The therapeutic value of tomatoes

Tomato may be the most common vegetable in our lives, so what kind of therapeutic effect does tomato have? Let's talk about it:

【Treatment of anemia】:

Eat 1 tomato, 1 apple and 15 grams of sesame seeds all at once, 1 to 2 times a day. If you persist in eating this for a long time, it can cure anemia and is helpful for female friends with poor physical constitution and some menopausal aunts.

【Ulcer treatment】：

Patients with mild peptic ulcers can mix half a cup of tomato and potato juice and drink it once in the morning and evening every day for 10 times in a row, and the ulcers can be cured.

【Treatment of hepatitis】：

Take one spoonful of diced tomatoes, half a spoonful each of chopped celery, chopped carrot, and lard, mix them into boiling rice porridge, boil it, add salt and MSG in appropriate amounts and eat it. It is very effective in treating hepatitis.

【Prevent heat stroke】:

Slice 1 to 2 tomatoes, add a little salt or sugar, boil them into soup and drink it hot to prevent heatstroke.

【Reducing high fever】:

Mix half a cup of tomato juice and half a cup of watermelon juice and drink it once every hour to reduce high fever.

【Treatment of bleeding gums】:

Wash the tomatoes and eat them as fruit for half a month, and bleeding gums can be cured.

【Lowering blood lipids and blood pressure】：

Tomatoes are rich in vitamins A and C. Their acidity is due to citric acid and malic acid. Oral administration of tomato pectin can reduce the amount of cholesterol in the serum and liver of cholesterol-fed rats. Tomato juice can reduce high blood pressure and excite smooth muscles.

【Antifungal】：

Tomatine has antifungal effects. It can inhibit certain fungi that are pathogenic to plants or humans; but it has very poor effect on bacteria. Its antibacterial principle may be the formation of a certain sterol complex in the cell membrane of fungi. Its aglycone (tomatamine) has a very poor effect. The tomatine originally extracted from tomatoes contains rutin, especially its aglycone - quercetin; quercetin can antagonize the antibacterial effect of tomatine, so the antifungal effect of tomatine is not strong.

【Prevention of Gastric Cancer】:

Gastric cancer ranks second in the incidence and mortality of tumors worldwide and is a major killer that endangers people's health.

Tomatoes are always at the top of the list of anti-cancer or health foods recommended by many World Health Organizations. Italian research shows that tomatoes can inhibit the occurrence of gastric cancer. People who eat tomato products 7 times a week have a 50% lower risk of gastric cancer than those who only eat them twice a week. Japanese research found that in the analysis of the levels of vitamins A, C, E, carotene and lycopene in the plasma of randomly selected residents, only plasma lycopene was significantly negatively correlated with gastric cancer. The above studies all show that lycopene and tomato products can significantly reduce the incidence of gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.

【Anti-inflammatory】:

Tomatine has obvious anti-inflammatory effect in animal experiments. Intramuscular injection of 1-10 mg/kg or oral administration of 15-30 mg/kg to rats can significantly reduce the edema of the ankle caused by carrageenan; the effect is more obvious after adrenal removal. Subcutaneous injection of 5-10 mg/kg for 7 days can inhibit the formation of granulation tissue. Subcutaneous injection of 10 mg/kg to mice can reduce capillary permeability. Its aglycone has no anti-inflammatory effect.

【Blood supplement】：

The protein component of yogurt can promote the absorption of iron. Therefore, the tomato yogurt juice squeezed together with tomatoes and yogurt is a good source of increasing the absorption of iron in the body and can effectively replenish the blood.

[Strengthen the stomach and digest food, moisten the intestines and promote bowel movements]:

The organic acids such as malic acid and citric acid contained in it can promote the secretion of gastric juice and digest fat and protein. It can increase the concentration of gastric acid, adjust gastrointestinal function, and help the recovery of gastrointestinal diseases. The fruit acid and cellulose contained in it can help digestion, moisturize the intestines and have a laxative effect, and can prevent and treat constipation.

[clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst]:

Tomatoes are cool in nature, sweet and sour in taste, and have the effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, nourishing yin and cooling blood. They have a good therapeutic effect on fever, thirst, dry mouth, bleeding gums, stomach heat and bitter mouth, and rising internal fire.

[Lowering blood lipids and blood pressure, diuresis and sodium excretion]:

The vitamin C, rutin, lycopene and fruit acid contained in tomatoes can lower blood cholesterol and prevent atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease. In addition, tomatoes contain a large amount of potassium and alkaline minerals, which can promote the discharge of sodium salt in the blood, have antihypertensive, diuretic and anti-edema effects, and have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect on hypertension and kidney disease. Lowering blood pressure For patients who often suffer from gingival bleeding or subcutaneous bleeding, eating tomatoes can help improve symptoms.

[Anti-blood coagulation, prevent cerebral thrombosis]:

Foreign studies have found that a substance called P3 has been separated from the yellow jelly-like juice around tomato seeds, which has the effect of resisting platelet aggregation and can prevent the occurrence of cerebral thrombosis. Patients with coronary heart disease and stroke who drink tomato juice in moderation every day are beneficial to their recovery.