Are there any food customs during the Rain Water solar term? What to eat during the Rain Water solar term

Are there any food customs during the Rain Water solar term? What to eat during the Rain Water solar term
Introduction: The 24 solar terms are one of our country's traditional calendars, and are a calendar closely related to farming culture. It is also a custom in our country. So, are there any customs regarding food during the Rain Water solar term? What is the best thing to eat during the Rain Water solar term? Let’s follow the editor to find out. The first month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of spring, and there are beautiful festivals everywhere in this month. Mr. Shui Mo lists these traditional Chinese festivals and customs for you one by one.

Are there any food customs during the Rain Water solar term?

The climate becomes warmer during the Rainy Season, but it is also windy and dry, so dry mouth, chapped lips, etc. often occur. Therefore, you should eat more fresh vegetables and juicy fruits to replenish the body's water. Since spring is the beginning of growth for all things and the season when Yang energy is abundant, you should eat less greasy food to avoid causing Yang energy to leak out. Therefore, in spring, you should eat less sour food and more sweet food to nourish the spleen. You can choose from leeks, toon, lily, pea sprouts, chrysanthemum, shepherd's purse, spring bamboo shoots, yam, lotus root, taro, radish, water chestnut, sugarcane, etc.
It is better to eat neutral food. "Late spring cold" can easily cause heat accumulation in the human organs, so it is not advisable to eat hot and dry foods to "add fuel to the fire." Accumulated heat makes people "crave for coolness", and eating too much cool food will "attract like qi", causing dampness and cold to damage the internal organs, causing imbalance symptoms such as stomach cold, stomach chill, and diarrhea. Therefore, it is advisable to maintain a moderate diet, eat hot meals and hot dishes, and be cautious about eating foods that are warm or hot in nature, such as chili peppers and white wine.
Since spring is the beginning of the growth of all things and the season of Yang energy, you can eat more foods such as red dates, yam, lotus seeds, leeks, spinach, citrus, honey, sugarcane, etc. at this time, but avoid letting Yang out, otherwise the excessive growth of Liver Wood will damage Spleen Earth.
In addition, it is better to eat porridge during this solar term, such as lotus seed porridge, yam porridge, red date porridge, etc. Of course, Guangdong people's diet therapy is mostly based on soup, which is also a good choice, such as Hericium erinaceus stewed with fresh chicken soup, Yunling yam stewed with lean pork soup, spinach rolled beef slices soup, yam and Astragalus pork tongue soup, etc., and the soups that strengthen the stomach and nourish the spleen include cordyceps stewed with water duck, mung bean stewed with chicken feet and peanuts, wolfberry and yam stewed with pork pen meat, etc.
It is reported that when using Chinese herbal medicine for conditioning, the characteristics of the spleen and stomach functions should be considered. For example, if the method of generating yang energy is used to nourish the spleen and stomach, American ginseng, adenophora, cassia seed, white chrysanthemum, etc. can be selected. During the Rain Water season, the liver yang, liver fire, and liver wind of the human body will rise with the yang energy of spring, so special attention should be paid to the smooth flow of liver qi.
Summary: Through the above article, we know some customs about eating during the Rain Water solar term. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. I wish you all good luck and smooth sailing in the new year!

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