Ancient Chinese people considered May on the lunar calendar a very dangerous month. May was also called "the poison month." This is usually the time of the year when the weather starts to get hot and humid.
Harmful insects and rats run around spread diseases, and people die because of inadequate medical treatment. Today, parents still make sachets and fill them with powders of two plants, calamus, Chinese mugwort, and Realgar. Children wear them on their neck to prevent sickness and death. People also dring Shiung Huang wine for the same reasons.
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