How to maintain health during the Jingzhe period? What is the saying about eating pears during the Jingzhe period?

Jingzhe is a solar term in spring. After Jingzhe, everything comes back to life and farming activities gradually become busy. After Jingzhe, the temperature will slowly rise, the body's perception of the outside world will also become warmer, and some bacteria will become active, so you need to pay attention to your health in daily life. Jingzhe also has the habit of eating pears.

What is the saying about eating pears during the Waking of Insects?

Eating pears during the Waking of Insects is a folk custom. The exact origin of this custom is unknown, but it is best to eat pears during the Waking of Insects.

During the Jingzhe period, the weather is warm but still cold. In addition to keeping warm, the dry climate can easily cause dry mouth and cough. Pears are cold in nature and sweet in taste. They are rich in nutrients, crisp and juicy, sweet and sour, and have the effects of clearing heat and reducing phlegm, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. There are different ways to eat pears. They can be eaten raw, steamed, squeezed, roasted, or boiled.

Eating pears at this time can help strengthen the spleen and the five internal organs, thus strengthening the body to resist the invasion of germs. In addition, "pear" and "plough" have the same pronunciation, so eating pears also expresses people's hope for a good harvest and hopes that pests will stay away from crops.

Although pears are good things, you should also pay attention to the "quantity" of consumption. No matter how good the food is, you cannot consume it in excess. It is recommended to eat about 400g of pears and other seasonal fruits every day. Excessive consumption will lead to too much sugar intake, which adds burden to the body.

How to maintain health during the Waking of Insects

First, after the Waking of Insects, the temperature enters a period of fluctuations, and the focus should be on preventing upper respiratory tract infections and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. According to traditional Chinese medicine, the key to health preservation in spring is to nourish the liver. Especially for the elderly, they are prone to anger, dizziness, and stroke.

Spring is also the season when skin diseases are most prevalent. The incidence of measles, rubella, chickenpox, and dermatitis and eczema will increase. Some patients with rhinitis will also experience symptoms of pollen allergy in spring, so they should pay attention to protection in their daily lives.

Second, as the temperature rises, people tend to feel sleepy and tired at work, which is what ordinary people call "spring sleepiness". During this period, you should ensure good sleep and ensure that you have enough energy to work and live.

After the Waking of Insects, people's diet and daily life should conform to the nature of the liver and help the spleen. They can eat more glutinous rice, sesame, honey, dairy products, tofu, fish, rapeseed, spinach, radish, fungus, celery, yam, lotus seeds, white fungus and other foods.

In addition, you can also eat fruits such as pears, loquats, lotus seeds, monk fruit, etc. to relieve cough, eat less spicy and irritating foods, and also eat less chili peppers, peppercorns, onions, garlic, and pepper.

Can I drink pear stewed with rock sugar when I have a cough?

Pears are effective for coughs, but not all coughs can be cured by pears.

Pears can quench thirst, but if you have a cough caused by deficiency and cold, you should not eat pears or Fritillaria cirrhosa. This kind of cough caused by deficiency and cold will make you cough up a lot of white phlegm and spit out saliva, making the cough more difficult to cure.

Pears can only be used for dry coughs. People with yin deficiency and fear of heat often feel hot in their five hearts, irritable, dry cough with little sputum, sometimes with blood in the sputum, dry nose and throat, upset, always wanting to drink water, and wanting to drink cold water. Pears or radish water can be used for this kind of cough.