The effects and benefits of eating lentils

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Lentils

The efficacy and function of lentils

Introduction of Lentils

Lentils are annual herbaceous plants with creeping stems, lanceolate leaflets, white or purple flowers, oblong, flat, slightly curved pods, and white or purple-black seeds.

Nutritional value of lentils

Lentils are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, dietary fiber, provitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, cyanogenic glycosides, tyrosinase, etc. Lentil skins are particularly rich in B vitamins. In addition, there are phospholipids, sucrose, and glucose. Lentils also contain hemagglutinin, a protein substance that can increase the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid, inhibit immune response and the movement of white blood cells and lymphocytes, so it can activate the lymphocytes of tumor patients to produce lymphotoxins, which have non-specific damaging effects on body cells, so it has a significant effect on tumor regression. Tumor patients should eat lentils frequently, which have certain auxiliary therapeutic effects. Lentils have a light fragrance without being pungent, mild in nature and slightly yellow in color, which is most suitable for the spleen.

The efficacy and function of lentils

1. Strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. It is mainly used to treat spleen deficiency with dampness, poor appetite and loose stools; dampness and turbidity flowing downward, and excessive vaginal discharge in women.

2. It can eliminate dampness and relieve heat. It is used for symptoms such as summer-heat and dampness injury, vomiting, diarrhea, and convulsions.

3. Treat edema, arsenic poisoning, and bacterial dysentery.

Tips for eating lentils

Lentils contain protein, carbohydrates, toxic proteins, lectins, and saponins that can cause hemolysis. Therefore, you must be careful when heating them. Lentils must be cooked before eating, otherwise food poisoning may occur.

Suitable people for eating lentils

It is edible for general population.

1. It is particularly suitable for people with spleen deficiency, loose stools, reduced appetite, chronic diarrhea, women with spleen deficiency and leukorrhea, and children with malnutrition (simple indigestion). It is also suitable for people with summer colds and dampness, acute gastroenteritis, indigestion, heat headaches, dizziness, nausea, irritability, thirst, heart and stomach pain, and loss of appetite. It is especially suitable for cancer patients.

2. However, people suffering from cold or fever, cold or malaria should not eat it.