Medicinal value
Efficacy
Tonifying the kidney; warming the qi; dispersing blood stasis; detoxification. Mainly used in treating kidney deficiency and impotence; abdominal pain with internal cold; choking and regurgitation; chest paralysis; epistaxis; vomiting blood; urinating blood; dysentery; hemorrhoids; carbuncle sores and swelling and poison; lacrimation sores; bruises and injuries.
(1) tonifying the kidney and warming the yang: leek is warm and pungent, but has no aphrodisiac component.
(2) Benefit the liver and stomach: leek contains volatile essential oils and sulfides and other special ingredients, exudes a unique pungent odor, which helps to regulate liver qi, improve appetite and enhance digestion.
(3) Promoting circulation of Qi and blood: the pungent odor of leek has the effect of dispersing blood stasis and promoting circulation of Qi and stagnation, which is suitable for bruises, regurgitation, intestinal inflammation, vomiting of blood, chest pain and so on.
(4) laxative: leek contains a lot of vitamins and crude fiber, can enhance gastrointestinal motility, treatment of constipation, prevention of intestinal cancer.