The Chinese medicine believes that lettuce cool taste sweet and bitter, can detoxification of the five organs, heat diuretic, sedative sleep, white teeth and eyesight, on the urine is not good, high blood pressure, hypertension, high blood fat, postpartum lack of breast milk and other diseases have auxiliary effect.

Cleansing and laxative

Fresh lettuce contains a large amount of dietary fiber and water, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate food digestion, help stool excretion, and prevent constipation.

Promoting appetite

The stem and leaves of romaine lettuce contain lettucin, which has a bitter taste, and it can stimulate gastric secretion, promote digestion, and improve appetite.

Sedation and Sleeping

The milky juice of lettuce stems and leaves contains a sweet and bitter ingredient, inulin, which has a sedative and sleeping effect.

Loss of weight

Lettuce is high in water content, contains a lot of dietary fiber, low in fat and calories, and high in potassium, can be laxative and diuretic, intestinal detoxification, and can play a weight loss and slimming effect.

Lowering blood sugar

Lettuce has a high content of niacin, which can enhance the role of insulin, with the ability to regulate blood glucose levels and reduce the occurrence of diabetes. Regular consumption of lettuce by diabetics can improve the function of sugar metabolism.

Lowering blood pressure

Lettuce is rich in trace elements, especially high potassium content, potassium ions into the body is conducive to the balance of water electrolytes, play a diuretic, breast milk, the efficacy of the decongestive effect, especially suitable for high blood pressure, heart disease, edema, and other people to eat.

Lettuce is known as the "gold dish", its stems and leaves are rich in carotene and vitamin C, appropriate intake can protect the eyes. In addition. Lettuce contains a substance that will stimulate the optic nerve, ancient books have recorded that eating lettuce will make people's eyesight blurred, stop eating a few days after the recovery.

Cancer prevention

Research has found that lettuce in a certain aromatic hydrocarbon hydroxyl lipid can inhibit certain cancers, but also to alleviate the side effects of cancer chemotherapy

These are the most important factors in the prevention of cancer.