Eggplant porridge

I believe that friends are familiar with eggplant, but may feel a little unfamiliar with eggplant porridge.

Eggplant porridge knowledge introduction

Porridge recipe ingredients: 100 grams of fresh eggplant, 50 grams of rice, and appropriate amount of salt.

Cooking method: Select the eggplants, cut them into small pieces and set aside. Wash the rice, put it into a pot, add an appropriate amount of water to cook porridge, add the eggplants when it boils, cook until the porridge is cooked, add a little salt to taste and take it, 1 dose per day.

Efficacy: Clears away heat and detoxifies, promotes blood circulation and reduces swelling.

Indications: Suitable for heat-toxic sores, skin ulcers, bloody stools, swelling and pain due to falls, etc.

Explanation of the meaning of porridge: Eggplant, also known as Luosu, is the fruit of the Solanum plant of the Solanaceae family. There are white eggplant and purple eggplant, which have similar properties. White eggplant is mostly used as medicine.

According to traditional Chinese medicine, eggplant is sweet and cool in nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that it "disperses blood and relieves pain, reduces swelling and widens the intestines." The Suixiju Diet says that it "promotes blood circulation, relieves pain, eliminates carbuncle, kills insects, and cures malaria." Cooking porridge and taking it regularly is a good food therapy in summer.

Nutritional value of eggplant

Nutritional research shows that eggplant contains a variety of alkaloids, such as cucurbitacin, stachydrine, choline, solanine, etc., and the eggplant skin contains pigments such as nasunin and perilla glycosides. Modern medical research has proved that the above substances have certain biological activity and have a good health-care effect on the human body. Relevant data show that among natural foods, eggplant contains the highest content of vitamin E and vitamin P, especially purple-skinned eggplant. Vitamin E can enhance the antioxidant effect of cell membranes, resist the damage of harmful free radicals to cells, prevent the occurrence of arteriosclerosis and hypertension, promote the secretion of gonads and gastric juice, and regulate the function of the central nervous system. Vitamin P can enhance cell adhesion, promote cell metabolism, protect blood vessel elasticity, prevent small blood vessel bleeding, improve microcirculation function, and maintain normal physiological functions in the body. Eggplant fiber also contains a large amount of saponin, which can reduce the cholesterol content in the blood and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. In addition, it also contains essential trace elements for the human body, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc, germanium, etc. Brazilian researchers have confirmed through animal experiments that consuming eggplant juice can reduce cholesterol levels, thereby avoiding cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and can also help lose weight. They fed high-fat, high-cholesterol foods and vitamin-rich eggplant juice to two groups of rabbits, and the cholesterol content in the rabbits that consumed eggplant juice dropped by 10%. Researchers believe that this experiment can also achieve the same effect on humans, so consuming eggplant or eggplant juice is a simple and effective way to control high cholesterol. Eggplants are soft and easy to absorb. If cooked with pork, ribs, pigeons, chickens, etc., they can nourish and strengthen the body, and can also prevent dry skin and the formation of spots, chloasma and age spots.