Speaking of green onions, everyone must be familiar with them. They are often seen in the kitchen and on the dining table. In addition to being used as a condiment and side dish, scallions were also included in the "Baidong Decoction" by the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing to dispel cold and relieve yang. Scallions were also used in the medical prescriptions of later generations.

The role of green onions

Green onions are grown in various parts of our country, with Shandong producing the most and having the best quality. After digging, cut off the fibrous roots and leaves, peel off the outer skin, and you will get the green onion.

The use of scallion white as medicine was first recorded in the "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", which listed it as a middle-grade product.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" calls onion stems white, coriander, cabbage, and deer fetus. Scallion white is pungent and warm in nature, and returns to the lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of sweating, relieving the surface, dispersing cold and unblocking yang. It is mainly used to treat external wind-cold, yin-cold in the interior, blocking yang from the outside, weak pulse, and syncope.

Indications:

1. Sweating and relieving the surface - treating mild colds and colds

? Scallions and whites are spicy, can relieve the surface, and can induce sweating and relieve the symptoms. However, its sweating power is weak. It can be used alone to treat mild colds, colds, fever and chills, or it can be used together with light tempeh. Commonly used prescription: scallion and black soya bean soup ("Elbow Reserve Emergency Recipe"), consisting of 3-7 white scallions and 30g of light black soya bean.

? For mild symptoms of wind-cold cold, such as fever, body aches and pains, aversion to cold, no sweat, stuffy nose, and runny nose, local materials can be used, such as boiling water with ginger, scallions, cinnamon twigs, and brown sugar. Effect.

2. Dispersing cold and promoting yang - the syndrome of excessive yin and yang, cold in the lower abdomen

? Scallion white is used for yin-cold internal yang and external symptoms such as abdominal pain, and for clearing grains. , convulsions of hands and feet (cold convulsions), weak pulse. To support yang and relieve infertility, use aconite, dried ginger and scallions, that is, the prescription: Baitong Decoction ("Treatise on Febrile Diseases"), consisting of four scallions, one or two dried ginger, and one aconite (raw, peeled, and broken into eight pieces) .

? Cold and qi blockage caused by cold and condensation will cause cold pain in the abdomen. This product is stir-fried and applied externally to the navel, which has a certain effect of dispersing cold and promoting yang.

? Urinary obstruction caused by loss of bladder pneumatization, such as being exposed to rain, catching cold, craving for a moment of pleasure, and eating cold drinks may lead to urinary obstruction or frequent urination. You can use scallion hot compress or scallion mixed with it. Apply hot compress with coarse salt.

3. Detoxify and dissipate stagnation - general external use, treatment of carbuncle and boils

? It can be used for common clinical carbuncles and boils. Generally, it can be used alone, crushed and applied externally to achieve certain results.

? For carbuncles and boils caused by Yang poison, because this product is pungent and warm, it is recommended to use external application of heat-clearing and detoxifying drugs. If the symptoms of heat poisoning (redness, swelling, heat and pain) are severe, scallions can be mashed together with dandelion, ground bark, aloe vera, etc. and applied externally to clear away heat, detoxify, eliminate carbuncles and expel pus, and often have good results.

If the carbuncle is caused by poison, the carbuncle will feel a little cold to the touch but not very painful. There will be no redness, swelling, heat or pain. You can use scallion white alone.

Notes:

1. Scallion white is pungent and warm, and can dispel wind and cold. People with superficial deficiency and excessive sweating should avoid using it or use it with caution.

2. While taking green onions, generally do not eat honey. Scallions are generally not used together with rehmannia glutinosa and turtle shell.

The magical effects of scallions

Prevent and treat colds and colds

If you accidentally catch a cold in cold weather, you can use scallions, ginger, and brown sugar, decoct them in water and take them ; Or take 5 scallions and 10 grams of light tempeh, decoct them in water and take them; you can also use several scallions, mash them, take the juice and drop it into your nose, once a day, 2 drops each time. When accompanied by a cough, you can boil 1 green onion, 1 pear, and 30 grams of sugar in water, eat green onions, pears, and drink soup.

Relieve the symptoms of rhinitis

Many patients with chronic rhinitis suffer from nasal congestion in winter. At this time, you can take a small handful of green onion, chop it into water and decoct it, and smoke your nose with steam for 30 minutes. Or mash the green onions to extract the juice, infiltrate it into absorbent cotton, and stuff the cotton wool into the nasal cavity. Consistent use of this method can relieve the symptoms of nasal congestion.

Relieves stomach pain

People with stomach problems will always have stomach pain due to cold in winter. There is also a solution to this problem by using scallion.

The specific method is: take 30 grams of scallions, add 5 grams of ginger, mash and stir-fry, wrap it with a cloth, and apply it to the stomach while it is hot to achieve analgesic effect.

Urination

If the elderly have difficulty urinating, you can take a section of green onion and 25 grams of alum, mash them together and apply them on the navel. Or chop green onion, add an equal amount of salt and stir-fry, wrap it in cloth, and hot iron the navel and lower abdomen once a day.

Recommended dietary soups

Erbai Soup

Ingredients: 15 grams of green onion, 30 grams of white radish, and 3 grams of coriander.

Method: Wash the above ingredients, add appropriate amount of water to boil, and drink while hot.

Efficacy: Scallions can help relieve the symptoms, clear up yang, and detoxify; white radish can help reduce qi and digestion, remove phlegm and moisturize the lungs, detoxify and promote fluid production, diuresis and laxative; coriander, also known as "coriander", also helps digestion It can lower Qi, dispel wind and detoxify, etc.

Suitable groups: People who have close contact with influenza patients, and the general population can also drink it appropriately for prevention.

Green onion glutinous rice porridge

Ingredients: 5 sections of green onion, 10 grams of ginger, 50 grams of glutinous rice, 5 ml of rice vinegar.

Method: Wash the first 3 ingredients and cook them into porridge. After the porridge is cooked, add rice vinegar. Take it while it is hot, twice a day.

Efficacy: It has the effect of dispersing cold, relieving the surface, and warming the middle.