1, clearing heat and cooling blood bitter vegetables taste bitter and cold, and have the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood. Can be used for treating dysentery, jaundice, bloody stranguria, hemorrhoid and leakage, and swelling. "southern Yunnan materia medica" records that "cooling serum and heat, cold stomach, abdominal distension, stagnation, diuresis and defecation." "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains "Treating blood and promoting hemorrhoid rash". It is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold.
2. Tonifying blood and relieving summer-heat bitter vegetables are rich in carotene, vitamin C, potassium salt and calcium salt, which have a good effect on preventing anemia, maintaining normal physiological activities of human body, relieving summer-heat and protecting health.
3, sterilization and anti-inflammatory bitter vegetables contain dandelion alcohol, choline and other ingredients, which has a strong bactericidal effect and has a certain curative effect on jaundice hepatitis, pharyngitis, bacillary dysentery, cold and fever, chronic bronchitis and tonsillitis.
4. There are certain theobromine and caffeine in bitter vegetables and bitter foods. When you wake up after eating, you feel comfortable and relaxed, which can make people relax from the hot and annoying psychological state in summer, thus restoring their energy.
5, adjust the acid-base balance Bitter food can also adjust the acid-base balance in the body. Acidic foods include cereals, rice flour, sugar, meat, eggs, etc. If you only eat these foods, your blood will be close to acidity. When human blood is acidic, people's hands and feet will be cold, easy to catch a cold, and the wound will not heal easily. In severe cases, it will directly affect the functions of the brain and nerves. For prevention? Acid constitution? Eat some fruits and vegetables belonging to alkaline food in moderation, especially those with bitter taste. This can prevent the acidity in the body from being too high and neutralize the acidity, so as to achieve the acid-base balance of the body.
6, weight loss and slimming bitter vegetables have low calories, the calorie is 35 calories/100g, which is more suitable for weight loss. Moreover, the feeling of fullness is quite strong, and its bitter elements can also prevent fat from being absorbed.
7. Promote development. There are various amino acids in the tender leaves of Sonchus oleraceus, and the proportion of various amino acids is appropriate. Eating bitter vegetables helps to promote the synthesis of antibodies in human body, enhance immunity and promote brain function. The rich iron in bitter vegetables is beneficial to prevent anemia, various inorganic salts and trace elements are beneficial to children's growth and development, and various vitamins can promote wound healing and prevent vitamin deficiency.