Leek, warming the middle warmer and lowering qi, can tonify Yiyang, harmonize viscera and stop diarrhea and blood pus. Leek has a prominent role in helping yang and fixing sperm. It is a delicate and delicious "grass" and is known as the natural "Viagra". Leek contains more carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. It is not only a good condiment, but also a nutritious plant medicine. Leek leaves are warm and warm, pungent and dispersing blood when they are born, and sweet and nourishing when they are ripe. In spring, the climate is warm and cold, so it is necessary to maintain the yang. Eating leeks often can enhance the qi of the spleen and stomach, which is most suitable for human yang. The aromatic volatile oil, sulfide, cellulose and other components in leek can promote appetite and reduce blood lipid, which is good for hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease. Leek is evergreen all year round, especially in spring. There are many ways to eat leeks, which can be fried as a single main ingredient or boiled and cold. As an ingredient, it can be fried with eggs and shredded pork, with a pleasant smell.

2. Spinach

Spinach, known as "Ying Ge with a red mouth and green color" in ancient times, is also known as "the king of vegetables", expressing people's love for it. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, eating spinach can "dredge blood vessels, open the chest and diaphragm, reduce qi and balance, quench thirst and moisten dryness". Spinach is not only rich in beta carotene and iron, but also rich in vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, folic acid and potassium. Rich B vitamins can prevent the occurrence of vitamin deficiency in spring such as angular stomatitis and night blindness. Spinach can improve iron deficiency anemia and make people look rosy and radiant, so it is known as a beauty product. Spinach contains a lot of antioxidants such as vitamin E and selenium, which has the functions of anti-aging, promoting cell proliferation, activating brain function and helping to prevent brain aging. After spinach is cooked, it is gentle and easy to digest, especially suitable for the old, the young and the sick. Cook soup to eat. It is cold and lubricated, and can induce diuresis, benefit the stomach and clear heat. For patients with hypertension, constipation, headache and red face, fresh spinach can be scalded with hot water for five minutes, and then taken out and eaten cold twice a day, which is quite effective. Because spinach contains oxalic acid, it will combine with calcium in other foods to form insoluble calcium oxalate, which will affect the normal absorption of calcium by human body, so you can first blanch it with boiling water when cooking. You can also eat more alkaline foods, such as kelp and fruits, to promote the dissolution and discharge of calcium oxalate.

3. fennel

Fennel is pungent, sweet and warm, and has the effects of promoting qi circulation, relieving pain, invigorating stomach and dispelling cold. Its tender leaves can be used as spring vegetables, fruits can be used as spices, and roots, leaves and fruits can be used as medicine. Fennel cooked food or soaked in wine can invigorate qi, dispel cold and relieve pain, and is suitable for stomach cold pain, abdominal cold pain, dysmenorrhea, hernia pain, hydrocele of testicular sheath and other symptoms.

4. Spring bamboo shoots

Spring bamboo shoots are young bamboo shoots, which are produced all year round. Spring breaks ground called spring bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots in four seasons, especially spring bamboo shoots, are fat and delicious, and are praised as "early adopters have all kinds of spring bamboo shoots". Bamboo shoots are the representatives of local dishes, such as "dried bamboo shoots" in Jiangsu, "dried bamboo shoots with southern meat" in Zhejiang, "dried bamboo shoots" in Sichuan and "golden bamboo shoots with chicken" in Fujian, all of which are extremely delicious. Bamboo shoots are sweet and cold in nature, and have the effects of "benefiting nine orifices, dredging blood vessels, resolving phlegm and promoting fluid production, promoting digestion and abdominal distension", "quenching thirst, benefiting waterways and benefiting qi", "clearing intestines, penetrating toxin, removing fishy smell and removing acne rash". Bamboo shoots are also rich in plant protein, fat, sugar, cellulose, carotene, vitamins and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus and iron, which have high nutritional value and medical value. Modern medical research has proved that bamboo shoots are high in cellulose content, good in protein species and low in fat content. They are good vegetables for preventing and treating constipation, colorectal cancer and breast cancer, and have certain dietotherapy effects on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, diabetes, cough and asthma, hemorrhoids and so on. Bamboo shoots are characterized by low fat, low sugar and high fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion and eliminate food accumulation, and are good for weight loss. It is worth reminding that although bamboo shoots are good, they are cold-clearing products, which contain insoluble calcium oxalate. People with spleen deficiency, intestinal slippery, chronic enteritis and urinary calculi should eat them carefully. The elderly, the infirm and children with spleen deficiency have weak gastrointestinal function and are not easy to digest after eating, so it is advisable to eat less.

5. Toona sinensis

Toona sinensis, one of the delicious foods in spring, is a rare treasure in vegetables. According to Chinese medical classics, Toona sinensis buds are bitter in taste and flat in nature. They have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, astringing intestines to stop bleeding, invigorating stomach and regulating qi, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, killing insects and fixing sperm, and can improve the immunity of the body. Its leaves, buds, roots, skins and fruits can all be used as medicine. Fresh Toona sinensis buds are rich in high-quality minerals such as protein, fat, sugar, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E, phosphorus and iron, and are one of the delicious dishes at home in spring. Before and after Grain Rain, it was the time when Toona sinensis went on the market. At this time, the buds of Toona sinensis are particularly fresh and delicious, mellow and refreshing, so there is a saying that Toona sinensis is tender as silk before the rain. Toona sinensis bud can be fried, pickled and used as seasoning, but because of the high nitrate content in fresh Toona sinensis, it should be blanched with boiling water before eating. People with yin deficiency and excessive fire and sores should not eat more.

6.shepherd's purse

7.dandelion

8, bracken

9. wormwood

10, Sophora japonica

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