What are the benefits of eating eggplant?

Everyone is familiar with eggplant , but how much do you know about its edible benefits?

Eggplant Introduction

According to Chinese medicine, eggplant is bitter and cold in nature, and has the effects of dispersing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, treating cold and heat, dispelling wind and unblocking meridians, and stopping bleeding. It can treat internal hemorrhoids or bleeding stools, freckles, sweat stains, nipple fissures, oral erosions, etc. Analysis shows that eggplant contains a variety of vitamins, fats, proteins, sugars and minerals, and is a good vegetable with good quality and low price. In particular, eggplant is rich in vitamin P. The content in 100 grams of purple eggplant is as high as 720 mg, which is not only outstanding among vegetables, but also far behind ordinary fruits. Vitamin P can enhance the adhesion between human cells, improve the fragility of capillaries, and prevent small blood vessel bleeding. In addition, the anti-angle glycoside contained in eggplant fiber has the effect of lowering cholesterol. Brazilian scientists conducted experiments on obese rabbits, and the results showed that the cholesterol content of rabbits in the group that consumed eggplant juice decreased by 10% compared with the control group. In an article introducing "Twelve Methods to Lower Cholesterol", an American magazine ranked eating eggplant first. Therefore, eating eggplant regularly is very beneficial for patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hemoptysis, purpura and scurvy. According to scientists, eggplant is also the "killer" of cancer. Indian pharmacologists have successfully extracted a kind of solanine from Solanaceae plants to treat gastric cancer, lip cancer, cervical cancer and other diseases. Some patients with digestive tract cancer who are receiving chemotherapy can also use eggplant as an auxiliary treatment food when they have a fever.

Edible effects

Eggplant is sweet and cool in nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians; it has the effects of clearing heat and stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain; it is used for heat and toxic carbuncles, skin ulcers, mouth and tongue sores, hemorrhoids, blood in the stool, epistaxis, etc.

1. Fried eggplant cakes: 300 grams of eggplant, 100 grams of minced meat, three eggs, and appropriate amounts of chopped green onion and minced ginger. First, wash and peel the eggplant, and cut it into 3 cm long slices (cut it with the first cut, and connect it with the second cut); add rice wine, refined salt, green onion, ginger and MSG to the minced meat and mix well; peel and crush the eggs, add starch to make a paste, sprinkle a little dry starch on the eggplant and meat, and then put the minced meat into the eggplant cakes; heat the oil in the pan to 60%, coat the eggplant cakes with the paste, fry them one by one until they are 80% cooked, then take them out, wait until the oil temperature rises to 80% hot, then put the eggplant cakes in and fry them again, until they are crispy, and sprinkle with pepper and salt. This dish is crispy and delicious, has the effect of harmonizing the stomach, and is especially suitable for people with poor appetite and loss of appetite.'

3. Steamed eggplant 250g eggplant. Wash the eggplant, cut into large strips, put into a bowl, and steam in a steamer for about 20 minutes; take out the steamed eggplant, add salt and sesame oil while it is still hot. This dish has the effect of clearing heat and eliminating carbuncle, and is suitable for skin ulcers caused by heat toxicity and carbuncle.

Eggplant classification

(2) Long eggplant: The plant grows at a medium growth rate, and the fruit is slender and stick-shaped. It is widely cultivated in southern China. The fruit is slender or slightly curved, with a thin skin, dark purple or black purple, and light green and white flesh with few seeds. The flesh is tender and soft, and the quality is good.

(3) Dwarf eggplant: The plant is shorter, the fruit is small, and it is egg-shaped or has long eggs. The skin is dark purple and shiny, the fruit stalk is dark purple, the flesh is light green and white, contains many seeds, and the flesh is slightly loose;

Target Group

should

It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and is especially suitable for people who are prone to prickly heat, sores and boils;

avoid

People with weak spleen and stomach and asthma should not eat too much.