Author: Guangdong Pharmaceutical Society The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Zhu Sha
Spring is the season of wild growth of wild vegetables, this season's wild vegetables unique taste, rich in nutrients, root garlic is the most flavorful wild vegetables in this season. Small root garlic, scientific name Allium (xiè bái), also known as wild garlic, Allium root, big head of vegetable seeds, small one garlic, small garlic, house garlic, Allium head, small root vegetable, Allium, Hong Aloe, quail head, etc..
Since ancient times, Allium cepa has been a good product for both medicine and food. As food, made of Allium cepa soup, dishes, pastries and other medicinal meals, both a refreshing and delicious delicacies, but also a rare health care treasures; as a medicine, Allium cepa to the heart, lungs, stomach, large intestine meridian, can be used for paralysis and heart pain, epigastric plumpness and distension, diarrhea, and so on. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin wrote a poem: "Allium cepa is used in the morning meal, and pine yellow warms the night cup" to describe the deliciousness of Allium cepa. Allium cepa is a traditional Chinese medicine for the clinical treatment of thoracic paralysis and heart pain, the king of medicine Sun Simiao has emphasized that "Allium cepa, heart disease should be eaten", suffering from coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and other cardiovascular diseases, can be appropriate to eat some Allium cepa, has a certain effect of tonicity.
Allium sativum, first contained in the "Shennong Ben Cao Jing": "Lord of the gold sores sores defeat, light body not hunger and hard work."
--- "Famous Doctors and Other Records":
"Removing cold and heat, removing water vapor, warming the middle and dispersing knots, and benefiting the patient."
--- Rihua Zi:
"Regulating the middle and replenishing the insufficiency, eating it can stop prolonged dysentery and cold diarrhea, and fatten and strengthen people." It can be used for chest paralysis and heart pain through the back, chest and epigastric congestion, coughing and phlegm, pain in the epigastric region, dysentery and diarrhea, leucorrhea, sores and carbuncles.
--- Mu Cao Derivation:
Thousand Gold for the treatment of lung gas asthma with Allium sativum, but also to take its slippery drainage also.
--- The Materia Medica Seeking Truth
Allium, the flavor of the pungent is dispersed, dispersed in the upper cold stagnation of the immediate elimination; taste bitter is descending, descending in the lower cold stagnation of the immediate lower; the temperature of the gas temperature is dispersed, dispersed in the middle of cold stagnation of the immediate elimination; the body slippery is through the passage of the long-standing cold stagnation of the immediate relief.
This product is derived from the dried bulb of Allium sativum or Allium sativum, family Liliaceae. Summer, fall two seasons to dig, wash, remove the roots, steamed or placed in boiling water, sun-dried. The medicine is often large, firm, full, yellowish-white and translucent.
Taste pungent, bitter, warm. Attributed to the heart, lung, stomach, large intestine meridian. It has the effect of promoting yang and dispersing knots, moving qi and directing stagnation. It is used for chest paralysis and heart pain, epigastric and abdominal plumpness and distension, diarrhea and dysentery.
Allium cepa has a high medicinal value, as a traditional Chinese medicine, its compound prescription is often used in respiratory, cardiovascular and digestive system and other diseases. As a folk medicine, Allium cepa has applied for more than 2,000 patents in China in recent years, of which more than 1,000 patents have been declared for the extract, which is mainly used for the research of Allium cepa's drug extraction process. Less than 100 patents have been declared for compound drugs, mainly used in the treatment of premature heartbeat, kidney disease, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, lactation, intestinal irritation, gastritis, hypertension, fatty liver, etc.
Allium cepa, as a folk medicine, has applied for more than 2,000 patents in China in recent years.
Allium cepa has a long history of therapeutic use, roots, stems and leaves can be used, so it has the reputation of "vegetables". Modern research shows that Allium cepa has a unique onion and garlic flavor, very rich in nutrients, containing a large amount of crude protein, crude fat, dietary fiber, vitamins, amino acids, carotene and trace elements and other components. Allium cepa contains 17 kinds of amino acids, with the prevention of anemia, detoxification, promote hair growth and prevent skin aging and other functions. Regular consumption of Allium cepa can be warmed for the weak, make people resistant to cold, is conducive to strengthening the muscles and bones; for the growing children and calcium-deficient elderly has a good nutritional value, so it is also known as the "wild green vegetables health care treasures".
Allium sativum contains a variety of biologically active chemicals, such as saponins, alkaloids, volatile oils, polysaccharides, etc., of which steroidal saponins are the main active ingredients.
Modern medical research shows that Allium sativum has antibacterial, antitumor, inhibit platelet aggregation and antithrombotic, antioxidant, hypolipidemic and inhibit atherosclerosis, antitumor, antispasmodic and asthma and other roles .
1, anti-platelet aggregation
Allium cepa in the adenosine, volatile oil and saponin components have a strong inhibition of platelet aggregation.
2, anti-tumor
Allium sativum has good anti-tumor effect, on liver cancer, stomach cancer, breast cancer, nerve cancer, cervical cancer, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and other tumor cells show cytotoxicity.
3, antioxidant
Studies have shown that Allium sativum polysaccharide semi-pure product has the dual function of antioxidant and scavenging hydroxyl radicals.
4, on cardiovascular-related diseases
The effective compounds in Allium sativum may play a role in the treatment of coronary heart disease through anticoagulant, plaque stabilizing, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, lipid-lowering, inhibition of the RASS system, increase NO protection, and promote the secretion of estrogen in eight ways.
5, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory
Allium sativum has a significant inhibitory effect on both Gram-negative and positive bacteria; Allium sativum is able to inhibit the inflammatory mediators and thus exert anti-inflammatory activity.
6, asthma
Saponins are the active ingredients of Allium sativum asthma, Allium sativum single medicine for bronchial asthma immediate asthma efficacy.
7, other effects
Allium cepa raw and concocted products decoction also has analgesic, hypoxia resistance, antidepressant and protection of vascular endothelial structure. Allium cepa extract can improve the ability of skeletal muscle metabolism, strengthen insulin sensitivity, used to prevent and control metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes.
The medical sage Zhang Zhongjing used Allium cepa in three formulas (Gua Puzu Allium bai Bai Bai Tang, Gua Puzu Allium bai Bai Han Xia Tang, and Hovenia Allium cepa Gui Zhi Tang) in the treatment of thoracic paralysis in the "Essentials of the Golden Chamber".
1, Gua Puzu Allium bai Bai Bai Tang
Ingredients: One 24g of Gua Puzu, 12g of Allium bai Bai, and seven liters of Bai Baijiu (in moderation).
Effects: To promote Yang dispersal and eliminate phlegm: used for chest paralysis, chest and back pain, phlegm, wheezing, shortness of breath and can not lie down, the moss is white and slippery, and the pulse is dull and stringy.
Clinical Use: At present, this formula is often used to treat angina pectoris of coronary heart disease with the addition of medicines that activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It is also used to treat pleurisy, chronic bronchitis, and intercoagulant neuralgia, which belong to the above symptoms.
2, piper betel, Allium sativum and half-summer soup
Composition: 12 grams of piper betel, Allium sativum, half-summer 9 grams each, 70 ml of white wine (not modern white wine, yellow wine, or mash can also be used as a substitute.)
Effects: Relieve depression by moving qi, clearing yang and dispersing knots, expelling phlegm and relieving chest pain.
Clinical Use: This formula can be used in the treatment of coronary angina pectoris, rheumatic heart disease, ventricular tachycardia, intercostal neuralgia, mammary hyperplasia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, traumatic pneumothorax, cough and asthma in the elderly, chronic bronchopneumonia, chronic cholecystitis, and so on, which belongs to the above mentioned syndrome.
3, Hovenia allium cinnamon branch soup
Ingredients: Hovenia 12g, thick Park 12g, Allium cinnamon white 9g, cinnamon branch 3g, Gua Puzu a 12g.
Functions: Yang dispersal of knots, expectoration of phlegm and lowering of Qi.
Clinical application: This formula is often used in angina pectoris of coronary heart disease, intercostal neuralgia, non-suppurative costochondritis, etc., which is characterized by chest yang deficiency, phlegm and qi interlacing.
1, sugar and vinegar scallion
Raw materials: 500 grams of scallion, sugar, white vinegar, appropriate amount.
Methods: Wash the Allium sativum, dry the water, put into a sealed container, add sugar, white vinegar, soak 10 days later can be eaten.
Functions: Sweet and sour Allium sativum is sweet and sour, has the role of appetizer, spleen and wine, help digestion. It is suitable for the symptoms such as loss of appetite, dullness and poor appetite, and fullness and distention in the stomach and abdomen caused by indigestion.
Ingredients: 15 grams of Allium sativum, 250 grams of chicken, 9 grams of jujube, 6 slices of ginger, salt.
Methods: wash the scallion white, jujube, scallion white slices standby; chicken washed, cut into pieces, into a pot of water, large fire boiling, skimming foam; then into the jujube and ginger, small fire cooking 1 hour, into the scallion white slices, a little bit of cooking, add salt to taste.
Effects: This soup has the effect of promoting qi and dispersing knots, tonifying qi and blood. It is suitable for people with insufficient qi and blood, chest distension, and easy fatigue.
3, scallion omelette
Ingredients: 120 grams of scallion, 3 eggs, salt, oil, moderate.
Methods: First of all, the scallion clean, chopped finely, standby; eggs knocked into a bowl, into the salt, with chopsticks or whisk whip blisters. The pan is hot, pour in oil, when the oil is hot, pour in the egg mixture, sprinkle the Allium cepa finely chopped, fry on the fire for about 5 minutes, and then one side of the frying into a burnt brown that is.
Effects: This medicinal meal has the effect of pungent appetizing, broadening the chest and removing paralysis. It is suitable for people with loss of appetite, chest tightness and heart pain, cold hands and feet, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris.
1, weak spleen and stomach, yin deficiency or fever with caution.
2, taking too much Allium sativum will stimulate the gastric mucosa, ulcers do not use.
3, the stomach qi cold, serving scallion white will occur warmth, should not be used more.
Reviewed by Ye Yingxia, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University
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