According to Zhao Xuemin's Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty, cactus is light and cold, and has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and relieving pain, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, calming the nerves and inducing diuresis. It can be used for internal and external use to treat various diseases. 18th century, that is, 150-200 years ago, people found that it had the function of lowering blood sugar and blood fat. With the development of medical research, experts found that eating cactus can promote metabolism, improve human immunity, enhance liver function and pancreatic function, reduce blood sugar, cholesterol and blood fat, increase heart function, prevent heart disease and arteriosclerosis, detoxify, nourish skin and detoxify, enhance gastrointestinal function, and eliminate constipation, especially for gastritis, colitis, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, gallstones and urinary calculi. With the improvement of living standard, the deterioration of living environment and the aging of population, human beings are facing the challenge of increasing patients with senile diseases, rich diseases, difficult diseases and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. On the other hand, it can be used for dizziness, stomachache, hematemesis, mumps, cervical lymph node tuberculosis, heart and stomach carbuncle, dysentery, cough, sore throat, lung carbuncle, furuncle, snake and other diseases. Studies have found that even if cactus is used alone, once it is used with other ingredients, it will show some effects, especially when it is decomposed and metabolized in the body. In particular, the report that cactus has anti-cancer and anti-tumor effects has aroused people's attention to eating cactus, a super healthy dish in 2 1 century.
Pharmacopoeia abstracts
Compendium of Materia Medica: Cactus is light and cold, and has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and pain, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, calming nerves and diuresis.
"Lingnan Materia Medica Collection": Cactus is baked and ironed, which is used to treat the first breast abscess.
Medicinal diet menu
Ingredients: edible cactus, a chicken.
Method: gut the chicken, wash and cut into pieces, add water to the pot, and put the chicken pieces into the pot; After boiling, skim off the floating foam, add pepper, aniseed, onion and ginger, and cover the pot. Simmer until cooked. Add some salt to taste, pick out onion, ginger, pepper and aniseed, sprinkle with cactus slices and take them out.
Features: Chicken soup is mellow, slightly sour and nutritious.
Other drug effects
Edible cactus hangover relief treasure
The appraisal results of authoritative departments show that edible cactus is rich in nutrition, protein, minerals, vitamins, amino acids, carotene and more than 20 kinds of energetic and healthy elements. Suitable for all kinds of people. Edible cactus is low in sugar and fat, does not contain any stimulants and harmful substances, and basically does not contain oxalic acid in ordinary vegetables, effectively avoiding calcium loss caused by calcium oxalate. In addition, because cactus has strong vitality, there is no need to apply any chemical fertilizer and toxic pesticide residues during its growth. It can be said that the edible cactus in Mibangta is an all-natural "green vegetable" with zero pollution, which is of great help to sober up.
According to "New Scientist" magazine, scientists have found that eating cactus fruit contains a substance that can obviously relieve symptoms such as nausea, headache, dry mouth and loss of appetite after drunkenness. Jeff Weiss, an expert in university of new orleans, said: Our research is to find out the causes and dangers of drunkenness, not to encourage people to drink more.
Weiss's research team conducted related experiments on 55 adult young men aged 2 1 to 35. Five hours before preparing to drink, scientists asked some people to take drugs extracted from edible cactus fruit. These men can drink freely for more than four hours after dinner, and scientists are responsible for sending them home when they are drunk. Two weeks later, the same experiment was carried out again. By examining the protein alcohol reaction in their liver, it was found that the symptoms of drug users were at least half less than those of non-drug users. (mountain wind)
Surgical diseases: paronychia, tenosynovitis, hemorrhoid, lymphadenopathy, acute cellulitis, phlebitis, local redness and inflammation at the injection site, traumatic infection, traumatic itching, nameless swelling and pain, diabetic foot, furuncle and carbuncle, palm-penetrating therapy (plantar psychotherapy), deep plantar abscess, swelling, furuncle, erysipelas. ...
Medical diseases: hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular diseases, cough (hot cough), cold, cough, cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, hot cough, whooping cough, supraventricular tachycardia and tracheal asthma. ...
Gastrointestinal diseases: stomachache, peptic ulcer, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, elderly gastric ulcer, viral enteritis, acute bacillary dysentery. ...
Treat pediatric diseases: mumps, mumps and alopecia in children. ...
Gynecological diseases: acute mastitis, breast pain, acute mastitis, cervicitis and cervical cancer. ...
Others: liver cirrhosis, headache, insomnia, mumps, abdominal pain, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, obesity, palpitation and insomnia, toothache, bronchial asthma, hangover, dog bite and snake bite. ..
Practical folk prescription
1. Treatment of mumps: cactus 250g, gypsum 100g. Mix them and mash them into paste for external use. Then put a plastic bag or vegetable leaf on the medicine to prevent the medicine from drying due to rapid evaporation of water. Change the water as soon as it dries. 2. Treatment of tinea manuum: Fresh cactus is suitable. Mash the juice and apply it to the affected area. 2 ~ 3 times a day. 3. Treating epilepsy with brain pain: 500 grams of cactus and 500 grams of rice each. Two kinds of mashed powders and steamed cakes were divided into 12 portions, 3 portions a day, and 5 doses in a row. 4. Treatment of stomachache: cactus stem 65438+ Cyperus tuber 05g each, decocted in water. Take it twice, daily 1 dose, for 3 ~ 5 days. 5. Treatment of headache: remove the cactus, cut it into 2 pieces, sprinkle a little salt on the side, mix well, wrap it in wet paper, tie it with fine iron wire, simmer it in the fire until it is 80% mature, and stick the side on the forehead and neck and fix it with adhesive tape. For half an hour at a time, it can be used continuously. 6. Treatment of bald sores on the head: 500 grams of cactus, dried and ground, mixed with tea oil to wipe the affected area. Fried cactus with green pepper
Ingredients: edible cactus 250g, green pepper * * * 15g. 50g of edible oil, 8g of refined salt, 2g of monosodium glutamate, and a little shredded onion and ginger.
Production method: Wash cactus, remove thorns and cut into silk. Wash cactus with green pepper and shred it. Heat the pan, add oil, add green pepper, cactus, salt and monosodium glutamate, stir-fry until fragrant, and serve.
Features: sour, spicy, salty and fragrant.
Crispy fried cactus
Ingredients: cactus, egg white, etc.
Production method: remove the prickles from the cactus, clean it, cut it into 4-5 cm long strips, add cheese and salt, sprinkle with white sugar and monosodium glutamate, mix well, coat it with egg white, fry it in boiling oil, and put it on a plate.
Features: crispy outside and tender inside, fresh and delicious.
Cactus slippery eggs
Ingredients: cactus, eggs.
How to make it: Wash the cactus, remove the thorns, put it in a slightly larger bowl, fry the eggs for seven minutes, and then add the cactus to fry until cooked.
Features: yellow and green, pleasing to the eye and delicious.
Cactus iron plate beef tenderloin
Ingredients: beef tenderloin 200g, cactus 50g, onion 50g, vegetable oil150g, refined salt 4g, soy sauce10g, cooking wine 5g, monosodium glutamate 3g, ginger juice 3g and starch 20g.
Production method:
1. Slice beef, add salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, monosodium glutamate and water starch, and mix well.
2, the cactus is pricked, the slope knife is cut into pieces, and the onion is sliced for use; Ginger juice, cooking wine, salt and monosodium glutamate are paired into fermented juice for later use.
3. Heat the wok, add 100g vegetable oil, heat it to 80%, slide in the marinated beef slices, and stir-fry until it changes color and becomes tender.
4. Heat the iron plate on the fire, add a small amount of vegetable oil, add onion and cactus, stir fry slightly, add beef, cook the juice and cover slightly.
5. Sprinkle some cactus slices and drizzle with sesame oil before serving.
Production key: the oil temperature of beef tenderloin should be tender, ginger juice should be mixed well, and iron plate should be heated.
Features: beautiful appearance, refreshing taste and full of spicy taste.
Cactus mixed with tofu
Ingredients: 250g of tofu, 0/50g of cactus/kloc.
Accessories: cooked vegetable oil 10g, refined salt 2g, monosodium glutamate 2g.
Method: Wash cactus, remove thorns, cut it into dices, then cut tofu into small pieces, and add refined salt, monosodium glutamate and cooked vegetable oil to taste.
Production key: seasoning can be prepared according to personal taste.
Features: fresh, tender, fragrant and beautiful.
Mushroom cactus
Ingredients: 500g cactus, 0/5g shiitake mushroom/kloc-,50g water-soaked winter bamboo shoots.
Accessories: 20g of cooked peanut oil, 5g of sesame oil/kloc-0, 6g of refined salt, 2g of monosodium glutamate, 20g of cooking wine, 4g of fresh ginger and 20g of water starch.
Method: soak the mushrooms in water, take them out, remove the roots, wash them, slice them, put aside the original pulp for precipitation, and pour it into another bowl for later use. The cactus was punctured and sliced. Peel and chop ginger into fine powder, and soak in water to get juice. Put the wok on the fire, add salt, monosodium glutamate, mushrooms and bamboo shoots, simmer on low heat until it tastes good, add cactus slices, pour water starch to collect juice, and add sesame oil to stir well.
The key to production: simmer with low fire, and finally add cactus and stir fry.
Features: black and white, pleasing to the eye and delicious.
knack for cooking
Yi Ming, not muddy said.
Cactus is not only an ornamental plant, but also a fashionable food for all ages in Xian Yi. Don't use too much oil when cooking. Among all kinds of edible oils, salad oil is the best, and high-quality vegetable oil or soybean oil is also acceptable. Generally, animal oil should not be eaten more. When cooking, we should use less pungent spices to keep the color and flavor of cactus dishes.
When buying vegetable cactus, you should choose tender slices that grow for 15~35 days, with light green color, little or no thorns, shiny skin, no wrinkles and appropriate palm size. Tender slices can be stored for 15 days at room temperature, and can be kept fresh for 40 days in the refrigerator. Cooking cactus should first remove the small thorns, which can be easily removed by choosing a sharp thin kitchen knife; If the cactus is old, you can peel it properly, which will taste better.
Special note: with good recipes and good cooking skills, you can't make delicious cactus dishes without pretreatment. Because there is more mucus in cactus, it will affect the shape and taste of the dish. After shredding and slicing, you can marinate it with salt first, 15 minutes later, rinse it with water, and then cook it. Another way is to scald it with a proper amount of baking soda and salt, which can also effectively reduce the mucus and sour taste secreted by the cut part of the palm, and the taste will be better.
It is worth noting that not all cacti can be eaten, and some wild cacti can't be eaten, so pay attention when purchasing.
Recommended recipes:
Cactus fried shrimp, Cactus jiaozi, Cactus stuffed with bean curd, Cactus fried belly silk, Cactus pickles, Cactus salad, Cactus milkshake.
nutritional ingredient
Edible cactus is rich in protein, minerals, vitamins, carotene and 18 amino acids. 1In July, 1999, the Germplasm Improvement Laboratory of National Vegetable System Engineering Technology Research Center pointed out that Opuntia milpa alta is rich in nutrients such as potassium, calcium, copper, iron, manganese and strontium, while the content of heavy metal elements such as sodium ion is low, and it does not contain oxalic acid. Flavonoids (rutin and quercetin) are initially seen, which is a vegetable with development potential. According to the pharmaceutical research report of the Institute of Medicinal Plants of China Academy of Medical Sciences, the Mexican cactus varieties introduced from China have certain hypoglycemic effect, and the effect of lowering blood cholesterol and triglyceride is obvious. Moreover, the unique components in its tissues, such as Gynostemma pentaphyllum, Polygonatum sibiricum and Hibiscus, can also enhance human immunity.
The medicinal use of cactus in China is passed down by the people through long-term experience, and has been utilized and developed. Cactus was first used as medicine in Zhao Xuemin's Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty. It is recorded in the book that cactus tastes light and cold, and has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Strengthening the spleen, stopping diarrhea, calming the nerves and inducing diuresis can be used for oral administration and external use to treat various diseases. "Guizhou folk prescription drug collection" contains: cactus is a stomach-strengthening and stomach-nourishing agent, which can also strengthen the spleen, relieve cough, soothe the nerves, and treat heartburn, snake injury and edema. Modern medical research shows that cactus can enhance human immunity and has certain curative effect on some cancers, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes. According to the World Health Organization, the incidence of cancer, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and diabetes in Mexico is the lowest in the world.
Edible taboo
Not all cacti can be eaten, and some wild cacti can't be eaten. Pay attention when purchasing.