Solar terms and micro-science meet, which is the most beautiful beginning of the year. Have you ever had a "spring meal" in the early spring?

There is a phrase "Spring wine is good every year" in Magnolia by Lu You, a poet in the Song Dynasty, which reflects the custom of "eating spring vegetables" in the beginning of spring. Spring food is five coriander, and the Jin Dynasty's Local Records says that "five spices make the five zang-organs angry, that is, garlic, garlic, leek, Brassica and coriander", which is a form of beginning of spring in which people bite spring every day.

Although biting spring is one of the folk customs in beginning of spring, it contains rich philosophy of health preservation. Biting spring refers to eating seasonal foods such as spring cakes, spring plates and spiced plates every day in the early spring, and eating spring rolls is very popular in the south. After the spring, the hair growth of poplar gradually became obvious, but the weather was cold in early spring. Eating spiced food after beginning of spring or cream with similar effects in spring will help the five zang-organs to be yang, and can also sterilize and reduce exogenous diseases such as colds.

Garlic, garlic, leek and coriander in the five spices are also often used as fillings for spring rolls. So, do you know their therapeutic effect? What are the taboos?

Garlic: it warms the spleen and stomach, kills bacteria and detoxifies.

The most well-known function of garlic is sterilization, and many families will always have garlic. Sun Gang, director of the Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases in Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that Chinese medicine believes that garlic has the functions of promoting qi circulation to relieve depression, warming the spleen and stomach, eliminating accumulated diseases, detoxifying and killing insects. It is beneficial to prevent and treat food retention, epigastric cold pain, water swelling, diarrhea, dysentery, malaria and carbuncle at home. For example, as recorded in "Records of Famous Doctors", garlic can "eliminate carbuncle, swelling and sores, eliminate pathogenic wind and kill viruses." "Tang Herbal Medicine" records that garlic can "reduce qi and eliminate valley, dispel wind and dispel cold." It is recorded in Herbs of Dietotherapy that garlic can "dispel wind and kill insects"

Director Sun reminded that many people like to eat garlic raw, which is more conducive to their health. This is because when garlic is crushed or chopped, allicin will be released, and it will remain more when eaten raw. However, allicin has a certain stimulating effect on the stomach, and patients with gastrointestinal diseases should eat less. How to eat garlic and worry about gastrointestinal intolerance? Here I want to tell you why chefs love to use "garlic water". Because chopping garlic and soaking it in clear water can effectively reduce the irritation, but retain the efficacy of garlic, which is a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Leek: Warming the middle and lower qi, benefiting the chest and diaphragm, harmonizing the viscera and warming the waist and knees.

Leek is not only fragrant, but also nutritious, which is very beneficial to human body. Wang Yuanzhao, director of the anorectal department of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that it makes sense for leek as a vegetable to moisten the intestines and relieve constipation. For example, it is recorded in Herbal Medicine of Southern Yunnan that it can "follow the stomach". Medicinal Diet records that it can "benefit the chest and diaphragm". In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is recorded that leek can "warm the middle and lower qi, tonify deficiency, harmonize the five internal organs, make people eat it, make people healthy, stop discharging white pus, and make them feel cold and painful." "Yiyang" is often regarded as an important basis for leeks to be "aphrodisiac grass". In fact, it is not very scientific to rely on leeks for aphrodisiac. But for some male patients, it is really a good diet vegetable, such as those with yang deficiency and nocturnal emission. "Compendium of Japanese Materia Medica" records that leek can "stop bleeding, promote diuresis, warm the waist and knees, and relieve chills, chest chills, anorexia and abdominal pain."

Xia, deputy director of the Center for Disease Prevention of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that although leeks have many benefits to the human body, not the more the better. Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Eating more leeks makes people dizzy, especially after drinking." Therefore, eating leeks while drinking white wine is not a healthy eating habit. People with stomach deficiency and heat should not eat leeks. For example, in Compendium of Materia Medica, it is recorded that "people with stomach deficiency and heat should not take it." Some patients with boils should avoid eating leeks. There is a clear hint in Materia Medica Yan Hui: "If you eat toxic sores, the more painful it is, and the more swollen the boils are, which will make people turn to drama." There is a kind of person who is the least suitable for eating leeks, and that is the person with yin deficiency and fire flourishing. "Materia Medica" records: "Fire is full of yin deficiency, so it is the most taboo to use it." For some people who have just recovered, they should also be careful not to eat leeks. According to the diet spectrum of Fun Life, "malaria, family sores, measles and acne are all taboo."

Leek contains β-carotene, which can be converted into vitamin A in the body. It is also rich in vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium, which is very beneficial to human health. In addition to these main nutrients, it also contains the spicy ingredient sulfide allicin, which can promote the absorption of vitamin B 1, and make sugar metabolism smoother and help digestion. And the distribution of nutrients is slightly different. Vitamins are mainly distributed in the leaves of leeks, and sulfides are mainly distributed in the roots of leeks. The content of allicin is four times that of leaves.

Leek is most suitable to be eaten with ingredients rich in vitamin B 1, which can greatly improve the absorption rate of vitamin B 1. Leek is often used in dishes to supplement physical strength, because allicin contained in leek can improve the absorption rate of vitamin B 1, thus better relieving fatigue. Wrap the spring rolls with lean leek stuffing rich in vitamin B 1. The sulfide of leek can make the vitamin B 1 rich in pork more easily absorbed.

Small garlic: activating yang and dispersing stagnation, activating qi and guiding stagnation.

Small garlic is actually one of the nicknames of Allium macrostemon in traditional Chinese medicine. Since ancient times, Allium macrostemon has been used as both medicine and food, and it often appears in the poems of literati. For example, Li Shangyin's "Bulbus Allii Macrostemon, Warm Night Cup" (Interview with Yin) in the Tang Dynasty described the delicacy of Bulbus Allii Macrostemon.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Allium macrostemon Bunge is warm, pungent and bitter, and has the functions of activating yang, dispersing stagnation, promoting qi circulation and guiding stagnation. Huang Gongxiu, a famous doctor in Qing Dynasty, made a concrete explanation of the efficacy of Allium macrostemon in his book "Seeking Truth from Materia Medica": Because the pungent taste of Allium macrostemon is scattered, it can make the upper cold stagnate and disappear; Because the bitterness of glutinous rice decreases, the decrease can make the cold stagnate; Because the temperature is dispersed, dispersion can make the cold standing in the middle open; Because the body is slippery and easy to pass, the general principle can make the cold stagnate for a long time. Huang Gongxiu spoke highly of Bulbus Allii Macrostemon with ten words, calling it "the best product of real ventilation and helping yang by slipping".

It should be noted that people with fever, yin deficiency and no stagnation should use Allium macrostemon with caution. Ancient doctors also had many tricks. Dietotherapy herbal medicine reminds patients with fever that they should not eat more. Materia Medica Yan Hui warns that people with fever due to yin deficiency should not eat it. New Compendium of Materia Medica emphasizes that Allium macrostemon is a slippery product and should not be used immediately. The average person is also not suitable for eating more, because "Diet Spectrum with Interest" reminds: "Eating more and being hot is not the same as leeks."

Coriander: Eliminating valley, dispelling cold and clearing heart.

Speaking of coriander, many people may not be familiar with it, but I believe many people know its other name, which is "coriander". Also called coriander.

Director Sun Gang believes that coriander has many functions, and many people use it as a spice not only to enhance fragrance, but also because coriander can promote digestion and dredge intestines. For example, "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" records that it can "benefit the five internal organs, replenish tendons and veins, control the grain and eat, cure intestinal wind, and wrap food with hot cakes." "Jia You Ben Cao" records that it can "dispel the valley, cure the five internal organs, tonify deficiency, benefit the small intestine, dredge the lower abdomen, pull out fever in limbs, stop headache, treat rash, pea sores, make wine foam stand out and enlighten." Coriander can sweat as well as onion, but there are differences. For example, "Outline of Medical Forest" puts forward that "nourishing liver and clearing lung, ascending and dispersing everything, publishing like onions, specializing in dividing qi." In addition, it can also "disperse Yin Qi, ward off evil spirits, sweat and stop rash". Compendium of Materia Medica gives a detailed interpretation of the efficacy of coriander and has a high evaluation. It says that it is "pungent and fragrant, which can open up all kinds of unhealthy qi, and those who are not refreshing with acne can be removed."

Coriander has a pleasant aroma, but there are also many taboos. For example, in "Dietotherapy Thousand Girls", it is proposed that "you can't eat for a long time, which makes people forget. Hua Tuoyun, who suffers from halitosis, halitosis and toothlessness, strengthens food. Those who have evil spirits in the abdomen should not eat them, and if they eat them, they will get sick, especially golden sores. " In addition, some Chinese medicines should not be eaten with coriander. For example, it is clearly recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Those who take all tonics, including Atractylodes macrocephala and Paeonia lactiflora, should not eat this." For qi deficiency constitution and some people, it is not suitable for eating coriander. For example, Compendium of Materia Medica suggests: "People with qi deficiency should not eat. It is not suitable for those who have unpleasant rashes and have not been attacked by cold evil. " Healthy people should not eat more coriander. For example, there is a warning in the Compendium of Medical Forest: "Eating too much is confusing and consumes gas."