It is good for the heart, beautifies the skin, suppresses and fights cancer. Dried lentil seeds are mainly used as medicine. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, white lentils can nourish the five internal organs and are mainly used to treat vomiting. If you take it for a long time, your hair will not turn white and your hair will be in good health. It can relieve alcohol poisoning, dolphin poison, and all plant poisons. Stops diarrhea, relieves heat, warms the spleen and stomach, removes dampness and heat, and relieves thirst.

Lentil flowers can also be used as medicine. They are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They have the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, relieving heat and reducing dampness. Lentil leaves contain carotene and lutein, which are pungent and sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and slightly toxic.

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There are many ways to eat lentils. No matter which method is used, they must be heated and cooked. Only in this way can the lectins and hemolysins that are toxic to the human body be inactivated. The lentils that cause poisoning have the same characteristics, that is, the color of the lentils has not completely changed, they are hard to chew, and they have a strong beany smell. Therefore, when cooking lentils, you must cook them with higher heat and longer time than other vegetables.

Tender lentil pods can be eaten as vegetables. Because of the different colors of the pods, they are divided into three types: white lentils, green lentils and purple lentils. Among them, white lentils are the best because their pods are thick and tender and have a delicious fragrance. It is better to choose tender pods with bright skin, thick flesh and no visible seeds. If the pod skin is thin, the seeds are obvious, and the pod skin is dull, it means it is mature and can only be eaten by peeling the seeds. Lentils can be eaten with cauliflower to nourish the kidneys and spleen; eaten with chicken, they can replenish essence and marrow, activate blood circulation and regulate menstruation; eaten with duck meat, they can nourish yin and deficiency, nourish the stomach and kidneys; eaten with mushrooms, they can beautify the skin and prolong life. .

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