you can take a nap appropriately and sleep well. Nap time should vary from person to person, but should not be too long, generally half an hour to an hour is appropriate, 13:00 to 14:00 is the best time for napping.
Lixia spiritual health: smile often open
Chinese medicine believes that "summer qi and heart qi are connected", and Lixia health care should pay attention to "nourishing the heart". Li summer gas is getting hot, people are prone to feel irritable, so Li Xia health care should be quiet, quit anger and impatience, keep a comfortable mood, smile often. Appropriately participate in some cultural and sports activities that are not expensive, such as painting, fishing, calligraphy, chess, planting flowers, etc., to avoid sweating and damaging the yang qi after exercise.
Lixia diet health: purify the heart and calm the nerves, and nourish the stomach qi
In the summer season, the yang qi gradually grows, the yin qi gradually weakens, the yang of the human body is better than the table, and people are often prone to feel upset, bored, and sleepy. Relative to the human organs, the liver qi is gradually weakened, and the heart qi is gradually stronger, so the diet should be mainly light, and it is advisable to eat more pure and calm products. The weather is gradually hot, if the gluttony is cold, it is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach, so on the basis of pure heart, we must pay attention to the spleen and stomach.
Medicinal and food homologous ingredients are recommended
Honeysuckle, mulberry leaves, mint, lotus leaves, sour date kernels, lotus seeds, poria, yam, mustard, etc.
Recommended for common ingredients
Millet, cabbage, rapeseed, winter melon, tomatoes, apricots, melons, pork, chicken, striped fish, etc.
Medicinal diet recommended
1. Lotus leaf lotus seed tamales (about 2 people)
Ingredients: 1 piece of fresh lotus leaf, 20g of lotus seeds, 250g of pork belly, 50g of glutinous rice flour, 20g of chives, salt, sugar, soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce.
Cooking: Wash the fresh lotus leaves, put in a salted pot of boiling water and cook for 1 minute, remove and set aside. Lotus seeds are beaten with flour and pork belly sliced for later. Add salt, sugar, soy sauce, soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce and glutinous rice flour to the lotus seed powder, stir well to make a marinade. Put the marinade into the pork belly, grasp well, marinate for about 1 hour, wrap it in lotus leaves, tie the reeds or threads tightly, steam in the steamer basket for about 30 minutes, until the meat is soft, open the lotus leaves, sprinkle a little chives and use.
Effect: Clear heat and relieve heat, strengthen spleen and improve sperm.
Precautions: If there is no fresh product, dried lotus leaves, soaked can also be used.
2. Honeysuckle soaked winter melon (about 2 people)
Ingredients: Honeysuckle 3g, goji berries 5g, lean pork 50g, winter melon 600g, coriander, ginger, salt to taste.
Cooking: Wash the winter melon, cut into thin slices longitudinally, marinate in salt for half an hour, and rinse well. Slice the pork and blanch in water for later. Bring water to a boil in the pot, add slices of meat and ginger, bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat to a boil for 15 minutes, then put the honeysuckle, winter melon slices, and goji berries into the soup and soak over low heat, sprinkle a little coriander, turn off the heat, and season to taste.
Effect: Evacuate wind and heat, reduce swelling.
3. Four Gods Nourishing Heart Porridge (about 2 people)
Ingredients: yam, mustard, lotus seed, poria 8g each, japonica rice 100g.
Directions: Wash the yam, mustard, lotus seed meat, poria and rinse the japonica rice together, put them together in a casserole, bring to a boil on high heat, turn to medium-low heat and simmer for about half an hour.
Effect: Qi and clear heart, healthy spleen and dampness.
Author: Chinese Medicine Inheritance Innovation Alliance Medicinal Diet R&D Team Wang Ping, Wang Meng, Wang Li, Zang Cuicui, Yao Pengyu, Wang Rui