Why does beginning of autumn eat Qizhen Dan? What is Qizhen Dan?

I believe everyone is familiar with beginning of autumn in the 24 solar terms. Beginning of autumn means cold weather, which is the first solar term in autumn. No matter which of the 24 solar terms has its own unique customs. So, have you ever heard of beginning of autumn eating rare pills? Come with me to find out why beginning of autumn wants to eat Qizhen Dan.

According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a court eunuch named Han, who was from Wuqiang County, Hebei Province. He worked in the palace for many years and was very diligent. His ancestors were doctors for generations. Although he is not a physician, he is influenced by heredity, familiar with medicine, brilliant in medical skills and extremely intelligent, and won the appreciation of the royal family.

In the palace, there are often acute fevers such as high fever, restless crying at night and even convulsions. When doctors in the palace cure too much, they use white tiger soup, rhinoceros horn and rehmannia decoction to clear away heat and calm the wind, but it is difficult to see results. The royal family is in a hurry. At this time, some people recommended to see Han eunuchs who are familiar with medicine. Eunuch Han took pills handed down from his ancestors. After the baby takes it, it takes as little as one day and as much as three days. The fever went down, the crying stopped, and he survived. He slept peacefully, increased his diet and recovered quickly.

Slowly, eunuch Han's medical skills became quite famous in the palace. Since then, whenever children have a fever and convulsions, they can often get rid of the disease as long as they take Korean eunuch pills. Eunuch Han was loved by the royal family, and was also jealous, ridiculed, sarcastic and repeatedly attacked by imperial doctors and eunuchs. Eunuch Han knows that he can't escape from the red wall, and at the same time he can't get rid of the harm of traitors. In order to prevent the secret recipe from being lost, he handed it to Hao's hometown and sent it with silk and satin, saying, "Have a safe child, Qibao."

There are also gobbledygook, rhinoceros book, antelope book, ox book, musk deer book, toad book and divine book. In order to avoid official disaster, Hao resigned from his official position in the palace and moved to Shanxi state capital to settle down. In order to commemorate the kindness of a friend, Hao opened a drugstore named "Deyitang" in Jiangzhou (now Jiangxian) in Shanxi as a permanent memorial. This prescription was handed down from generation to generation by Hao's descendants. Therefore, Qizhen Dan became a famous medicine in Jiangzhou, Shanxi. It is widely known, commonly used and popular among the people. Known as a good medicine for pediatrics, there is a legend that "if children are safe, they can't live without exotic pills every month."

"It's so hot after beginning of autumn", the temperature in most parts of China is still high before and after beginning of autumn, and all kinds of crops grow vigorously. Mid-season rice blooms and bears fruit, round stems overnight, soybean pods, corn ears, cotton bolls and sweet potato tubers expand rapidly, and the demand for water is very urgent. The drought in this period will cause irreparable damage to the final harvest of crops. Therefore, there are sayings that "the rice turns into rice after three rains in beginning of autumn" and "the autumn rain is falling, and gold is everywhere".

Before and after beginning of autumn, the northern Chinese cabbage should be sown quickly to ensure sufficient heat conditions before the low temperature comes, and strive for high yield and high quality. Sowing is too late, the growth period is shortened, the growth of vegetable trees is small, and the core is not solid. Beginning of autumn season is also a concentrated period of many crop diseases and insect pests, such as yellow rice borer, rice leafhopper, rice planthopper, cotton bollworm and corn borer. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen prediction and prevention. The sowing of winter wheat in the north is about to begin, and preparations such as soil preparation and fertilization should be made as soon as possible.

The above conclusion is what I have compiled for you about beginning of autumn. I wonder if it will help everyone?