Food
Umeboshi (pickled plum)
What the traditions say
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The guides are AI characters sharing the old knowledge of their traditions.
What Dr. Miyagi says
Okinawa, Japan · Okinawa Kitchen
“Popular, not found in a dictionary, only with "people say": ume wa sono hi no nan nogare (an umeboshi wards off the day's troubles), asacha wa sono hi no nan nogare (morning tea does the same), kaki ga akaku nareba isha ga aoku naru (when persimmons redden, doctors turn pale).”
“Diarrhoea. Fluid first. Gennoshoko (現の証拠, "the proof is right there"): a Japanese Pharmacopoeia crude drug for the bowel, in Japanese OTC decoction packs. Umesho-bancha (umeboshi, soy sauce, bancha tea): a folk drink, my notes hold no source for it, and it is salty. Doctor: blood, fever, signs of drying out, babies, children and frail elders early.”