What traditional food is good for health during the Waking of Insects?

What traditional food is good for health during the Waking of Insects?
Jingzhe means spring is coming. After the Jingzhe solar term, the weather will gradually become warmer. At this time, you should pay attention to adjusting your diet. So what traditional food is more beneficial to health during Jingzhe? For more details about the 2018 Lunar New Year calendar, please visit the Fortune Teller website for consultation! 1. Pears: Eating pears during the Waking of Insects is a folk custom in the north. Farmers eat pears on the Waking of Insects day to say goodbye to pests. As spring returns, the climate becomes drier, which can easily cause dry mouth and throat. Raw pears are cold in nature and sweet in taste. They have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, nourishing yin and clearing heat, so pears are particularly suitable for consumption in this season.
Jingzhe 2. Eggs In addition to eating pears, there is a folk saying that people eat eggs during Jingzhe. It is said that this is because people have to sacrifice to the white tiger on the day of Jingzhe. The white tiger usually has fangs and an open mouth, and it will not hurt people unless it is fed with eggs. After evolution, the eggs that were originally fed to white tigers have now become food for people themselves.
You should not eat more than three egg yolks per week, but this is not the case for egg whites, and you should not consume more than 300 mg of cholesterol per day. It turns out that egg white contains no fat or cholesterol and is a food that is close to pure protein, so the intake of egg white is not restricted like that of egg yolk.
Jingzhe 3. Fried beans In some areas of Shaanxi, people eat fried beans during Jingzhe. People soak soybeans in salt water and then stir-fry them in a pan, making crackling sounds, which symbolize the sound of insects jumping when being heated in the pan.
Soybeans are really cheap and good quality. For women, the isoflavones they contain can produce similar effects to estrogen hormones, lowering blood cholesterol, protecting the heart, and preventing breast cancer and osteoporosis.
4. Corn In ethnic minority areas, the Yao ethnic group in Jinxiu County, Guangxi eats "fried insects" on the Waking of Insects Day in every household. After the "worms" are fried, they are placed in the living room, and the whole family sits around and eats them, shouting while eating: "It's time to eat fried insects, it's time to eat fried insects!" When they are having fun, they even have a competition. Whoever eats faster and chews louder, everyone will congratulate him for his contribution to the elimination of pests. In fact, the "worm" is corn, and its symbolic meaning is used here.
Corn is a food that many people like very much. It is delicious and has high nutritional value. It is particularly high in fiber, which can accelerate intestinal motility, reduce cholesterol absorption, and prevent coronary heart disease. In addition, corn contains a large amount of magnesium, which can strengthen intestinal wall peristalsis and promote the excretion of waste from the body, which is very beneficial for weight loss.
5. Taro The Hakka people in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian boil hairy taro in hot water and stir-fry soybeans (representing the elimination of various pests) on the day of Jingzhe.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that taro can replenish qi and nourish the body. Because it is rich in mucus saponins and a variety of trace elements, it can help the body correct physiological abnormalities caused by trace element deficiencies, while also increasing appetite and aiding digestion.
Jingzhe 6. Laojiu With the arrival of spring, the pores all over the body open up. In some places in the northwest, every household drinks Laojiu and eats egg pancakes with mustard juice during the Jingzhe Festival to drive away the accumulated coldness in the body.
The production method of Laojiu is simple and requires unique skills. It requires a skilled craftsman to make it, and not everyone can do it. Its method is as follows: first wash the glutinous rice with water to remove impurities, then soak it in warm water for about twelve hours, put it in a steamer and steam it, pour it on a clean chopping board that has not been used for grease or meat, let it cool, sprinkle the water from the steamer that has been used to steam rice on the rice, make an appropriate amount of sweet wine yeast in the rice, put it in a porcelain basin, put it on a hot kang at about 50 degrees Celsius, cover it with a clean cotton quilt, and after a day and midnight, uncover the quilt, you can smell the rich aroma of wine, which means that the wine has been brewed, and put it in a cool place with the basin, ready to eat.
Jingzhe 7. Pancakes In some areas of Shandong, farmers light a stove in the courtyard and bake pancakes on the Jingzhe day, hoping that the smoke and fire will kill the pests.
Because pancakes are made from raw grains and the bran is not removed, they are rich in nutrition, taste crispy and soft, and are easy to store and carry. They are a very distinctive local food. Some people believe that pancakes require a long time of chewing, which can promote the production of body fluids and invigorate the stomach, stimulate appetite, promote facial nerve movement, and is beneficial to maintaining the health of the visual, auditory and olfactory nerves, slowing down aging, making it a health food.

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