The most important custom of Lantern Festival is of course inseparable from eating Yuanxiao. We know that the structure of Yuanxiao includes skin and stuffing, and the skin is mainly made of glutinous rice. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that glutinous rice is flat and sweet, which can tonify deficiency, regulate blood, stimulate appetite, strengthen spleen, replenish qi and stop diarrhea. Nuts, fruits and beans are mostly used as fillings, and different fillings also have different therapeutic effects. Let me introduce the functions of common fillers one by one:
1. Black sesame: nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting qi and nourishing blood, and can treat alopecia, premature gray hair, soreness of waist and knees and constipation;
2. Peanuts: moistening the lungs and nourishing the stomach can cure dry cough, nausea, beriberi and hypogalactia for lactating women;
3. Walnut: moistening the lungs and benefiting the stomach, nourishing blood and nourishing the mind, nourishing the face and strengthening the brain and blackening the hair, treating kidney deficiency, postpartum weakness and chronic cough;
4. Lotus seed velvet: nourishing the heart and kidney, strengthening the spleen and astringing the intestines can cure night sleep, turbid diarrhea, chronic dysentery, asthenic diarrhea and metrorrhagia;
5. Red beans: willow water dehumidifies, promotes blood circulation and expels pus, detoxifies and reduces swelling, and can cure edema, beriberi, jaundice, diarrhea and carbuncle;
6. Jujube paste: tonify the spleen and stomach, replenish qi and promote fluid production, adjust the camp and guard, and detoxify, which can cure stomach deficiency, spleen deficiency and loose stool, qi and blood deficiency, body fluid deficiency, disharmony between camp and guard, palpitation, and dirty and dry women;
7. Roses: regulating qi and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis can cure qi stagnation of liver and stomach, arthralgia due to wind-cold, vomiting blood and hemoptysis, irregular menstruation of women and increased leucorrhea;
8. Pumpkin: tonify the middle energizer, eliminate phlegm and expel pus, detoxify and kill insects, and can treat chronic diseases such as qi deficiency, spleen and stomach weakness, cough and asthma, lung abscess, loose stool, dysuria, acne and ascaris;
9. Ice orange: regulating qi, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, which can cure expectoration and abdominal distension.
As the weather gets warmer and the yang rises, the warming tonic can be gradually reduced, and instead, eat more foods that harmonize liver qi, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves. You can eat more sweet and slow food, such as poria cocos, yam, lily, jujube and so on. , can play a role in relieving tension and irritability, cultivating the mind and smoothing the mood.
Tip: Not everyone is suitable for eating Yuanxiao. The following categories of people must pay attention: diabetics, patients with high fever, the elderly and infirm, patients with gastrointestinal digestive dysfunction, patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, gout, those who have not recovered from a long illness, infants, patients with peptic ulcer, patients with acute gastroenteritis, etc. are not suitable for eating Yuanxiao.
The main reason is that Yuanxiao contains more glutinous rice, which is easy to raise blood sugar, and glutinous rice is not easy to digest, so it is not suitable for people who are weak and have digestive tract diseases to eat too much.
There is a knack for making Yuanxiao.
Lantern Festival is inseparable from cooking Yuanxiao at home. In fact, there is a way to make Lantern Festival. The following are three points for attention, for reference only:
1, boil water in the pot: it can make Yuanxiao shape and stick to the pot.
2, simmer until boiling: cook the Lantern Festival until it floats, then change to slow fire, so that the Lantern Festival is cooked inside and outside.
3. Cook for three times: add some cold water every time you get angry, and repeat this three times. This is the simplest counting method.
The bought Yuanxiao must be cooked in time. Don't leave it too long. You are used to making Yuanxiao. Is there any other way?
Introduce several treatment methods to you:
① Frying: The Yuanxiao should be thawed about 65,438+00 minutes in advance, and the oil temperature should be controlled at 60% to 70% when frying. It is best to deflate a few holes before frying to avoid explosion, and fry until the surface of Yuanxiao is golden.
(2) Oven: After the Yuanxiao is thawed, put it into an oiled baking tray, and bake it for 180 degrees 15 minutes, and bake it for 20 minutes after the Yuanxiao is oiled.
③ Air fryer: Use toothpicks to prick a few small holes for the Yuanxiao to thaw, then fully brush the oil and fry at 200 degrees 10 minute. Take out the frying box and shake it for five minutes to heat it evenly, then continue frying.
④ Microwave oven: Use a special bowl for microwave oven, put the Lantern Festival in, and add boiling water to the bowl. Never let the Lantern Festival pass. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap suitable for microwave oven, tie a few holes to dissipate heat, and put it in microwave oven for three minutes.
⑤ Pressure cooker: You can't cover the pressure cooker to cook Yuanxiao, otherwise it will be crushed and turned into a pot of soup ... The pressure cooker is open, so you can cook it in the normal way.
Lantern Festival is one of the traditional festivals in China. It is on the15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar. On this day, we often eat Yuanxiao, which means family reunion and happiness. After the Lantern Festival, it also means the end of the Spring Festival, and the weather officially turns from cold to warm.
In spring, how should we keep fit? Today, lotus leaf health care will talk to you about the precautions for health care during the Lantern Festival.
Yuanxiao health strategy
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Appropriate spirit
After the Lantern Festival, all parts of the country have entered the spring. Chinese medicine believes that spring is suitable for nourishing the liver, which likes to recuperate and release, and hates depression. Adjust your mental state and achieve the effect of nourishing the liver.
As the saying goes, smile, less. In spring, you might as well smile more and keep a good mood, which is helpful to your health. Modern research has found that a good mood can make people's brain release a chemical substance that helps to eliminate nervous tension and relax muscles, so that people can let go of troubles and fatigue.
Laughter will also affect the vibration of diaphragm and contraction of abdominal muscles, which can push and massage internal organs, promote the reflux speed of veins and lymph, and reduce the burden on the heart.
Lantern Festival is very lively and enjoyable, but we should also pay attention to it when it is "lively" and don't make a scene of joy!
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Appropriate exercise
Spring comes after Lantern Festival, which is a solar term. It is suitable for exercising, improving immunity and avoiding getting sick easily. Chinese medicine believes that proper exercise, kinetic energy can generate yang, and sweating can also eliminate dampness. Middle-aged and elderly people can choose to take a walk, or they can choose Tai Ji Chuan, Wuqinxi, Baduanjin and other health sports. It can not only promote the whole body blood circulation, but also improve the functional state of viscera, nerves and muscles and enhance the function of viscera.
Besides physical exercise, don't forget mental exercise! As the saying goes, "if you don't use your brain for a long time, the function of your brain will also deteriorate." Lantern Festival has the custom of appreciating lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns, and it is also a time to exercise people's brains. You can also exercise your brain properly and cultivate some hobbies such as handicrafts, chess, musical instruments, singing and dancing. You can try meditation and reading to ensure adequate sleep and keep your brain healthy.
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Suitable "spring cover"
Be careful of the cold in spring. It snowed in the north two days ago and the temperature dropped. Although it has entered the spring, there is still a certain distance from the warmer weather. Even if you feel hot these days, you'd better not take off your coat too early. As the saying goes, it is necessary to cover it for a long time, so that the body can gradually adapt to the new climate change, thus achieving a balance between yin and yang.
In spring, you may massage Taixi and Yongquan points in your spare time, which can lead to the return of fire and clear the deficiency fire.
Finally, I wish everyone a healthy lotus leaf.
Lantern Festival family fun.
Tuan Tuan Yuan Yuan
Happy.
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