Soy sauce: It can make dishes delicious and increase the color of food. Suitable for braising in soy sauce and making pot-stewed flavor. Oyster sauce: Oyster sauce itself is very salty, so it can be slightly neutralized with sugar. Salad oil: common edible oil, which can also be used to make cakes. Sesame oil (sesame oil): pour it on the dish before it is cooked, which can increase the flavor. When curing food, it can also be added to increase flavor. Rice wine: Add a little wine when cooking fish and meat to remove the fishy smell. Salty taste is the basic taste of most compound flavors, and it is known as the "master of all flavors". Salt has been recognized and used by people since the period of the Yellow Emperor about 5,000 years ago. The seasoning function is not only inseparable from the salty taste of ordinary dishes, but also needs to add a proper amount of salty taste to the sweet and sour taste and hot and sour taste to make it rich and palatable. ◆ The role of soy sauce: it is mainly salty and has a fresh flavor. Make the dishes taste delicious and polished, and can supplement nutrition. Health benefits: amino acids in soy sauce are the main nutrients of human body, especially some amino acids that cannot be synthesized by human body, which must be ingested through food. In addition, when a certain part of the body is burned, it can be smeared with soy sauce to relieve pain and relieve fire poison; Finger swelling and pain. After soy sauce and honey are heated, your fingers can be immersed in it to relieve pain and swelling. Taboo: Some soy sauce can't be eaten directly, otherwise food poisoning will easily occur. Because there is a halophilic bacterium in soy sauce, it can survive in high concentration salty food. The salt content of soy sauce is about 15% to 20%, and halophilic bacteria can survive in soy sauce for a long time. People who eat food containing halophilic bacteria will have symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and in severe cases, they will be dehydrated, shocked and even die. When taking Youjiangning and stuffy cola to treat cardiovascular diseases and gastrointestinal diseases, you should not dip it in soy sauce, otherwise it will cause side effects such as nausea and vomiting. Category: according to the flavor, it can be divided into red soy sauce, white soy sauce, light soy sauce, light soy sauce and so on. How to choose: Soy sauce should be reddish brown in color, bright and transparent, rich in aroma and delicious and mellow in taste. ◆ The function of salt: add umami flavor, relieve fatigue, sterilize and prevent corrosion. Health benefits: The main component of salt is sodium chloride, and a certain amount of salt must be ingested every day to maintain metabolism, adjust the acid-base balance between body fluids and cells, and promote human growth and development. In addition, iodine-containing salts can also be beneficial to the thyroid gland. Gargling with light salt water can not only effectively treat and prevent oral diseases such as sore throat and swollen gums, but also prevent colds. Acute localized dermatitis and itching can be relieved by washing and smearing with salt water. Insist on washing eyes with light salt water every day to treat trachoma, which can get good results; Washing your hair with salt water can reduce hair loss. Drinking a cup of salty boiled water after getting up in the morning can cure constipation. Taboo: too much salt intake will make the concentration of sodium chloride in the body too high, and the increase of sodium ion will inhibit the immune ability of respiratory cells and easily cause a cold. Salt can also inhibit the efficacy of antihypertensive drugs, diuretics, epinephrine and other drugs, so when taking these drugs, we should also try to reduce the intake. Category: sea salt, well salt, lake salt, mineral salt, etc. According to the place of origin; According to the processing accuracy, it can be divided into coarse salt and refined salt. How to choose: high-quality refined salt is white in color, small in crystallization, loose and non-caking, and non-bitter. Sweetness was called sweetness in ancient times. In China cooking, sweetness is widely used in the south, and Wuxi cuisine in Jiangsu is the most sweet, which is known as "sweet at first, salty in mouth, rich in oil and red in sauce". When cooking, you can make sweets with seasonings alone; It can also be used to adjust a variety of compound flavors to make food sweet and delicious, and can also be used to correct flavor, remove bitterness, remove fishy smell and so on. , and has a certain boredom. ◆ The function of sugar: it can sweeten dishes, improve nutrition, and make the surface of finished products smooth, and it will be golden yellow or brownish yellow after heating. Health benefits: Appropriate sugar supplementation during exercise can improve blood sugar level, increase energy supply, recover the loss of muscle glycogen, reduce the energy supply ratio of protein and fatty acids, and delay the occurrence of fatigue. Sugar water can also stimulate the stomach and help digestion. Taboo: Eating too much sugar can lead to dental caries, obesity, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction and even promote cancers such as breast cancer. Patients with diabetes and hepatitis should take it as little as possible. Category: mainly divided into white sugar, soft candy, rock sugar, brown sugar and so on. How to choose: the color is positive, the taste is sweet, there is no impurity, and there is no odor. Sour taste is widely used in cooking, but it is generally not suitable for use alone. Seasoning can remove fishy smell, relieve boredom, enhance fragrance and freshness, generate fragrance and dye hair, stimulate appetite and increase appetite. At the same time, it also has the effect of convergence and convergence, which can help gastrointestinal digestion. ◆ The function of vinegar: it mainly plays the role of increasing acidity, aroma, umami, relieving boredom and removing fishy smell. Health benefits: vinegar can promote metabolism, and vinegar is one of the effective methods to prevent arteriosclerosis and hypertension. Vinegar can also stimulate appetite and promote the secretion of digestive juice, while vinegar also has strong bactericidal power. It can kill salmonella, Escherichia coli and other diseases within 30 minutes, and maintain the acidity of the intestine to achieve the effect of expelling harmful bacteria. Fumigating indoors with vinegar has a certain preventive effect on colds; When you have a high fever, applying a towel soaked in diluted vinegar to your skin will lower your body temperature; Gargling with vinegar can treat mild pharyngitis. When scalded, washing with vinegar can relieve pain, reduce swelling, prevent foaming, and make the wound heal well without spots. Taboo: vinegar should not be drunk in large quantities, especially in patients with gastric ulcer, and it is necessary to avoid drinking vinegar to avoid harm to the body. It is not advisable to use vinegar when eating mutton, otherwise it will weaken the therapeutic effect of both and produce substances harmful to human body. Because vinegar is an acidic substance, it should be avoided when taking erythromycin, sulfonamides and other drugs. Category: According to the technological process, it can be divided into brewing vinegar and synthetic vinegar. Brewing vinegar can be divided into rice vinegar and sweet and sour vinegar. Synthetic vinegar can be divided into colored vinegar and white vinegar. Spicy taste is actually tactile pain rather than taste. But because of habit, it is also a kind of "taste". Pepper is the representative of spicy taste and an ideal condiment to induce appetite and supplement nutrition, which is deeply loved by people in humid and depressed areas. Seasoning enhances fragrance and color, and stimulates appetite. ◆ Chili function: Capsaicin, a spicy ingredient in Chili, is rich in nutrition and can enhance appetite, so it is widely used in cooking. Health benefits: Chili contains a variety of capsaicin and vanillin, which can stimulate oral mucosa, promote saliva secretion and gastric peristalsis, and is beneficial to food digestion; Pepper contains more antioxidants, which can prevent cancer and other chronic diseases, help to smooth the respiratory tract and treat colds. Long-term intake of pepper can enhance the anti-aging ability of individuals. Taboo: Don't take it in large quantities, otherwise it will cause nervous system damage, digestive tract ulcer, and even cause cell biochemical reaction confusion and turn into tumor. At the same time, people suffering from esophagitis, pharyngitis, toothache, hemorrhoids, tuberculosis and hypertension should eat less. Category: according to the degree of spicy taste, it is divided into sweet, slightly spicy, medium spicy and extremely spicy. How to choose: choose according to personal taste. ◆ Zanthoxylum bungeanum function: It has the functions of removing fishy smell, odor and fragrance. Health benefits: Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains a variety of volatile oils and aromatic substances, such as cumyl alcohol and limonene. Zanthoxylum bungeanum not only has good odor removal effect, but also has the effects of relieving joint pain, toothache, warming the middle warmer and dispelling cold. Taboo: Because pepper is a spicy condiment, it will make people hot and unbearable, causing some diseases of digestive tract and urinary tract, so it is forbidden to eat in summer. Species: There are different varieties such as Dahongpao, Dahongjiao, Xiaohong Pepper, Baisha Pepper and Bean Pepper. How to choose: the fruit is dry, without seeds and pepper stalks, large and uniform, with strong fragrance and spicy taste. ◆ Pepper function: The taste of black pepper is stronger than that of white pepper, and it has the effect of spicy, delicious and refreshing the stomach. Be careful not to cook with meat for too long, because black pepper contains piperine, piperine, volatile oil and fatty oil. If cooked for too long, the spice and fragrance will evaporate. Health benefits: Pepper contains 140 aromatic components such as piperine, juniper and sunflower seeds. Pepper can strengthen the stomach, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, enhance appetite, accelerate blood circulation, detoxify and diminish inflammation. When you have a cold, chew some pepper every 4 hours to curb the aggravation of the cold. Taboo: people with spicy pepper, dry nature, excessive liver fire, or body heat due to yin deficiency should avoid eating more; Hot peppers should also be avoided for fever, so as not to aggravate the condition. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are not suitable for eating. Category: Black pepper and white pepper are mainly divided by color. How to choose: It is better to have full fruit, uniform color and rich taste. ◆ Ginger function: It has a unique spicy taste. Fresh when cooking. Health benefits: Ginger contains gingerol, gingerol, gingerol, gingerol, etc., which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, stimulate appetite, help digestion, lower serum cholesterol, relieve fever, relieve pain, help sweat, prevent and treat colds, dispel cold and relieve cough. Mashing the affected area can relieve inflammation and pain, and drinking ginger soup can prevent colds in the four seasons; Applying ginger to navel can prevent motion sickness and seasickness. Taboo: Although the smell and taste of rotten ginger have not changed much, it must not be eaten because it contains strong carcinogen safrole. At the same time, patients with gastric ulcer should also eat less. Species: According to the maturity and storage time of fleshy roots, they are divided into old ginger and tender ginger. How to choose: Generally speaking, old ginger is hotter than tender ginger. ◆ Garlic function: It can be used alone or together, and can also be used for seasoning and decoration. Health benefits: Garlic contains more than 30 kinds of sulfur-containing compounds and characteristic gas components such as allicin, allicin and allicin. Experiments show that garlic has the functions of bacteriostasis, sterilization, lowering cholesterol and blood lipid and preventing cerebral thrombosis. Taboo: Don't overdo it. Garlic contains allicin, spermicide and garlic sulfur, which directly stimulates gastric mucosa. Excessive consumption may cause gastric ulcer and anemia. Category: According to the size of garlic cloves, it is divided into large cloves and small cloves. How to choose: it is better to have a complete appearance without rotten skin and scars. ◆ The function of onion: onion is often used as an auxiliary material in cooking, which has the function of removing fishy smell and increasing freshness. Health care effect: Welsh onion is cold, which has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, activating yang and detoxifying, and can prevent and treat cold-heat headache, constipation and carbuncle. Taboo: Onions can't be eaten with tofu, otherwise it is easy to form a white precipitate with tofu-calcium oxalate, which hinders the body's absorption of calcium. At the same time, when using traditional Chinese medicines such as Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Polygoni Multiflori, it should not be taken together with scallion. Type: Generally divided into scallion and shallot. How to choose: it is better to have straight roots and tender leaves. ◆ Anise function: As an auxiliary material, it can remove fishy smell and enhance fragrance, especially suitable for stews. Health benefits: Fennel contains anisole, anisone, anisaldehyde, limonene and so on. Has the effects of removing fishy smell, stimulating appetite, eliminating phlegm, expelling wind, relieving spasm, treating constipation and prolonging sleep time. In addition, it also helps to prevent and treat gastrointestinal infectious diseases and relieve fullness and abdominal cramps. Taboo: Don't overdo it. The volatile oil of Illicium verum contains safrole, which is carcinogenic. In addition, star anise is a hot food and should not be eaten in summer. Pregnant women should also avoid eating. Type: It varies according to the origin. How to choose: the shape is complete and the aroma is rich. Function of Cinnamon: Cinnamon contains cinnamaldehyde, clove oil and other ingredients, which can improve the aroma of dishes. Health benefits: Cinnamon has the effects of warming middle warmer, dispelling cold, warming channels, relieving pain, invigorating stomach, and promoting appetite. Taboo: If you eat too much, you may feel dry mouth, sore throat, listlessness and insomnia. In severe cases, you may induce hypertension, gastroenteritis and other diseases, and even have the possibility of human cell malformation and cancer. Therefore, try to eat as little as possible in your daily diet. Type: It varies according to the origin. How to choose: the fragrance is better. ◆ curry powder function: it can enhance the spicy, fragrant, fishy and delicious taste in cooking. Health care effects: sweating, dispelling cold, invigorating stomach, eliminating phlegm and appetizing. Taboo: curry powder can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid. Excessive gastric acid secretion will cause gallbladder contraction and induce biliary colic. Patients with chronic cholecystitis should not eat it. Type: It varies according to the origin. How to choose: the appearance is loose and not caked; The powder is dry and bright; The color is even and elegant. Umami umami is a delicious food that people strive to pursue in their diet, which can make people feel comfortable and happy. The umami flavor of condiments mainly comes from amino acids, nucleotides and succinic acid. ◆ Fish sauce function: it has the function of refreshing and seasoning. Health benefits: Fish sauce contains 17 amino acids, especially 8 essential amino acids. In addition, it also contains vitamins and protein. Taboo: Fish sauce is a high-salt food. Long-term consumption in large quantities will increase the probability of gastric cancer and esophageal cancer. Species: It varies according to the species of fish. How to choose: it is better to have no bitterness, astringency, clarity and transparency, and no turbidity. ◆ Chicken essence &; MSG Chicken Essence is a compound seasoning with fresh chicken, chicken bones and fresh eggs as the basic raw materials. Monosodium glutamate is made from wheat, soybean and other raw materials containing more protein by hydrolysis, and can also be made from starch by fermentation. Function: Chicken essence can be used in all occasions where monosodium glutamate is applied, and it can achieve the effect when added to vegetables, soups and pasta, especially in soups. Health benefits: monosodium glutamate can produce glutamic acid during human metabolism. 17% of human body weight is protein, while 20% of protein is glutamic acid. Therefore, monosodium glutamate can not only play the role of seasoning, but also provide glutamic acid needed by the human body. Chicken essence contains more nutrients than monosodium glutamate, such as rich amino acids, protein and vitamins. Taboo: Each person should not eat more than 6 grams of monosodium glutamate every day, otherwise, it may cause headache, nausea, fever and other symptoms; Excessive consumption of monosodium glutamate may also lead to hyperglycemia. Pay special attention to the temperature when using monosodium glutamate, because sodium glutamate will change chemically to sodium pyroglutamate above 120℃, which not only reduces the umami taste, but also has slight toxicity. Special attention should be paid to the dishes eaten by mothers and babies within 3 months after delivery, which may easily lead to zinc deficiency in babies. Category: divided into ordinary type and enhanced type. How to choose: choose a good brand. ◆ Oyster sauce is made of oyster sauce, also known as oyster sauce. Function: Delicious and slightly sweet, with special aroma, mainly used for salty and salty dishes. Health benefits: Oyster sauce not only contains 5% ~ 8% crude protein, but also contains many nutrients such as sugar, organic acids, iodine, calcium, vitamins, etc., especially 17 amino acids, including 8 amino acids necessary for human body. Taboo: Oyster sauce also contains salt, so diabetics should use it with caution. At the same time, don't overheat the oyster sauce, otherwise the umami taste will be reduced.