The Little New Year is here, the New Year is here! What’s on your dining table in Xiaonian? Sugar melon? sugar cane? Cut cake? Flower buns? rice cake? Why do you need to eat these New Year’s goods in the Little New Year? What are the meanings and health principles contained in it? Listen to what the experts say~
Eat "sugar" in the north and south of the new year
"malt sugar" in the north
There is a saying in the northern region that is called "Twenty-three, sugar melon sticks", and the sugar here is malt sugar. Malt sugar is soft and hard, and the one used as medicine is soft malt sugar. Malt sugar is brewed from malt or corn. It has a sweet taste and warm nature. It can nourish the spleen and stomach, warm the middle and dispel cold.
In Xiaojianzhong Decoction, malt sugar is the main medicine. Malt sugar and cinnamon twigs can be spicy and sweet to transform yang and warm to the middle; malt sugar and peony can be sour and sweet to transform yin, relieve emergency and relieve pain; Xiaojianzhong Decoction is suitable for people with deficiency of middle burners, indigestion of spleen and stomach, and abdominal pain.
Southern "sugar cane"
Southern "sacrifice to the kitchen" means that it is growing taller and has a beginning and a tail every year.
Flowering in the north and south rice
Northern "flower buns"
Flowering in many places in the north means "flower buns" to bloom, have many children and have good fortune, and pine and cranes prolong life.
Red dates and red beans will be added to the flower buns. Red dates are called the fruit of the spleen. Eating them has a nourishing and nourishing effect on the spleen; red beans have the same origin as medicine and food, which can promote the stomach and intestines, reduce swelling and bloating.
The red ingredients are selected in the flower bun, which means prosperity and heat. At the same time, the pasta enters the spleen and stomach. The added red beans and red dates taste sweet and sweet, and can enter the spleen and have the effect of nourishing the spleen and relaxing the spleen. After working hard for a year, eating more sweet pasta can also relieve liver fatigue.
Yellow Rice Sticky Cake
"Huangdi Neijing" mentions that yellow enters the spleen. Yellow Rice Sticky Cake is both yellow and sticky. Although it is not easy to digest, it will be preserved in the body for a long time and continuously plays a tonic effect.
In addition, there are many nuts with high sugar and calories added to the cut cakes in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. They have high viscosity and sweet taste. They can not only nourish the spleen and stomach, but also contain the meaning of reunion.
Southern "Horse Hoof Cake"
Southern Little New Year edible horseshoe cake, red bean cake and other pastries. Horse hoof, also known as water chestnut, is a traditional Chinese medicine with the same origin of medicine and food. It tastes sweet and cold in nature, and can clear heat and produce salivation, eliminate dampness and accumulation. In addition, horse hoof cake is steamed, which means "thriving day by day".
Eating fruit in the new year
Ouyan
Ouyan scent, it smells fragrant, it produces saliva in the mouth, and can sober up the wine and appetizer.
Kumquat
Eating kumquats during the Chinese New Year means good luck and good fortune. When eating kumquats, you should eat them with the skin. The kumquats are spicy and warm, which can relieve liver and regulate qi, relieve alcohol and eliminate dampness.
tangerine peel
Big red orange peel can be made into tangerine peel, which has the same origin as medicine and food, and can aromatize the spleen and moisturize and dry.
At the same time, oranges are full of treasures. Orange whites tend to strengthen the spleen, and orange reds tend to relieve cough. Orange meridians can unblock the meridians and relieve pain. Orange nucleus can be used as medicine and belong to the liver meridian, which can eliminate accumulation and relieve pain, and treat the pain of small intestinal hernia, the pain of male testicles, and the pain of female breast nodules.
Eat dried fruits in the Little New Year
The Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic mentioned: "Five grains are nourishing, the five fruits are helping, the five animals are beneficial, and the five vegetables are filling." Among them, the fruit refers to dried fruits. According to the traditional Chinese medicine's idea of selecting images and comparing images, the fruit can moisten the lower body and has the effect of nourishing the kidney and nourishing essence.
Southern Milk Peanuts
Southern Milk Peanuts are made of peanuts and red recipes. The red recipe is fermented from red yeast. The southern Milk Peanuts made with peanuts have the nourishing effect of peanuts and the red yeast's accumulation and strengthening the spleen.
Eat sugar-fried chestnuts in the north
0Chestnut has a high starch content. Although it has a certain effect of nourishing the spleen and kidneys, you should not eat too much. Eating too much fried chestnuts will increase the burden on the spleen and stomach, easily stagnate the qi, and aggravate the indigestion reactions.
Twenty-four "Sweeping the House"
"Huangdi Neijing" mentions the method of vibrating the azimuth method. By vibrating the dust falling on objects, it can prevent and treat diseases, such as allergic asthma. Therefore, twenty-four sweeping a house is no less than getting a vaccination.
At the same time, traditional Chinese medicine believes that limbs are the basis of yang. Proper movement of limbs will help the circulation of yang energy in the human body. Twenty-four, after cleaning the house and taking a hot bath, it can help the yang energy to produce.
The food culture of the New Year in the south and the north is different, but all kinds of delicacies are not only good for health, but also full of beautiful meanings. Get ready quickly!
Health tips: Please wear a mask when going out, wash your hands frequently, ventilate more, and go to crowded places less.
The Road to Health
"Little New Year Folk Customs and Health Preservation" (Part 1)
Broadcast time: February 4 18:05
Source: CCTV Science and Education
