Green onions are nutritious! There is a way to promote blood circulation and increase appetite.
Yang Li, the chief TCM health expert in Chinese mainland and a professor at the Chinese Academy of TCM, mentioned in his book Encyclopedia of Eliminating Cold and Diseases that green onions contain volatile oil, the main component of which is allicin, and also contains dienyl thioether and calcium oxalate, which exudes a unique spicy taste and can be secreted by saliva and gastric juice to stimulate appetite.
In addition, it also contains fat, sugar, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, nicotinic acid, calcium, magnesium, iron, etc. As well as malic acid and phosphate sugar, have the functions of exciting nerves, improving and promoting circulation, relieving exterior syndrome and clearing away heat.
Eating onions has many benefits! 3 benefits must be known.
In addition to nutritional value, from the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, pungent and warm scallion has the functions of clearing yang, detoxifying and seasoning, sweating and bacteriostasis, and relaxing blood vessels. Proper intake is beneficial to the human body. In particular, the following three benefits should not be underestimated:
Benefits: 1/ relieving exterior syndrome, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm;
Onions have sweat glands in the body, which have the function of sweating and heat dissipation; Onion oil can * * the upper respiratory tract, making sticky phlegm easy to cough up.
Benefit 2/ Improved blood circulation:
Green onions are rich in vitamin C, which can relax small blood vessels, promote blood circulation, prevent dizziness caused by high blood pressure and keep the brain flexible.
Benefit 3/ Digestion:
The volatile oil of scallion can also be secreted by human digestive juice, which plays a role in invigorating spleen and appetizing.