Toona sinensis leaves are thick and tender with red edges, just like agate and jade. Rich in flavor and nutrition, far higher than other vegetables.
Nutritional analysis
Toona sinensis is a famous seasonal product, which contains volatile aromatic organic compounds such as toosendanin, which can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite. Containing vitamin E and sex hormones, it has the functions of anti-aging, strengthening yang and nourishing yin, so it has the reputation of "helping pregnancy". Toona sinensis has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis and detoxifying, and is a good medicine for adjuvant treatment of enteritis, dysentery and urinary system infection. The volatile smell of Toona sinensis can penetrate the epidermis of Ascaris lumbricoides, so that Ascaris lumbricoides can not adhere to the intestinal wall and be excreted, which can be used to treat Ascariasis. Toona sinensis is rich in vitamin C and carotene. , help to enhance the body's immune function and lubricate the skin. It is a good food for health care and beauty.
Related population
The general population can eat it.
1. A good medicine for adjuvant treatment of enteritis, dysentery and urinary system infection;
2. Toona sinensis is a hair product. Eating more is easy to induce the recurrence of chronic diseases. Patients with chronic diseases should eat less or not.
manufacture order
1. Before cooking, blanch the washed Toona sinensis with boiling water. Toona sinensis will be fragrant, crisp and tender, and it will be more distinctive if used to mix tofu and copy eggs.
2. Toona sinensis buds are better in front of Grain Rain. They should be eaten early and fresh. After Grain Rain, their dietary fiber is aging and tasteless, and their nutritional value will be greatly reduced.
food therapy
Toona sinensis tastes bitter, astringent and flat, and enters the liver, stomach and kidney meridians.
Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach, regulating qi, moistening skin, improving eyesight, killing insects, astringing, and stopping dysentery and metrorrhagia.
Indications: sore poison, alopecia, red eyes, cough due to lung heat, etc.
It can also be used for treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery, hemorrhoids and hematochezia, metrorrhagia and leucorrhea, tinea sores, scabies and furuncle.
Other related
There are many records about Toona sinensis in pre-Qin literature. Zhuangzi has the saying that "there was a big Chinese toon in ancient times, and eight thousand years is the spring and autumn period", so it is still called "spring longevity" for those who live long.
Edible records began to appear in Tang Materia Medica and Dietotherapy Materia Medica in the Tang Dynasty. According to "Dietotherapy Materia Medica", "Toona sinensis shoots eat more wind and smoke the twelve meridians and five internal organs, which makes people sleepy. If you often eat with pork and hot noodles, it will be full in the middle and cover the meridians. It is not advisable to overeat.
There are more records in Qing dynasty. There is a folk saying that "there is Toona sinensis in front of the door, and spring vegetables are always in bloom", and there is a saying that "Toona sinensis buds are tender and silky before the rain". It is also a good dish in early spring, and it is also available in the city market in spring.
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China is the only country in the world where Toona sinensis leaves germinate. Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, southern Hunan and northern Guangxi are all cultivated, among which Taihe Toona sinensis in Anhui is the most famous.
Toona sinensis generally began to sprout around Tomb-Sweeping Day, and it was listed in large quantities in early spring. Toona sinensis head can be divided into green buds and red buds because of its different qualities. Green shoots are blue-green, with good quality and strong fragrance, which is an important edible variety; Red buds are reddish brown, with rough texture and poor flavor.
According to reports, common wild vegetables are shepherd's purse, Malantou, Toona sinensis and bracken. Eating some in moderation is good for your health, and there is also a saying among the people that shepherd's purse is a panacea. But eating wild vegetables depends on the target, because most of them are alkaline and have certain stimulation to the stomach. Some people are afraid of the cold and can't digest well in their stomachs. Eating wild vegetables will cause physical discomfort, and people with "three highs" will eat better.