Chinese cabbage contains a lot of crude fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, prevent dry stool, promote defecation and dilute intestinal toxins, which can not only treat constipation, but also help nutrient absorption.

2. diuresis to reduce swelling

Chinese medicine believes that Chinese cabbage smells sweet and non-toxic. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is mentioned that eating Chinese cabbage often can "dredge the stomach, relieve wine toxicity, help digestion, lower the gas, treat miasma, harmonize the stomach and relieve urination", and Chinese cabbage is rich in minerals such as potassium salt, which is beneficial to water swelling.

3. Enhance immunity

Chinese cabbage is delicious and 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 immune function of the body, and it is also of great significance to lose weight and keep fit.

4. Skin care and beauty

Chinese cabbage is rich in vitamin C, which can not only supplement vitamin C for the body, prevent scurvy, but also resist bacteria and inflammation, promote the discharge of toxins from the body, lighten the spots and beautify the face, and has good skin care and beauty effects.

5. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases

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.

6. 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 500 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.

Cabbage can't be eaten with mangosteen, otherwise it will cause our body discomfort; Besides mangosteen, Chinese cabbage should not be eaten with Monopterus albus. If they are eaten together, it is easy to cause food poisoning. Don't eat cucumber with Chinese cabbage, which will reduce the nutritional value of both.

Many people in life will eat leftovers and pickle dishes with cabbage, but do you know that overnight cooked cabbage and raw cabbage can't be eaten, both of which will produce nitrite, which will increase the infection rate of cancer if eaten frequently; We shouldn't take too long when scalding cabbage, the time should be 20~30 seconds.

Don't use Chinese cabbage to squeeze juice for stuffing after scalding, which will greatly damage the nutritional value of Chinese cabbage; Many people don't wash the cabbage core with water, thinking that it won't be dirty inside. We should know that the cabbage core is easy to be polluted. When eating, we must pay attention to cleaning the rotten cabbage, which is not suitable for eating. Chinese cabbage produces toxins in the process of decay, and nitrite can lose hemoglobin in the blood.

The ability to carry oxygen makes the human body suffer from severe hypoxia, which is prone to dizziness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal distension, rapid heartbeat, whole body bruising, and even cramps and coma in severe cases.

Finally, I would like to remind you that cabbage is cold and cold, and people with qi deficiency and stomach cold should avoid eating more and eating cold food. Moreover, Chinese cabbage is rich in cellulose, which can relieve constipation, so people with loose stools, cold dysentery and lung cold cough should eat less.