Lettuce is usually a seasonal vegetable in April. Lettuce is also called thousand yuan lettuce, lettuce, chicory, green bamboo shoots and bamboo shoots. It is an annual or biennial herb in Compositae. Lettuce is sold in the market all year round, and the main producing areas are Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Taiwan Province and other places.

What is lettuce like?

The whole stem of lettuce is upright and the upper part is conical. All the stems and branches are white. Basal leaves and lower stems and leaves are large, undivided, oblanceolate, elliptic or elliptic. The basal leaves hold the stems in an arrow shape, and there is no hair on both sides of the leaves.

Lettuce practice

1. Peel the cold lettuce with a plane, shred it with a silk scarf, add 5g of salt, mix well and marinate for about half an hour. Squeeze the pickled lettuce thoroughly, add onion oil, half a teaspoon of salt and sugar and mix well. You can also use sesame oil or olive oil instead of onion oil. 2, lettuce fried pork slices, add a little salt, chicken powder, white pepper, a little cooking wine and marinate for later use; Slice carrots, lettuce and garlic; Heat oil in the pan, add carrots and garlic slices, stir fry, stir fry carrots slightly, then add meat slices, stir fry until they are 80% cooked, add lettuce slices, add a little delicious soy sauce, and add a little salt to stir fry evenly.

Efficacy and function of lettuce

1. Lettuce with blood pressure lowering is a vegetable with high potassium and low sodium. Every100g of lettuce contains 212mg of potassium and 36.5mg of sodium. Potassium is an essential element to maintain human life. It can dilate arteries, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, promote urinary sodium excretion, reduce cardiovascular burden, and reduce arterial wall thickening in patients with hypertension, thus achieving the purpose of lowering blood pressure. 2. Diuretic lettuce is rich in potassium ion, which is 27 times that of sodium salt. Conducive to the balance of water and electrolyte in the body and promote urination. Lettuce contains more nicotinic acid, which can increase milk secretion. It is an important part of maternal diet.