Five-element vegetable soup has been spread to cure cancer. Experts say there is no need to be overly superstitious. Source: Yangcheng Evening News Publication Date: 2009-8-14:18: 54 Reading Times: 66 Interviewed expert Lin Lizhu, a professor at the Cancer Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, has often heard friends around him mention "Five-element vegetable soup". Some people go to the market every day to buy fresh materials and cook them in a big pot. If they are afraid of trouble, they buy them in stock and cook them every day. All the friends who are drinking are like finding the secret recipe of health preservation. According to the information on the Internet, as long as the five elements vegetable soup is drunk for the first half of the year, all hypertension, heart disease, hepatitis and so on can be cured, and the most important thing is that it has the function of treating cancer. Some people even claim that they will have a smooth stool and feel refreshed after drinking this soup. Does the five elements vegetable soup really have such a magical effect? Therefore, the reporter interviewed Professor Lin Lizhu from the Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine with a question mark. Can Five Elements Vegetable Soup Really Prevent Cancer? Experts say: There are many anti-cancer foods, so there is no need to be superstitious about these five vegetables. The reporter searched the Internet, but I didn't know it. You were shocked by the search. Several health websites and TV stations praised the five elements vegetable soup, and even Baidu Encyclopedia basically quoted the contents of this booklet. The so-called five elements vegetable soup refers to the soup made by a Japanese professor with white radish leaves, carrots, burdock, white radish and mushrooms boiled in water. According to reports, these five materials were selected by him from more than 500 kinds of anti-cancer drugs found in research/kloc-0, and these five materials are blue, red, yellow, white and black, representing the five elements of wood, fire, earth, gold and water, which can nourish the five internal organs respectively, so it is claimed that the five elements vegetable soup can treat many diseases such as cancer. From a single food, the materials used in the five elements vegetable soup do have very high nutritional value and are very beneficial to the body. For example, white radish can smooth qi, help digestion, spread lung and reduce qi; Lentinus edodes can strengthen body resistance and enhance immunity; Carrots contain a lot of carotene, which can improve eyesight, enhance immunity and resist aging; Burdock has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving sore throat and resolving phlegm. After reading the "Five Elements Vegetable Soup", Lin Lizhu, an expert, thinks that although it is rich in vitamins and minerals, long-term consumption has a certain effect on enhancing immunity and stimulating appetite, but the ingredients in it are limited for treating diseases, and basically have no medicinal value, so it can only be regarded as ordinary health care soup, and it is even more nonsense to say that it can cure cancer. She believes that there are many foods that can prevent cancer, such as cabbage, which contains more trace element molybdenum, which can inhibit the synthesis of nitrite gum and has certain anti-cancer effect; Mushrooms are low in calories, high in protein and cellulose, and have a good effect on preventing high cholesterol, constipation and cancer. People don't have to be superstitious about these five vegetables. They can try to cook other vegetables, such as onions and tomatoes, which also have anti-cancer effects. Can five elements vegetable soup be drunk every day? Experts say: people with spleen deficiency should not drink it often. Cheng Ge has used 1/4 white radishes, 1/4 clumps of white radish leaves, 1/2 carrots, 1/4 burdock, 1/2 dried mushrooms every day, and added 3 times of water. Miss Liu is also a loyal fan of Five Elements Vegetable Soup. Besides drinking it every day, she enthusiastically introduced it to her relatives and friends around her, saying that "the effect is really good after drinking it". Does drinking this vegetable soup every day have an effect on your health? "If there is no other discomfort after drinking, there is no problem. However, it is not appropriate to drink too much. It is enough to cook three or four times a week. It is useless to drink more (if you consume too much carotene, you will be allergic). " Lin Lizhu explained, "The reason why some people feel that their whole body is unobstructed and their physique is obviously improved after drinking this soup is because people mainly eat a high-protein and high-fat diet, and their nutrition is unbalanced. Many people are prone to dry mouth and dry stools, causing various health problems. Drinking this soup can ensure people to eat enough vegetables. Because plant fiber can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, plus white radish can promote digestion, and burdock can clear away heat and facilitate defecation, it can keep people's stools unobstructed and discharge human waste in time. " But people with spleen deficiency should not drink five elements vegetable soup. Professor Lin Lizhu pointed out that people with spleen deficiency often have thick tongue coating, pale face and fat body, and often have poor appetite, mental fatigue and rotten stools. Because of spleen-qi deficiency, they often have loose stools and diarrhea, especially after eating greasy food. At this time, drinking vegetable soup with five elements will further aggravate the symptoms of loose stools and make them more prone to fatigue and lethargy.