Peanut (Arachis hypogaca L) Leguminosae alias: groundnut, longevity fruit and nut are native to Brazil and Peru, so they are also called fandou. It was introduced to Fujian in the Ming Dynasty. Nature and taste: sweet and flat, entering the spleen and lungs. Functions: invigorating spleen and stomach, tonifying kidney and promoting diuresis, regulating qi and promoting lactation, and treating various blood diseases.

Fourth, the efficacy is indicated.

Activate spleen and stomach, moisten lung and eliminate phlegm, nourish and regulate qi, clear throat and benefit throat.

Cough. Indications: malnutrition, anorexia, asthenia, dry cough, scanty phlegm, hemoptysis, toothache and nasal congestion.

Bleeding, purple spots on the skin, beriberi, hypogalactia and other diseases.

5. Nutritional components.

Moisture content per100g, protein 24.6g,

Fat 48.7g, carbohydrate 15.3g, crude fiber 2. 1g, ash 2.

G, calcium 36 mg, phosphorus 383 mg, iron 2 mg, peanut kernel contains.

Carotene 0.04 mg, thiamine 1.07 mg, riboflavin 0. 1 1 mg,

Nicotinic acid 9.5 mg.

Sixth, the role of diet therapy.

1. Promote the growth and development of human body. The content of calcium in peanuts is extremely high, and calcium is the structure.

It is the main component of human skeleton, so eating more peanuts can promote human growth.

Development.

2. Promote cell development and improve intelligence. Peanut protein contains more than ten kinds of people.

Amino acids needed by human body, among which lysine can improve children's intelligence, glutamic acid and

Aspartic acid can promote cell development and enhance the memory ability of the brain.

3. The catechins contained in anti-aging peanuts are harmful to human body.

It has a strong anti-aging effect, and lysine is also an important factor to prevent premature aging.

Points. Eating peanuts regularly is beneficial to the human body to delay aging, so peanuts have the saying of "longevity"

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4. Runfei Zhike peanuts are rich in fatty oil and can moisturize.

The role of lung in relieving cough is often used for chronic cough and asthma, expectoration with blood and other diseases.

5. Coagulation and hemostasis Peanut coat contains oil and multivitamins, and contains

There are substances that shorten the clotting time, which can resist the dissolution of fibrin and promote its dissolution.

Bone marrow has the function of making platelets, which can not only stop bleeding for many hemorrhagic diseases.

Function, but also has a certain therapeutic effect on primary disease, and has hematopoietic function on human body

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6. Preventing coronary heart disease Peanut oil contains a lot of linoleic acid, which is a substance.

It can decompose cholesterol in human body into bile acid and excrete it. Avoid cholesterol in the body.

In vivo deposition can reduce the incidence of high cholesterol and prevent coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis.

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7. Nourishing blood and raw milk peanuts are rich in fatty oil and protein, which is very important for production.

Lactation is insufficient, which has the functions of invigorating qi and blood, nourishing blood and promoting lactation.

8. Prevent soluble fiber in peanut fiber tissue of intestinal cancer from being excluded by human body.

When absorbed, it absorbs liquids and other substances like a sponge, and then expands into

The belt is discharged with feces. When these objects pass through the intestine, they come into contact with many people.

Harmful substances contact and absorb some toxins, thus reducing the accumulation of harmful substances in the body.

The toxic effect of sediments reduces the chance of developing intestinal cancer. 1

Seven, health care recipes

1. peanut red bean crucian carp soup, 200 grams of raw rice, red bean 120 grams.

Crucian carp 1. Wash peanuts and adzuki beans respectively and drain; Carassius auratus 1

Stripping laparotomy to remove scales and intestines; Put peanuts, red beans and washed crucian carp together.

In a big bowl; Add a little cooking wine and refined salt, stew over high fire, and change after boiling.

Stew peanuts over low heat until they are cooked. This soup has the functions of invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

Efficacy. It is suitable for chronic diseases such as weakness, edema and dysuria caused by malnutrition.

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2. Peanut porridge Peanut, mulberry leaf and rock sugar each 50g15g. eat to fullness/repletion

Washing peanuts, draining water, and removing impurities from mulberry leaves; Boiled peanuts

Bring to a boil, add mulberry leaves and rock sugar, and cook over low heat until cooked. Remove the mulberry leaves and take the rest.

Eat it. This porridge has the effects of relieving cough and asthma, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. It's lung dryness, cough and wheezing.

Good food for adjuvant treatment of asthma, whooping cough and constipation.

3. 50 grams of red dates, peanuts 100 grams, brown sugar.

Quantity. Wash red dates, soak them in warm water, and remove the core; Boil the peanuts a little and then cool them.

Strip naked; Put red dates and peanut coats into a pot, add boiled peanuts, and then

Add a proper amount of water, bring it to a boil with high fire, and then cook it with low fire for about half an hour;

Take out the peanut skin, add brown sugar to dissolve, and collect the juice. The soup has the effects of strengthening body constitution and invigorating qi.

The effect of enriching blood and stopping bleeding. It is suitable for deficiency of both qi and blood, resulting in loss of appetite and shortness of breath.

Force and various bleeding symptoms.

4. 50 grams of peanuts, japonica rice porridge 100 grams, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Quantity. Wash peanuts and japonica rice, add water and cook together. After boiling, simmer until the porridge is cooked. Boil it a little with rock sugar. The porridge has the functions of invigorating spleen, stimulating appetite, nourishing blood and promoting lactation, and is suitable for anorexia, anemia, physical decline, postpartum hypogalactia and other diseases. Eating regularly has a nourishing effect.

【 Precautions 】 Peanuts are rich in oil, and people with cold and damp stagnation and diarrhea should not eat them. Avoid eating moldy peanuts.

Eight, peanuts can protect the heart, and the health care function has been re-recognized.

Peanut is loved again, mainly because researchers have confirmed that peanut is a healthy food. On the one hand, the dietary guidelines published by the federal government of the United States tell people that most of the fat contained in peanuts is unsaturated fatty acid and contains no cholesterol. This fatty acid not only won't block the arteries like saturated fat, but also has the reputation of "arterial scavenger", which can significantly reduce the total cholesterol and harmful cholesterol content, and has a good preventive effect on cardiovascular diseases.

In addition, peanuts are rich in folic acid, dietary fiber and arginine, which also has a protective effect on the heart. Dr. Penny, a famous professor of nutrition at the University of Pennsylvania in the United States, has proved through experiments that eating olive oil can reduce the probability of cardiovascular disease by 25%, while eating peanut oil and peanut products can reduce it by 265,438+0%, and the difference between them is not too far. Therefore, the American Heart Association strongly encourages residents to eat peanut oil. Compared with olive oil, the former is more popular with consumers. In addition, Harvard University research also shows that if you eat half a spoonful of peanut butter or one spoonful of peanuts every day, you can reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes by 2 1%-27%.

Nine, peanuts and weight loss.

Regarding the question that many people are concerned about "whether eating peanuts will make you fat", experts explained that peanuts are not a big threat to obesity, and if eaten in moderation, they can also play a role in losing weight. Because it is a food with high calorie, high protein and high fiber, it can increase satiety, which is also commonly known as "relative anti-hunger". According to research, the satiety caused by peanuts is five times that caused by other high-carbohydrate foods. After eating peanuts, the demand for other foods can be relatively reduced, and the total calories consumed by the body can also be reduced, thus achieving the purpose of losing weight.

Ten, peanuts and stomach disease treatment.

A folk prescription (preparation method for treating gastropathy); First, put 0,5 kg honey into a bowl, and put 125- 150g peanut oil or soybean oil into a pot to boil until the foam disappears. Then, pour the honey into the bowl and stir well. Take a spoonful 20-30 minutes before meals. Once in the morning and once in the evening, avoid alcohol and spicy food.

Eating peanuts often has many benefits.

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Source: Tianfu Food Network June 30, 2004 1 1: 15: 43

1. Fitness and longevity peanuts contain more aspartic acid, which can relieve fatigue; Fructose in peanuts is levorotatory sugar and contains more hydroxyl groups than other sugars. Not only can it be stored by the liver, but also can be quickly used by the body without accumulating fat. Peanut fat is rich in vitamin E, which can prevent unsaturated fatty acids from being oxidized, eliminate "free radicals" and have anti-aging effect.

2. Delaying the decline of brain function and improving intelligence Peanuts contain more glutamic acid. Glutamate is the most abundant amino group in the brain, and the excitatory and inhibitory substances of nerve cells mainly come from glutamate; Peanut also contains a certain amount of lecithin, which can be converted into choline by intestinal enzymes, enter the brain and combine with acetic acid to become acetylcholine, which is an important brain-strengthening substance to promote thinking and strengthen memory.

3. Unsaturated fatty acids and sterols in peanut oil for lowering blood pressure, hemostasis and cholesterol, and luteolin (commonly known as osmanthus fragrans) in peanut shells all have cholesterol-lowering effects. There is also a folk prescription for treating hypertension with peanut shells: clean the dried peanut shells, add water and decoct, and take 50g to100g of decoction each time. In addition, peanuts also have the functions of inhibiting platelet aggregation, preventing thrombosis and protecting blood vessel wall.

4. Prevention and treatment of various hemorrhagic diseases Peanut red coat has the functions of anti-fibrinolysis, promoting bone marrow to make platelets, enhancing capillary contraction and regulating coagulation factor defects. It not only has hemostatic effect, but also has certain therapeutic effect on bleeding, the primary disease.

5. It has a certain beauty effect. Unsaturated fatty acids and sterols in peanut fat can make skin moist and delicate, and hair rich and shiny.

Peanut is indeed a kind of health food with good quality, low price and comprehensive nutrition. However, it is worth noting that peanuts are easy to deteriorate, and aflatoxin with strong carcinogenicity is easy to produce after deterioration, so it should be properly kept. Peanuts can't be eaten if they are moldy.

What are the benefits of eating peanuts to your health?

Peanut is a kind of high protein food, suitable for all ages, with unique flavor and rich nutrition. It contains a lot of protein, fat, starch, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, palmitic acid, vitamins A, B, C, E, K and other nutrients. Peanut protein, like soybean protein, is easily digested and absorbed by human body. The absorption rate is as high as 90%. Peanut protein contains more than a dozen amino acids needed by human body, especially lysine. There are glutamic acid, aspartic acid and so on. The results of scientific research show that these amino acids can promote the development of brain cells, improve children's intelligence, increase memory and prevent people from premature aging. Catechins in peanuts also have a strong anti-aging effect. Therefore, peanuts are rare health products. Long-term consumption is good for health.

Peanut is not only a nutritious food, but also a health medicine with high medicinal value. Peanut seeds, seed coats, seed shells and peanut oil can all be used as medicine. Chinese medicine believes that peanuts have the effects of pleasing the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and resolving phlegm, nourishing and regulating qi, clearing the throat and stopping malaria. It has certain curative effect on benign and chronic nephritis, ascites, hypogalactia and other diseases. Peanut shells contain luteolin, which can lower cholesterol. It has a good therapeutic effect on hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis. Especially the red coat on the outside of peanut kernel, because it can resist the dissolution of fibrin, promote the hematopoietic function of bone marrow and shorten the bleeding time, it is a good medicine that can not only produce blood but also stop bleeding blindly. Zhixuening, successfully developed by scientific research institutions, has a good effect on the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding, tuberculosis, urinary and reproductive system bleeding, aplastic anemia and traumatic bleeding of various reasons.

The red color of peanuts can also prevent vitamin B 1B2 deficiency such as neuritis, beriberi, dry eye and cheilitis, so it is best to eat peanuts with clothes. Patients with thrombocytopenic purpura, eat peanuts several times a day, long-term consumption can have a certain effect.

If the postpartum milk is insufficient, 60 grams of peanuts, 60 grams of soybeans and one pig's trotters can be stewed together.

To treat hypertension, peanuts can be soaked in vinegar for five days and taken 10 capsules on an empty stomach every morning.

For the treatment of hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease, dry peanut shells can be washed with water and then decocted, 50 ~ 100g each time.