Function pictures of common vegetables

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Functions of vegetables

mushroom

【Nature and flavor】Sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature.

【Functions and Indications】Tonify the spleen and replenish qi, regulate qi and resolve phlegm, stimulate appetite and detoxify. Used for infectious hepatitis, leukopenia, vitamin B2 deficiency, and granulocytopenia.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, multiple amino acids, multiple vitamins, multiple trace elements, and polysaccharides. It also contains non-specific plant lectins. It has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, and Escherichia coli. It can also lower blood sugar and blood cholesterol, and prevent and treat hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. The mushroom extract has a strong anti-cancer effect.

Chinese cabbage

【Nature and flavor】Sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature.

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and relieves restlessness, quenches thirst and promotes urination, clears the intestines and stomach, and clears lung heat. It is used for colds, whooping coughs, peptic ulcer bleeding, dry coughs, hoarseness due to pharyngitis, and cassava poisoning, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, fat, multiple vitamins and carbohydrates, and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, and iron. Cabbage also contains a large amount of crude fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, prevent dry stools, keep bowel movements smooth, and prevent the occurrence of intestinal cancer, silicosis, and breast cancer.

White radish

[Nature and flavor] Sweet and spicy, neutral, non-toxic.

[return through meridians] enters the lungs and spleen.

[Effects] It can relieve gas and aid digestion, eliminate phlegm and moisten the lungs, detoxify and promote salivation, harmonize the stomach and relieve cough, and promote urination and defecation.

[Main Indications] Cooking it can treat lung atrophy, lung heat, vomiting blood, bloating, food stagnation, indigestion, excessive phlegm, dry mouth, thirst, urinary obstruction, and alcohol poisoning; taking it raw can stop thirst, treat vomiting blood, epistaxis, hoarseness and dry throat, chest fullness and discomfort, and urinary obstruction.

[Contraindications] 1. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should avoid eating this food. 2. People who are taking ginseng or tonic medicines should avoid eating this food.

[Explanation] In recent years, the medical community has discovered that white radish has anti-cancer effects: because white radish contains lignin, it can increase the activity of macrophages, thereby engulfing cancer cells. It also contains an enzyme that can decompose carcinogenic nitrosamines, so it has an anti-cancer effect. In addition, white radish is one of the best sources of calcium for the human body. This calcium is most abundant in radish peels. Radishes also contain a special compound - isothiocyanate, which can kill insects and is harmless to the human body. Therefore, the cure rate of using radish juice to treat trichomonas vaginitis is as high as more than 90%. Radish juice also has the effect of lowering blood pressure. In the Soviet Union, people used radish juice and a little honey to treat hypertension and atherosclerosis. Radishes and radish seeds are also very effective for whooping cough, coughs, and acute and chronic respiratory diseases. For a long time, people have attached great importance to the therapeutic effect of radish. There is a folk proverb that says: "Harvesting radishes in autumn, doctors are helpless." These words are certainly exaggerated, but they can show that radishes have great medicinal value. In addition, white radish can transform qi and eliminate stagnation, and has the effect of relieving undigested food; but it also has the side effects of tonic medicines (such as ginseng and deer antler).

White Fungus

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, neutral in nature.

[Functions and Indications] Clears the lungs and resolves phlegm, nourishes yin and produces body fluid, moistens the intestines and stops bleeding. Used for lung heat cough, coughing up bloody sputum, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, dry throat and thirst, dry stomach and intestines, palpitations and insomnia, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, fat, crude fiber, calcium, sulfur, phosphorus, iron, magnesium, potassium, sodium, vitamin B, and anti-tumor polysaccharides (A, B, C) such as xylose, fucose, mannose, glucuronic acid, glucose, etc. Animal experiments show that Tremella syrup can significantly enhance the phagocytic ability of macrophages and has a protective effect against radiation damage. Anti-tumor polysaccharides (A, B, C) have an inhibitory effect on mouse sarcoma-180.

spinach

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, cool in nature.

[Functions and indications] Nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, consolidating yin, moistening dryness. Used for epistaxis, bloody stool, scurvy, chronic constipation, hypertension, tongue rash, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains carotene, vitamin C, protein, sugar, iron, calcium, phosphorus, folic acid, oxalic acid, etc. It can help digestion, quench thirst and moisten the intestines, and promote pancreatic secretion. Regular consumption of spinach can help the human body maintain normal vision and epithelial cell health, prevent night blindness, enhance the ability to resist infectious diseases, and promote children's growth and development; it is also effective in preventing angular cheilitis, cheilitis, glossitis, dermatitis, and scrotitis.

onion

【Nature and flavor】Spicy, warm in nature.

[Functions and indications] Dispel wind and induce sweating, promote yang and dispel cold, detoxify and reduce swelling. Used for colds, headaches, stuffy nose, no sweating, facial edema, abdominal pain and diarrhea, sores, swelling and pain, pregnancy and fetal movement, and postpartum blood fainting.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] The bulb of this product contains volatile oil, the main component of which is allicin. It also contains diallyl sulfide and vitamins (B, C), niacin, fatty oil, calcium, phosphorus, iron, polysaccharides, and hemicellulose. It has the effects of sterilization, sweating, increasing the secretion of digestive juices, and improving appetite.

Winter melon

[Nature and flavor] Sweet and mild in taste, slightly cold in nature.

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes diuresis and eliminates phlegm, relieves restlessness and thirst, removes dampness and relieves heat. It is used for chest heat, difficulty urinating, lung abscess, cough and asthma, liver cirrhosis ascites, hypertension, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, carbohydrates, carotene, multiple vitamins, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and has a high potassium salt content and a low sodium salt content. It is especially suitable for patients with hypertension, kidney disease, edema, etc. who need low-sodium food.

tomato

[Nature and flavor] Sweet, sour, cool in nature.

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and produces body fluid, nourishes yin and cools blood, strengthens the stomach and helps digestion. Used for high blood pressure, fundus hemorrhage, bleeding gums, mouth sores, and loss of appetite.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product is rich in vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, organic acids and a small amount of protein. It promotes digestion, promotes diuresis, and inhibits a variety of bacteria. Vitamin D in tomatoes can protect blood vessels and treat high blood pressure. Tomatoes contain glutathione, which delays cell aging and increases the body's ability to fight cancer. Carotene in tomatoes can protect skin elasticity, promote bone calcification, and prevent and treat rickets, night blindness and dry eyes in children.

kelp

【Nature and flavor】Salty in taste, cold in nature.

[Functions and Indications] Eliminate phlegm and soften hard masses, relieve heat and promote diuresis, relieve cough and asthma, remove fat and lower blood pressure, disperse nodules and fight cancer. Used for goiter, scrofula, hernia, cough and asthma, edema, hypertension, coronary heart disease, and obesity.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains a variety of organic substances and elements such as iodine, potassium, calcium, iron, etc. It also contains proteins, fatty acids, sugars, multiple vitamins and niacin. It can prevent and treat endemic goiter and significantly reduce cholesterol. Regular consumption of kelp can increase iodine intake and greatly increase calcium absorption, which is believed to be one of the factors that prevent cancer. It has a certain preventive and auxiliary therapeutic effect on hypertension, arteriosclerosis and excessive fat.

Seaweed

[Nature and flavor] Salty, cold, non-toxic.

[entry into meridians] enters the liver.

[Effects] Disperse goiters, soften hard masses and promote diuresis, lower blood pressure, lower blood lipids and fight cancer.

[Main indications] Scrofula, goiter, hypertension, hernia sarcoma, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, and uterine cancer.

[Explanation] Seaweed, also known as seaweed, is also known as sea wormwood, searoot vegetable, and tiger algae. Seaweed contains sterol compounds, which have the effect of lowering blood lipids; seaweed extract has a certain inhibitory effect on uterine cancer, breast cancer, and sarcoma.

Black Fungus

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, neutral in nature.

[Functions and indications] Nourishes the stomach, soothes the nerves and moistens dryness, clears the lungs and stops bleeding. Used for high blood pressure, metrorrhagia, bloody diarrhea, constipation, lung deficiency cough, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, fat, sugar, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, multiple vitamins, niacin, carotene, sterols, ergosterol, etc. It has been reported that black fungus has anti-cancer effects.

carrot

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, neutral in nature.

[Functions and Indications] Strengthen the spleen and digestion, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, clear away heat and detoxify, promote the eruption, and relieve cough. It is used for malnutrition in children, measles, night blindness, constipation, hypertension, gastrointestinal discomfort, fullness and bloating, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, fat, sugar, carotene, vitamin C, minerals, volatile oils, etc. It can prevent and treat night blindness, dry eyes, dry skin, dry and brittle hair, etc. It can increase coronary blood flow and reduce blood lipids. Carrots fried with oil and meat can convert one molecule of B-carotene in the food into two molecules of vitamin A in the body. This product can reverse precancerous lesions in the lungs of smokers.

cucumber

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, cold, slightly toxic.

[entry into meridians] Enters the stomach and small intestine.

【Effects】Clears away heat, quenches thirst and acts as a diuretic.

[Indications] Restlessness, dry mouth, thirst, difficulty urinating, edema of the limbs, edema and abdominal distension.

[Contraindications] People suffering from scabies, athlete's foot, or edema should not eat it.

[Instructions] Among vegetables, cucumbers have the highest water content, which can reach 98%. They are low-calorie foods, contain more minerals, pectin and a small amount of vitamins, and also contain delicate fine cellulose, which can promote the excretion of corrupted food in the intestines and reduce cholesterol. Fresh cucumbers also contain succinic acid, which can inhibit the conversion of sugars into fat and can be eaten as a weight-loss food. In some countries, people are accustomed to using cucumber juice to clean and protect the skin, and using mashed cucumbers to smooth wrinkles. Cucumber vines have obvious direct effects of dilating blood vessels, slowing heart rate, lowering cholesterol and lowering blood pressure, and have no adverse reactions. Cucumbers are high in water and have a sweet taste. Eating them raw can quench thirst and clear heat, but eating too much can easily cause heat accumulation and dampness. Eating them can easily aggravate the condition of people with sores, scabies, athlete's foot and edema. Eating them can easily cause malnutrition and worms in children.

Chinese chives

【Nature and flavor】Sweet and spicy, warm in nature.

【Functions and Indications】Tonify the kidney and boost yang, warm the middle and promote qi, warm the stomach, disperse blood stasis, and lower blood lipids. Used for cold pain in the abdomen, cold pain in the waist and knees, leucorrhea, spermatorrhea, amenorrhea and leucorrhea, traumatic injury, hiccups, nausea, vomiting blood, epistaxis, impotence, premature ejaculation, allergic purpura, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains volatile oils, sulfides, glycosides and bitter substances, which have the function of disinfection and sterilization in the intestines.

Momordica charantia

【Nature and flavor】Bitter and sweet, cold in nature.

[Functions and indications] Clears away summer heat, removes toxins, and improves eyesight. Used for summer heat and thirst, red eyes due to liver heat, damp-heat dysentery, hyperactivity of heart fire, and hematuria.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, fat, sugar, vitamins, carotene, crude fiber, bitter melon, calcium, phosphorus, iron, inorganic salts, etc. It has the effects of anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, fatigue-relieving, refreshing and eye-clearing. It has a strong killing power against cancer cells.

eggplant

【Nature and flavor】Sweet in taste, slightly cold in nature.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, promotes blood circulation, relieves pain, and reduces swelling. Treats intestinal bleeding, heat-toxic sores, skin ulcers, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains vitamins (A, B, C, P), fat, protein, sugars and minerals, which can prevent scurvy and promote wound healing. It has a certain effect on preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis and hemoptysis. This product also contains solanine, which has anti-cancer effects.

celery

[Nature and flavor] Spicy and sweet, cool in nature.

[Functions and indications] Clears away heat and soothes the liver, invigorates the stomach and relieves qi, and promotes urination. It is used for fever or excessive drinking, irritability and thirst, high blood pressure, vomiting due to stomach heat, decreased appetite, stranguria due to heat, hematuria, and difficulty urinating.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and minerals, among which the content of phosphorus and calcium is relatively high. Regular consumption has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on hypertension, vascular sclerosis, neurasthenia, rickets in children, etc. At the same time, celery also contains volatile celery oil, which is fragrant and can promote appetite.

Ginger

【Nature and flavor】Spicy, warm in nature.

【Functions and Indications】It can induce sweating and relieve the symptoms, warm the middle and dispel cold, stop vomiting and resolve phlegm, strengthen the stomach and help digestion, and promote diuresis and reduce swelling. It is used for colds, abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, cough and phlegm, poor appetite, etc.

[Ingredients and medicinal uses] This product contains volatile oil, gingerol, asparagine, glutamic acid, serine, glycine, starch, protein, vitamins and phytoncide, which can dilate blood vessels and accelerate blood flow; it can eliminate pathogens and toxins in the body, promote the secretion of digestive juices and prevent the accumulation of cholesterol.

Potato

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, neutral.

[entry into meridians] Enters the stomach and large intestine.

【Effects】Strengthens the spleen and stomach, replenishes Qi and regulates the middle.

[Main indications] Take it internally to treat stomachache and constipation; use it externally to treat skin eczema.

[Instructions] Potatoes contain a lot of starch and protein, vitamins B and C, etc. In addition, they also contain a small amount of solanine. The right amount of solanine can relieve spasms, reduce gastric secretion, and is effective for stomach pain; but a large amount of solanine is harmful to the human body and can cause poisoning phenomena such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, and severe cases can even cause death. The solanine content of potatoes will increase after being exposed to the sun. When using potatoes, special attention should be paid to peeling them. If they sprout or rot, remember not to eat them. Generally, when potatoes sprout and the skin turns green or purple, the solanine toxin will increase at this time. In addition, many nutrients in potatoes are easily soluble in water, so try not to soak them in water after peeling or cutting to avoid a large loss of nutrients.

mushroom

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, neutral, non-toxic.

[entry into meridians] enters the liver.

[Effects] Strengthens the spleen, relieves acne, lowers blood pressure, and fights cancer.

[Main Indications] It can treat measles, inhibit the development and metastasis of cancer cells, treat thirst, and hypertension. [Explanation] The purple ones are "shiitake mushrooms", and the white ones are "meat mushrooms". They are delicious and are a good vegetable. Shiitake mushrooms contain shiitake mushrooms and R-hydroxy-4-butyric acid, which can lower blood lipids, treat hypertension and diabetes; they also contain 13B glucosidase and anti-cancer substances, so they have anti-cancer effects.

onion

【Nature and flavor】Spicy and warm.

[return through meridians] enters the heart and spleen.

[Effects] Kill insects and remove dampness, warm the middle and help digestion, digest meat and grain, refresh the mind and strengthen the body, lower blood pressure, and eliminate blood lipids.

[Indications] Cold pain in the abdomen, indigestion, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes.

[Instructions] Onion, also known as shallot, is closely related to garlic, has a similar spicy taste and chemical structure. Onion contains almost no fat, and its essential oil contains a mixture of sulfides that can lower cholesterol. It is reported that onion is the only plant known to contain prostaglandins, and also contains ingredients that can activate the activity of fibrinolytic protein. These substances are strong vasodilators, which can reduce the resistance of peripheral blood vessels and coronary arteries, counteract the effects of pressor substances such as catecholamines in the human body, and promote the excretion of sodium salts, thereby lowering blood pressure. It can be said that onion is a good vegetable and medicine for patients with cardiovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Therefore, onions have been highly valued since ancient times.

Tofu

[Nature and flavor] Sweet and salty, cold and neutral, non-toxic.

[entry into meridians] enters the lungs and large intestine.

[Effects] Clears away heat and promotes diuresis, replenishes Qi and relieves fullness, relieves bloating and disperses blood.

[Indications] Blood in stool, leucorrhea, leucorrhea, scanty milk; external use for burns, scalds, and lower limb ulcers.

[Instructions] There are many types of soy products, such as tofu, soy milk, tofu skin, tofu dregs, and tofu sauce pot cakes, which can all be used as medicine. Modern scientific analysis has proved that the nutrition of tofu is similar to that of milk. Tofu tastes delicious. It can not only be eaten with meals, but also has high medicinal value. Tofu is made with gypsum or brine, and contains more iron, calcium and magnesium salts, which are of special significance to the growth of children's bones and teeth; and magnesium salts have a protective effect on the myocardium, so it is suitable for patients with coronary heart disease. The sitosterol in tofu also has the effect of lowering cholesterol. It is reported that Japanese women eat tofu instead of meals to lose weight and keep fit. In addition, tofu is rich in plant protein and of good quality, and contains less sugar, which is most suitable for diabetic patients and obese people. It can be said that tofu is a beneficial food for patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, heart disease, arteriosclerosis, diabetes and obesity. However, since tofu contains more purine, gout patients with abnormal purine metabolism and patients with increased blood uric acid concentration should not eat tofu.

peanut

Peanuts are known as "plant meat". They contain 50% oil, which is more than twice that of soybeans and more than 20% higher than rapeseed. Except for soybeans, no other grain can match the protein content of peanuts. The content is more than 30%, which is equivalent to twice that of wheat, 2.5 times that of corn, and 3 times that of rice. The protein in peanuts is easily absorbed by the human body, with an absorption rate of about 90%. Therefore, peanuts are well-deserved to be called plant meat.

The nutritional value of peanuts is so high that even some animal foods known as high-end nutritional products, such as eggs, milk, and meat, are inferior to peanuts. Peanuts produce more calories than meat, 20% more than milk, and 40% more than eggs. Other nutrients such as protein, nucleoprotein, calcium, phosphorus, and iron are also higher than milk, meat, and eggs. Peanuts also contain various vitamins such as A, B, E, and K, as well as lecithin, protein amino acids, choline, oleic acid, arachidic acid, fatty acids, palmitic acid, etc. It can be seen that peanuts are very rich and comprehensive in nutrients and can be eaten raw, fried, or boiled. Fried peanuts are especially crispy and delicious with a long aftertaste.

Peanuts are also a traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that peanuts are suitable for malnutrition, spleen and stomach disorders, cough, phlegm, asthma, lack of milk, etc. Peanut leaves, peanut skins, shells, peanut oil, etc. can all be used as medicine.