Post Date December, 02 2023
Today is April 4th, Tomb Sweeping Day. The Tomb Sweeping Festival is a festival that people pay special attention to in spring, not only related to the customs of mourning for the deceased and sweeping tombs and offering incense, but also because Tomb Sweeping Festival is a very important solar term in spring. The most important thing to pay attention to during the Qingming Festival is nourishing the liver and kidney. So what exactly should we do? Let's quickly take a look at what is said below!
After the Cold Food Festival, it is the Qingming Festival,
The Qingming Festival is the fifth of the 24 solar terms.
The meaning of Qingming is that the climate is mild, vegetation germinates, apricots and peach blossoms bloom, and the earth gives a fresh and clear feeling. The Qingming Festival is an important solar term in agricultural production. "During the Qingming Festival, grain and rain are connected, and there is no delay in soaking the land and cultivating the farmland.". "Before and after the Qingming Festival, plant melons and order beans.". In cities, there is also a saying that "afforestation during the Qingming Festival is better than the Qingming Festival.".
There are also many folk customs during the Qingming Festival. The day before the Qingming Festival is the Cold Food Festival, where families eat cold rice to commemorate Jie Zitui, a wise minister of the Jin Dynasty. On the Tomb Sweeping Festival, willows are inserted in front of the gate to welcome the return of swallows. In addition, swinging, cuqiu (the earliest football sport), outings (spring outings), kite flying, and tree planting are all related to environmental sanitation, disease prevention, and physical health.
During the Qingming Festival, the temperature rises and there will no longer be a cold current. At this season, liver qi dominates. "Liver belongs to wood, and wood generates fire. When there is excess of liver qi, it will cause wood to regenerate fire, and fire is dominated by the heart. Therefore, at this time, there will be a strong heart fire.". A strong heart fire can lead to elevated blood pressure, which should be highly valued. Continued elevated blood pressure can cause damage to visceral tissues such as the heart, brain, and kidneys, leading to a series of clinical syndromes. If the liver qi is surplus, it can also damage the lung's gold. Lung injury can lead to respiratory disorders. Therefore, during the Qingming Festival, respiratory allergy symptoms are common, such as itchy nose, itchy throat, cough, sneezing, and even itching in the ear canal and eyes.
How can we not be angry? "The liver is a rigid internal organ, and the body uses yin and yang. It is influenced by people's emotions, such as those who are good at anger and temper tantrums, and the liver is prone to exuberance.". Therefore, regulating emotions, not being happy or angry, is a prerequisite for maintaining the peace of liver qi and preventing the exuberance of liver fire. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine often uses prescriptions for nourishing yin and kidney to suppress the exuberance of liver fire. This method is called the "nourishing water and containing wood" method. "Nourishing water" refers to tonifying the kidney yin, while "containing wood" refers to nourishing the liver wood, preventing excessive liver qi and liver yang, and maintaining the balance of yin and yang. Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Zhibai Dihuang Pill, Qiju Dihuang Pill and Dabuyin Pill of traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations are all good medicines for nourishing yin and tonifying the kidney. People with a strong liver fire should start taking Dihuang Pills from the day of the severe cold before the beginning of spring to ensure adequate kidney water. In this way, around the Qingming Festival, the irritability of "liver fire" will be greatly reduced, which is a good strategy for people with hypertension and hyperlipidemia to "treat the disease before it is cured".
In terms of diet, there are many foods that nourish the yin of the liver and kidney, such as white fungus, black fungus, milk, eggs, beans, vegetables, and fruits, as well as black sesame, jujube, mulberry, walnut kernels, honey, peanuts, yams, lilies, carp, grouper fish, turtle meat, and so on. Eat less salty, spicy, and greasy foods. Office workers can drink some chrysanthemum tea, medlar tea, oolong tea, raw tea, honeysuckle tea, siraitia tea, etc., which can nourish the liver and kidney, clear the head, and vent the fire.
