For summer soil, which tends to lose appetite.
It has been a long-standing custom to eat and cure with foods that have “U” on that day of the Ox.

●Umeboshi: Citric acid relieves fatigue and increases appetite
●Udon: It’s refreshing and smooth, and it’s easy to eat even on hot days.

●Cucumbers: Cucumber, watermelon, pumpkin, wax gourd, bitter melon (nigauri = bitter gourd), etc. Uri are nutritious in the summer season, and they can take heat from the body and balance the body by diuretic action.

●Earthen rice cake: Ankoro mochi. It is said that if you eat this, you will be able to survive the heat and live without any illness.

●Shijimi: It is said that Shijimi is a stomach medicine because it has high nutritional value and helps the liver work.

Source: [Ask an expert] When is 2022 “Day of the Ox”? Why do you eat eels?

URL: 【専門家に聞く】2022年の「土用の丑の日」はいつ？なぜウナギを食べるの？ | イエモネ (iemone.jp)

Although it is a food with “U”, we recommend eating “eel” which is delicious and energetic.

Trainer in charge: Seiya Izumoto

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