Benefits of competition between Monopterus albus and ginseng in summer.
Summer festival is the best time to taste Monopterus albus. After summer, Monopterus albus is strong and fat, and enters the spawning period, and its taste becomes more delicious, and its nourishing function reaches its peak. There is a folk saying that "Monopterus albus participates in summer". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm and sweet, and has the functions of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi, nourishing the liver and spleen, expelling wind and dampness, and strengthening bones and muscles.
In fact, "Monopterus albus competing for ginseng in summer" has another meaning, which is consistent with the health-keeping thought of "nourishing yang in spring and summer" in traditional Chinese medicine and contains the meaning of "treating winter diseases in summer". According to Chinese medicine theory, summer is often the remission period of chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. At this time, the oral administration of Monopterus albus has the function of warming and nourishing, which can achieve the purpose of regulating viscera and improving bad constitution, and can minimize or avoid the occurrence of the above diseases in winter.
Therefore, people with kidney-yang deficiency such as chronic bronchitis, bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, impotence and premature ejaculation can get twice the result with half the effort by eating Monopterus albus tonic in summer.
Monopterus albus has high nutritional value and is rich in DHA and lecithin. Monopterus albus is a special substance, which can lower and regulate blood sugar and has a good therapeutic effect on diabetes. Moreover, the protein content of Monopterus albus is very high.100g of eel meat contains protein18.8g, and the fat is only 0.9g, which is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and people who are weak after illness.
People who suffered from eye diseases know that eating eel is good, because eel contains surprisingly high vitamin A, which can improve vision and promote epithelial cell metabolism.
Monopterus albus is a seasonal component of summer solar terms. As the saying goes, eels compete with ginseng in summer. At this time, eating eel can play a role in regulating viscera, but eating eel at one time should not be excessive, otherwise it will easily lead to indigestion. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that Monopterus albus is warm, and those who have symptoms of yin deficiency and internal heat such as thirst, dry throat, dry lips and tongue, constipation and yellow urine should eat carefully. People with exogenous fever, dysentery and abdominal distension should fast.
Matters needing attention in eating Monopterus albus in summer
1, Monopterus albus is dry and not suitable for people who get angry.
Slight heat means that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, and eel is dry food. When eating, most people will add seasonings such as sea pepper. People with yin deficiency constitution are prone to get angry, leading to aphtha and dry stool.
In addition, Monopterus albus is a warm food, which is not suitable for patients with acute inflammation such as hypertension, apoplexy sequelae, hyperthyroidism, active pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, cold and fever, acute rhinitis, acute bronchitis and acute tonsillitis.
2. Dead eels are inedible.
It is worth noting that although eels are nutritious, they must be eaten fresh, and dead eels must not be eaten. This is because the protein structure of Monopterus albus contains a lot of histidine. Once Monopterus albus dies, the protein structure will rapidly disintegrate, bacteria will take advantage of it, and histidine will soon be transformed into toxic substances? Histamine can be toxic to people, ranging from dizziness, headache, palpitation and chest tightness to low blood pressure.
Therefore, it is not advisable to eat too greasy and spicy food in summer. The practice of Monopterus albus is to stew better and put less pepper.
3. High temperature cooking can kill the parasites in Monopterus albus.
There are many kinds of parasites in Monopterus albus, including cryptosporidium, gastrointestinal nematodes, trypanosoma albicans, capillary nematodes, Hubei Diptera, Cryptosporidium, Uterophilic nematodes, Taenia solium and so on. Cryptosporidium and gastrointestinal nematodes are the most common parasites in Monopterus albus. The parasites in Monopterus albus are generally as small as the tail of a needle and white, and can enter the human intestine through the esophagus. After entering the intestine, can it be in the human body like a bug? Stay? For a long time, it has not been discovered for more than ten years.
In the normal eating process, the simplest and most direct way to kill the parasites in Monopterus albus is to cook at high temperature. The biggest characteristic of parasites in Monopterus albus is that it is not resistant to high temperature. People buy Monopterus albus for home cooking 100? When cooked thoroughly at a high temperature above C, the parasites in Monopterus albus will "die of heat" and be safe to eat.
In addition, it should be noted that raw and cooked food should be separated in the cooking process, especially if the chopping board of raw eel is cut, the cooked food can not be cut again to prevent food from being contaminated and parasites from infecting the human body through the digestive tract.