1. It helps to relieve constipation and digest a lot of crude fiber in Chinese cabbage, which can promote peristalsis of intestinal wall, help digestion, prevent dry stool, promote defecation and dilute enterotoxin, which can not only treat constipation, but also help to absorb nutrients.

2. Chinese cabbage is delicious, refreshing, appetizing and invigorating the spleen. It contains protein, fat, multivitamins and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Regular eating helps to enhance the body's immune function, and it is also of significance to lose weight and keep fit. It is found that a cup of cooked white tea can provide almost as much calcium as a cup of milk, which can ensure the necessary nutrients for human body.

3. Anti-cancer Chinese cabbage contains indole -3- methanol, an active ingredient. Experiments have proved that this substance can help the body to decompose estrogen related to breast cancer. If women eat about 5 grams of Chinese cabbage every day, the incidence of breast cancer can be reduced. In addition, the trace element "molybdenum" contained in it can inhibit the absorption, synthesis and accumulation of ammonium nitrite in vivo, so it has certain anticancer effect.

4. The effective components in Chinese cabbage can reduce the cholesterol level of human body and increase the elasticity of blood vessels. Regular eating can prevent atherosclerosis and some cardiovascular diseases.

health care recipe

5g boiled cabbage and cabbage heart. Wash the cabbage heart, blanch it in boiling water until it is unripe, immediately fish it in cold boiling water and let it cool, then take it out and put it on the pier, trim it with a knife, put it in a soup bowl, add seasoning, steam it in a cage for 2 minutes, take it out, and decant the soup; Boil 25 ml of clear soup once, drain, put the wok on high heat, let the broth go, add a little pepper, boil it, skim off the floating foam, pour it into a soup bowl with Chinese cabbage, and steam it in a cage. The vegetable soup is clear as water, green and fresh, and has the effects of benefiting the stomach, relaxing bowels and stimulating appetite. It is suitable for physical weakness, weak digestion and poor stool after recovery from heat.

Precautions: People with cold and cold Chinese cabbage, stomach cold and abdominal pain, diarrhea and cold dysentery should not eat more.

selected literature

southern Yunnan materia medica: "slightly cold in nature, slightly sour in taste, taking the meridians and facilitating urination."

compendium of materia medica: "food moistens the skin, benefits the five internal organs, and can reduce qi and clear the sound. Only the nature is slippery, and people suffering from dysentery are in a hurry. "

Living with Interest Diet Spectrum; "Ganping, nourish the stomach."

Dietotherapy and Nutrition of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "People with qi deficiency and stomach cold should not eat more."

therapeutic value

young plants of Chinese cabbage and its varieties, a cruciferous herb. Also known as fermented grains and white grains. There are mainly two types of Chinese cabbage (white tea, yellow bud white) and ordinary cabbage, which are cultivated in Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Sichuan. It is often harvested in winter and spring, and cleaned by removing roots.

[ properties] it tastes sweet and slightly cold. It can benefit the stomach, promote fluid production, clear away heat, relieve annoyance, facilitate urination and intestines.

[ reference] contains vitamin B1.B2.C, nicotinic acid, carrot, calcium, phosphorus, iron, protein, fat, crude fiber and other ingredients.

[ use] for vexing heat and thirst; Bad urination or defecation; Cold, fever or phlegm-heat cough.

[ Usage] Cook food, decoct soup, or wring juice.

[ note] when it is used to clear away heat, it should not be too long if it is decocted. When it is used to benefit the stomach, promote fluid production and benefit the intestines, it must be cooked or cooked. Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more.

Although this product has the property of clearing away heat, when cooked or fried with meat, its coldness is weakened and it tastes delicious.