Hangesho - Summer flower

Japanese: 半夏生 - はんげしょう

〘Noun〙① (The time when the pinecone buds grow) One of the 72 seasons. The third season of the summer solstice. It is the 11th day after the summer solstice, which corresponds to the current July 2nd. There is a custom of not eating any vegetables on this day, as it is believed that poisonous air will fall, and not eating bamboo shoots, as it is the time when bamboo joint worms will appear. Hange. [Season: Summer] *Hong Gui Naiden (possibly late 14th century) 3 "About the hanging summer, the 11th day of May _{_{should be}} noted. On this day, _do not commit _any _impurity , _{do not} _commit _any sexual desires, and _{do not} eat _any spicy alcohol _or meat."② A perennial plant of the Houttuynia family. It grows in low-lying wetlands from Honshu to Okinawa, and is sometimes cultivated for ornamental or medicinal purposes. It is 0.6 to 1 meter tall. It has a certain odor all over. The leaves are oblong and slightly ear-shaped at the base, about 10 centimeters long. In July, two or three leaves with white lower halves grow at the top of the stem, and from the sides hang densely-growing pale yellow insect-pollinated flowers. The stems and leaves are used in stomach and expectorant medicines. The Japanese name is said to come from the fact that the white leaves grow around the time of the summer solstice, or from the fact that half of the leaves are white and half are made up. Chinese name: Sanhakuso. Katashirogusa. Katajiro. Mitsujiro. Oshiroikake. Hangeshogusa. [Items Identification Name (1809)]

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (半夏（カラスビシャク）が生える頃の意) 七十二候の一つ。夏至の第三候。夏至から一一日目で、今の七月二日頃にあたる。この日には毒気が降るといっていっさいの野菜を食べず、また竹節虫を生じる時だといって竹の子を食べないなどの俗習がある。はんげ。《季・夏》※簠簋内伝（１４Ｃ後頃か）三「半夏生事五月中十一日目可_レ註_レ之。此日不_レ行_二不浄_一、不_レ犯_二婬欲_一、不_レ食_二五辛酒肉_一日也」② ドクダミ科の多年草。本州から沖縄にかけての低湿地に生え、観賞用または薬用に栽培されることもある。高さ〇・六～一メートル。全体に一種の臭気がある。葉は長楕円形で基部はやや耳形になり長さ約一〇センチメートル。七月、茎の上部に下半部が白い葉を二～三枚つけ、そのわきから淡黄色の花弁のない小さな虫媒花を密生した花穂をたれる。茎・葉を胃腸・袪痰(きょたん)薬に用いる。和名は、半夏生の頃に白い葉をつけるからとも、また、葉の半面が白いのを半分化粧したという意味からともいう。漢名、三白草。かたしろぐさ。かたじろ。みつじろ。おしろいかけ。はんげしょうぐさ。〔物品識名（1809）〕

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