The medical effects and benefits of peas

Peas not only have high nutritional value, but also great medical effects. Let's take a look at the introduction below:

Pea Introduction

The seeds of the pea plant of the Leguminosae family. Also known as Bidou, Malei, Handou, Xuedou, Maidou. There are two types of seeds: the white one is large and the green one is small, with the former being superior.

The folk prescriptions for using peas to treat diseases include:

1. Cook the peas and eat 30g each time, twice a day, which can assist in the treatment of diabetes.

2. Wash and mash the pea sprouts, squeeze out the juice, and drink 50 mL each time, twice a day. It can assist in the treatment of hypertension and coronary heart disease.

3. Boil 200g of fresh peas, mash them into a paste, add 200g of fried walnut kernels, add 200mL of water, boil, take 50mL each time, warm, twice a day, it can cure constipation in children and the elderly. Pea pods and pea sprouts are rich in cellulose, have a bowel cleansing effect, and can prevent and treat constipation. To prevent folic acid deficiency, peas are a food that pregnant women cannot ignore.

Dietary effects

Peas are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. They enter the spleen and stomach meridians and have the effects of replenishing the middle qi, stopping diarrhea, regulating the body's defense system, promoting urination, eliminating carbuncles and swellings, and relieving lacteal poison.

Peas have certain therapeutic effects on symptoms such as athlete's foot, carbuncle, milk obstruction, spleen and stomach discomfort, hiccups and vomiting, abdominal distension and pain, thirst and diarrhea.

Beauty effect

[Beauty effect]: According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, peas can remove dark spots on the face and make the face shiny. Modern research has found that peas are rich in provitamin A, which can be converted into vitamin A in the body and has the effect of moisturizing the skin. Because it is generally taken from food, it will not produce toxic side effects. [Rich in lysine]: Peas are very nutritious and are also highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine. They are rich in lysine, which is not found in other grains.

effect

1. Enhance the body's immune function: Peas are rich in various nutrients needed by the human body, especially high-quality protein, which can improve the body's disease resistance and recovery ability.

2. Cancer prevention and treatment: Peas are rich in carotene, which can prevent the synthesis of carcinogens in the human body, thereby reducing the formation of cancer cells and the incidence of cancer. Pea pods and young leaves are rich in vitamin C and enzymes that can decompose nitrosamines in the body, which can decompose nitrosamines and have anti-cancer and cancer prevention effects.

3. Good for the large intestine: Peas are rich in crude fiber, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, keep bowel movements smooth, and play a role in cleaning the large intestine.

Other effects: Peas are sweet in taste, neutral in nature, and enter the spleen and stomach meridians; they have the effects of invigorating the middle qi, stopping diarrhea, regulating the body's defense system, promoting urination, eliminating carbuncles, and relieving milk stone poison; they are mainly used to treat athlete's foot, carbuncles, milk stagnation, spleen and stomach discomfort, hiccups and vomiting, abdominal distension and pain, thirst, diarrhea and other symptoms.

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