The beauty and therapeutic effects of peas

We all like to eat peas, so what are the functions of peas, and what benefits can eating peas bring us?

Pea beauty effects

[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.

Pea dietary therapy

Peas are sweet, neutral in nature, and enter the spleen and stomach meridians.

It has the effects of invigorating the middle qi, stopping diarrhea, regulating the Ying and Wei, 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.

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, drink 50mL each time, twice a day, which 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 bean sprouts contain relatively rich 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.