Gu rain, the last solar term of spring!
Health remembers "1 raise, 2 to 3 care"
April 19th
Spring
The last solar term - Gu Yu
After the valley rain, it will enter the summer
It is often said that "rain produces a hundred grains"
Everything changes fast
Therefore, Gu Yu should pay more attention to health preservation
Build a healthy foundation
in order to enter the summer healthily
Valley Rain Folklore
Gu Yu tea
It is believed that the pre-Ming tea and the pre-rain tea harvested during the rainy season are the best teas of the year. In addition to the young buds, Guyu tea also has one bud and one young leaf or one bud and two young leaves. The tea leaves with one bud and one young leaf are soaked in water like an ancient spear that unfurls a flag, which is called a flag gun, and the tongue of a sparrow with one bud and two young leaves is called a finch tongue.
Peony appreciation
"Gu Yu three dynasties to see the peony", peony flowers are called Gu Yu flowers, rich flowers, Gu Yu season peony appreciation has been stretched for thousands of years. Before and after the valley rain is an important period for peony flowers to bloom, so peony flowers are called "valley rain flowers".
"Eating Spring"
常言道: "雨前香椿嫩如丝,雨后椿芽生木质。 "谷雨时节的香椿,最是鲜嫩可口,脆软留香。人们把春天采摘、食用香椿说成是"吃春"。
Matsukai
For fishermen, the custom of sacrificing to the sea is popular during the Guyu Festival. As the saying goes: "After the valley rain, a hundred fish come to shore." In order to be able to go to sea safely and return with a full load, the fishermen held a sea festival on this day and prayed for the blessing of the sea god. This custom is still popular in the Rongcheng area of Jiaodong, Shandong today.
Sashiya Rain
On this day, Gu Yu "walks Gu Yu", that is, young women go to the village to visit each other, or go to the wild to integrate with nature.
Gu Yu health
"1 raise, 2 to 3 protect"
1. "Nourishment" - nourish the liver
In spring, the yang energy rises, and throughout the spring, people's liver fire will gradually flourish, reaching its peak in the valley rain season, so it is still necessary to pay attention to softening the liver and soothing the liver at this time. It is recommended to drink chrysanthemum tea, choose 2~3 chrysanthemums, soak in water and drink.
In spring, it is easy to have spring sleepiness, fatigue, etc., or there are symptoms of irritation such as swollen and sore gums and mouth ulcers. If you have constipation, you can add 10 grams of cassia seeds to clear the liver and clear the eyes, and if you are sleepy and prone to headache and irritability, you can add 3 grams of peppermint to clear the liver and reduce fire and remove trouble.
2 "Essential"
Open windows for ventilation
During the rainy season, the temperature changes greatly and the rainfall increases. People should pay attention to avoid wading in the rain to prevent dampness mixed with cold and injury. Pay attention to open windows for ventilation every day, avoid catching a cold, and bask in the sun.
Go to bed early and wake up early
In the rainy season, there is a scene full of vitality everywhere, and people should also adapt to the changes of nature, go to bed early and get up early, and nourish their organs, especially to soothe the liver and strengthen the spleen, and invigorate the body's yang energy.
3 "Protection"
Ichigo the spleen and stomach
After the rain, the air humidity is high, and the spleen is the organ of the damp soil, and the dampness evil is the most likely to violate the spleen, which is easy to cause the spleen to lose its health, the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, and there are symptoms such as poor appetite, vomiting, abdominal distention, unformed stool or sticky and unpleasant. Therefore, although it is late spring, it is still necessary to pay attention to the maintenance of the spleen and stomach in the diet.
While following the principle of "less acid and more sweetness", it is advisable to eat more products that strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness, such as yams, red adzuki beans, coix seeds, lentils, carp, crucian carp, etc. And because the temperature rises rapidly during the rainy season, some people can't wait to eat cold drinks, which is easy to hurt the spleen.
Second, the guard gas
Although the rain arrives, but because the residual cold is not exhausted, and the humidity increases, so people with insufficient lung qi are susceptible to the invasion of cold and dampness, and are easy to induce colds, rhinitis, eczema, urticaria and other diseases.
Three Protectors of the Heart
After the valley rain solar term, the cold begins to occur, the fire is stagnant, people are prone to cold disease outside, heat disease inside, easy to be sad, hot and depressed and other symptoms.
Therefore, at this stage, we should pay attention to the cultivation of the spirit, regulate the mind, avoid great joy and sorrow, but should maintain a comfortable mood, you can choose to go green, listen to music, fishing, kite flying, swinging, walking, jogging, tai chi, etc., to cultivate temperament, or you can choose to meditate to regulate the qi to protect the mind.
Fang Fei Xie went to hate
Natsuki 阴阴正可人
Seeds of hope planted in spring
Waiting for the sweat of summer to water
Let's do a good job of "1 raise, 2 to 3 protect"
Let's welcome the arrival of summer!
Source: People's Daily Science Comprehensive CCTV News, Health Times
Editor: Doria
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