for thousands of years, boiled eggs with local dishes have become a popular seasonal food because of their simple preparation, rich nutrition, and the functions of dispelling wind and dampness, clearing fire, preventing spring fever, headache and lumbago and leg pain.

Tan Chao, an associate professor of internal medicine in the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, gave a detailed science popularization on how to eat boiled eggs scientifically. Ground vegetables, also known as "shepherd's purse", are very common in spring. Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse is sweet and cool, and it enters the liver, spleen and lung meridians, and has the effects of clearing heat and stopping bleeding, clearing the liver and improving eyesight, strengthening the spleen, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Shepherd's shepherd's purse can be used as medicine all over the grass, so when picking it, it must be rooted together, because the root of shepherd's shepherd's purse can "treat the pain in the eyes" and make the effect of ground vegetables more comprehensive.

In spring, bacterial viruses are easy to breed. Pharmacological studies show that hesperidin contained in shepherd's purse can diminish inflammation, resist bacteria and viruses, and increase the content of vitamin C in the body. In addition, shepherd's purse contains shepherd's purse acid, which can shorten the clotting time and help stop bleeding. People who often have bleeding gums and nose are very suitable for eating, but friends who need anticoagulation after surgery are not suitable for eating.

Capsella bursa-pastoris has a slender stem and is rich in crude fiber, which can enhance the peristalsis of human large intestine and promote fecal excretion, thus improving constipation and metabolism.

in addition, the extract of shepherd's purse can effectively dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure, which is beneficial to people with hypertension and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, but friends with low blood pressure are not suitable for eating more vegetables to cook eggs, so be careful to prevent dizziness caused by low blood pressure.

In addition, shepherd's purse contains ergot-like components, which have oxytocin-like effects and may cause obvious uterine contraction, so pregnant women should try not to eat ground vegetables to cook eggs.

Associate Professor Tan Chao reminds that cooking eggs with local dishes varies from place to place, and sometimes other ingredients are added. Here, special attention should be paid: when cooking eggs with local dishes, remember not to add salt, because the salty taste enters the kidney, while the local dishes originally enter the liver, spleen and lung meridians. Adding salt will greatly reduce its medicinal effect.

since you can't use salt, in order to make the vegetable soup more delicious, you can put a few red dates or a little brown sugar when cooking, which is delicious and enters the spleen. You can also add a little "spicy" food such as ginger, which can make the liver qi grow and better improve the discomfort of "spring sleep".

In order to strengthen the function of expelling wind and relieving pain, many people put maple balls (Passepartout) in cooking local dishes and eggs. Some people will pick up maple balls on the roadside and cook them together. In fact, the maple ball that fell to the ground and was picked up has died, and its medicinal value has been greatly reduced. It is best to pick Passepartout that is still hanging on the tree in winter.

it takes a long time for the fruit of passepartout to bear fruit. It is ripe in autumn and will not fall until the next spring. It is precisely because of its wind-resistant characteristics that passepartout manages wind evil and has a good effect of dispelling wind and dredging collaterals. Moreover, it can pass menstruation, so it is best not to put Passepartout when women eat vegetables and boil eggs during their menstrual period, otherwise it may cause more menstrual flow and even leakage.

[Editor: Hu Yuanyuan ]

[Source: Sanxiang Metropolis Daily]