The kitchen is closely related to our daily life, and the seasoning in it is one of the things we can't do without when cooking. However, a little seasoning can not only make a dish delicious, but also do something we didn't expect. How much of an impact can it have on our health?
1 green onion
Green onions are a common variety of green onions. Its taste is spicy and slightly warm. It has the functions of sweating and detoxifying, detoxifying and reducing swelling, channeling the lower breast, aphrodisiac and replenishing yin. In particular, the effect of green onion white is significant. Green onions are mainly used for the treatment of wind and cold, headache and nasal congestion, cold and abdominal pain, milk blockage, and unfavorable stool. For example, green onion white and porridge, wine or ginger can be boiled together to sweat. In addition, some modern studies have found that green onions contain volatile oils such as allicin, allicin, and dienel sulfide, which can inhibit bacteria and prevent cancer, detoxify and flavor, dilate blood vessels and lower cholesterol. It can treat dysentery, diarrhea, skin sores and carbuncles, prevent colon cancer, stomach cancer and other cancers, and treat diseases such as loss of appetite and internal obstruction of insect accumulation.
Green onions also contain fat, sugars, carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, niacin, selenium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and other ingredients. Green onions should not be eaten with honey, jujubes, bayberry and pheasants.
People with excessive sweating should avoid eating, and should also avoid eating green onions when taking traditional Chinese medicine raw rehmannia, rehmannia rehmannia, Changshan, and Polygonum multiflori.
2 ginger
Ginger has a spicy taste and is warm in nature. It has the effects of relieving the surface and dissipating cold, relieving vomiting in warmth, warming the lungs and relieving cough. There is a proverb "three slices of ginger a day without a doctor's prescription". In life, when we feel cold and cold, we often think of boiling ginger water, which uses the effect of ginger to dissipate cold and sweat.
Ginger is mainly used to treat diseases such as wind chill, cold, headache, phlegm cough, stomach cold and vomiting. After suffering from ice and snow, water and cold, drink it with ginger soup in a hurry, which can enhance blood circulation and dispel cold evil. In addition, ginger can relieve drugs such as Banxia, raw gallbladder and other food poisoning, as well as fish and crabs. In addition, ginger peel has a significant effect on water swelling, which is used to treat edema and urination, and ginger juice is biased to open phlegm and stop nausea. Modern studies have found that ginger contains a variety of spicy and aromatic components, such as gingerolone. It is also rich in trace elements such as carotene, vitamin C, gingerol, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron.
Ginger water gargle can treat bad breath and periodontitis. Washing your hair with hot ginger water is effective in preventing dandruff from falling. Ginger foot soak can warm menstruation and relieve pain, and can treat menstrual cramps. Wring out a towel soaked in hot ginger water and applying it to the sore muscles several times can make the muscles relax from tension to relaxation, relax the muscles and invigorate the blood, and relieve pain.
3 cloves of garlic
The traditional Chinese medicine properties of garlic are currently inconclusive, and most doctors believe that it has a spicy, sweet, bitter taste, and a warm nature. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, eliminating food and killing insects. It can be used to treat colds, bacillary dysentery, enteritis, indigestion, tuberculosis, whooping cough and other diseases. Modern studies have found that garlic has a strong bactericidal and tumor prevention effect, which may be related to the sulfide, germanium, selenium and other substances it contains. In addition, garlic can also reduce blood sugar, prevent diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, anti-aging, anti-allergies, protect the liver, treat impotence, etc.
Applying garlic flakes to the spring point in the center of the foot (1/3 on the sole of the foot) can treat cough and epistaxis (nosebleeds), and the effect is better for 7 ~ 10 days.
4 Aromatic vegetables
Coriander is also known as coriander, coriander, coriander, its taste is pungent, warm, with diaphoresis, appetizing and eating effects. Coriander is suitable for colds, polisolas or rubella, poor penetration, dietary stagnation, indigestion, etc.
In addition, the aroma of coriander is caused by volatile oils composed of alcohols and alkenes and potassium malate, which can increase gastric juice secretion, increase appetite, regulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, and improve digestion after eating. Coriander is high in vitamins, especially vitamin C, and the carotene in it can be 10 times or more higher than that of ordinary vegetables.
However, people with cancer, chronic skin diseases, eye diseases, stomach and duodenal ulcers, and qi deficiency should not eat too much.
5 peppercorns and peppercorns
Sichuan pepper has a spicy taste and a warm nature. It has the effect of relieving pain in warmth, killing insects and relieving itching, and can treat abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dysentery, itching and other diseases. Topical use can treat itchy skin conditions such as eczema.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Zanthoxylum pepper has strong teeth, black hair, bright eyes, good color for a long time, resistant to aging, increasing age, and strengthening the mind." "Modern medical research has proved that Zanthoxylum pepper contains a variety of volatile oils, alkaloids, coumarins and organic acids, which have local anesthetic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, antitumor, insecticidal and other effects.
Pepper is pungent and hot, and can treat cold abdominal pain. It also has the effect of reducing phlegm and appetizing healthy food, and can help digest high-fat food. In addition, piperine is especially suitable for obese people because it helps to speed up metabolism.
Compared with peppercorn, Sichuan pepper has greater medicinal value, and the latter is more commonly used as a seasoning to promote digestion. For those who have a toothache, you can put a few peppercorns and peppercorns on the sore spot to bite it solidly, so as to have a certain pain-relieving effect. For pediatric pinworm patients, 1 tael of peppercorns, 2 liters of water, boil for 40 ~ 50 minutes, and filter. Take 25 ~ 30 ml of micro-temperature filtrate each time for retention enema, 1 time a day, 3 ~ 4 times in a row.
6 ingredients
The ingredients are also known as star anise, star anise, and anise. Its taste is pungent, warm in nature, and has the effect of dissipating cold and relieving pain, regulating qi and stomach. However, the medicinal power of lesser fennel is weak. It can be used to treat cold hernia, abdominal pain, testicular distension pain, abdominal cold pain, vomiting, dysmenorrhea and other diseases.
Modern studies have shown that the shikimic acid contained in it can play a certain role in bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects. The anisole in the volatile oil has a stimulating effect, can promote intestinal peristalsis, relieve abdominal pain, and can stimulate the respiratory tract, helping to expelle expectoration. Methyl piperonol has a good effect on leukopenia in patients with radiotherapy or chemotherapy.
7. Cinnamon
Cinnamon is cinnamon, its taste is pungent, sweet, and hot. It has the effect of replenishing fire and helping yang, dissipating cold and relieving pain, warming the meridians and pulses, and returning fire to the element, and is a commonly used medicine to warm and replenish the spleen and kidney.
A small amount of cinnamon is added to the medicine that nourishes qi and blood, which has the effect of encouraging the growth of qi and blood. Modern studies have found that cinnamon bark has a good preventive effect on type II diabetes, and patients can add 1/4 ~ 1 spoon of cinnamon powder to drinks or liquid food every day. In addition, because it contains phenylacrylic compounds, it can increase the blood flow of prostate tissue and has a therapeutic effect on prostatic hyperplasia.
Because cinnamon is a hot and pungent product, the dosage should not be too much, and those with heavy internal heat, hemorrhoids, and pregnant women should avoid eating. In addition, cinnamon bark that has been damp and moldy is not suitable for consumption.
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We can find that seasonings that are often used in daily life are good for health, but we should pay attention to the fact that they should be consumed in moderation, after all, anything is too much, and excessive use often causes some unforeseen problems.
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