1, vinegar can stimulate appetite, promote the secretion of saliva and gastric juice, help digestion and absorption, make appetite strong, digestion and accumulation.

2. Vinegar has good bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects, and can effectively prevent intestinal diseases, influenza and respiratory diseases. Adding vinegar to the diet can not only inhibit the growth of bacteria, but also enhance the flavor of food.

3, vinegar can soften blood vessels and lower cholesterol, which is a good prescription for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as hypertension. Mineral potassium can excrete excess sodium in the body and prevent hypertension and arteriosclerosis.

4. Vinegar can protect skin and hair well. In ancient China, it was recorded that vinegar was used as medicine. It was believed that vinegar had the effects of hair growth, beauty, blood pressure reduction and weight loss. It can also promote the acid-base balance of human body. Beauty beauty, add flowers and fruits, honey, etc. , the effect is better.

5, vinegar can eliminate fatigue, promote sleep, and can reduce the discomfort of motion sickness and seasickness. High temperature weather is easy to fatigue and poor rest. Vinegar can oxidize and metabolize lactic acid that leads to fatigue.

6, vinegar can also reduce the alcohol concentration in the gastrointestinal tract and blood, and play a role in sobering up.

7. Vinegar can also soften chicken bones and shark fins and promote the absorption of calcium.

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Application of vinegar:

1. After eating jiaozi dishes dipped in vinegar or eating too much vinegar, rinse your mouth in time to protect your teeth.

2. When cooking, the best time to add vinegar is at both ends, that is, add vinegar immediately after the raw materials are put into the pot, and add vinegar before the dishes are put out of the pot. More the first time, less the second time.

3. Vinegar can be used for raw materials that need to be deodorized and greasy, such as cooking aquatic products or stomach, intestine and heart. , can eliminate fishy smell and peculiar smell, and some raw materials with heavy fishy smell can also be impregnated with vinegar in advance.

4. Vinegar is used to cook raw materials with bones, such as ribs and fish. It can soften bone spurs, promote the dissolution of minerals such as calcium and phosphorus in bones, and increase nutrients. According to Huangdi Neijing, when edema patients avoid salt, vinegar can be used instead; As early as the Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo used vinegar to treat abdominal pain caused by ascaris. In ancient Rome, people used vinegar to treat wounds; By the middle ages, Europe had been disinfected with vinegar. In Shanxi, China, there is a folk saying that "if you have two handfuls of vinegar at home, you don't have to go to the drugstore".

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