White lentils, also known as lentils and southern lentils, are dried and mature seeds of leguminous plants. It is cultivated all over China, especially in Hebei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Jiangxi and Sichuan. The grain is big and full, and the white color is better. Lentils can be fried or boiled, pickled or made into pickles or dry barbecue. Shaanxi cookbook introduces how to eat fried lentil fish: marinate tender and flat pods with salt, dip them in egg batter and fry them in oil pan, which looks like fish. Dip in Chili to eat. Crispy and delicious.

Component function

White lentils contain protein, vitamin B, vitamin C, carotene, stachyose, maltose, raffinose, polysaccharide, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Seed fat oil contains palmitic acid, linoleic acid, stearic acid, etc.

Pharmacological action: it has inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae; It has detoxification effect on vomiting and acute gastroenteritis caused by food poisoning; It has inhibitory effect on mouse C0lumb 1aSK virus; In vitro experiments can inhibit the growth of tumor cells; In vitro experiments of phytohemagglutinin show that it can cause the agglutination reaction of malignant tumor cells, change the surface of tumor cells and then play a cytotoxic role, and promote lymphocyte transformation, thus enhancing the immunity to tumors.

Sexual and taste efficacy

White lentils are sweet and slightly warm. Enter the spleen and stomach meridian. Has the effects of invigorating spleen, eliminating dampness, harmonizing middle warmer and relieving summer heat. Indications: anorexia, abdominal distension, vomiting, diarrhea, loose stool, fatigue, and leukorrhagia caused by spleen and stomach weakness and damp-heat injury.

dosage

White lentils are decocted in water.

10-20g, or it can be made into pill powder for administration. Lentils are used for edema caused by spleen deficiency and water dampness, and can be ground or decocted alone. Raw lentils should be used to treat summer dampness; Those with spleen deficiency and dampness, indigestion, stir-fry incense.

Edible method

Bean porridge: 20 grams of tender lentils, 60 grams of japonica rice, 0/50 grams of yam/kloc, and 0/0 grams of red dates/kloc. Add water to cook porridge and sugar to eat. It has the effects of invigorating spleen and invigorating middle energizer, and is suitable for children with malnutrition, anorexia and emaciation.

Drug prescription

Xiangzi drink (prescription): 5g of Xiangzi, 5g of fried white lentils15g, 5g of Magnolia officinalis, decocted in water. Indications are gastrointestinal cold, fever headache, dysphoria due to cold and heat, thirst and polydipsia, heartburn, anorexia, vomiting and diarrhea in summer.

Matters needing attention

1. White lentils should not be used for patients with excessive heat toxicity and diarrhea.

Eating white lentils raw in large doses for a long time can cause poisoning, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and in severe cases, it can cause arrhythmia poisoning symptoms. Therefore, white lentils must be thoroughly fried and cooked, and it is safer to decoct in water 1 hour or more.