Green glutinous rice balls (soft and fragrant): It is a custom to eat green glutinous rice balls in the southern part of the Yangtze River during the Qingming Festival. Green glutinous rice balls are soft, sweet and fragrant. Green glutinous rice balls are green because of wormwood, which is mashed and pressed and then mixed with glutinous rice. There is no fresh wormwood in the north. You can make jiaozi with yellow wheat or glutinous rice noodles, and add some jujube paste to it, which is sweet and delicious. Green jiaozi is delicious, but hard to digest. Don't eat too much at a time.
Wormwood Baba (detoxifying and resolving phlegm): wormwood Baba is a traditional food in Tomb-Sweeping Day, Hunan. Pick out the tender seedlings of Artemisia annua, crush them, knead them with rice flour (or glutinous rice flour) and white sugar, wrap them with bamboo leaves, and steam them. Artemisia annua has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and Baba tastes sweet and chewy. Wormwood Baba tastes sweet, so it is recommended to eat it once 1 ~ 2.
Stir-fried spring leek with snail meat (clearing away heat and promoting diuresis): Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, snails lurking in the mud crawled out one after another. At this time, the snail meat is delicious and delicious, which is the best time to eat, so there is a saying that "the snails in Qingming are better than the geese". It is not only a delicious food, but also a good medicine. Chinese medicine believes that snail meat is sweet, salty and cold, and has the functions of clearing away heat and nourishing yin, promoting diuresis and detoxifying. Take green shell snail1000g and leek 200g. Cook the snail, take it out, pick out the snail meat and wash it. Wash leek and cut into sections. Put the salt, monosodium glutamate, cooking wine, soy sauce and balsamic vinegar into a small bowl and mix them into a sauce. Heat oil in a wok, add leek and stir well, then add snail meat, and add sauce and stir well. It can clear away heat, promote diuresis, reduce blood fat, moisten intestines and relieve constipation. Suitable for hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, abdominal distension, constipation, etc.
Steamed crucian carp (clearing heat and invigorating spleen): Tomb-Sweeping Day can also eat steamed fish, which is nutritious and healthy. Buy fresh leaves of crucian carp and pepper (or pepper). First, put pepper leaves, onions and ginger into the belly of the fish, then fry them in oil a little, and then steam them in a pot. Steamed crucian carp with pepper leaves is rich in nutrition and has the effects of clearing away heat, invigorating spleen, detoxifying and diuresis.
Torreya grandis (moistening lung and smoothing intestines): Torreya grandis (fěi) is a kind of nut. Take a bite, it tastes delicious and crisp, a little peanut, but more game. Torreya grandis looks a bit like jujube stone, rich in oil and has a special aroma. Its nutrition is very rich, which can improve human immunity, moisten the lungs and smooth the intestines, but the most special benefit is that it can repel insects. Children who are sallow and emaciated and have insect diseases may wish to eat more. They can take 10 to 15 capsules every day before meals, and it is best to eat on an empty stomach in the morning.
Taro (resolving phlegm and moistening lung): Cooking a lily lotus seed taro soup before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day is definitely a good sweet soup for invigorating spleen, moistening lung, resolving phlegm and calming nerves. Peel taro, cut it into thin slices, steam it, take it out while it is hot, and press it into mud with a spoon for later use. Pour water and lotus seeds into the pot, boil, add taro paste and lily, and finally add rock sugar to taste.
Coriander (relieving constipation): Among all kinds of celery, coriander is the most difficult to chew because it also has the most fiber. But in this way, celery has a good defecation effect. Coriander also has certain sedative and vascular protective effects. Eating coriander often is beneficial to dizziness and headache caused by hypertension, arteriosclerosis and neurasthenia. You can eat it stir-fried or mixed, but the most important thing is not to throw away those celery leaves, which can play the biggest role in lowering blood pressure.
References for this article:
① Health Times (20 12-03-26) Tomb-Sweeping Day snail crosses goose.
② The fragrance of Health Times (20 12-03-26) in Qingming Festival.