Linseed oil has a long edible history in China, but it is produced in northwest areas such as Gansu, Ningxia and Inner Mongolia.
In addition, the output is limited and not owned by ordinary people. So its reputation is not as loud as peanut oil and soybean oil. There are many folk names for linseed oil, such as royal oil, Lu oil and sesame oil. Many people also mistake it for sesame oil. However, linseed oil is not sesame oil, but fatty oil extracted from walnut kernel. Sesame oil has been regarded as a delicious food since ancient times. As long as it is processed with sesame oil, it is a top grade. In Taiwan Province Province, flaxseed oil is very popular and regarded as the essential oil of moon meal.
Linseed oil is different from common oil. It is golden yellow, but it is brownish red. Generally, sesame oil is mixed with other oils, and its purity is not high.
Linseed oil is a kind of high-grade edible oil with unique flavor, rich aroma and clear oil quality.
Long-term consumption has the effects of anti-aging, beauty and fitness. It has been proved that it has the effects of promoting hair growth, promoting granulation, gaining weight, relieving pain, killing insects, reducing swelling and toxic heat. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that this product is sweet and cool, and has the effects of moistening the intestines, relaxing bowels, detoxifying and promoting granulation. According to Compendium of Materia Medica, it has the functions of moistening dryness, detoxifying, relieving pain and reducing swelling. "Bielu" said: it is beneficial to the large intestine, and the afterbirth does not fit. The living are swollen and bald. Clinically, the ointment is also decocted with sesame oil, which has the functions of promoting granulation, relieving pain, eliminating carbuncle and swelling, and repairing chapped skin. Linseed oil contains sesamin. Sesamin can decompose sesamic acid and some aromatic compounds when cooking or baking dishes or foods with linseed oil. These aromatic substances can be volatilized at room temperature, with rich fragrance, elegant and attractive, which is incomparable to other similar vegetable oils. There are pills made of flax and Polygonum multiflorum in Chinese medicine. It is a tonic and tonic, and it is also effective for constipation.
The ancients believed that eating flax regularly can remove all chronic diseases and have the effect of rejuvenation and immortality. If cooked with rice, it is called Xianjia cuisine by the people.
. According to scientific analysis, the main components of sesame oil are unsaturated fatty acids, accounting for 85% ~ 90%, oleic acid and linoleic acid accounting for 50% respectively. It is characterized by strong stability and easy storage because sesame oil contains a natural antioxidant-linolenic acid. Sesame oil also contains minerals such as protein, sesamin, vitamin E, lecithin, sucrose, calcium, phosphorus and iron. It is an edible oil with extremely rich nutrition.
In recent years, with the progress of science and technology, the nutritional value and health care function of flax have attracted the attention of scientists in medical, food, agriculture and other fields. A large number of research results show that linseed oil is a high-quality edible oil, rich in? Monolinolenic acid and various unsaturated fatty acids
It can be directly converted into DHA and EPA in human body. Flaxseed oil contains 48% linolenic acid, which is the highest in vegetable oil and is an economical and practical deep-sea fish oil. As we all know, fish oil refers to EPA and DHA, which come from the ocean? Linolenic acid (mainly contained in seaweed) changes in fish. People take it? Linolenic acid (mainly contained in linseed oil) can also synthesize EPA and DHA in vivo. Therefore, eating flaxseed oil rich in a- linolenic acid can have the effect similar to eating fish oil; Repair and update the unsaturated fatty acid chain of brain cell membrane, and play a role in strengthening brain, improving intelligence, reducing blood lipid, resisting platelet aggregation, dilating arterioles and preventing thrombosis. Therefore, it can be seen that sesame oil is really a treasure in oil!
As a professional guide to the diet of pregnant women, introducing the theoretical system of confinement by famous doctors in Taiwan Province Province and applying linseed oil to the diet of pregnant women will give full play to the role of linseed oil. In the cooking of moon meal, sesame oil and rice wine water are used to cook and make soup. Among them, linseed oil is also specially made, which can be squeezed after baking at low temperature to prevent it from getting angry after eating. Foods made of sesame oil, such as sesame oil pork liver and pork loin, not only help the smooth discharge of dirty blood (lochia), but also promote uterine contraction, which is also beneficial to the healing of caesarean section, so it is very helpful for postpartum recovery of parturient. At the same time, women in physiological period and menopause also have considerable benefits.
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Flaxseed oil is sweet, flat and non-toxic;
Has the effects of moistening dryness, relaxing bowels, nourishing blood and expelling wind;
Can be used for treating weakness, dizziness, constipation, senile xerosis cutis, desquamation, allergic dermatitis, pruritus, eczema, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and elevated cholesterol.