What about the New Year's Eve, the summer of the lunar calendar, and the health of medicine?
Feb 11, 2025
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In particular, breaking the burr means that ghosts are surprised by the sound made when breaking hard shells such as walnuts, pine nuts, and peanuts, so that they do not have a burr during the year. If you look at the records of the Joseon Dynasty 'Dongguk Segi', it is described as 'If you break the burum on the morning of the 15th day of the month of Jeongwol, you will be sick all year round'.
With the Lunar New Year's Day just a day away, the help of Kim Chang-yeon, the head of Daejeon Jaesaeng Oriental Medicine Hospital, summarized how these food customs actually help improve oriental medicine and nutritional health.
◇ Walnuts Help Improve Brain Health...pine nuts, effective in circulating the blood
Burum refers to fruits in hard shells, and walnuts are a representative burum. According to the oriental book 'Bonchogangmok', walnuts have the effect of strengthening kidney function, promoting brain activity, and supplementing weak energy. In fact, vitamin E and omega-3 are abundant, helping blood circulation and improving brain health. In addition, walnuts are known to have the effect of enhancing the function of the kidneys to promote diuretic action and to improve joint pain and low back pain.
In addition, pine nuts have long been called food eaten by the gods and have been regarded as nuts that symbolize good health and longevity.
Dongui Bogam is also described as enriching the skin and helping the intestinal health. Nutritionally, it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, which help prevent adult diseases, suppress aging, and promote metabolism. In particular, pine nuts contain an unsaturated fatty acid called 'pinolenic acid', which is effective in controlling blood cholesterol and blood sugar.
Peanuts are also rich in health benefits. Peanuts have long been called '落' and are said to be beneficial in improving blood circulation, recovering fatigue, and protecting respiratory and digestive health. In addition, it is also considered a nut that enhances brain and nerve cell activation by including the actual vitamin B group and the ingredient 'lecithin'. However, if peanuts are left at room temperature for a long time, a carcinogen called 'Aflatoxin' may be formed, so it is recommended to store them in an airtight container and refrigerated.
◇ glutinous rice, protecting the stomach, replenishing energy...Jujube Helps Boost Immunity
Burum nuts such as are also used in another traditional food 'yakbab'. In the past, honey-containing foods were named because they used the letter 'yak (藥)', and pine nuts, jujubes, and honey are used in glutinous rice.
Sticky rice has a warm nature, protecting the stomach and replenishing energy. In addition, jujube, which goes on yakbap, has a warm nature and helps improve digestion and immunity. In 'Dongui Bogam' and 'Boncho Gangmok', jujube is also recorded as a medicinal ingredient that protects the five intestines and relaxes the inside. In addition, honey used in medicinal rice is rich in antioxidants, which helps prevent aging, skin health and fatigue recovery.
Director of Daejeon Jaesaeng Oriental Medicine Hospital Kim Chang-yeon "The traditional food customs of Jeongwol Daeboreum contain the wisdom of our ancestors considering health."However, nuts and medicinal rice are high in calories, so you should not over consume them, especially when chewing hard nuts, so be careful not to strain your jaw joints."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
