In winter in northern China, Chinese cabbage is a frequent visitor on the dining table, so there is a saying that "Chinese cabbage is as beautiful as winter bamboo shoots". Chinese cabbage has high nutritional value, and there is a saying that "a hundred dishes are not as good as one cabbage".

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1. Chinese cabbage is rich in crude fiber, which can not only moisten intestines and detoxify, but also stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote defecation and help digestion. It has a good effect on preventing intestinal cancer.

The air is particularly dry in autumn and winter, and the cold wind does great harm to people's skin. Chinese cabbage is rich in vitamin C and vitamin E. Eating more Chinese cabbage can have a good skin care and beauty effect.

3. Scientists from new york Hormone Research Institute found that the incidence of breast cancer among women in China and Japan is much lower than that of western women, because they often eat cabbage. There are some trace elements in Chinese cabbage, which can help to decompose estrogen related to breast cancer.

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Cabbage is slightly cold, sweet and flat, belonging to the gastrointestinal tract.

Has the functions of clearing away heat and vexation, dredging intestines and stomach, nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production, relieving vexation and quenching thirst, promoting diuresis and relaxing bowels, and clearing away heat and toxic materials;

Can be used for treating cough due to lung heat, constipation, erysipelas, and lacquer sore.

1. Regulating stomach, invigorating spleen and promoting diuresis: Potatoes contain a lot of starch, protein, B vitamins and vitamin C, which can promote the digestive function of the spleen and stomach.

2. Relaxation: Potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which can moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, help the body excrete metabolic toxins in time, prevent constipation and prevent intestinal diseases;

3. Lowering blood sugar and blood lipid, beauty beauty: Potatoes can supply a large amount of mucin with special protective function. It can promote the lubrication of digestive tract, respiratory tract, joint cavity and serous cavity, prevent the fat deposition of cardiovascular system, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, and help prevent atherosclerosis. Potato is also an alkaline vegetable, which is beneficial to the acid-base balance in the body and neutralizes the acidic substances produced after metabolism in the body, so it has certain beauty and anti-aging effects;

4. Supplement nutrition, promote diuresis and reduce swelling: potatoes are rich in vitamins, calcium, potassium and other trace elements, which are easy to digest and absorb and rich in nutrition. In Europe and America, especially in North America, potatoes have long been the second staple food. Potatoes contain potassium, which can replace sodium in the body and excrete sodium, which is beneficial to the rehabilitation of patients with hypertension and nephritis edema.

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Potatoes are sweet, flat and slightly cool, and enter the spleen, stomach and large intestine;

It has the effects of regulating stomach, invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, detoxicating, diminishing inflammation, relaxing bowels, lowering blood sugar and blood lipid, promoting blood circulation, relieving swelling, invigorating qi, strengthening body constitution, caring skin and resisting aging.

Indications: toothache due to stomach fire, anorexia due to spleen deficiency, dry stool, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, etc. It can also be used for adjuvant treatment of dyspepsia, habitual constipation, mental fatigue, chronic stomachache, joint pain, skin eczema, etc.