Artemisia quinoa is the young stem and leaves, rhizome of Artemisia vulgaris, family Asteraceae, quinoa has a long history in China, is an ancient wild vegetables, it is also known as: Artemisia rutabaga, Artemisia atrophicola, Artemisia aquatica, Artemisia mud, Artemisia moss, water Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai, Ai. Cool in nature, sweet and pungent in flavor. Beneficial to the diaphragm, stomach, water, detoxification and other effects, can cure weak stomach, liver and gallbladder dampness and heat, abdominal distension, swelling, constipation and so on. The poem in the Classic of Poetry says, "The warping of the wrong salary, the words mow its withered. The son of a man who returns to his home is said to be foddering his horse." The "wither" is the quinoa. In the Ming Dynasty, it was also given to Zhu Yuanzhang as tribute to enjoy, and later named "quinoa".
What are the benefits of eating quinoa?
"Artemisia" itself has the meaning of wild vegetables, most of the wild quinoa grows in the spring in China's largest freshwater lake - Poyang Lake, plus Nanchang people like to eat, so quinoa has "Poyang Lake's grass, Nanchang City's treasure". Quinoa belongs to the family of Asteraceae, is a perennial herb, the root of the vitality is extremely strong, the propagation force is particularly fast. Quinoa contains a variety of trace elements that can be directly absorbed by the body, such as iron, zinc, calcium, phosphorus and protein, vitamin C, fiber, glutamic acid, aromatic lipids.
Wild vegetables with "Artemisia" the word most have a special aroma, such as we often eat Chrysanthemum, Artemisia, Artemisia and the treatment of malaria Artemisia, etc., and can be used for medicinal purposes. Quinoa also has a high medicinal value, "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded Artemisia annua has "tonic in the gas, diaphragm stomach, treatment of the heart hangs, long service light body, ears and eyes smart, long hair to black effect".
Quinoa is cool, sweet, have heat detoxification, appetizer digestion, anti-inflammatory, cough, wind and dampness, etc., can treat the spleen and stomach weakness, constipation, fire, pharyngitis, jaundice hepatitis, etc., have high blood fat, hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases of friends have a very good therapeutic effect, it is a very good health care vegetables. At the same time can also solve the fish and crab poison, we can also add a plate of quinoa when enjoying fish and crab.
Can also be used for the treatment of acute infectious hepatitis, the effect is good, the main use of its heat and dampness, choleretic yellow effect. Quinoa contains siderophore rosmarinone aromatic oil, the smell is pungent and grotesque, better than the taste of celery, can stimulate the human appetite, enhance gastrointestinal peristalsis, to help food digestion; in addition, quinoa also has a cough suppressant, phlegm function and so on. Quinoa contains a variety of nutrients, especially containing a large number of carotenoids and vitamin C, is conducive to enhancing the body's immune function, prevention and treatment of disease.
How to eat quinoa?
Quinoa has a variety of practices, the most famous of which is the quinoa fried bacon, the general practice is to choose the quinoa washed, scalded with boiling water and put into the tofu shredded, drizzled with sesame oil, and then fried with bacon to eat. Can sober up and appetizing, suitable for drunkenness, loss of appetite, epigastric distension and so on. You can also veggie fried quinoa, quinoa, wash, cut into segments blanching, put the right amount of oil heating, plus cut quinoa stir fry, add salt, stir fry a few minutes can be used. Vegetarian fried with auxiliary lipid-lowering, blood pressure lowering effect, suitable for hypertension, high blood pressure, high blood fat people to eat.