Mustard greens, also known as snow greens, is the young stem and leaves of cruciferous plant mustard, pungent and warm in nature, belonging to the lung, spleen and stomach meridian. It has the function of diuretic and diarrhea, expelling wind and dispersing blood, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Mustard, up to 150 cm, young stems and leaves with prickly hairs, spicy flavor. Stem erect, leaf blade stalk with small lobes, lower stem leaves smaller, the edge of the notch or teeth, upper stem leaves narrow lanceolate, the edge of the inconspicuous sparse teeth or entire.

Racemes terminal, prolonged after flowering, flowers yellow, sepals yellowish, oblong-elliptic, erect spreading. Petals obovate, long horned fruit linear, seeds globose, purple-brown. flowers in March-May, fruits in May-June. Pictured:

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Mustard role:

1, to prevent constipation. Mustard greens are rich in dietary fiber, can prevent and control constipation, especially for the elderly as well as habitual constipation has a lot of benefits;

2, eyesight, mustard greens in the carotene can be converted into vitamin A in the body, has the role of eyesight, generally can be used as ophthalmology patients with one of the best therapeutic food;

3, beauty and skin care. Mustard greens in the content of vitamin C is relatively high, a meal consumption of cover greens can meet the human body needs a day of vitamin C content of 50%, and vitamin C has the effect of beauty and skin care.

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