Lettuce is usually a seasonal vegetable in April. Lettuce is also called Euphorbia, lettuce, borage, green bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots. It is an annual or biennial herb in Compositae. Lettuce is sold in the market all year round, and the main producing areas are Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Taiwan Province and other places.

What is lettuce like?

The whole stem of lettuce is erect, and the upper part is conical. All the stems and branches are white. The basal leaves and lower stems and leaves are large and unbroken, oblanceolate, oval or elliptical. The basal leaves hold the stem in an arrow shape, and the two sides of the leaves are hairless.

Lettuce practice

1, cold salad

Peel the lettuce with a planer, shred it with a shredder, and marinate it with 5g salt for about half an hour. Squeeze the pickled lettuce fully, add onion oil, half a teaspoon of salt and sugar and mix well. You can use sesame oil or olive oil instead of scallion oil.

2, lettuce fried meat

Slice pork, add a little salt, chicken powder, white pepper and a little cooking wine, and marinate for later use; All carrots, lettuce and garlic are sliced; Heat oil in a pan, add carrots and garlic slices, stir-fry carrots slightly, add meat slices and stir-fry until 80% cooked, add lettuce slices, add a little fresh soy sauce and a little salt, and stir-fry until cooked.

Efficacy and function of lettuce

1, lowering blood pressure

Lettuce is a vegetable with high potassium and low sodium. Every100g of lettuce contains 212mg of potassium and 36.5mg of sodium. Potassium is an essential element to maintain human life. It can dilate arteries, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, promote urinary sodium excretion, reduce cardiovascular burden, reduce arterial wall thickening in patients with hypertension, and achieve the purpose of lowering blood pressure.

2, diuresis and lactation

Lettuce is rich in potassium ion, which is 27 times that of sodium salt, which is beneficial to the balance of water and electrolyte in the body and promotes urination. Lettuce contains more nicotinic acid, which can increase milk secretion and is an important member of pregnant women's diet.