Leek contains essential oil, sulfide, glycoside, protein, fat, sugar, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, cellulose, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients.
1. Chinese chives contain volatile essential oils, sulfides and other special ingredients, giving off a pungent smell, which helps to regulate liver qi, stimulate appetite and enhance digestive function.
2. Leek contains a lot of vitamins and crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, treat constipation and prevent intestinal cancer.
3. The trace element zinc contained in leek can protect skin health and maintain human immune function; Potassium is good for heart disease and hypertension; Iron helps to improve anemia symptoms.
efficacy
Leek has the effects of warming middle warmer, stimulating appetite, promoting qi and blood circulation, tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, and removing blood stasis. Indications: impotence, premature ejaculation, nocturnal emission, polyuria, abdominal pain, insufficient stomach heat, diarrhea, turbid urine, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, lumbago and leg pain, and postpartum hemorrhage.
1. Stimulate appetite
Leek contains plant aromatic volatile oil. Eating leeks can stimulate appetite, especially for the elderly, children and pregnant women, which is good for health.
Promote digestion
The crude fiber contained in leek can effectively promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help the human body digest. Eating more leeks can not only prevent constipation and intestinal cancer, but also wrap some impurities in the digestive tract and excrete them with the stool.
tonifying kidney yin
Leek used to be called aphrodisiac grass, because it has the effect of strengthening yang and tonifying kidney, and can effectively prevent and treat kidney deficiency diseases such as impotence, polyuria, low back pain and leg weakness.
4. Bacteriostasis and anti-inflammation
The sulfur-containing compounds contained in leeks have the functions of sterilization and anti-inflammation. Eating leeks can effectively inhibit the biological activities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, dysentery, typhoid fever, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
5. Reduce blood lipids
Leek has the effect of removing blood stasis and detoxifying, effectively reducing blood lipid and preventing coronary heart disease, anemia and arteriosclerosis, so middle-aged and elderly people may wish to eat more leeks appropriately.
6. Beauty and skin care
Leek is rich in vitamin A. Eating leek can not only beautify and protect skin, improve eyesight, but also effectively reduce the chances of catching a cold and asthma.