Cilantro generally refers to coriander.

Medicinal value:

Coriander is warm and pungent in nature, with the efficacy of sweating through the rash, eliminating food and qi, waking up the spleen and the middle, the main treatment for the measles at the beginning of the poor transmittance, food stagnation, gastrointestinal disorders, prolapse and other diseases. Coriander is pungent, can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help to open the stomach and wake up the spleen, and harmonize the middle Jiao; coriander extract has a significant sweating, clearing heat through the rash, its special flavor can stimulate the secretion of sweat glands, prompting the body to sweat, through the rash.

Edible value:

The young stems and fresh leaves of coriander have a special flavor, often used as a garnish for dishes, flavor products, is one of the best vegetables that people like to eat.

Coriander contains a lot of volatile oil, its special aroma is volatile oil emitted. It can get rid of the fishy taste of meat, so in some dishes with some cilantro, that can play a fishy, increase the flavor of the unique effect. Cilantro extract has significant sweating and clearing heat through the rash function, its special flavor can stimulate the secretion of sweat glands, prompting the body sweating, through the rash. Another and stomach regulating effect, is because of cilantro pungent ascending scattered, can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, with the role of appetizing and waking up the spleen.

Nutrition:

Cilantro (coriander) is rich in nutrients, containing vitamin C, carotene, vitamin B1, B2, etc., but also rich in minerals such as calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, etc., and its volatile oil containing mannitol, sunflower aldehyde, nonanal, and linalool, etc., can be open to wake up the spleen. Cilantro also contains potassium malate and so on.

Cilantro (coriander) contains more vitamin C than ordinary vegetables, the average person consumes 7 to 10 grams of cilantro leaves to meet the body's demand for vitamin C; cilantro contains carotene than tomatoes, beans, cucumbers and so on more than 10 times higher.