2. scientific name of citronella: lemongrass. English name: Lemongrass family: Gramineae utilization part: mainly leaves, leaf sheaths can also be used when extracting essential oil. Flavor characteristics: Lemon has a strong aroma. Household: You can put drinking water instead of lemon, that is, ready-made lemonade, and the leaves can be made into great dried flowers, which can continuously emit lemon fragrance. Citronella is a kind of thatched spice growing in subtropical zone, which naturally contains lemon fragrance and has the effects of clearing stomach, waking up and strengthening yang. Dai people like to use citronella as seasoning, wrap the pickled crucian carp and tilapia with it, and roast them slowly with charcoal fire until the fish is cooked and delicious. You can buy it in the wild near Kunming. It is also called citronella because of its lemon fragrance. It belongs to Gramineae and is a perennial herb. It not only has ornamental value, but also can green and beautify the home. Because it contains citral, it has the efficacy of disinfection, sterilization, treatment of neuralgia and muscle pain, so it is called "pain-relieving swordsman". The recently published book "The Health Function of Tea" says that using it to make tea can improve the digestive function, strengthen the stomach and reduce fat, relieve the pain of bones and muscles, abdominal cramps or spasms, and deal with digestive problems; It can also be used to treat diarrhea, cold, fever and headache. In addition, it also has diuretic, anemia-preventing and moisturizing effects on women, and is an indispensable medicine for women's beauty care. Its side effect is that citronella is too fragrant and should not be used by pregnant women.
3. The plant of Nanjiang is 2m high, with thick rhizome and slight fragrance. Rhizome can be used as seasoning to deodorize, deodorize and improve the taste of braised ducks and geese, and can also be used for seasoning daily diet. Nanjiang powder is one of the raw materials of "spiced powder". Southern ginger (rhizome) is also used as medicine. Its main functions are warming stomach, dispelling cold, promoting digestion and relieving pain. It has the effects of warming spleen and stomach, expelling wind and cold, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain. Used for epigastric pain, stomach cold vomiting, belching and acid swallowing. The main raw materials of the famous Chinese medicine Ertian Oil, Qufeng Oil, Refreshing Oil and Tiger Balm Oil are all extracted from Nanjiang. Its fruit is cardamom.
Tomatoes contain vitamins and minerals that protect cardiovascular system, which can reduce heart attacks. Lycopene has unique antioxidant capacity, which can scavenge free radicals, protect cells, prevent DNA and genes from being destroyed, and prevent the progress of cancer. Tomatoes can not only prevent prostate cancer, but also effectively reduce the risk of pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, laryngeal cancer, oral cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer and other cancers. Vitamin C in tomatoes has the effects of promoting fluid production to quench thirst, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, cooling blood and calming liver, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and lowering blood pressure, and has a good auxiliary treatment effect on patients with hypertension and kidney. Eating more tomatoes has an anti-aging effect and can keep the skin fair. Nicotinic acid can maintain the normal secretion of gastric juice, promote the formation of red blood cells, help maintain the elasticity of blood vessel wall and protect the skin. Therefore, eating tomatoes also helps to prevent arteriosclerosis, hypertension and coronary heart disease. Tomatoes are juicy and diuretic, and patients with nephritis should also eat them. For patients with frequent gingival bleeding or subcutaneous bleeding, eating tomatoes is helpful to improve symptoms. Malic acid or citric acid contained in tomatoes contributes to the digestion of fat and protein by gastric juice.