In Jiangsu, Zhejiang called "potherb mustard", "nine mustard", "roasted vegetables", in Hunan, Hubei called "row of vegetables ".

Guang Qunfang Spectrum-Vegetable Spectrum V: "Four Ming has a dish called potherb mustard, deep snow, the vegetables freeze damage, this dish is only green." It is said that this dish in the snow when the anti-Mao, so the name.

Translation: There is a kind of vegetable called potherb mustard in Simei, the snow is deep, all the vegetables are frozen, only this kind of vegetable is green and luxuriant.

The snowy vegetable is the young stem and leaves of mustard in the family of cruciferous plants, with a cool flavor and belonging to the lung, spleen and stomach meridians. It is diuretic and antidiarrheal, dispels wind and blood, and reduces swelling and pain.

Effects and Indications: detoxification and swelling, appetizer and food, warming the middle and relieving qi. It is also used to improve the eyesight and diaphragm.

The main treatment of sores and carbuncle swelling and pain, chest septum fullness, cough and phlegm, ear and eye deafness, swollen gums, constipation and other diseases. It is a commonly used folk medicine. It can be applied externally or eaten internally.

Nutritional value

1, appetizing and digestion

Snow pickle has a special flavor and aroma, can promote gastric and intestinal digestive function, enhance appetite, can be used to appetizing, help digestion.

2, brain refreshing

Snow beet contains a large number of ascorbic acid, is very active reducing substances, involved in the body of the important redox process, can increase the oxygen content of the brain, stimulate the brain to the use of oxygen, brain refreshing, fatigue effect.

3, eyesight diaphragm, wide bowel laxative

The snowy vegetable organization is coarse and hard, containing carotene and a large number of edible fiber, so there is a bright eyesight and wide bowel laxative effect, can be used as a therapeutic food for ophthalmology patients, but also to prevent and control constipation, especially for the elderly and habitual constipation consumption.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia, "Snowy Reds"