What is the meaning of hanging sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival? What can be put in the sachets to ward off evil spirits and bring blessings?
Introduction: The Dragon Boat Festival is known as the first of the nine poisonous days, so people usually hang sachets and wear colorful ropes. So what is the meaning of hanging sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival? What should be put in the sachets on the Dragon Boat Festival to ward off evil spirits and bring blessings? The earthly branch of the fifth month in the lunar calendar is Wu, which represents Yang Fire, so it is also called the Wu month. The fifth month in the lunar calendar is the time when summer insects chirp and midsummer is fragrant. For more information on the do’s and don’ts of the fifth month in the lunar calendar in 2019, please pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo’s website!What is the meaning of hanging sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival?The custom of hanging sachets during the Dragon Boat Festival has lasted for thousands of years. “When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, the five poisonous creatures come out” means that in midsummer, all kinds of poisons come out, including poisonous insects such as snakes, insects, mosquitoes, and ants, as well as pathogenic poisonous “qi” such as summer heat, dampness, and epidemic diseases. But by hanging sachets filled with herbs, you can protect yourself from disease.An old saying goes: "Dragon Boat Festival items: hundred ropes, mugwort flowers, silver drums, colorfully painted fans, sweet fruits, rice dumplings, etc." Wear sachets to ward off evil and plague, and as an adornment on your collar. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar and fragrant medicine, and is wrapped with silk cloth and tied with five-colored silk threads. The Chinese herbal medicines used in the sachets can emit a natural fragrance. This fragrance belongs to the category of the five odors in traditional Chinese medicine theory, and has the effects of opening the orifices and refreshing the mind, eliminating dampness and invigorating the spleen, and eliminating filth and pleasing the mind. Modern medical research has also proved that the reason why these medicines have aromatic smells is because they contain a large amount of volatile oils, which have antibacterial and antiviral effects. The spices in the traditional Dragon Boat Festival sachets can prevent colds, hand, foot and mouth disease, etc., and have a certain effect on repelling mosquitoes and insects. What can be put in the Dragon Boat Festival sachets to ward off evil and bring blessings?Dragon Boat Festival sachet materials: mugwortStudies have found that fumigating with fresh mugwort leaves can kill bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, beta-hemolytic Streptococcus, and Escherichia coli. In addition, mugwort has the effects of regulating qi and blood, expelling cold and dampness, warming the meridians, and stopping bleeding. Dragon Boat Festival sachet material: calamus The leaves contain volatile aromatic oils that can invigorate the mind, strengthen the spleen and eliminate diarrhea, and kill insects and sterilize. It can drive away bacteria and kill insects when used externally, and has cooling, stomachic, wind-removing and refreshing effects when taken internally. Dragon Boat Festival sachet materials: lemongrass It has the aroma of lemon, and the volatile oil contained in the whole plant is citronella oil, which can dispel wind and dampness, relieve cold and relieve exterior symptoms, and also prevent insect bites. Dragon Boat Festival sachet material: realgar Drying dampness and dispelling wind, killing insects and detoxifying. Studies have found that this product contains arsenic. Drinking realgar wine is equivalent to eating arsenic, so it should be consumed with caution. Dragon Boat Festival sachet material: grapefruit leaves It is the leaf of the rutaceae plant grapefruit. The volatile oil it contains has the smell of orange peel and can prevent and treat wind-induced headaches. Dragon Boat Festival sachet materials: Angelica dahurica Dispel wind and dampness, reduce swelling and relieve pain. Burning Chinese herbal medicines such as mugwort, atractylodes, and angelica dahurica indoors can ward off filth, disinfect, purify the air and repel mosquitoes, and it has a certain effect on purifying the living environment. Dragon Boat Festival sachet materials: Artemisia annua The whole plant has fragrance, and the volatile oil it contains accounts for 0.3-0.5% of the whole plant. The main components are eucalyptus oil, camphor, etc. The whole plant can be used to extract artemisinin, which can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also inhibit the growth of pathogens. Dragon Boat Festival sachet materials: Dragon Boat Flower The flower it blooms looks like the red flower worn by the dragon boat during the Dragon Boat Festival, hence its name. This grass is cool in nature and has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood. 2019 is the year of Tai Sui for those born in the Year of the Pig. How can we resolve the problem of offending Tai Sui and make 2019 smoother and safer? 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