What is cauliflower?
The cauliflower is the shepherd's purse flower, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the inflorescence of Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) medic. of Capsella in Cruciferae. It is distributed or cultivated all over the country. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing heat and promoting diuresis. Indications: metrorrhagia, hematuria, hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, infantile galactorrhea, dysentery, leucorrhea with red and white discharge.
Is cauliflower hot or cold?
It's cool
Shepherd's shepherd's purse is an important traditional Chinese medicine, its main function is to clear away heat and reduce fire, and the whole plant can be used as medicine. Shepherd's shepherd's purse flowers are also cold food like branches and leaves of Shepherd's shepherd's purse, which can clear away heat and reduce fire after eating, and is a good medicine for people with hot constitution and those who get angry blindly.
What color is cauliflower?
The raceme axis of shepherd's purse flower is thin, fresh green and dry yellow-green; Pedicels are slender and easily broken; Flowers are small, about 2.5mm in diameter, with 4 petals, white or yellowish brown; The lower part of the inflorescence axis often has small inverted triangular pods, which are green or yellowish green, 5-8mm long and 4-6mm wide, slightly fragrant and tasteless.
Modern research shows that the whole grass contains organic acids such as oxalic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, pyruvic acid, p-aminobenzenesulfonic acid and fumaric acid, 1 1 amino acid, 7 kinds of sugar, protein, crude fiber, carotene, choline, acetylcholine, saponin, rutin, hesperidin, flavonoids, and various vitamins and inorganic salts. Pharmacology has proved that it can stimulate smooth muscle of uterus, trachea and small intestine, shorten bleeding time, dilate coronary artery, lower blood pressure, induce diuresis, reduce fever and resist stress ulcer.
Taboo of shepherd's purse flower
1, who can't eat shepherd's purse flowers?
Pregnant women and loose stool are not suitable for eating.
2, shepherd's purse flower for the crowd
It can be eaten by the general population. It is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with indigestion and weak constitution.
3. Edible taboos of shepherd's purse flowers
Shepherd's shepherd's purse flowers grow in the wild environment, so they should be cleaned with clean water after collection, and should not be eaten directly in water to avoid excessive intake of microorganisms and environmental dust, which will affect health. Shepherd's purse flower and shepherd's purse belong to cold food, and people with cold constitution are not suitable to eat shepherd's purse scented tea, so as to avoid spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, causing diarrhea. Shepherd's shepherd's purse is an allergic food, which contains a variety of plant alkaloids that stimulate the human body, so people with allergic constitution are not suitable for eating.