Garlic Moss Pinyin is: suàn tái.

Garlic shoots (garlic moss), also known as garlic hair, and in some parts of the south called garlic seedlings, are excellent functional health vegetables with a variety of nutritional benefits. Every family in the countryside will plant a few beds. Sheyang County, Jiangsu Province, was named "China's garlic shoots hometown", is the main source of garlic shoots and garlic. In addition, Laiwu and Jinxiang in Shandong Province, Pizhou in Jiangsu Province, Qixian and Zhongmou in Henan Province are the main production areas of garlic shoots and garlic. Yongnian County, Hebei Province, Da Ming County, also with garlic as the main product. Garlic is divided into two seasons garlic shoots and garlic.

Cangshan garlic to produce garlic shoots, mature garlic is relatively small, Jining Qufu City is also the main garlic shoots Shanghe garlic varieties. Hebei Yongnian and Shanghe garlic shoots good quality, usually constant temperature library storage to the Spring Festival sales, Shanghe County garlic shoots good quality. Garlic shoots (garlic moss), that is, garlic shoots, including flower stalks and involucre two parts. The moss bract is the involucre at the top of the garlic flower stalk, containing the underdeveloped inflorescence.

Main value

1, garlic shoots warm, with warming the lower qi, tonifying the deficiency, and harmonize the internal organs, as well as blood circulation, anti-cancer, bactericidal effect, abdominal pain, diarrhea has a certain effect.

2, garlic shoots contain chorine, its bactericidal ability can reach one-tenth of penicillin, pathogenic bacteria and parasites have a good killing effect, can play a role in preventing influenza, to prevent wound infections and the efficacy of insect repellent.

3, garlic shoots contain allicin, allicin, can inhibit the growth and reproduction of staphylococcus aureus, streptococcus, dysentery bacillus, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae and other bacteria.

4, garlic shoots outer skin is rich in fiber, can stimulate bowel movement, regulate constipation. More consumption of garlic shoots, can prevent the occurrence of hemorrhoids, reduce the number of recurrence of hemorrhoids, and light to moderate hemorrhoids have a certain therapeutic effect.

5, garlic shoots are rich in vitamin C has a significant role in lowering blood lipids and preventing coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis, and can prevent the formation of blood clots. It can protect the liver, induce hepatocyte detoxification enzyme activity, can block the synthesis of nitrosamine carcinogens, thus preventing the occurrence of cancer.