The ingredients I told you today are very common. I believe that in many of our homes, we will order it when cooking, but perhaps few people can tell him its health care function. What's that ingredient? Let's go and have a look.
Yes, that's it, chopped green onion. Chinese medicine believes that scallion is warm, pungent, can be published, can strengthen yang and detoxify, and is suitable for colds, headaches, nasal congestion, abdominal pain due to deficiency of cold, insect accumulation, constipation, dysentery and carbuncle.
Modern research shows that green onions mainly contain protein, fat, sugar, vitamins A, B, C, calcium, magnesium, iron and other minerals, and also contain volatile oil. The main component of this oil is allicin, also called phytoncide, which has a strong bactericidal effect, especially on Shigella dysenteriae and dermatophytes.
The volatile components contained in green onions have inhibitory effects on diphtheria, tuberculosis, staphylococcus and streptococcus.
Medical observation abroad also found that people who often eat onions rarely suffer from high cholesterol diseases. Chinese medicine believes that green onions can stimulate human sweat glands, have the function of sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, and also promote the secretion of digestive juice, which has the functions of invigorating the stomach, clearing the long-term accumulation of dirty and turbid gastrointestinal tract, enhancing physical fitness and preventing respiratory infectious diseases in winter and spring.
Therefore, green onion is not only a good condiment, but also a good health food.
In addition, it has many uses: for example, cold, stuffy nose and runny nose can all be used. Even 30 grams of scallion should be decocted in water twice. After taking it, eat a bowl of hot porridge, and then cover the quilt to make your body sweat slightly. The symptoms of a cold will be much better.
Many of us dig green onions home, eat them only in this lush place, and throw away all the green onion leaves. In fact, this kind of onion leaf is not only edible, but also has other wonderful uses. For example, we sometimes sprain our feet or hands. At this time, we can mash this onion leaf, apply it to this painful place after mashing, and change it after drying, which can relieve the symptoms very well. It's good for recovery.