Lentils contain a variety of vitamins and minerals, often eaten to strengthen the spleen and stomach, improve appetite. Eat some lentils on the day of the resumption of heat, clear the role of the mouth.
The Chinese medicine believes that: lentils have the effect of harmonizing the internal organs and the spirit of peace and quiet, benefit the qi and spleen, eliminate heat and dampness and the effect of water and swelling. The general public can eat. Lentils are quite rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron and dietary fiber, Vitamin A original, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, Vitamin C and cyanogenic glycosides, tyrosinase, etc., lentil clothing B vitamins are particularly rich. In addition, there are phospholipids, sucrose, glucose.
In addition, lentils also contain hemagglutinin, which is a protein-like substances, can increase the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid, inhibit the immune response and the movement of leukocytes and lymphocytes, so it can activate the lymphocytes of patients with tumors to produce lymphotoxin, the cells of the body have a non-specific injury, so there is a significant role in the abatement of tumors. Tumor patients are recommended to eat lentils frequently, which has certain auxiliary therapeutic effects. Lentils are fragrant and not stringy, mild and yellowish in color, and most compatible with the spleen.
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Lentils, also known as kidney beans, string beans, rack beans, and cloud beans, are one of the most common vegetables on the table. Whether alone stir-fried, or and meat with stew, or blanched cold in line with people's tastes each 50 ~ 70 grams, cooking should be removed before the tendons, otherwise both affect the taste, but also not easy to digest. Cooking time should be longer rather than shorter, to ensure that lentils are cooked through. Lentils, especially after frosting fresh lentils, contains a large number of saponins and hemocyte lectins.
Toxicity can occur if consumed undercooked. After timely treatment, most people can be restored to health within 2 to 4 hours, the prognosis is good. In order to prevent the occurrence of poisoning, lentils should be treated before eating, can be blanched in boiling water or hot oil stir-fried, until the color is ripe, can be safely eaten. Dry white seed name "white lentil", seed coat name "lentil clothes", open flower name "lentil flower" are for medicinal use. The function of beans and clothes is to neutralize dampness, eliminate summer heat and detoxification, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and stop diarrhea and dysentery, and the flowers can clear summer heat and dampness, and treat dysentery and pus and blood.
The seeds contain fat oil, protein, sugar, niacin, amino acids, vitamins A, C, alkaloids. Lentils according to the color of the flowers are divided into two categories of red flowers and white flowers, the pods of the color of green and white, light green, pink and purple-red and other colors; the main varieties cultivated at present are purple flowers small white flat, pig's blood flat, red rib flat, white flowers, white flat and large guillotine flat and other varieties.
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