Watercress alias watercress, ditch celery, knife celery, wild celery and so on. In China is mainly distributed in Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan and other provinces and regions.

The so-called "water celery", is the market of the southern "small celery". Most of the stems of this kind of celery are a little white, and relatively thin, short shape. The celery itself has a strong celery flavor, which can be used to remove the fishy taste of other foods. Therefore, it is often used as a flavor enhancer in cuisine.

Nutritional value of watercress

1, high fiber

Celery is a high-fiber food has the effect of anticancer and cancer prevention, it is digested by the intestines to produce a kind of lignin or intestinal lipids of the material, which is a kind of antioxidant, high concentration can inhibit intestinal bacterial production of carcinogenic substances. It can also speed up the running time of feces in the intestines, reducing the contact between carcinogens and the mucous membrane of the colon, and achieving the purpose of preventing colon cancer.

2, iron

Celery high iron content, can supplement the loss of women's menstrual blood, is iron deficiency anemia patients with good vegetables, food can avoid pale skin, dry, colorless, and can make the eyes God, hair black.

3, zinc

Celery contains zinc, is a sexual function of food, can promote sexual excitement, the West called "husband and wife dish", was listed as a forbidden food by the monks of ancient Greece. A study in Thailand found that eating celery can reduce the number of sperm in men, which may be helpful for contraception.

4, apigenin

Watercress also contains apigenin, has a good effect on blood pressure. Watercress also contains rutin, watercressin and geranylgeranyl.

Effects and functions of watercress

Taste: taste pungent; slightly sweet; cool nature Functions: clearing away heat and penetrating rash; calm the liver and tranquilize the mind. The main measles in the early stage; liver Yang on the ridicule; insomnia and dreams. Watercress can reduce heat and detoxification, promote the lung and diuresis, and can prevent and control lung cancer to a certain extent. It can cure violent heat and thirst, and has the effect of clearing heat and diuretic, which is a good auxiliary treatment for diseases such as urinary tract infection. The aqueous humor has a certain protective effect on liver cells. It can also lower blood pressure, treat mumps and blood in stool.