Efficacy and function of konjac
Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, resolving phlegm and softening hardness can promote blood circulation and removing blood stasis, detoxify and reduce swelling, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, and resolve phlegm and softening hardness. Indications: scrofula, excessive phlegm, traumatic injury, constipation, abdominal pain, sore throat and gum. In addition, Amorphophallus konjac also has the functions of supplementing calcium, balancing salt, clearing stomach, regulating intestine and expelling toxin.
The mucin contained in konjac can reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, prevent arteriosclerosis and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Lowering cholesterol konjac glucomannan can effectively inhibit the absorption of lipolytic substances such as cholesterol and bile acids in small intestine, promote fat excretion and reduce the total amount of triglycerides and cholesterol in serum.
Improve immunity, prevent and treat cancer konjac can improve human immunity, and the contained mannose anhydride can interfere with the metabolism of cancer cells, and the contained high-quality dietary fiber can stimulate the body to produce a substance that kills cancer cells. Drug sensitivity test is sensitive to cardiac cancer and colon cancer cells, and can eliminate phlegm, soften hardness, reduce swelling and detoxify, and can be used to treat diseases such as lump, sputum nucleus and lymph node nucleus, and can prevent and treat cancer.
Reduce the burden of pancreas, which is beneficial to diabetic patients. Amorphophallus konjac contains chromium, which can delay the absorption of glucose and effectively reduce postprandial blood sugar, thus reducing the burden on the pancreas, making the glucose metabolism of diabetic patients in a virtuous circle and keeping the blood sugar value within a certain range. It won't make blood sugar drop suddenly and cause hypoglycemia like some hypoglycemic drugs.
Amorphophallus konjac has the function of heat preservation. In ancient folk therapy, konjac was made into thermal insulation cloth to treat stomach pain and shoulder pain. Wrap the steamed konjac in a towel and put it on the affected area to relieve the pain.
Runchang laxative, reduce fat absorption. The fiber in Amorphophallus konjac can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, moisten the intestine to relieve constipation, prevent constipation, reduce the absorption of fat in the intestine, be beneficial to the treatment of intestinal diseases, and reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, which is of great significance for the prevention and treatment of hypertension and coronary atherosclerosis. Nicotinic acid, vitamins C and E contained in konjac can reduce the accumulation of cholesterol in the body, prevent arteriosclerosis and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Amorphophallus konjac is a low-calorie food, and the glucomannan contained in it will absorb water and expand, which can be increased to 30 ~ 100 times of the original volume, so it feels full after eating, which can be used to treat diabetes and is also an ideal diet food.
Detoxify its rich plant cellulose, help activate intestinal function, accelerate the excretion of harmful toxins in the body, and prevent and reduce the occurrence of intestinal system diseases.
A large amount of soluble plant fiber can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, reduce the retention time of harmful substances in gastrointestinal tract and gallbladder, effectively protect gastric mucosa and clean gastric wall.
Disease Prevention Natural mannan has been fully demonstrated by the medical community, which can inhibit cholesterol, reduce blood fat, lower blood sugar, dilate blood vessels, prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis, and has the effect of prolonging life.
Balanced salt Amorphophallus konjac has the function of regulating or balancing salt in the body. Nutrition proves that the daily intake of salt should be kept below 10g.
Calcium supplement 100 g konjac natural food contains about 43 mg of calcium, and more importantly, its calcium component is easily dissolved and absorbed by the human body. This calcium-rich product is also the first choice for calcium supplementation.
Nutritional value of Amorphophallus konjac
Some tubers of Amorphophallus konjac are rich in konjac polysaccharides, especially white Amorphophallus konjac and flower Amorphophallus konjac, with the content as high as 50-65%. Konjac polysaccharide, also known as konjac grape mannan, is a linear polymer compound composed of many mannoses and glucose connected by β- 1, 4- glycosidic bond. A certain number of acetyl groups are attached to some glycosyl side chains of its molecules. The molecular ratio of glucose to mannose is 1: 1.5- 1.7, and the molecular weight can reach 65438. These characteristics determine that konjac polysaccharide has many uses. In addition to medicine, konjac polysaccharide is also widely used in textile, printing and dyeing, cosmetics, ceramics, fire protection, environmental protection, military industry, oil exploitation and other fields. In addition, 30%-40% flying powder will be produced during the processing of konjac refined powder. Because fly powder also contains a certain amount of grape mannan, and fly powder is also a natural polymer compound with polyhydroxy compounds as the main body, it can be made into xanthate like starch to precipitate soluble heavy metal ions in wastewater. Glucomannan, the main component of konjac, is rich in dietary fiber, a variety of amino acids and trace elements, which is beneficial to human body if eaten regularly. Edible taboo of konjac
1. Raw konjac is poisonous and must be cooked for more than 3 hours before eating. People with indigestion should not eat too much at a time. People with skin diseases should eat less. 4, konjac cold, people with typhoid cold symptoms should eat less.