1, the effect of eating leeks
1. Runchang laxative
Leek contains a lot of vitamins and crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, treat constipation and prevent intestinal cancer.
2. Tonifying kidney and warming yang
Leek is warm and pungent, and has the function of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, so it can be used to treat impotence, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation.
3. Benefiting the liver and stomach
Leek contains volatile essential oils, sulfides and other special ingredients, giving off a unique pungent smell, which is helpful to regulate liver qi, stimulate appetite and enhance digestive function.
4. Promoting qi and regulating blood
Leek is pungent in nature, and has the functions of removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, promoting qi circulation and guiding stagnation. It is suitable for traumatic injury, nausea, enteritis, hematemesis and chest pain.
There are many ways to eat spring vegetables, which can be served with meat, eggs, shrimp, cuttlefish, etc., and can also be used as stuffing for steamed dumplings. Common leek porridge, leek scrambled eggs, roasted leeks, dried tofu fried leeks and so on. They are all very fragrant and delicious. But there are many taboos that many people don't know. Remember this time!
2. Taboos for eating leeks
1, it is not suitable to eat leeks raw.
Because leek contains a lot of cellulose, it is difficult to digest. Unlike onion and garlic, it can be peeled before eating. The edible part is close to the ground, which often pollutes the eggs of microorganisms and parasites. Moreover, there are many branches, which are not easy to wash, easily infected with diseases and not suitable for raw food.
2, should not be heated for too long.
Leek is rich in vitamin B. Heating will destroy vitamin B. The longer the heating time, the greater the damage, and it is not suitable for eating after heating for a long time.
3, can not eat overnight.
Cooked leeks should not be eaten overnight to avoid nitrite poisoning.
4, should not be eaten with honey.
Leek is rich in vitamin C and eaten with honey. Vitamin C contained in leek is easily oxidized by copper and iron ions contained in honey and loses its function.
It is also honey-like and tender, and leeks are rich in cellulose, which can induce diarrhea. When eaten together, it can cause diarrhea.
5. Don't eat with spinach, white wine and beef.
Leek can't be eaten with spinach, both of which have the effect of smoothing intestines and are easy to cause diarrhea; Eating white wine is easy to cause gastritis, ulcer, liver disease and hemorrhagic disease; If eaten with beef, it is easy to cause gum inflammation.
6, should not be heated for too long.
Leek is rich in vitamin B.
3. Purchase and storage of leeks
1. Appearance: leek is fleshy, with straight leaves, fresh and tender, green and shiny, without rotten leaves, broken leaves, yellow leaves, dry tips and spots.
2. Check the tightness of bundling: leeks are generally bundled before transportation. Generally, the waist is tight and fresh, and the pine is not fresh; You can also grab the leek root by hand and shake it. The leaves are fresh, but not fresh.
3. Look at the incision: check whether the incision at the root of leek is neat. If it is neat, it is fresh leek. If there is a core in the middle, it is not fresh, and most of them have been left for a long time.
4. Pay attention to the preservation of leeks that are too late to eat. You can tie fresh and tidy leeks with string and put them in a clear water basin with the roots facing down; You can also tie up the leeks after finishing, then wrap them in Chinese cabbage leaves and put them in the shade; You can also wrap it in plastic bags and put it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. All the above methods can be stored for about 5 days. However, with the extension of storage time, the nutrition and taste of leeks will decrease, so try to eat fresh leeks.
4, leek health recipes
1. 500g scrambled eggs with leek and 4 eggs. Picking the tender buds of Chinese chives, washing, slicing and boiling the water; Then beat the eggs into a bowl and stir them evenly with chopsticks. Put the pot in medium heat, put the eggs in when the oil is hot, spread a thin layer of egg skin, take it out and cut it into pieces, then mix the leeks and shredded eggs, and add salt, mustard and sauce. This case has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening intestines, benefiting qi and relaxing bowels, and the elderly who are weak, afraid of cold or constipation due to intestinal dryness can often eat it.
2. Stir-fried 400g of peach kernel and 350g of walnut kernel with leek. Removing impurities from walnut kernel, and frying in sesame oil pan; Wash leeks and cut into 3 cm long sections; Pour leek into walnut pot and stir fry, add a little salt and stir fry until cooked. This case is suitable for patients with low back pain due to kidney deficiency, chronic cough due to lung deficiency, exercise asthma and habitual constipation.
3. Fried shrimps with leeks, 400g leeks, and fresh shrimps in the zoo. The pot is hot, add cooking oil. When it's 70% hot, stir-fry leeks and shrimp for a while, and add some seasonings such as white wine and salt. This dish has the effects of warming yang and strengthening the body. It is suitable for soreness of waist and knees, impotence, nocturnal emission, night sweats, enuresis, etc.
4. 600 grams of milk leek and 250 ml of milk. Wash leek leaves, chop them, wring juice, stir leek juice with milk evenly, then cook them on fire and decoct them in water twice a day. The fruit juice has the effects of lowering adverse qi, relieving vomiting, invigorating middle energizer and benefiting qi, and is suitable for choking in diaphragm, nausea and esophageal cancer.
5. 6 grams of leek root in leek juice. Wash leek roots and decoct them in water, which has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on spontaneous sweating due to yang deficiency. This soup can be taken with white sugar after removing dregs 1 week, which can treat bloody belt.
5. The benefits of women eating leeks
1. Beauty
Leek is rich in vitamin A, which has the functions of moistening lung, improving eyesight and caring skin. In addition, leek is also rich in some compounds that can improve the function of butyric acid system in melanocytes, and can eliminate skin leukoplakia.
2. Improve immunity and prevent colds.
It is found that vitamin A in leeks can also help to reduce diseases such as colds, colds and asthma.
3. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
Leek has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and women are prone to anemia, so eating leek properly is also good for cardiovascular health and other diseases.
4. Inhibit milk secretion
For lactating women, eating more leeks can inhibit milk secretion if milk secretion is excessive or weaning is needed.
Increase appetite
Leek contains an ingredient called plant aromatic volatile oil, which can stimulate appetite. In the hot summer, women are more prone to problems such as loss of appetite, so eating some fried eggs with leeks properly can improve their appetite.
6. Promote digestive function
In summer, due to various reasons, people's digestive function is more prone to various obstacles. Proper consumption of leek can make use of the rich vitamins, crude fiber, volatile essential oil, sulfide and other components in leek to achieve health care effects such as enhancing digestive function, preventing constipation and preventing intestinal cancer.
7. Sterilization and anti-inflammatory
Chinese medicine believes that diarrhea, typhoid fever and staphylococcus aureus are more likely to be infected in summer, and leeks contain some sulfur-containing compounds, which have bactericidal effect.
8. beneficial
In fact, eating some leeks properly also has the function of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. Eating some leeks properly is conducive to helping sex and improving women's desire.
6, the health function of leek
1. Traditional medicine thinks that leek is warm, which can warm kidney, help yang, benefit spleen and stomach, promote qi and regulate blood. Eating more leeks can nourish the liver and strengthen the spleen and stomach. The sulfur-containing compounds in Chinese chives have the functions of reducing blood fat and dilating blood vessels, and are suitable for treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and hypertension. In addition, this compound can also enhance the function of tyrosine system in melanocytes, thus regulating melanin in skin hair follicles, eliminating skin white spots and making hair black and shiny.
2, leeks can cure diseases, and dripping leeks can treat heatstroke coma. Roast leek on the fire and rub it on the affected area to treat urticaria.
3, leek contains a lot of dietary fiber, which has obvious curative effect on colon cancer.
4, women with white spots on the skin, often eating leeks can achieve the dual effects of freckle and weight loss.
5, leek contains sexual stimulants, can excite sexual organs, and is called "Populus euphratica" in the Pharmacopoeia.
6. Leek contains more dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and effectively prevent habitual constipation and intestinal cancer. These dietary fibers can also wrap hair, gravel and even metals in the digestive tract, and are excreted with feces, so they are called "intestinal grass". In addition, because leeks contain more dietary fiber and are chewy, people can exercise their masticatory muscles when eating, and can also effectively prevent dental caries.
7. People who eat leeks need to know
Leek can be eaten by the general population. Patients with deficiency-cold constitution, rough skin, constipation, hemorrhoids and intestinal cancer should eat more. Suitable for people suffering from night blindness and dry eye, because a large amount of vitamin A contained in leek can maintain the normal function of rhodopsin. It should be noted that people with yin deficiency and internal fire, weak gastrointestinal tract but fever, ulcers and eye diseases should be careful to eat.
Pregnant women can eat it, but not too much, because leeks can excite the uterus and strengthen uterine contraction, and can be eaten with other foods.
Pregnant women should eat carefully and avoid eating during lactation. Leek back to milk, pregnant women who are still breastfeeding should be careful to eat. In addition to spicy things such as peppers, garlic, leeks, garlic moss and garlic sprouts, pregnant women can also eat a variety of foods-fresh fish and shrimp, various vegetables and fruits.
The baby can eat, but it is not advisable to eat more. The baby's gastrointestinal function development is not perfect enough, and the leek has a lot of crude fiber, which is difficult to digest and absorb. Remember to chop it up as much as possible when giving it to the baby.