What is suitable to eat during the Grain Rain season? Tips and taboos for health preservation during Grain Rain in 2021

What is suitable to eat during the Grain Rain season? Tips and taboos for health preservation during Grain Rain in 2021
Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring. After this day, summer will come. During the Grain Rain season, the temperature is changeable. Since it is close to summer, we should pay special attention to health preservation. So what is suitable to eat during the Grain Rain season? What are the do’s and don’ts for health preservation during Grain Rain in 2021? The third lunar month of 2021 falls between April and May of the new calendar. If you want to know more about the days in the third month of the lunar calendar in 2021 and the lunar calendar, please visit Shuimoxiansheng.com.

What is suitable to eat during the Grain Rain season?

1. Eat Toona sinensis
According to historical records, foodies in the Han Dynasty had the habit of eating toon sprouts in spring, which have the effects of invigorating the stomach and regulating qi, stopping diarrhea, moisturizing the skin, and improving immunity. Especially the purple toon sprouts paired with local eggs are top quality.
2. Eat leeks
The sulfide in leeks can kill bacteria, reduce inflammation, and improve immunity. It is best paired with pork, so you know how to make dumplings with leek and pork flavor.
3. Eat spinach
In spring, the liver fire is strong, and spinach, which is sweet and cool in nature, has the effect of moistening the intestines, calming the liver, clearing the intestines and detoxifying. Therefore, spinach and pork liver soup is worth having.
4. Others
Rabbit liver and egg custard, fish maw and turtle meat soup, and wolfberry stewed eggs are also high-end ingredients for removing dampness and promoting diuresis during the Grain Rain season.

Tips and taboos for health preservation during Grain Rain in 2021

【should】
Eat foods rich in vitamin B, alkaline, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs, warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen, and regulating human emotions.
Legumes: soybeans, soy beans.
Vegetables: white radish, carrots, bean sprouts, tomatoes, spinach, etc.
Fruits: grapes, bananas, oranges, strawberries, lemons, etc.
Others: kelp, natural green algae, etc. It is advisable to eat toon, but not in excess.
【avoid】
Avoid overeating and reduce the intake of high-protein, high-calorie foods.
People with wind-cold-dampness arthritis: avoid eating raw and cold foods such as celery, raw cucumbers, persimmons, persimmon cakes, watermelons, crabs, snails, kelp, etc.
People with heat arthritis: avoid eating warm and fire-promoting foods such as pepper, cinnamon, chili, Sichuan pepper, ginger, scallion, and white wine.

Extension: Grain Rain solar term customs

1. Forbidden to kill the five poisons
After Grain Rain, the temperature rises and pests and diseases enter a high-multiplication period. In order to reduce the damage caused by pests and diseases to crops and people, farmers go into the fields to kill insects while posting Grain Rain stickers and praying for good luck and to drive away evil.
2. Walking during Guyu
In ancient times, there was a custom of "walking on Guyu Day". On this day, young women would visit villages and relatives, or take a walk in the wild, which meant integrating with nature and strengthening the body.
3. Drink Guyu tea
It is said that drinking tea on the day of Grain Rain can clear internal heat, ward off evil spirits, and improve eyesight, so there is a custom of picking tea on Grain Rain in the south.
4. Guyu Festival to worship Cangjie, the founder of literature
"Sacrificing to Cangjie during the Grain Rain Festival" is a folk tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years since the Han Dynasty, but young people nowadays generally do not inherit this custom.
5. Taking a bath can ward off disasters and avoid misfortunes
In the northwest, people used to call the river water of Grain Rain "peach blossom water". Legend has it that bathing in it can ward off disasters and avoid misfortunes.

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