Leek is not only fresh and delicious, but also nutritious. Every 500g of leek contains more than 0/0g of protein/kloc-0, 30g of fat, 0/9g of carbohydrate/kloc-0, 280mg of calcium, 225mg of phosphorus, 65mg of iron, 95mg of vitamin C and 7.5mg of carotene/kloc-0 (among leafy vegetables, except day lily, the content is the highest). Besides containing more cellulose, leek can also increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, which is beneficial to habitual constipation and is of great significance to the prevention of intestinal cancer. In addition, it also contains volatile oil and sulfur-containing compounds, which can stimulate appetite, sterilize and reduce blood fat, so it is beneficial to patients with hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.

Amaranth or Chinese medicine? Because it warms and tonifies the liver and kidney, helps the yang to solidify the essence, it is called "Shiyang grass" in the Pharmacopoeia. Leek seed is an excitant, which has the functions of consolidating sperm, strengthening yang, tonifying kidney, treating leukorrhagia and warming waist and knees, and is suitable for impotence, nocturnal emission and polyuria. Grinding leek seeds into powder and taking them with warm water every morning and evening 15g is effective in treating impotence. Oral leek root leaf soup can cure night sweats and spontaneous sweating.