There are more than 100 kinds of cultivated vegetables in our country, and there are nine types of vegetables that are common in daily life. Leafy vegetables are the representative of vegetables. Common cabbage, cabbage, cabbage, rape, etc. all belong to leafy vegetables.

Common vegetable types and names 1. Leafy vegetables: including cabbage, spinach, rape, cabbage, amaranth, leek, artemisia, coriander, mustard greens, kale, fennel, garlic sprouts, lettuce, water spinach, Pea tips, lettuce, white cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, shallots 2. Roots: including radish, potato, lotus root, sweet potato, yam, taro, wild rice, kohlrabi, arrowhead, onion, ginger, garlic, garlic sprouts, Chive flowers, green onions, leek 3. Melons and nightshades: including winter melon, pumpkin, zucchini, luffa, cucumber, eggplant, tomato, bitter melon, pepper, corn, small melon 4. Fresh beans: including edamame, peas, broad beans , lentils, cowpeas, green beans 5. Fungi: shiitake mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, fungus, white fungus, king oyster mushroom, mushroom

Types of vegetables that can relieve heat in summer

1 .Bitter melon

Bitter melon is native to East India and is widely cultivated in tropical to temperate regions of the world. It is commonly cultivated in both north and south China. The fruit tastes sweet and bitter. It is mainly used as vegetables and can also be candied. Bitter melon can relieve heat in the heart and eliminate toxins from the body. The best way to eat bitter melon is cold salad. Cold cooking can well retain the vitamins contained in bitter melon.

2. Luffa

It is widely cultivated in southern and northern China. It is also widely cultivated in temperate and tropical regions of the world. It grows wild in southern Yunnan, but the fruit is shorter and smaller. The fruit is a summer vegetable. When mature, the mesh fiber inside is called loofah. It can be used as a substitute for sponges for washing stoves and furniture. It can also be used for medicinal purposes and has the effects of cooling, diuresis, blood circulation, menstruation, and detoxification.

3. Cucumber

Cucumber is now widely grown in temperate and tropical areas. Cucumber is one of the main vegetables in summer in various parts of China. The stems and vines are used medicinally for their anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antispasmodic properties.

4. Tomatoes

One of the vegetables that people often eat in summer, eat more frozen tomatoes, mainly cold salad. Tomatoes are native to South America. They are fleshy and juicy, with yellow seeds and flowers and fruits in summer and autumn.

5. Wild rice

China is produced in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan, etc. The economic value of wild rice is high. After the stalk base and tender stems are parasitized by fungi, they become thick and tender, similar to bamboo shoots. They are called wild bamboo shoots (high bamboo shoots, wild rice white, water melon), and are delicious vegetables.

6. Eggplant

Eggplant is cultivated in all provinces of my country, and the fruit can be used as a vegetable. The roots, stems and leaves are used as medicine as astringents and diuretic, and the leaves can also be used as an anesthetic.

The seeds are used as a detumescent and stimulant, but they can easily cause stomach weakness and constipation. Eating the fruit raw can relieve food poisoning