Eating high-fiber spinach in April has a set of laxatives.
The representative vegetable of the long summer solar term is spinach. Chinese medicine believes that water spinach is sweet and slightly cold. Liver, heart, large intestine meridian and small intestine meridian; Has the effects of clearing away heat, cooling blood, promoting diuresis, relaxing bowels, and clearing away heat and toxic materials.
In addition, spinach is rich in crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, increase defecation and prevent constipation; Moreover, it is an alkaline food, which can reduce the acidity of the intestine and prevent the imbalance of bacteria in the intestine. Carotene and vitamin C contained in water spinach have synergistic anti-cancer effect, and moderate consumption is beneficial to human body.
Fried water spinach
Materials:
Water spinach 1.
Seasoning: garlic, red pepper, oil and salt.
Exercise:
1. Wash the water spinach and cut it into sections.
2. Heat oil in a wok, add minced garlic and red pepper and stir fry.
3. Stir-fry the stems of water spinach first, and then stir-fry the leaves quickly. Leaves turn black more easily. )
4. Add salt to taste after cooking.
Effect:
Chlorophyll in water spinach is known as a green elf, which can clean teeth, prevent tooth decay and build skin. It is a beauty product.
Precautions:
People with cold water spinach, weak constitution, deficiency of spleen and stomach, low blood pressure, guilty conscience, frequent diarrhea, painful menstruation, paralysis and cramps of hands and feet should eat carefully. Especially before swimming, it should not be eaten to prevent cramps in the water.
Vitamins K and P in eggplant have many nutritional values.
As for eggplant, Chinese medicine thinks it is sweet and cool; Spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians; It has the characteristics of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. In addition, eggplant is rich in vitamin K, vitamin P and other nutrients, among which vitamin P can enhance the adhesion between cells, improve the resistance of microvessels to diseases and prevent bleeding.
Vitamin K in eggplant can be eaten with foods rich in calcium such as cheese, which has the advantages of strengthening calcium absorption, helping blood to coagulate normally and preventing osteoporosis.
Eggplant salad
Ingredients: 2 pieces of eggplant, garlic, pepper and coriander.
Seasoning: soy sauce, sesame oil and vinegar.
Exercise:
1. Wash and cut garlic, pepper and coriander, and add seasoning according to personal preference.
2. Wash the eggplant and cut it into large pieces. (About cut into 4 equal parts)
3. Put clear water in the pot, the amount of water should completely submerge the eggplant, and boil the water.
4. Put the eggplant in boiling water, and press the eggplant under the water surface with a large net spoon or other tools to prevent the eggplant from discoloring when it comes into contact with air.
5. Cook on high fire for 5 minutes, then pick up the eggplant and put it in ice water for 3 minutes.
6. Squeeze out the eggplant, then cut it into small pieces and put it on the plate.
7. Mix the sauce and pour it on the eggplant.
Effect:
Eggplant is rich in vitamin P, which can protect tiny blood vessels. If female friends often have purple ecchymosis on their skin, it can be improved.
Precautions:
1. Eggplant is easy to induce allergies, and people with skin allergies should eat less.
2. Avoid eating cooked eggplant, because it contains too much solanine.
3. Eggplant is cold and slippery. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and diarrhea should not eat more, and pregnant women should eat less.