The seeds of winter amaranth can benefit water, smooth intestines and promote lactation;

Roots can clear away heat and toxic materials, and induce resuscitation and stranguria; Tender branches or leaves can clear away heat, promote diuresis and moisten intestines.

Therapeutic value

Young leaves or stems and leaves of malvaceae herb. Also known as sunflower, slippery vegetables, cold dishes in winter and amaranth in winter. It is distributed all over China. Can be collected in four seasons, only washed. If you eat it, you must skin the stems, leaves and petioles.

【 Performance 】 The leaves are sweet and cold. It can clear away heat and moisten dryness, diuresis and dehumidification, moisten intestines and detoxify.

[References] Contains monosaccharide, sucrose, maltose, starch, mallow acid, etc.

【 Usage 】 Used for cough due to lung heat and dry throat pain; Erysipelas and spots; Dysuria and edema; Women with damp-heat leukorrhagia, jaundice; Intestinal dryness and constipation.

[Usage] Cook soup or porridge.

【 Precautions 】 Patients with spleen-stomach deficiency-cold and intestinal slippery diarrhea should not take it; Pregnant women should use it with caution.

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1, sunflower porridge: wash the japonica rice and add water to cook porridge; Sunflower 250g, shredded, put it in when the rice is almost cooked until the japonica rice is cooked. You can add a little salt to taste when eating. This recipe has the functions of clearing away heat, moistening dryness and relieving sore throat. Used for dryness and heat of lung meridian, cough and dry throat.

2, winter sunflower bean porridge: lentils 60g, japonica rice 100g, add water to cook porridge, put winter sunflower 250g*** to cook when it is nearly ripe. Eat it twice. Winter sunflower clears away heat and dampness, and lentils strengthen the spleen and dispel dampness. Used in hot and humid areas.

3, sunflower soup: 250g winter sunflower, add a bowl of water, after boiling, add a little pig fat and salt to taste. Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Sunflower dishes are slippery, which can benefit two stools." If you have difficulty urinating, just drink soup. People with constipation should give priority to vegetables.

Hu Aishan:

1. Spleen and stomach, digestion:

Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. Blindly nourishing the spleen and stomach is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other diseases;

2. Nourishing kidney and benefiting essence:

Yam contains a variety of nutrients, which has the functions of strengthening body, nourishing kidney and benefiting essence. Generally, it is kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, frequent urination and other symptoms. Can be taken;

3. Benefiting lung and relieving cough:

Yam contains saponin and mucus, which can lubricate and moisten dryness, so it can benefit lung qi, nourish lung yin, and treat lung deficiency, excessive phlegm and chronic cough.

4. Reduce blood sugar:

Yam contains mucin, which has the function of lowering blood sugar and can be used to treat diabetes. It is a good diet for diabetics.

5. Extend life:

Yam contains a lot of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent the deposition of blood lipids on the blood vessel wall, prevent heart disease, and achieve the effects of benefiting the heart, calming the nerves and prolonging life.

6. Anti-hepatic coma

In recent years, yam has been found to have sedative effect and can be used to prevent hepatic coma.

Edible function of Chinese yam;

Yam is sweet and flat, and enters the lung, spleen and kidney meridians; Do not be bored;

Has the effects of invigorating spleen and lung, invigorating stomach and kidney, consolidating kidney and nourishing essence, improving hearing and eyesight, helping five internal organs, strengthening bones and muscles, calming nerves and prolonging life;

Indications: spleen and stomach weakness, listlessness, anorexia, chronic diarrhea, lung qi deficiency and dryness, cough with excessive phlegm, kidney qi deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of lower limbs, thirst and frequent urination, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, leukorrhagia, skin swelling and obesity.