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What are the benefits of eating leeks in spring?
There is an old saying, eat onions in January and leeks in February. This old saying has been passed down to this day. The original saying is 1, and it is best to eat leeks in February. So what are the benefits of eating leeks in spring? What are the taboos for eating leeks in spring? These questions are what everyone really wants to know. The following small series will answer these questions for everyone through this article.

1, how to eat leeks well

Nourishing liver and stomach

Leek contains volatile essential oils, sulfides and other special ingredients, giving off a unique pungent smell, which is helpful to regulate liver qi, stimulate appetite and enhance digestive function.

Tonifying kidney and warming yang

Leek is warm and pungent, and has a good effect of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, so it can be used to treat impotence, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation and other diseases.

purge

Leek contains a lot of vitamins and crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, treat constipation and prevent intestinal cancer.

Activating qi and regulating blood

Leek is pungent in nature, and has the functions of removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, promoting qi circulation and guiding stagnation. It is suitable for traumatic injury, nausea, enteritis, hematemesis and chest pain.

2. How to eat leeks is more delicious?

1, leek porridge

50g fresh leek, leek seeds 100g (finely ground), japonica rice 100g, a little salt. First, boil the japonica rice into porridge, and when the porridge is almost cooked, add leek (washed and cut into sections) or leek seed powder and refined salt, and then cook for a while. Has the effects of invigorating kidney, strengthening yang, arresting spermatorrhea, invigorating spleen and warming stomach.

2, leek scrambled eggs

100g fresh leek, washed and chopped, 3 eggs (shelled), mashed with chopped leek, and fried with vegetable oil and salt until cooked. Functions: warming middle warmer, nourishing blood, warming kidney, warming waist and knees, and strengthening yang.

3, leek ginger milk

250 grams of leek and 25 grams of ginger, washed, chopped and mashed, squeezed with clean gauze, put in a pot, add 250 grams of milk, heat and boil, and eat while it is hot. Function: Warming the middle warmer and lowering qi, regulating stomach and stopping vomiting.

4. Fried prawns with leeks

150g leek, 250g fresh shrimp (shelled), stir-fry and serve. Function of tonifying kidney and essence, strengthening yang and treating flaccidity. This product is dry and hot to help fire, and it is forbidden for those with strong body yang.

3. Taboos for eating leeks

1, it is not suitable to eat leeks raw.

It can't be eaten by heating for a long time, and it can't be eaten raw, because leek is rich in cellulose, which is not easy to digest, and unlike onion and garlic, it can be peeled and eaten later. The edible part is close to the ground, which often pollutes the eggs of microorganisms and parasites, and there are many branches, which are not easy to wash, easily infected with diseases and not suitable for raw eating.

2, can't eat overnight

Cooked leeks should not be eaten overnight to avoid nitrite poisoning.

Don't eat with spinach, wine or beef.

Leek can't be eaten with spinach, both of which have the effect of smoothing intestines and are easy to cause diarrhea. Eating with liquor can easily cause gastritis, ulcer, liver disease and hemorrhagic diseases. If eaten with beef, it is easy to cause gum inflammation.

4. It should not be eaten with honey.

Leek is rich in vitamin C and eaten with honey. Vitamin C contained in leek is easily oxidized by copper and iron ions contained in honey and loses its function. It is also honey-like and tender, and leeks are rich in cellulose, which can induce diarrhea. When eaten together, it can cause diarrhea. Therefore, Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Do not eat with honey."

5, should not be heated for too long when eating.

Leek is rich in vitamin B. Heating will destroy vitamin B. The longer the heating time, the greater the damage. Therefore, it is not suitable for eating after long-term heating.