Chapter 177: Ginger

Ginger can help yang, tea can help yin, and both things dissipate evil energy. It can be seen that both things are beneficial.

But why can't pregnant women put sprouted ginger under their beds? And why ginger and not something else? The young man at the pharmacy was about to ask a question, but saw Sister-in-law Shen appear at the door with a pale face.

"Girl...," Sister-in-law Shen called, clutching something tightly in her hand.

Chi Jing turned around and frowned a little disapprovingly: "Why did you get out of bed?" I won't talk about your current situation, you must not come out, lest the cold wind blow and catch a cold? ”

"It's okay." Sister-in-law Shen replied in a daze, her body was still very weak, and her eyes were a little black, but she insisted on walking over with a stagger.

What's going on? Chi Jing glanced at Sister-in-law Shen's hand, and immediately understood.

"Girl, what you just said, is there such a ginger?" Sister-in-law Shen walked up to Chi Jing, slowly opened her palm, and the thing she was holding in her hand was displayed in front of everyone.

"Exactly." Chi Jingdao, and at the same time noticed that there were five ginger knots on the side of the ginger block in her hand, which happened to grow into a person's palm. And on the ginger knot, which is most like a thumb, there is a tender white long bud, and the tip of the bud is a touch of green, which stings Sister-in-law Shen's eyes.

Look at the six fingers of the sleeping child in the arms of the jade bottle, what else do you not understand?

"I hurt my son." Sister-in-law Shen closed her eyes in pain, her body shook, and Brother Shen, who rushed to hear the sound behind her, helped her in time.

"How can I blame you for this?" Chi Jing frowned again, not to mention these folks, even she rarely heard of such a thing in modern times. "Those who don't know are not guilty, sister-in-law Shen, it's not your fault."

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The houses of the poor are all paved with mud, and there are no floor tiles at all. The mud floor is already damp, and the family is accustomed to putting crops under the bed to keep watch day and night. Because if you put it in the kitchen, you can probably steal it from a thief - even if it's just a few pieces of ginger, a few eggs, a few pumpkins, or a few greens.

In particular, ginger and garlic are very easy to sprout when placed under the bed without sunlight and damp mud.

"Girl, just a few pieces of sprouted ginger under the bed can make the fetus in the womb abnormal?" Brother Shen couldn't bear his wife's self-blame too much, and couldn't help but ask for an understanding.

"Sprouted ginger certainly doesn't have to be, but rotten ginger produces a toxin called safrole, which is absolutely harmful to the human body. Also, sister-in-law Shen, have you eaten these sprouted gingers recently? Chi Jing asked, simply telling everyone about these taboos at once.

Jiang can pass through the gods and go to evil. Ginger has many wonderful uses, benefiting the spleen and stomach, dispersing wind and cold, relieving nausea, enhancing the flow of qi and blood, detoxifying fish and crab poison, and antidote poison. But the ancients said that they didn't eat ginger in autumn, because of Xin's qi and diarrhea, and there was also a saying that autumn ginger died in the middle of the year.

Therefore, it is extremely unsuitable to eat ginger in autumn, especially ginger that has sprouted or is half rotten, because its own nutritional value has been reduced and even bad for the body.

"Yes." Sister-in-law Shen was also unambiguous, and told her that she had drunk ginger soup to ward off the cold after suffering from the wind and cold more than a month ago. Although it is not a crime to know, I am afraid that she will feel guilty about her son in this life.

"I'm pretty sure now that you're doing it because the smell of rotten ginger under the bed has affected the health of your fetus for a long time, and because you've eaten these mostly sprouted and half-rotten ginger, which caused your child's hand deformities." Chi Jing listened and concluded cruelly.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, a Confucian scholar named Jia Siqian once mentioned in his book "Qi Min's Technique: Planting Ginger": You can't eat ginger, Ling Ziying pointed out.

In the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, who was known as the "King of Medicine" in later generations, also said: "Eat more ginger in August and September, and suffer more from the eyes in spring, which will damage life and muscle strength." Pregnant women eat it, so that the child is full of fingers. "Surplus, superfluous, surplus, full. Finger is the finger that is said.

Pregnant women eat it, so that the child is full of fingers. That is to say, if a pregnant woman eats the ginger in the autumn of the first month, it will make the fetus in the womb grow more fingers.

Although the one in front is a famous agronomist, and the one in the back is the famous "King of Medicine", the two great men want to express the same meaning.

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"Sure enough..."Sister-in-law Shen's figure shook again, and she couldn't bear this blow.

"I said that those who don't know are not guilty!" Chi Jing said solemnly, just by virtue of this Shen couple's sworn to protect their own flesh and blood, this is worthy of her awe! Although she can face the deaths of many people in cold blood, young children are also her final bottom line.

"But..."Sister-in-law Shen knew that she didn't agree with herself blaming herself like this.

"Six fingers is nothing. When the child is three years old, I will come to you, and I will personally help the child cut off his fingers, so that you can rest assured, right? Ji Jing promised that even if she was no longer alive in three years, she would leave it to someone else to complete it.

"Miss Chi, your great kindness, we will repay you for being a cow and a horse in the next life..."The Shen couple both had red eyes when they heard this, and they both knelt down.

"Hurry up." Chi Jing hurriedly helped the two of them up, and continued to comfort: "Now Dabao can't do this, and when there are two treasures in the future, I really have to pay attention to not putting ginger under the bed anymore, and I can't eat ginger anymore." ”

The Shen couple, who had just stood up, knelt down again: "Thank you Miss Chi for the name!" ”

"Uh... Yes? Giving a name? "Chi Jing is really stunned this time.

The Shen couple stood up, and Sister-in-law Shen took her child from the jade bottle, hugged the child and saluted, "Shen Dabao, I've seen Miss Chi." ”

"Oh." Chi Jing understood at this time, and the two treasures she said casually...

Shen Dabao... Chi Jing thought in his heart, hey, Dabao, see you every day.

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She somehow helped come up with a name. Shen Dabao, there will be a Shen Erbao in the future, haha.

No matter how big or small, look into the roots. After explaining the reason for the six fingers to the group, the group dispersed and left. Chi Jing smirked, he didn't expect that the feeling of naming a child was actually not bad.

But the name Shen Dabao was still too hasty, and she proposed to take another name, but the Shen couple smiled and refused: "Dabao's name is already very good, he is the priceless treasure of our couple." ”

"Oh." Chi Jingben was no longer entangled, but couldn't help chattering: "Then sister-in-law Shen, you really have to take care of your body, by the way, when you are pregnant, you must also remember that the big things in the family should not be easily moved, there is a saying, this is also not good for the child's fetal god, and it will accidentally press the child's fetal god." ”

Whether it is a superstitious statement or a superstitious statement, she poured all the pregnancy taboos she had heard to Sister-in-law Shen.

"Also, you can't go to the funeral while pregnant, it's not good for Erbao."

In the end, she even directly replaced the word "child" with "Erbao".

"Also, hens usually have unborn eggs in their stomachs, my mother... Oh no, my master once said to me that it is called a dark egg, and pregnant women can't eat it, and eating it will be bad for Erbao. ”

"Also, Erbao..."