Okra, which has been listed as the best green food in the new century in the United States, Britain and other countries, is called "Olympic vegetable" because it has been designated as the first choice vegetable for athletes in many countries.
It is understood that this plant native to Africa also has a more easily remembered name "Plant Viagra", which the Japanese call "Green Ginseng". It has the functions of strengthening physical endurance, anti-fatigue and tonifying kidney and deficiency, and many countries regard it as a medicine for strengthening kidney and deficiency for the elderly, an additive and a loan for coffee. Long-term consumption of okra has the effects of skin care, stomach strengthening, liver protection and kidney strengthening.
Seeds can be used to extract oil. Okra oil is a high-grade vegetable oil, and its nutritional components and fragrance far exceed sesame oil and peanut oil.
Efficacy and function of okra
(A) the efficacy of okra
Light in taste; Cold.
Meridian, kidney and bladder meridian.
Functions mainly include relieving sore throat, stranguria, lactation and menstruation regulation. Main sore throat, watery urine, rare postpartum milk and irregular menstruation.
(B) the role of okra
Help digestion and protect the stomach.
The sticky substance of okra can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion and benefit the stomach.
Reduce blood fat.
The viscous substance of okra contains 50% soluble cellulose, which can effectively reduce serum cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease.
Hypoxia tolerance.
Can improve anoxia resistance.
Protect the liver.
The pectin and polysaccharide of okra have the effect of protecting liver and preventing constipation.
Prevent intestinal cancer.
The sticky substance of okra contains 50% cellulose, which is beneficial to laxative, detoxification and cancer prevention.
Calcium supplement.
Abelmoschus esculentus not only contains about the same amount of calcium as fresh milk, but also has a calcium absorption rate of 50-60%, which is higher than milk 1 times, so it is an ideal calcium source.
Lose weight.
Okra is a low-energy food and a good diet food. Anti-aging: the content of flavonoids is 2.8%, which has antioxidant and anti-aging effects and prevents diabetes.
Tonifying kidney.
Okra is also called croissant, and Americans call it "plant viagra", which shows its kidney-tonifying effect. It can improve men's energy and physical strength in an all-round way, which is by no means equivalent to ordinary yang and kidney. Okra, the king of kidney-tonifying vegetables, is the best way to solve physical fatigue.
Get tired.
For young adults and athletes, regular consumption can eliminate fatigue and quickly restore physical strength, which of course has this effect for all people.
Decorate.
Okra plants are tall, bloom in summer and autumn, and the flowers are big and beautiful. It is suitable for hedges and corners, and can be used as background materials for forest edges, buildings and sporadic gaps.
Attached prescription
Treatment of edema: Tung Ma Gen, Shui Yang Liu and Shui Deng Gen each cost three to five yuan. Boiling clothes. (Guizhou Herbs)
Treatment of ascites: one or two of tung hemp root and honey each, simmer in water. After diarrhea, another five dollars of mistletoe and simmering water can prevent recurrence. (Guizhou Herbs)
Treatment of urinary tract infection, edema: okra root three to five money, decoction; Or use dried root powder, five cents to one dollar each time, and swallow it with boiling water. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine in Yunnan)