The benefits of eating shepherd's purse
1, Capsella bursa-pastoris has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and detoxicating, lowering blood pressure and improving eyesight, and is mainly used for treating dysentery, edema, gonorrhea, chyluria, hematemesis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, menorrhagia, red eyes and swelling and pain.
2. Capsaicin contained in shepherd's purse is an effective hemostatic component, which can shorten the bleeding and coagulation time; It also contains aromatic muxi, which can reduce capillary permeability and treat capillary hemorrhage.
3. Shepherd's purse contains acetylcholine, sitosterol and quaternary ammonium compounds, which can not only reduce the contents of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood and liver, but also lower blood pressure.
4. Hesperidin contained in shepherd's purse has the functions of diminishing inflammation, resisting bacteria, enhancing vitamin C content in the body, resisting virus, preventing freezing and inhibiting aldehyde reductase in the lens of eyes, which is effective for diabetic cataract patients.
5, shepherd's purse contains a lot of crude fiber, which can enhance the peristalsis of the large intestine and promote fecal excretion, thereby enhancing metabolism and helping to prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, intestinal cancer and hemorrhoids.
Nutritional value of shepherd's purse;
1, shepherd's purse is rich in carotene. Because carotene is provitamin A, it is a good food to treat dry eye and night blindness.
2. The hemostatic capsaicin contained in shepherd's purse is an effective hemostatic component, which can shorten the bleeding and coagulation time; It also contains aromatic muxi, which can reduce capillary permeability and treat capillary hemorrhage.
3, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure Shepherd's purse contains acetylcholine, sitosterol and quaternary ammonium compounds, which can not only reduce the content of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood and liver, but also lower blood pressure.
4, anti-inflammatory and antiviral Hesperidin contained in shepherd's purse can be anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, has the effect of enhancing the content of vitamin C in the body, and can also be anti-virus, anti-freezing, and inhibit the aldehyde reductase of the eye lens, which is effective for diabetic cataract patients.
5. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer The thienone contained in shepherd's purse has anti-cancer effect.
6, promote fecal excretion shepherd's purse contains a lot of crude fiber, after eating, it can enhance the peristalsis of the large intestine, promote fecal excretion, thereby enhancing metabolism and helping to prevent hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, intestinal cancer and hemorrhoids.
How to choose shepherd's purse
The color is dark green (light green and tender green are shedding species). The roots are thick and bearded (a bit like ginseng). The flowers are a little old, so it's better not to.
Making skills of shepherd's purse
Can be decocted in soup, stir-fried, wrapped in jiaozi for eating, or taken into pills and smashed for external application.
Preservation method of shepherd's purse
2 days, clean shepherd's purse in the refrigerator to keep fresh, take it with you.
For long-term storage, the shepherd's purse is selected and cleaned, cooked in a pot, immediately put in cold water after taking out, squeezed out the water in the cold shepherd's purse by hand, then packed in plastic bags and put in the frozen layer of the refrigerator.
Suitable constitution of shepherd's purse
Peace constitution;
The general population can eat it.
What are the taboos for eating shepherd's purse?
First, choose shepherd's purse without flowers, which is tender, smooth and delicious. The quality of the selected rolling wood in the market is poor. The root of shepherd's purse has the highest medicinal value, so it is not advisable to go to shepherd's purse when making dietotherapy prescriptions.
Second, shepherd's purse should not be cooked for a long time. Too long will destroy its nutrients and turn yellow.
Third, shepherd's purse can relieve constipation, so people in loose stool should eat it carefully.
Fourth, people with weak constitution can't eat shepherd's purse.
Fifth, finally, it is suggested not to add garlic, ginger and cooking wine to taste, so as not to destroy the clear fragrance of shepherd's purse itself.