Nine-story pagoda is a kind of vegetable that is often eaten in life. Generally speaking, it is a kind of vegetable with nutrition and medicine, also called fish coriander. In eastern China, it's called "gold is not exchanged", and it's always popular there. Named for its tower-shaped stems and leaves. The whole plant has a strong aromatic smell. Proper consumption can play a good role in diminishing inflammation, detoxifying, expelling wind and dissipating heat.

First, the nine-story pagoda is a highly nutritious vegetable. We often eat nine-story pagodas in our lives. Now it is also delicious on the table. So what is a nine-story pagoda? In fact, it is a vegetable that combines nutrition and medicine. Also known as fish coriander, it is called "Golden Change" in eastern China and has always been very popular in the local area.

The nine-story pagoda is millet, named after its stems and leaves are tower-shaped. The whole plant has a strong aromatic smell. Its stems and leaves are mostly branched, generally purple-green, covered with a fine layer of soft hair, and its leaves are lanceolate. Generally, it blooms from July to September in summer and bears fruit from August to 65438+1October.

Nine-story pagoda is not only the most used seasoning in western food, but also the best medicinal diet. It contains a lot of reducing sugar, protein, vitamins, carotene and other substances, and also contains volatile oil, which can play a very good role in diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, expelling wind and detoxifying. It belongs to cold food, so some people with wet and cold constitution suggest eating less.

Nine-story towers are generally grown in tropical areas, and are also cultivated in coastal areas of China. It likes to grow in a warm and humid environment, and the temperature should be controlled at about 2 1℃ ~ 25℃ during cultivation, especially from May to June in spring, and the plant grows rapidly and slowly after June.

Second, the benefits of eating the nine-story tower 1, anti-inflammatory and detoxification

Nine-story pagoda is a famous detoxification medicine in medicine. After washing and mashing, it can be applied to the wound, which can relieve the symptoms of children's falls, snake bites, eczema and itching, and can also soak in water to prevent dental diseases.

2, dispel wind and dissipate heat

Because the nine-story tower is rich in water, reducing sugar, cellulose, carotene, vitamins and other nutrients, as well as a large number of aromatic oils, it is generally eaten cold. After being absorbed by human body, it can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and is beneficial to digestion. At the same time, it is also a good product to relieve summer heat in midsummer, which can play a role in expelling wind and dissipating heat for the human body.