The lentil horn is oblong and sickle-shaped, 5-7 cm long, widest near the top, 1.4- 1.8 cm wide, flat, straight or slightly bent back, with a curved beak at the top. In China, lentils are mainly harvested from tender pods and used as vegetables. In some places, green beans and tender leaves are also used as vegetables.

Lentils are mainly eaten with tender pods and beans as vegetables, but tender pods and fresh beans contain hydrocyanic acid and some anti-nutritional factors, so they should be fully cooked before eating. Lentil seeds are nourishing products, often used as raw materials for various kinds of porridge, and can also be made into cool drinks.

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Taboos for lentil horn:

1, lentils can be eaten in many ways. No matter which method is adopted, it must be heated and cooked. Only in this way can the lectin and hemolysin that are toxic to the human body be inactivated. The lentils that cause poisoning have the same characteristics, that is, the color of lentils has not changed completely, and they are hard to chew and have a strong bean smell. Therefore, when cooking lentils, it must be bigger and longer than other vegetables.

2, lentils can be eaten with cauliflower, tonifying kidney and strengthening spleen; Eat with chicken, replenish essence and marrow, promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation; Eat with old duck, nourish yin and tonify deficiency, nourish stomach and kidney; Eating with mushrooms can make skin beautiful and prolong life.

3, the general population can eat lentils, especially suitable for loose stool due to spleen deficiency, diet loss, chronic chronic diarrhea, leukorrhagia due to spleen deficiency in women and malnutrition in children.

4. People with qi deficiency and cold, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, blue complexion and cold hands and feet should not eat more.

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