Healthy food and farming activities during the solar term from solstice to summer.
Healthy food from summer to the sun
1, cucumber
"Seeking Truth from Materia Medica" mentioned that cucumber "tastes sweet and cold, which can clear away heat and benefit water", so it is good to eat more cucumbers in hot summer. The water content of cucumber is 96%~98%, which is the highest among vegetables. It contains very tender cellulose, which plays a certain role in promoting the excretion of rotten food in the intestine and lowering cholesterol.
2, bitter gourd
Chinese medicine believes that bitter gourd is bitter in taste and cold in nature, which can clear away heat and purge fire. The bitter taste of bitter gourd can stimulate the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, greatly increase appetite, and also have the effect of clearing away heat and preventing heatstroke. Bitter gourd, whether it is cold salad, stir-fry or soup, can achieve the purpose of "removing fire" as long as it can be done well without losing its "cyan".
Step 3: tomatoes
Tomatoes are sweet and sour, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and calming liver, invigorating stomach, promoting digestion, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, nourishing blood and stimulating appetite. A large amount of vitamin C is an essential component of human connective tissue, which can increase the strength and elasticity of cartilage, vascular wall tubes, ligaments and bones.
4. Pumpkin
Pumpkin has the effects of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. It contains nutrients such as protein and amino acids, and is also rich in carotene, which can protect eyesight, improve blood sugar and strengthen the qi of heart and kidney.
5. Duck meat
Duck meat is cold, rich in protein, and because it belongs to waterfowl, it can nourish the stomach, promote fluid production and soften blood vessels whether cooking porridge or soup, so it is a rare cool food in meat. Many people eat too lightly in pursuit of cooling off summer heat, which leads to insufficient intake of protein and weak constitution. In fact, crucian carp, chicken and loach, including lean pork, etc. , all have the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, so you can eat with confidence, and be careful not to eat too much. However, mutton, beef, dog meat and other hot foods need to be selected in moderation.
6. Corn
Corn nourishes the stomach, dehumidifies and benefits water. Suitable for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and damp-heat diarrhea.
7. Broccoli
There are two kinds of cauliflower, white and green, which have the functions of stimulating appetite, promoting fluid production to quench thirst and relieving fever and toxicity, and are also rich in vitamins C, B and carotene.
8.loofah
Luffa has the effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. Ancient medical books and their compendium of materia medica all say that loofah can "clear away heat and benefit intestines". Eating loofah soup in summer can relieve the heat. When cooking soup, it should not be cooked for a long time, and it is best to keep the bright green of loofah. The skin of towel gourd and its flowers boil water together instead of tea, which also has the function of heatstroke prevention and antipyretic.
9.eggplant
"Compendium of Materia Medica" says that "eggplant is sweet, cold and non-toxic. Indications are cold and heat, strain of five internal organs and plague. Eating eggplant can disperse blood and relieve pain, remove dysentery and diuresis, reduce swelling and moisten intestines. " The Compendium of Medical Forests says that eggplant is "wide in the middle, dispersing blood and stopping diarrhea". Modern medical research shows that the rich vitamin P in eggplant can enhance the adhesion between cells, prevent and treat microvascular embrittlement bleeding and promote wound healing. Therefore, eating eggplant often can prevent and treat diseases such as cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension and arteriosclerosis, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on chronic gastritis.
10, spinach
Spinach can nourish blood, moisten intestines and quench thirst. In order to avoid the formation of calcium oxalate from oxalic acid and calcium in spinach, it is suggested to blanch it with hot water first, and then eat it after removing oxalic acid.
1 1, wax gourd
Wax gourd has a good effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. In summer, eat more melon to quench thirst, relieve summer heat and diuresis. Because it is a diuretic and contains very little sodium, it is a good product to reduce swelling of chronic nephritis edema, malnutrition edema and pregnant women edema. It contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body, and can regulate the metabolic balance of human body.
12, lotus root
Lotus root has the effects of clearing heat, calming nerves, cooling blood and removing blood stasis, and contains minerals such as vitamin B, phosphorus and iron, which can improve anemia, diminish inflammation and bacteria, reduce blood lipid and lower blood pressure.
13, mung bean
After work, drinking a bowl of mung bean soup will make you feel refreshed, thirsty and relaxed. This is because mung beans have the functions of clearing heat, quenching thirst and diuresis.
14, crucian carp
Carassius auratus can strengthen the spleen and promote diuresis, which is suitable for spleen deficiency, stopping stomach and diarrhea. Not suitable for frying shepherd's purse.
Agricultural activities of summer solstice solar terms
I. Agricultural management of cash crops
1, rice
Early rice needs to be fertilized according to seedlings. For early rice fields with faded leaf color at jointing stage, proper topdressing of nitrogen fertilizer at later stage can improve seed setting rate, promote grain size and fullness, and help to increase yield. But the period and dosage of topdressing should be appropriate. If it is too late, it will lead to late maturity or rice blast.
2. Cotton
Generally, cotton has germinated, and its vegetative growth and reproductive growth are vigorous. Attention should be paid to pruning and cultivating soil in time, and clearing ditches and draining water in the fields in rainstorm areas to prevent the harm of waterlogging and rainstorm.
Second, vegetable planting management
1, do a good job of ditch cleaning and drainage. In case of continuous rain, ditch cleaning and drainage should be strengthened, the groundwater level and field humidity should be reduced, the water accumulation time of vegetables should be reduced as much as possible, and the normal growth of roots should be promoted.
2. Adopt rainproof cultivation. Preventing excessive soil moisture can effectively reduce the occurrence of diseases and ensure high and stable yield of vegetables. If possible, it can be combined with insect nets and covered with isolation gauze around the shed to basically avoid pesticides.
3. Strengthen on-site management. Timely removal of old leaves, diseased leaves and diseased fruits, removal of diseased plants, and timely removal of centralized treatment. Vegetable fields that are premature aging due to long-term water accumulation in the field should be cleaned up and ploughed, and the soil should be loosened to weed. Strengthen pest control. Timely and rational use of drugs.
4. Eggplant vegetables are at the peak of growth. All kinds of vegetables in greenhouse should be harvested in time, topdressing frequently, spraying potassium dihydrogen phosphate as topdressing outside the roots in time, applying more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer reasonably, improving plant disease resistance, improving quality, increasing yield, preventing premature aging and delaying the time of falling into the market.
Third, fruit tree cultivation management
1, citrus
June is the peak of the second physiological fruit drop of citrus, which may be aggravated by the common high temperature or showers in June. In addition, the young fruit is in the expansion period, so it is necessary to supplement the tree nutrition in time to stabilize the fruit. In late June, weak trees with small fruits should take root with brown algae, coffee and panther. The tree is strong and the fruit is big, so it is necessary to apply double algae and double algae drip irrigation fertilizer and sprinkle four fifteen, which will make the tree strong and promote the fruit expansion. Pay attention to the combination of root application and foliar spraying.
2. Myrica rubra
Harvest at the right time. The principle of harvesting is to harvest by stages, red and green, and harvest first. When picking, put down and pick gently, so as not to hurt the fruit. Chu Qing is generally not suitable for harvesting after rain or after rain; Apply sufficient post-harvest fertilizer in time. After the fruit is harvested, sufficient base fertilizer should be applied, and the mulch of the tree tray and the decomposed organic fertilizer should be deeply ploughed into the soil. It is recommended to use four fifteen-year-old sea champions, each with 3-6 kg.
Reasons for eating noodles in summer solstice
1, pasta worship
In the ancient summer solstice, people prayed for disaster and prosperity by offering sacrifices to God. "Zhou Li Chun Guan" contains: "With the arrival of summer, go to local things." Sacrificing to God in the summer solstice of the Zhou Dynasty means eliminating plague, famine and starvation. At this time, new folk wheat came out, and people sacrificed pasta to the gods. The custom of eating pasta from summer solstice has also spread to this day.
2. New wheat tastes new.
Because new wheat has appeared from summer to sun, eating noodles from summer to sun also means tasting new things. From the point of view of nutrition, it is the time for wheat harvest and new flour to go on the market from summer to around, and the nutritional components in fresh flour are high. In the past, people ate more noodles at this time, on the one hand, to celebrate the harvest, on the other hand, they could also absorb rich nutrition from noodles made of delicious new flour.
3, heatstroke prevention and cooling
Wheat is sweet and cool, and enters the heart, spleen and kidney meridians. Compendium of Materia Medica says that "wheat flour can tonify deficiency, strengthen skin, strengthen body, thicken stomach and strengthen tendons", and Compendium of Medical Forest says that it "relieves annoyance, stops bleeding, facilitates urination and moistens lung dryness". Some people like to eat hot noodles and sweat more in hot summer to get rid of the moisture and summer heat trapped in the human body.