Leek is a kind of warm food. For people with strong liver fire, don't eat too much. Eating too much may lead to excessive internal heat. In addition, leek is a kind of hair, and people should not eat it after surgery.

Eating leeks is taboo:

(1) It is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire: leek is pungent and warm to help yang, which can dry the fire and exhaust the true yin. Animal experiments show that it can make the tested animals appear mania, spasm and even death.

(2) Don't eat too much in summer: In summer, leeks are aging, with too much and rough fiber, which is not easy to be absorbed. In summer, gastrointestinal function is reduced, and eating too much will cause abdominal distension, discomfort or diarrhea.

(3) When eating, it should not be heated for too long: leeks are rich in vitamin B, and heating can destroy this supplement. The longer the heating time, the more damage. Therefore, it should not be eaten after long-term heating.

Extended data:

efficacy

Tonifying kidney; Warming the middle and activating qi; Dispel blood stasis; Detoxify. Governing kidney deficiency and impotence; Abdominal pain due to internal cold; Choking diaphragm and nausea; Chest pain; Hemorrhage; Hematemesis; Urinating blood; Dysentery; Hemorrhoids; Carbuncle, sore, swelling and toxin; Lacquer sore; Injuries from falls.

1, Bushen Wenyang: leek is warm and spicy, but it has no aphrodisiac ingredients.

2. Benefiting the liver and strengthening the stomach: It contains special ingredients such as volatile essential oil and sulfide, and emits a unique pungent smell, which helps to regulate liver qi, stimulate appetite and enhance digestive function.

3, qi and blood: the spicy smell of leeks has the functions of removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, promoting qi and guiding stagnation, and is suitable for traumatic injury, nausea, enteritis, vomiting blood, chest pain and other symptoms.

4, laxative: containing a lot of vitamins and crude fiber, can improve gastrointestinal peristalsis, treat constipation and prevent intestinal cancer.

Disadvantages:

Although leek has many benefits to human body, it is not the more the better. "Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded: "Eating more leeks makes you dizzy, especially after drinking." According to modern medicine, people with hyperactivity of yang and febrile diseases should not eat it.

Leek has a lot of crude fiber, which is not easy to digest and absorb, so you can't eat too much leek at a time, otherwise a lot of crude fiber will stimulate the intestinal wall and often cause diarrhea. It is best to control the meal 100~200g, not more than 400g g.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Leek