Green onions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers are people's favorite "seasonings", in addition to eating, they also have health effects that cannot be underestimated, and they are also food tips for many minor illnesses and pains!
Garlic
Garlic is a spicy and warm ingredient, which belongs to the heart, spleen and kidney meridians, and has the effects of warming and strengthening the stomach, eliminating food and regulating qi, sterilization, detoxification and swelling.
There are many records of the consumption of garlic in traditional Chinese medicine, and some pharmacopoeias also describe it in detail. Garlic has the effect of lowering cholesterol and preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases to a certain extent, and garlic contains allicin, which is a powerful phytoncide and has a strong inhibitory effect on intestinal pathogenic bacteria.
The best way to eat garlic – The best substance in raw garlic is allicin. But allicin is not naturally occurring in garlic, it is the product of the reaction between alliin and alliin enzyme in garlic. Therefore, the best way to eat garlic is: crush or slice, let it sit for 10 minutes, and then eat it raw or cooked, which is more conducive to health. Tips: Eat 3 cloves a day, don't eat too much~ During the acute attack of gastrointestinal diseases, it is not recommended to eat too stimulating foods such as raw garlic.
spring onion
The green onion is sweet and warm, can replenish yang qi, sweat and relieve the surface, and the white part of it also has the effect of sweating and dissolving the surface and reaching yang energy. It has a certain therapeutic effect on wind chill and cold.
Symptoms of wind chill and cold: severe cold intolerance, mild fever, no sweat headacheFor wind chill cold, it is recommended to use cold and heat clearing powder with ginger soup and white parts to strengthen the effect of dissipating cold and relieving fever. Use two or three slices of ginger and two or three sections of green onion white, green onion white is best with whiskers, boil into green onion and ginger soup, brew 1-2 bags of cold and heat clearing powder, drink a cup of hot water after drinking, cover the quilt and sweat as soon as it comes out.
onions
The nutritional value of onions in the "onion family" is even better. Onions have a pungent and warm taste, return to the spleen and stomach meridians, and have the effect of wide and appetizing, diluting water and reducing swelling.
Modern research also believes that onions have a certain effect of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids and protecting blood vessels. You can eat more in your daily diet, and onions are suitable for making dishes, and you can take in more nutrients than making seasonings. Although, heating will destroy some of the nutrients of the onion, but it is much better than not eating, you can fry the onion quickly, it doesn't matter if it is a little raw, it can reduce some nutrient loss.
Note: People with sensitive gastrointestinal tract and people who have just undergone gastrointestinal surgery are not suitable for onions.
Onion and eggplant - protect blood vessels [Ingredients] Purple onion, fine eggplant, garlic, bell pepper [Method] 1. Divide the fine eggplant in half, sprinkle salt on the cut surface and marinate for 5 minutes. Put it in the steamer and steam for 6 minutes, then take it out, cut the eggplant meat to facilitate the flavor;2.Finely chop the onion, stir-fry it for 15 seconds;3.Add soy sauce, rice vinegar, spoon sugar, sesame oil to the pot to make juice, and pour it on the eggplant and onion after it is thick and mix well.
ginger
Ginger has the effects of dissipating cold and relieving nausea, antidiarrheal, detoxification, and dissipating cold.
If you feel nauseous and want to vomit or a pregnant woman has morning sickness, you can take a piece of ginger and slowly swallow the saliva in your mouth, which can effectively relieve the vomiting feeling.
However, ginger is not suitable for everyone. First of all, people who have trouble clotting blood or are taking blood clotting medications are better off consuming ginger less. Even normal people should consume ginger in moderation, excessive intake will cause stomach irritation, and people who already have gastrointestinal discomfort need to pay more attention.
Ginger is perishable, sprouts or shrivels, and should not be eaten again because it produces toxins that are not good for the liver and stomach. Since ginger is not easy to preserve, you should buy as little as possible every time you buy it.
chili pepper
Chili pepper has a pungent taste, and has the effects of dissipating cold, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Many people like to eat chili peppers in winter, but chili peppers also have pros and cons.
Eating chili peppers in moderation gives a feeling of warmth and boosts appetite. For women with cold hands and feet, a moderate intake of some chili peppers can warm the body.
Be careful not to consume chili peppers in excess, as this can cause problems such as abdominal pain and mouth ulcers. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, mouth ulcers, constipation and gastric ulcers should not consume chili peppers.
Cayenne pepper water – relieves chilblains
Many people are prone to chilblains in the cold of winter, and soaking in red pepper water or applying red pepper water to the chilblain area can improve local blood circulation.
Tips: Please note that if the skin has cracked and ulcerated, it is not recommended to use chili water for soaking, and frequent use of chili water will cause excessive irritation and should not be done often. It is more important to prevent chilblains than to treat them, so pay special attention to keeping your hands, feet, face and ears warm, and apply moisturizing creams.
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