For example, in Africa, Indian subcontinent and Indonesia, it is planted in the north and south of China, and grows on the roadside, in front of the house, beside the ditch, etc. There are two kinds of flat beancurd, and the pods are green and white, light green, pink or purple. Young pods are used as vegetable food, and white flowers and seeds are used as medicine, which has the effects of relieving summer heat, removing dampness, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea.
Characteristics of lentil horn
Lentils are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, dietary fiber, provitamin A, vitamin B 1. vitamin B2, vitamin C, cyanosides, tyrosinase, etc. Lentils are especially rich in B vitamins, in addition, there are phospholipids, sucrose, glucose, and lentils are sweet, flat and sweet.
Mild and yellowish in color, which is most suitable for spleen. It has the effects of invigorating spleen, harmonizing middle warmer, benefiting qi, eliminating dampness, and relieving summer heat. It is mainly used for treating spleen deficiency with dampness, eating less loose stool, excessive leukorrhagia, vomiting, diarrhea and muscle twitching due to summer heat and dampness. In addition, lentils also contain hemagglutinin, which is a protein substance and can increase the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid.
It can inhibit the immune response and the movement of white blood cells and lymphocytes, so it can activate the lymphocytes of tumor patients to produce lymphotoxin, which has non-specific damage to body cells, so it has a significant effect on regression of tumors. Cancer patients should often eat lentils, which has certain auxiliary dietotherapy effect. Lentils are fragrant but not stringy, mild in nature and yellowish in color, which is most suitable for spleen.