Cat's claw herb is bitter in taste and flat in nature, belonging to the lung and liver meridians, it can dissolve phlegm and dissipate lumps, detoxify and eliminate swelling, and dispel wind and heat, and it is good at treating throat disadvantage, scrofula, phlegm nuclei, furuncle, swelling and pain, etc. It is often used in the treatment of eyes and eyesight.
Xia Gu Cao has a bitter taste and cold nature, and belongs to the liver and gallbladder meridian, which can clear the liver and diarrhea, brighten the eyes, dissipate knots and swelling, etc. It is often used in the treatment of ocular redness and swelling pain, eye pain at night, headache and dizziness.
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1, vitamin A
Vitamin A is chemically known as retinol, is the first vitamin to be discovered. Vitamin A is divided into two kinds of vitamin A alcohol and carotene, vitamin A can treat eye diseases, as early as in ancient times when it has been found its use, vitamin A is a component of the composition of the visual cells to feel the weak light of the retinal quality, and dark vision, if the human body is deficient in vitamin A, will affect the ability of dark adaptation.
Vitamin A-rich foods
One is vitamin A original, that is, a variety of carotenoids, present in plant foods, such as leafy greens, yellow vegetables and fruits, rich in spinach, alfalfa, pea shoots, red sweet potatoes, carrots, peppers, pumpkin, etc.; the other is from the animal food of vitamin A, which can be directly utilized by the body. Vitamin A, mainly found in animal liver, milk and milk products (unskimmed milk) and poultry eggs.
2, β-carotene
β-carotene (C40H56) is one of the carotenoids, but also orange fat-soluble compounds, which is the most common in nature is also the most stable natural pigments. β-carotene in the human body can be transformed into vitamin A, its molecular structure is equivalent to two molecules of vitamin A, the molecular structure of vitamin A is equivalent to two molecules. The molecular structure is equivalent to 2 molecules of vitamin A. After entering the body, in the liver and the mucous membrane of the small intestine through the action of the enzyme, 50% of which becomes vitamin A. It has the effect of tonifying the liver and brightening the eyes, and can treat night blindness.
Foods rich in beta-carotene
The richest sources of beta-carotene are green leafy vegetables and yellow, orange-colored fruits (e.g., carrots, spinach, lettuce, potatoes, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cantaloupe and winter squash). By and large, the more intensely colored the fruit or vegetable, the richer it is in beta-carotene.
3, vitamin C
Vitamin C is the common name for compounds that show the biological activity of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble vitamin that is abundant in fruits and vegetables. Vitamin C is also very beneficial to the eyes. Vitamin C is the nutritional elements of the lens in the eye, vitamin C intake is insufficient, is one of the factors leading to cataracts, the patient should be more supplemental vitamin C.
Vitamin C-rich foods
Vitamin C-containing foods there are a lot of, which the highest content of cherries, followed by guava, red peppers, persimmons, cauliflower, strawberries, oranges, kale flowers, kiwi fruit and so on. .
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