Grasshopper lettuce, also known as horse tooth vegetable, horse spoon vegetable, hemp rope vegetable, five lines of grass, amaranth, etc., is the most common rural pastoral areas of a kind of wild vegetables, in addition to the natural conditions of the extreme harsh areas, the field, the roadside, almost at any time and place can be seen in the figure of her. Grasshopper vegetables grow rapidly, strong vitality, especially drought-resistant, has a very high medicinal value and nutritional value.

The grasshopper can be used as medicine, with heat, detoxification, beneficial gas, laxative, blood dispersal, swelling, dysentery and other effects. Internal use can be the main treatment of enteritis, bacillary dysentery and other diseases, is to prevent dysentery, diarrhea good medicine. Mom squash is commonly known as "longevity vegetable", "long life vegetable", containing a large number of methyl adrenaline, malic acid, sugar, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, etc., fitness and disease prevention effects.

Health care functions:

First, reduce blood sugar: often eat grasshopper dishes for diabetic patients with therapeutic effects.

Second, reduce blood pressure: can well protect blood vessels and heart.

There are 3 reasons:

1, grasshopper vegetables contain a lot of potassium. The human body intake of potassium, through the body reaction into the blood, directly on the blood vessel wall, reduce sodium in the myocardial aggregation, increase the power to promote the blood, expand the blood vessel wall, to prevent the arterial wall thickening, the blood vessels play a protective role, you can prevent and reduce the risk of stroke caused by high blood pressure.

2, grasshopper dishes contain omega-3 fatty acids. As omega-3 fatty acids have the effect of lowering blood lipids and blood viscosity, preventing atherosclerosis, and delaying thrombosis, they can effectively prevent the occurrence of coronary heart disease and obesity.

3, grasshopper dishes also contain a lot of vitamin E, vitamin C, carotene and glutathione and other anti-aging effective ingredients, often eat can prevent platelet coagulation, coronary artery spasm and thrombosis, so as to effectively prevent coronary heart disease, protect the heart.

Third, anti-aging, anti-cancer: there are three reasons: one is the grasshopper vegetables in the carotene, is a natural antioxidant, anti-aging, anti-cancer; grasshopper vegetables are rich in trace elements of selenium, is a significant anti-cancer and anti-aging and improve immunity to the elements. According to the information, selenium can inhibit liver cancer, skin cancer and lymphoma induced by chemical carcinogens; three is the grasshopper vegetables in the vitamin E, is a natural antioxidant, can be anti-aging.

Fourth, auxiliary treatment of vitiligo: grasshopper dishes are rich in copper, free copper in the human body is an important component of tyrosinase, regular consumption of amaranth can increase the density of melanocytes in the epidermis and melanocytes tyrosinase activity, is vitiligo patients and due to the lack of copper caused by the patients of early whitening of the beard and hair auxiliary therapeutic good products.

Serving method:

Grasshopper vegetables are very simple to eat, both fresh (raw, but the taste is not good.) And can be dried and eaten, eating method is extremely simple, the most simple method when the cold mix. The method is to wash the fresh grasshopper squash chopped, and slightly fried with boiling water, fish out and cooled with a little salt, garlic, sesame oil or palm oil can be eaten.

In addition, it can be fried and eaten, eaten in soups, and made into dumpling fillings ......

It can also be frozen and stored, pickled, and eaten in preparation for the season of shortage.