Nutritional value and medicinal value of white lentil

White lentils not only have certain edible value, but also have certain pharmacological effects. So today I will tell you about the value of white lentils:

Nutritional value of white lentils:

White lentils have high nutritional value, and the mineral and vitamin content is higher than most root vegetables and melon vegetables, and the taste is also fresh and delicious. According to the "Food Composition Table" compiled by the Institute of Health of the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Every 100 grams of white lentils contains 2.8 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 5.4 grams of sugar, 35 kcal of calories, 1.4 grams of crude fiber, 116 milligrams of calcium, 1.5 milligrams of iron, 0.32 milligrams of carotene, 0.05 milligrams of thiamine, 0.07 milligrams of riboic acid, 0.7 milligrams of niacin, and 13 milligrams of ascorbic acid.

White lentil is a good tonic, a refreshing drink in summer, and a good medicine. The earliest written record of white lentil can be found in "Famous Doctors' Records" written by Tao Hongjing during the Southern Qi and Liang Dynasties. "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty said: "Take hard-shelled white lentil, fry it with the skin, and use it as medicine", "Hard-shelled white lentil, its seeds are full, white and slightly yellow, its smell is fishy, ​​its nature is warm and neutral, it is the grain of the spleen.

The Taiyin Qi of the human body can clear the three burners, transform the clear and lower the turbid, so it is specialized in treating diseases of the middle palace, relieving heat and dampness and detoxifying. The soft shell and black magpie color ones are slightly cool in nature, but they can be eaten and regulate the spleen and stomach. "The Chinese Pharmacopoeia compiled by the Pharmacopoeia Committee of the Ministry of Health also says: White lentils "strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat and dampness. It is used for spleen and stomach weakness, summer dampness diarrhea, and leucorrhea." In short, white lentils are a treasure. Its fruit (white lentils), peel (lentil coat), flowers, and leaves can all be used as medicine. It is sweet and slightly moist in nature, enters the spleen and stomach meridians, has the effects of tonifying the spleen and stomach, harmonizing the middle and transforming dampness, relieving heat and detoxifying, and is mainly used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, internal summer dampness, abdominal distension and pain, red and white leucorrhea, and can also detoxify alcohol.

Medicinal value of white lentil:

1. Spleen deficiency syndrome. This product can replenish qi to strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness. It has a mild medicinal property and replenishes without stagnation. It is suitable for spleen deficiency and dampness stagnation, poor appetite, loose stools or diarrhea. However, it is "light in taste and weak in smell, and it is ineffective when used alone. It must be used together with qi-replenishing medicines", such as Shenling Baizhu San (Hejijufang), which uses this product as an auxiliary to ginseng, white atractylodes and other medicines. This product can also be used for excessive leucorrhea caused by spleen deficiency and dampness, and it is suitable to be used with white atractylodes, atractylodes, Euryale ferox and other qi-replenishing, spleen-replenishing and dampness-removing products.

2. Vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness in summer. Dampness in summer can damage the middle part, and the spleen and stomach are not in harmony, which can easily lead to vomiting and diarrhea. This product can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness to harmonize the middle part. Although it is warm in nature, it does not have the disadvantages of warming and drying to promote heat and damage body fluids, so it can be used for vomiting and diarrhea caused by dampness in summer. For example, "Qianjin Fang" uses this product alone to decoct in water. For those who are prone to dampness in summer, it is advisable to use lotus leaves, talc and other products that can clear away heat and penetrate dampness. If it is "yin heat" caused by drinking cold water in the summer months, being affected by cold externally and being injured by dampness internally, it is advisable to use products that can dispel cold and resolve the exterior symptoms, eliminate dampness and harmonize the middle part, such as Xiangru Powder (Heji Jufang) and use it together with Xiangru and Magnolia officinalis.

Dosage and administration of white lentil: decoction, 10-15g. Stir-frying can enhance the spleen-strengthening and diarrhea-stopping effects, so it is advisable to stir-fry when used for spleen-strengthening and diarrhea-stopping and as a powder.