The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Duan Yang Festival, Wu Ri Festival, May Festival, etc., is a unique traditional festival in China. In addition to eating zongzi, dragon boat, Dragon Boat Festival is a universal prevention of disease, to avoid plague and drive away poison, pray for a long and healthy “health festival”. The Dragon Boat Festival also has many good ways to maintain health and prevent cancer! 1, zongzi is delicious, but also can strengthen the spleen and stomach, support the righteousness, cancer prevention Eat zongzi is one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, but also the Dragon Boat Festival is a good way to maintain health and prevent cancer! Zongzi is generally composed of red beans, glutinous rice, red dates and reed leaves. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that: red beans, rich in protein and a variety of nutrients, have the effect of water and dampness, and blood and drainage of pus, anti-swelling and detoxification, anti-cancer. At the time of summer heat, red beans can promote water and dampness, detoxify heat, and complement green beans, which is a good remedy for summer. Glutinous rice is good for the spleen, appetite and appetite. The leaves used to wrap the rice dumplings are more elaborate, most of them use reed leaves in the north and bamboo leaves or lotus leaves in the south, all of which have good medicinal functions. For example, the reed leaf can clear heat and produce fluid, eliminate annoyance and quench thirst; the bamboo leaf can clear heat and remove annoyance, diuretic detoxification; the lotus leaf can clear heat and dampness, and stomach and calm the mind. In general, zongzi has the function of clearing heat and relieving irritation, promoting urination, helping the spleen and appetite, which is especially suitable for consumption in early summer. It is important to note that glutinous rice, the raw material used to make zongzi, is sticky and can easily cause indigestion when eaten in excess, especially for cancer patients, who should not crave it. Of course, when eating rice dumplings, it is best to cooperate with some hot tea, not only to relieve the greasy rice dumplings, but also to play the role of tea to relieve the heat and eliminate food, of course, tea is also a good anti-cancer food! A good companion for dumplings — Chen Pi Pu-erh tea Composition: Chen Pi, Pu-erh Method of preparation: Chen Pi soaked in warm water for a while in advance and washed. Put the pu-erh tea in a glass pot and pour boiling water to wash the tea and pour off the tea…. Add the washed peel to the pu-erh tea and add boiling water to soak for a few minutes and you can drink it, you can brew it several times in a row. For an easy way, you can also boil water directly with the peel and then use the peel water to brew pu-erh tea! Efficacy: According to traditional Chinese medicine, Chen Pi is pungent, bitter and warm in nature, with the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, harmonizing the stomach and stopping vomiting, drying dampness and resolving phlegm, and relieving cough and diuresis, etc. Modern research shows that Chen Pi also has good anti-cancer effects. Pu-erh tea not only has a unique taste, but also eliminates food and grease, softening blood vessels, scavenging free radicals, cancer prevention and anti-cancer effects, so it can be called the health care guardian in the world of tea. 2, mugwort can avoid poison and dispel evil, strengthen the body to prevent cancer one of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, is the family hanging mugwort. The ancients have “three years of mugwort, the doctor does not use” said. Mugwort is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine, with warmth and blood, cold and dampness, and aroma to avoid obscenity. Dragon Boat Festival air humid, and the aroma of mugwort fresh, can get rid of poisonous gas, in addition to dirt, purify the air, keep the indoor cleanliness, disinfection and disease prevention role. In fact, in addition to hanging mugwort, folklore and “drinking mugwort wine, eating mugwort cake, smoked mugwort leaves, mugwort bath” folklore. Mugwort bath mainly choose mugwort leaves, calamus and other common boiled water, soak. It can effectively improve local blood circulation, clear heat and detoxification, and has good effect on patients with cancer, especially those who have neurotoxic reaction and rash during chemotherapy. However, note that when taking a bath, you must use warm water, and the water temperature should not be too cold or hot. In addition, the common herbs used in Duanwu Festival are calamus, artemisia, lemongrass, pomelo leaves, etc., together with water decoction when drinking tea, can also play the effect of appetite and spleen, cancer prevention and anti-cancer. 3.Make a scented bag to dispel evil and prevent cancer Dragon Boat Festival is a Chinese folk custom to wear a scented bag, but also a way to prevent infectious diseases. Homemade Dragon Boat Festival incense sacs used in Chinese herbs are Cang Zhu, Huo Xiang, Wu Zhu, mugwort, cinnamon, sand, dahurica, each of 2 grams, plus 1 gram of cloves. These herbs will be finely ground, put into a cloth bag and sewn up. You can wear it on your chest, waist or navel, or hang the bag in the doorway, indoors or in the car. These Chinese herbs are considered by Chinese medicine practitioners to be effective in dispersing wind and dispelling cold, strengthening the spleen and stomach, regulating qi and relieving pain, and clearing the nine orifices. They are very useful for cancer patients to improve their mental state, relieve fatigue and prevent colds.