Uses: Chinese cabbage is also widely used in medicine. The earliest record is found in the back beam of Tao Hongjing's Notes on Materia Medica, saying that it "helps the stomach, relieves the troubles in the chest and quenches the thirst for wine". Li Mingzhizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records that it is "sweet and non-toxic, and can benefit the stomach and relieve boredom". The Compendium of Materia Medica of the Qing Dynasty also said that it was "sweet and nontoxic, beneficial to the stomach, relieving chest annoyance, quenching thirst and hangover, facilitating urination, harmonizing the middle energizer and relieving cough, especially winter juice". Modern discovery shows that it can prevent and treat colon cancer. There are many folk remedies for treating common diseases with Chinese cabbage. Such as cabbage root with onion and ginger to cure colds; Mashing Chinese cabbage and applying it to the affected area to treat allergic dermatitis; Chinese cabbage and pepper are boiled to wash feet and treat chilblain; Eat more cabbage to treat constipation.
Chinese cabbage is rich in nutrients, including sugar, fat, protein, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B 1 and vitamin B2. The contents of vitamin C and vitamin B2 are 5 times and 4 times higher than those of apples and pears, respectively. Trace element zinc is higher than meat and contains molybdenum which can inhibit the absorption of ammonium nitrite. Among them, vitamin C can increase the body's resistance to infection, and is used to prevent and treat scurvy, gingival bleeding and various acute and chronic infectious diseases. The cellulose contained in Chinese cabbage can enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce the retention time of feces in the body, help digestion and excretion, thus reducing the burden on liver and kidney and preventing the occurrence of various stomach diseases.
Chinese cabbage is rich in water content, up to 95%. When the weather is dry in winter, eating more cabbage can play a good role in nourishing yin, moistening dryness and caring skin. Chinese cabbage is rich in vitamins. Eating Chinese cabbage regularly can play an anti-oxidation and anti-aging role. Chinese cabbage is also rich in minerals such as calcium, zinc and selenium. Its dietary fiber is also very rich, which can play a role in relaxing bowels and promoting detoxification, and has a good effect on preventing intestinal cancer.
Pectin contained in Chinese cabbage can help the human body eliminate excess cholesterol. More importantly, Chinese cabbage also contains trace molybdenum, which can inhibit the generation and absorption of ammonium nitrite in human body and play a certain role in preventing cancer. In addition, cabbage itself contains very little heat, which will not cause heat storage. Cabbage also contains little sodium, which will not let the body store excess water and reduce the burden on the heart. Middle-aged and elderly people and obese people can also lose weight by eating more cabbage. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is slightly cold and non-toxic, nourishing the stomach, promoting fluid production, relieving annoyance and thirst, promoting diuresis and relaxing bowels, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. It is a good product for cooling, stopping diarrhea and tonifying. Can be used for treating common cold, fever and thirst, bronchitis, cough, dyspepsia, constipation, dysuria, chilblain, etc. In a word, Chinese cabbage is a good vegetable medicine for supplementing nutrition, purifying blood, dredging intestines and stomach, preventing diseases, promoting metabolism and benefiting human health. Suitable for everyone, each time 100g.