Corn, also known as jade sorghum, corn, corn and so on. It is divided into yellow and purple. After stewing, it not only smells fragrant, but also tastes sweet and waxy, so it is also called "pearl rice". Chinese medicine believes that corn has the functions of invigorating spleen, harmonizing middle warmer, benefiting lung and calming heart, stimulating appetite, promoting gallbladder function, eliminating dampness and diuresis, lowering blood fat and blood pressure, lowering blood sugar and turbidity, preventing cancer and strengthening brain, and is suitable for deficiency of both qi and blood, malnutrition, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, fatty liver, cancer and memory loss. Modern medical nutrition research has proved that corn is rich in nutrients, including complex carbohydrates, protein and fat. It contains vitamins (B 1, B2, B6, e), nicotinic acid, pantothenic acid, biotin and so on. Contains mineral elements such as potassium, sodium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, chromium, selenium, phosphorus and magnesium; It also contains alkaloids, quercetin, isoquercitrin, cellulose, lecithin, pectin, glutathione, etc. Corn mainly contains complex carbohydrates, which can be as high as 66.7 grams per 100 grams of dry corn. In recent years, many dietary experiments and epidemiological investigations at home and abroad have proved that the average blood cholesterol (TC) content and the incidence of coronary heart disease are low in countries and regions where corn and other complex carbohydrates are the staple foods. Clinical observation shows that replacing monosaccharides with complex carbohydrates such as corn can reduce the triglyceride (TG) content of patients with hyperlipidemia. The fat content of corn is higher, reaching 3.8%; The fat content of corn germ is higher, reaching 52%, second only to soybean. Corn oil extracted from corn is a kind of oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid is as high as 60%), which can be compared with peanut oil, soybean oil and sesame oil and is a good cholesterol absorption inhibitor. Studies have found that long-term consumption of corn oil can reduce the cholesterol content in blood and soften blood vessels, which may be related to the large amount of vitamin E in corn oil. It has been observed that eating oil rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (including corn oil) and reducing high cholesterol foods such as animal viscera and egg yolk have a good effect on preventing the initial and recurrence of coronary heart disease. Therefore, corn and corn oil are ideal foods for patients with hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, fatty liver, obesity and middle-aged and elderly people.
peanut
Peanut, also known as groundnut, has different names such as "Diguo", "Guo Changsheng" and "Tangren Bean". Widely cultivated in China, especially in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. According to research, peanuts existed in the Neolithic Age in China, which is closely related to human life. It is also said that peanuts originated in Brazil, then spread to China, and then spread to Japan from China, and the Japanese still call it "Nanjing Bean" or "Tangren Bean". When describing the growth process of peanuts in Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen pointed out: "When vines bloom and fall, they are born, so they are called sunset peanuts."
Chinese medicine believes that peanuts are sweet and flat, and enter the spleen and lung meridians, which has the effects of nourishing the middle warmer, moistening the lungs and harmonizing the stomach. Modern nutrition research has confirmed that peanuts mainly contain fatty acids, which can reach 44.3% per 100g of peanuts (mature dry products), of which more than 80% are unsaturated fatty acids, and also contain protein, sugar and rich dietary fiber. In addition, peanuts also contain carotene, vitamins and inorganic salts, triterpenoid saponins, stigmasterol, campesterol, cholesterol, lecithin, alkaloids, choline and other bioactive components. Many medical clinical studies show that unsaturated fatty acids contained in peanuts can lower cholesterol. Edible peanut oil can decompose cholesterol in the liver into bile acids and promote its excretion. Peanut oil can not only lower cholesterol, but also prevent atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. Some people use peanut shells to cook and concentrate, which has the same effect as peanut kernels in lowering cholesterol, preventing coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis. It is reported that lignin in peanut shell can be made into a sweet and sugar-free new food additive xylitol, which is one of the most ideal nutritional condiments for diabetic patients.
Peanut is one of the favorite foods for people of all ages. There are many kinds of foods made from peanuts. Whether it is hyperlipidemia patients or normal people, regular consumption of peanuts has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes. However, it should be noted that moldy peanuts must not be eaten, because aflatoxin contained in them is a strong carcinogen.
soybean
Soybean can be divided into yellow soybean (soybean), black soybean (black bean) and mung bean because of different seed coat colors. The edible and health-care value of soybean has been valued by doctors in past dynasties. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that soybean is flat and sweet, enters the spleen, kidney and large intestine meridian, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen and widening the middle energizer, moistening dryness and promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and expelling wind, and lowering blood fat and blood pressure, and is suitable for deficiency of both qi and blood, cancer, hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.
Modern medical nutrition research shows that soybean is rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar and dietary fiber, as well as a lot of vitamins (A, B, B 7, B 12, C, PP, E), folic acid, nicotinic acid, biotin, choline, oleic acid and so on. It also contains flavonoid glycosides and saponins. Soybean is a kind of food with high plant protein content, its protein content is as high as 37% ~ 40%, and protein also contains eight essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by human body, so it has high nutritional value and is suitable for hyperlipidemia patients to overcome the disadvantages of fat increase caused by eating some animal high-protein foods. Soybean contains a lot of stigmasterol, which contains almost no cholesterol (Tc). It can inhibit the human body from absorbing the cholesterol contained in sports food, and also help unsaturated fatty acids to combine with cholesterol in the body and transform into liquid, so as to be excreted with urine and reduce the cholesterol level in the body. The fatty acid contained in soybean is unsaturated diene fatty acid (linoleic acid), accounting for more than 55% of the contained fat, which has the function of reducing blood fat. Soybean is rich in dietary fiber. Every 100g of soybean contains 15.5g, which can prevent cholesterol from being absorbed in the intestine and excreted with feces, so it has the function of lowering cholesterol.
Australian scientists pointed out that soybeans also contain saponins, which can reduce the cholesterol content in the blood.
The content of potassium in soybean is extremely high. The edible part of soybean contains potassium 1503 mg per 100 g, but the sodium content is only 2.2 mg, and its K factor (potassium/sodium ratio) is 683. It is a rare high-quality antihypertensive food with high potassium. Animal experiments and clinical observations at home and abroad have proved that replacing animal protein with soybean protein can significantly reduce the serum cholesterol level of patients with hypercholesterolemia, and the reduction range can reach 19% ~ 20%.
It is observed that replacing animal protein with soybean protein, three meals a week, can make the blood cholesterol content stable at the normal level for more than 2 years. The above data fully shows that regular consumption of soybeans and soybean products is very effective in preventing and treating diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis.
People in China have been eating soybeans for thousands of years, and there are many ways to eat them. There are no fewer than one or two hundred kinds of delicious tofu on the menu. Now China and some other countries make all kinds of "artificial meat" from soybean protein.
Instead of animal protein, it is very popular. For middle-aged and elderly people, it may be more refreshing to eat soybean milk, soybean milk, tofu and tofu brain to prevent hyperlipidemia. If the soybeans are cooked and eaten, 25-30 grams each time, twice per eye, the effect is the same. If you can take soy food for life, it will play an inestimable role in the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. It is worth noting that bean dregs should not be discarded at will when making soybean milk, because bean dregs are not only rich in calcium easily absorbed by human body, but also low in calories and rich in vitamins, which is more conducive to the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis and osteoporosis.
mung bean
Mung bean, also known as green adzuki bean, is rich in nutrition, which can not only replace food and diet to satisfy hunger, but also be cooked into mung bean soup and porridge in summer and autumn, which can also relieve summer heat and quench thirst and make people feel refreshed. Therefore, it is favored and loved by people, and it has also been valued by doctors of all ages. Chinese medicine believes that mung bean is cool and sweet, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispelling summer heat and promoting diuresis, invigorating qi and relieving restlessness, nourishing heart and expelling wind, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure, and is suitable for summer heat, polydipsia, edema and diarrhea, carbuncle and erysipelas, food poisoning, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, hypertension and obesity.
Modern medical nutrition research has proved that mung beans are rich in nutrients, including protein, sugar, fat and cellulose, vitamins (B 1, B2, E), nicotinic acid, carotene, potassium, sodium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, copper, selenium and other inorganic elements, as well as globulin, polysaccharide and stigmasterol. The plant protein content in mung bean is high, and the protein content per 100g edible part is 2 1.6g, which is 2.92 times that of rice. The sugar content of mung bean is high, reaching 55.6 grams per 100 grams, which is 2.99 times that of soybean, mainly in the form of carbohydrate starch; Mung beans contain more cellulose and less fat, with only 0.8 g fat per 100 g edible part. Therefore, mung bean is a food with high plant protein, high complex carbohydrate, high cellulose and low fat content, which is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, obesity and hypertension. The content of vitamin E in mung bean is extremely high, and the content of each 100 g edible part can reach 10.95 mg. Together with carotene (converted into vitamin A in vivo), it has a good protective effect on blood vessel function. The content of potassium in mung bean is also extremely high, which can reach 787 mg per 100 g of mung bean, but it only contains 3.2 mg of sodium, and its K factor (potassium/sodium ratio) is 245.9, which greatly exceeds the antihypertensive value 10. Therefore, mung bean is called "the top grade for clearing heat, reducing fire and lowering blood pressure". Mung beans contain some inorganic elements, such as iron, manganese, zinc, copper, selenium, etc., which can not only increase the vitality of blood cells, but also improve blood viscosity and reduce blood circulation resistance, thus lowering blood pressure. Modern medical research has proved that globulin and polysaccharide components in mung beans can promote the decomposition of cholesterol (Tc) in animals into cholic acid in the liver, thus accelerating the excretion of bile salts in bile and reducing the absorption of cholesterol in the small intestine; In addition, the polysaccharide in mung bean can also enhance the activity of serum lipoprotein enzyme and hydrolyze triglycerides in lipoprotein, thus achieving the purpose of reducing blood lipid. The study also pointed out that the lipid-lowering effect of mung beans is also related to the competition of phytosterols contained in mung beans to inhibit the absorption of foreign food cholesterol. To sum up, mung bean and its products do have the function of lowering blood lipid, which has also been confirmed in animal experiments and clinical observations at home and abroad. It should be noted that both cooking and mung bean powder should be taken together with mung bean skin, because the lipid-lowering component (cellulose) of mung bean skin is richer than mung bean meat. Mung bean cold, spleen and stomach deficiency cold, diarrhea should be temporarily stopped.
wheat bran
Modern nutrition research has proved that wheat bran is rich in nutrients. Some people have analyzed the wheat bran produced in Linxia, Gansu Province, and found that it contains 31.3g of dietary fiber per100g, which is the highest among all grains, and contains carotene120g, nicotinic acid12.5mg, vitamin E 4.47mg, and a lot of potassium and calcium.
Among them, the content of potassium is very high, with 86.2 mg of potassium per 100 g of bran, but the content of sodium is very low, which is a high-quality high-potassium food. Furthermore, it is also rich in chromium, which is an excellent food to supplement potassium and chromium deficiency. Scientific research has confirmed that the lack of potassium and chromium in human body is easy to induce atherosclerosis, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. If we can insist on eating more bran foods in our diet, we can effectively curb the occurrence and development of the above diseases.
Modern medical research has confirmed that the cellulose in wheat bran can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, change defecation habits, increase defecation volume and increase the excretion of fat and nitrogen. Medical experts believe that if patients with fiber deficiency diseases such as hyperlipidemia, diabetes, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, colon cancer, hemorrhoids, habitual constipation of the elderly can often eat wheat bran food, it can play an obvious preventive and therapeutic role. The main catabolic process of cholesterol in human body is to increase steroid excretion through feces. Therefore, experts suggest that eating more fibrous food can increase intestinal excretion and reduce cholesterol absorption, thus reducing serum cholesterol and alleviating the formation of atherosclerosis.
Some research reports point out that even people who eat a high-fat diet can reduce the formation of atherosclerosis if they add different fiber foods.
Research data confirmed that grains made from barley and oats have the function of lowering cholesterol. Someone observed 60 patients with high cholesterol and triacylglycerol. The patient insisted on eating oatmeal every morning for a month. The results showed that 70% of patients' serum total cholesterol and triglyceride decreased obviously, and most patients' blood cholesterol decreased by 5% ~ 65438 00%.
Through food analysis, researchers found that eating a bowl of boiled oatmeal can absorb 3 grams of soluble fiber, which further confirmed the reliability that high-fiber foods can reduce cholesterol. Therefore, many medical scientists now advocate that patients with hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension and other "rich diseases" can persist in eating a diet containing wheat bran, cereals and their products for several days a week, which can alleviate the disease, treat both the symptoms and root causes, and achieve the goal of rehabilitation.
oat
Oat, also known as buckwheat, is a gramineous 1 or 2-year-old herbaceous wheat crop, which is widely planted in China. Oats have been one of the important health foods in China since ancient times. Chinese medicine believes that oats are sweet, cool and non-toxic. They enter the heart, spleen and kidney meridians, and have the functions of nourishing heart and kidney, invigorating spleen and enriching blood, clearing heat and regulating qi. Modern medical research has confirmed that oat is a kind of high-fiber food, which can increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and increase the excretion of fat and helium, thus reducing the cholesterol content in human body and preventing the formation of atherosclerosis. It is observed that oatmeal made of oats and barley can lower cholesterol. If you insist on eating oatmeal for breakfast, 70% patients with hyperlipidemia can significantly reduce serum total cholesterol and triglycerides. Mainly because oatmeal is rich in cellulose. Some people have determined that eating a bowl of cooked oatmeal can consume 3 grams of soluble fiber, which can reduce serum total cholesterol by 5% ~ 10%, which is equivalent to reducing the risk of coronary heart disease 10% ~ 20%.
In addition, according to modern nutrition research, oats are rich in linoleic acid, accounting for 35% ~ 52% of all unsaturated fatty acids, as well as vitamin E and saponins. After years of clinical observation, oat can obviously reduce serum total cholesterol, triglyceride and B- lipoprotein, and can increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Whether it is aimed at primary or secondary hyperlipidemia, it has a good effect.
Therefore, oats have good medicinal and health care value for patients with hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, diabetes and hypertension.
sesame
Sesame, also known as flax, fat hemp, oil hemp and so on. There are four kinds of sesame seeds, black, white, yellow and brownish red, which are used as medicine and food, but black sesame seeds are used as medicine. According to Chinese medicine, sesame has the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, moistening intestine and promoting lactation, blackening hair and resisting aging, promoting blood circulation and activating pulse, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure, and is suitable for tinnitus, deafness, alopecia, hypogalactia, anemia, constipation, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Modern medical nutrition has proved that sesame is rich in nutrition, containing protein, fat and sugar, vitamins (A, B 1, B2, E), nicotinic acid, and mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, iron, manganese and zinc. Sesame has a high fat content, in which more than 60% unsaturated fatty acids are linoleic acid, palmitic acid and arachidonic acid, so it has the functions of lowering cholesterol (Tc) and preventing cardiovascular diseases. The content of vitamin E in sesame is extremely high, reaching 50.4 mg per100g edible part, which is the highest among cereals, fruits and vegetables, so it has the reputation of "treasure house of vitamin E". Sesame is called fat-soluble oxidant because of its high content of vitamin E, which has a good protective effect on the lipid membrane structure of blood vessels and capillaries. Sesame has a high calcium content, with an edible part content of 780mg per 100g and a phosphorus content of 5 16mg, which makes the calcium index (i.e. the ratio of calcium to phosphorus) greater than 1.5, which is not only beneficial to calcium absorption, but also has the effect of lowering blood pressure. Sesame contains a certain amount of zinc, which is beneficial to increase or change the ratio of zinc to cadmium and promote the discharge of harmful element cadmium, thus lowering blood pressure.
milk
Milk, also known as cow's milk, is recognized as a nutritious green food in the world, which has extremely high dietotherapy and health care value and has been valued by doctors in past dynasties. Chinese medicine believes that milk is warm and sweet, which has the functions of tonifying deficiency, benefiting lung and stomach, promoting fluid production and moistening intestines, reducing fat and lowering blood pressure, and is suitable for nausea, choking diaphragm, quenching thirst, constipation, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and hypertension. Modern medical nutrition research believes that:
Milk is rich and comprehensive in nutrition. Besides protein, fat and sugar, it also contains vitamins (A, B, C) and various mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, among which milk protein is mainly phosphoprotein, albumin and globulin, which contains all the amino acids necessary for human body. According to medical epidemiological investigation, although African Masi people drink 4 ~ 5 liters of fermented whole milk every day, their blood cholesterol content is not high and the incidence of coronary heart disease is very low. Experts consciously let some healthy people drink 720 ml of milk every day. After one week, the blood cholesterol content decreased obviously and remained at a low level within 12 weeks. Therefore, drinking milk will not only increase the cholesterol content in the blood, but also reduce the cholesterol content. Experts pointed out that milk contains some substances such as 3- hydroxy -3- methylglutaric acid, which can inhibit the activity of cholesterol synthase in human body, thus inhibiting the synthesis of cholesterol (Tc) in human body and lowering cholesterol; At the same time, milk is rich in calcium, which can also reduce the body's absorption of cholesterol. Recently, scientists also found that yogurt also contains a special "milk factor", which, together with calcium ions in milk, can prevent the human body from absorbing cholesterol. Researchers at Oklahoma State University found that this "milk factor" itself can absorb the cholesterol already stored in the blood. After volunteers drink 700 ml of yogurt every day, their serum cholesterol can be reduced by 5% ~ 10 after one week. To sum up, drinking milk, yogurt and dairy products has certain preventive and therapeutic effects on hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and hypertension. Nutrition experts pointed out that:
The ideal way to eat milk is to chew it with adult biscuits, that is, milk should be eaten but not drunk.
Dragging milk will reduce the chance of milk mixing saliva in the mouth. Once exposed to acidic substances in the stomach, some people with weak gastrointestinal function, especially middle-aged and elderly people, often have diarrhea or bloating discomfort due to abnormal fermentation. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that milk should also be used with caution for those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, diarrhea or phlegm-dampness accumulation.
Marine/saltwater fish
The ancient people in China attached great importance to the edible and health value of fish, which was regarded as a treasure of food and nutrition. Because of its unique color, fragrance, taste and shape, it is as famous as "bear's paw". After comprehensive comparison, it is considered that fish can nourish people more. "Fish is the food of the human brain, and eating fish can strengthen the brain." Eating fish regularly, whether it is marine fish or river fish (or freshwater fish), can not only prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but also improve hearing and vision and prolong life. Common marine fish are whales, sharks, mackerel, sardines and so on. Commonly used marine fish are perch, yellow croaker, hairtail, squid and whitebait.
Different kinds of marine fish, as discussed by doctors in past dynasties, are mostly directly or indirectly related to the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. For example, it is recorded in the Compendium of Medical Forest that mackerel (that is, shark) can "reduce swelling and remove blood stasis"; "Materia Medica Seeking Truth" clearly expounds the efficacy of cuttlefish, believing that it can "replenish qi and ambition ... enter the liver and replenish blood"; "Life Taste Diet Spectrum" says that hairtail "tastes sweet and warm, warms the stomach and tonifies the deficiency, soothes the skin ..."; According to the Outline, mackerel "strengthens bones and muscles, promotes blood circulation and qi circulation, and drives away water and dampness". Modern medical nutrition research shows that fish is rich in high-quality protein, fat, vitamins and mineral elements, some of which are unmatched by any animal food or land food. Except that the cholesterol content of edible fish is generally not too high, the fatty acid composition in its fat is also very strange, which shows that the carbon chain is longer or much longer than that of vegetable oil, and the number of double bonds (that is, unsaturated fatty acid structure) is more than that of vegetable oil, so the cholesterol-lowering effect of fish oil is stronger than that of vegetable oil. Another feature is that fish oil fatty acids have obvious anticoagulant and thrombosis prevention effects due to their structural characteristics. Recent studies indicate that this fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), is very high in some marine fish, such as mackerel and sardines, and it usually exists in marine fish. Modern epidemiological studies have confirmed that regular consumption of fish and fish oil, especially marine fish, is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease because it contains eicosapentaenoic acid.
For example, Eskimos living in the Arctic, whose ancestors lived by fishing and hunting, often ate a lot of raw marine fish, and their blood lipid protein, namely high-density lipoprotein (HPL), and fatty acid EPA with antithrombotic effect increased significantly. On the contrary, their incidence of coronary heart disease, hypertension and diabetes is significantly lower. The observation results of modern clinical research also show that fish, fish oil and its products have significant hypolipidemic effects, that is, they can reduce cholesterol (Tc), triglyceride (TG) and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), so they have significant preventive and therapeutic effects on cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia and autoimmune diseases.
tea grounds
Tea, also known as tea, tea and so on. , is the leaves of an evergreen shrub of Theaceae or buckwheat tea tree. Tea is widely planted in China. As a popular drink in our daily life, it is famous all over the world and is known as "national drink".
Doctors in China have attached great importance to the edible and health-care functions of tea. Chinese medicine believes that tea tastes bitter, sweet and cool, and has the effects of clearing the head, eliminating polydipsia, resolving phlegm and promoting digestion, detoxicating and diuresis. Many medical books and classics have incisive records and discussions on the health care value of tea. Modern nutrition research has also confirmed that tea contains protein, amino acids, fat, trace elements and more than ten vitamins necessary for human body. Through the continuous analysis and research of tea for many years, it is found that tea contains 400 chemical components, many of which can directly or indirectly prevent hyperlipidemia and obesity, and have anti-cancer and anticancer effects. For example, tea pigment, which is the most abundant in tea, has obvious anti-atherosclerosis effect, can promote fibrinolysis and reduce platelet adhesion rate. Aromatic substances in tea can dissolve fat and relieve boredom, help digestion and promote absorption. Natural bioactive substances such as vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium contained in tea can scavenge oxygen free radicals harmful to human body, and have the functions of reducing blood lipid, preventing and treating atherosclerosis and resisting aging.
Tea polyphenols in tea can improve the permeability of blood vessels, effectively enhance the elasticity of myocardium and blood vessels and lower blood pressure. Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people often drink tea, and drinking light tea has a good health care effect on preventing hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
In order to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia, we should master the principles of light tea, moderate amount, drinking immediately, drinking less after meals, not drinking before going to bed, and drinking carefully for those with complications, and should persist in drinking for a long time; Medical experts suggest that patients with hypertension should drink cold green tea, and patients with hypertension complicated with hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and cerebral embolism should mainly drink Tieguanyin tea, or choose oolong tea, jasmine scented tablets and Pu 'er tea.
Dried orange peel
Dried tangerine peel is also called orange peel, wide dried tangerine peel and Xinhui peel. It is both medicine and food. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that dried tangerine peel is warm and bitter, enters the spleen and lung meridians, and has the functions of invigorating the spleen, eliminating dampness and resolving phlegm, and reducing fat. It is suitable for spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension, excessive phlegm-dampness, cough and asthma, hyperlipidemia, etc. Modern medical research shows that tangerine peel contains 1.2% ~ 3.2% of volatile oil, and its components include α-pinene, β-pinene, limonene, nerol and citronellol. And flavonoids such as hesperidin, neohesperidin and citrinin. Phosphorylhesperidin contained in Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae can reduce serum cholesterol of experimental hyperlipidemia in rabbits, and can obviously alleviate and improve its main atherosclerotic lesions.
lotus leaf
Lotus leaf, which can be used as medicine and food, has good edible and medicinal value and has been valued by doctors in past dynasties. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that lotus leaf is flat and bitter in taste, and has the functions of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis, clearing brain, stopping bleeding and removing blood stasis, and reducing blood fat, and is suitable for heatstroke, hyperlipidemia, obesity, coronary heart disease, hypertension and various bleeding. Modern medical nutrition research shows that lotus leaves contain liensinine, nuciferine, thick nuciferine, papaverine, imperatorine, N- demethylnuciferine, D-N- methyl anisodamine, annonacine, Liriodendron, isoquercitrin, quercitrin, oxalic acid, malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid, gluconic acid, succinic acid and tannin. Animal experiments show that quercetin contained in lotus leaves can dilate coronary vessels and improve myocardial circulation.
In animal experiments, the lotus leaf extract and decoction can directly dilate blood vessels and moderately lower blood pressure. Clinical observation shows that lotus leaf can reduce blood lipid and cholesterol (Tc), and has good preventive and therapeutic effects on atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease and hypertension. Clinical observation report shows that 47 cases of hyperlipidemia complicated with hypertension were treated with Lotus Leaf Decoction for 3 weeks, and the effective rate of lowering cholesterol was over 90%.
235 cases of hyperlipidemia were treated with lotus leaf soup or extract in a medical institution in Shanghai. The results showed that the effective rate of lowering serum cholesterol was 55.8% ~ 9 1.3%, the effective rate of lowering B- lipoprotein was 79. 1%, and the average cholesterol was1.01mmol/L. (Lotus leaf should be used to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia, obesity, coronary heart disease and hypertension.
China Sophora japonica bud
Sophora japonica, also known as Sophora japonica, is both food and medicine, which can not only bring happiness to people, but also help people to live longer.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Sophora japonica is slightly cold and bitter in taste. It enters the liver and gallbladder meridians, and has the functions of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, clearing liver and purging fire, removing fat and lowering blood pressure. It is suitable for red eyes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, urine and urine bleeding, diabetes and so on. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that Sophora japonica contains rutin, triterpenoid saponins, Sophora japonica A, Sophora japonica B, Sophora japonica C, quercetin, quercitrin and tannin. The above components contained in Sophora japonica not only have obvious blood pressure lowering effect, but also have the functions of protecting capillaries, dilating coronary arteries and improving myocardial circulation. According to animal pharmacological experiments, Sophora japonica liquid, Sophora japonica tincture, etc. It also has the effect of significantly reducing cholesterol content.
gynostemma pentaphyllum
Gynostemma pentaphyllum is also called Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Gynostemma pentaphyllum and tea tree. It is both edible and medicinal, and has good edible and medicinal value. Chinese medicine believes that Gynostemma pentaphyllum is light and slightly bitter. Entering the spleen, stomach and lung meridians, it has the functions of invigorating qi and spleen, strengthening body resistance and resisting cancer, resolving phlegm and turbidity, and lowering blood fat and blood pressure, and is suitable for asthenia, cancer, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease and hypertension. Modern medical nutrition research points out that Gynostemma pentaphyllum is rich in nutrients, including gypenoside, Phytolacca acinosa and other flavonoids; It contains 18 amino acids such as glucose, galactose, oligosaccharide, aspartic acid, threonine and serine. It contains vitamin C, vitamin PP and 23 mineral elements such as iron, zinc, copper and manganese.
Animal pharmacological studies show that 0.5% and 0.25% of Gynostemma pentaphyllum aqueous extract can significantly reduce total cholesterol (Tc) and triglyceride (TG) in serum and liver of rats. When hyperlipidemia was induced by feeding rats with high-fat diet for 7 weeks, the average concentration of total cholesterol in blood was 4. 12 mmol/L, and the average concentration of triglyceride was 2.66. However, after adding gypenosides100 mg/kg every day for 7 weeks, the average concentrations of cholesterol and triglyceride decreased to 2.79 mmol/L and 1.74 mmol/L, respectively, and the difference was very significant (P
glossy ganoderma
Ganoderma lucidum, commonly known as Ganoderma lucidum, is regarded as a symbol of good luck and beauty. It is regarded as medicine and food of the same origin, can cure all diseases, is a life-saving fairy grass, can "revive the dead" and even rejuvenate people, so it is also called "eternal grass" and "immortal grass". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Ganoderma lucidum is warm and bitter, and has the functions of invigorating qi, relieving annoyance, nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing heart and calming nerves, and relieving cough.