Overview: Celery is the whole grass of celery, a biennial herb in Umbelliferae. Puqin has a strong fragrance and is called spice dish. It can be eaten raw, cooked or seasoned with coriander. Its fragrance is very similar to coriander, because it contains coriander glycoside, mannitol, volatile oil and other spices, so some people call it "spice sister"
Puqin, native to the Mediterranean coast, has a long history of cultivation in China and is widely distributed in most parts of the country. Xuanhua in Hebei, wei county in Shandong and Shangqiu in Henan are all famous producing areas of Puqin.
Puchen has it all year round. Puqin can be divided into two types: Benqin (China type) and Yang Qin (European type). This celery has large and hollow roots, slender petioles, green or purple stems, thick fibers, strong fragrance and few edible parts. Celery, with small roots, tall trees, wide and fat petioles, solid and light fragrance, crisp vegetables and many edible parts.
Quality requirements of Puqin: neat size, no old terrier, yellow leaves, no rust spots on petiole, no moth-eaten, bright green or white color, plump and tender petiole is preferred.
Other names of Puqin are celery, celery, celery and celery.
4 The Origin of Puqin Puqin was originally produced in the marshes along the Mediterranean coast and was highly respected by local people. The Greeks often regard the Puqin as an ornamental crop and use it to decorate rooms in festivals. Whenever there is a competition, people put a crown made of cattail flowers on the winner.
5. Puqin is rich in nutrients. Every 500g contains protein 8. 1g, carbohydrate 7g, crude fiber 2.2g, calcium 592mg, iron 3 1.5mg, carotene 0.4 1mg and thiamine 0.1kl.
6 Analysis of the Nutritional Value of Pollen Typhae is rich in nutrients, in which the contents of calcium, phosphorus and iron are more than those of other leafy vegetables. Carotene in leaves of Puqin is more than 20 times higher than that in petioles. Unfortunately, people are used to throwing away the leaves when they eat Puqin.
1. Puqin's function of calming liver and lowering blood pressure is mainly due to the acidic antihypertensive components contained in Puqin. Animal experiments have proved that intravenous injection has obvious antihypertensive effect on rabbits and dogs. Clinically, it is effective for essential hypertension, pregnancy hypertension and climacteric hypertension.
2. An alkaline component isolated from the seeds of Puqin has sedative effect on animals and human body, which is helpful to calm mood and eliminate irritability.
3. Puqin contains diuretic active ingredients, which can eliminate sodium retention in the body, diuretic and detumescence. Clinically, Puqin decoction can treat chyluria.
4. Puqin is a kind of high fiber food, which has anti-cancer and anticancer effects. It produces lignin or intestinal fat through intestinal digestion. Lignin or intestinal fat is an antioxidant, which can inhibit carcinogens produced by intestinal bacteria at high concentration. It can also speed up the running time of feces in the intestine, reduce the contact between carcinogens and colon mucosa, and achieve the purpose of preventing colon cancer.
5. Puqin has high iron content, which can supplement the loss of menstrual blood in women. It is a good vegetable for patients with iron deficiency anemia. Eating it can avoid pale, dry and dull skin, and also make eyes bright and hair black and bright.
6. Puqin is the first choice for adjuvant treatment of hypertension and its complications. Adjuvant treatment is also available for patients with arteriosclerosis and neurasthenia.
7. The leaves and stems of Puqin contain volatile substances, which are fragrant and can enhance people's appetite. Puqin juice also has hypoglycemic effect. Eating Pollen Typhae regularly can neutralize uric acid and acidic substances in the body, which has a good effect on preventing gout.
8. Puqin contains zinc, which is a functional food and can promote people's sexual excitement. Known as "couple's dish" in the west, it was once listed as fasting by ancient Greek monks. A study in Thailand found that regular consumption of Pollen Typhae can reduce male * * *, which may be helpful for contraception.
7 people suitable for eating cattail. The general population can eat cattail.
1. Puqin is especially suitable for patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis, hyperglycemia, iron deficiency anemia, menstruating women, neurasthenia and rickets in children.
2. Puqin is cool and slippery, and people with spleen and stomach deficiency and thin stools should not eat more. Puqin has the effect of lowering blood pressure, so people with low blood pressure should use it with caution. Men with family planning should pay attention to eating less.
8 therapeutic effect of Puqin The ancients called Puqin medicinal celery, which has the functions of calming the liver and clearing heat, expelling wind and diuresis. Hippocrates, the ancestor of ancient Greek medicine, used Puqin as a diuretic, which was related to the lutein content of Puqin. Chopping Puqin and taking it with boiling water or boiling it with fresh milk can treat wind pain. In modern scientific research, Puqin has the effect of reducing brain sterol, and the effective rate is 66.6%. It is considered to be an ideal diet vegetable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
Puqin is sweet, bitter, cool and nontoxic, and enters the lung, stomach and liver meridians.
Puqin has the effects of calming the liver and clearing away heat, expelling pathogenic wind and promoting diuresis, relieving restlessness and swelling, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, removing toxic substances and dispersing lung qi, invigorating stomach and promoting blood circulation, clearing intestine and relaxing bowels, moistening lung and relieving cough, lowering blood pressure, strengthening brain and calming nerves.
Puqin is mainly used for treating hypertension, dizziness, sudden fever, polydipsia, jaundice, edema, urinary fever, irregular menstruation, leucorrhea with reddish discharge, lymphoid tuberculosis and parotitis. It can be used for adjuvant treatment of angiosclerosis, neurasthenia, headache, encephalocele, and rickets in children. In addition, it can also treat head swelling and pain caused by hypertension or liver fire.
Chinese medicine believes that Puqin is sweet, slightly bitter and cool. Entering the liver and stomach meridians. It can calm the liver and clear heat. Treat dizziness, headache, red face, red sun and unstable walking caused by hyperactivity of liver yang; Clearing away dampness and heat, treating stranguria and turbid stomach. Puqin also has the effects of refreshing brain, strengthening brain, moistening lung and relieving cough. [ 1]
The recommended consumption of Puqin is 50g per meal.
10 puchen 1 Puqin can be fried, mixed, roasted, used as an ingredient or as a filling.
As the saying goes, "A chef has no waste in his eyes". Many people only eat cattail. In fact, Pu Ye has good antihypertensive effect, high nutritional content and refreshing taste. The selected leaves of Puqin can be mixed cold and can be added with side dishes. The leaves of Puqin contain more vitamin C and carotene than the stems, so don't throw away the edible young leaves when eating. We can make soup from the leaves of Puqin. Long-term consumption can help people sleep and make their skin shiny.
3. When selecting the Puqin, pinch the stem of the Puqin. The tender pu Qin is easy to break, but the old pu Qin is not easy to break.
4. Used for hypertension, dizziness, headache, blushing, bloody stranguria, carbuncle, etc. You can use 500 grams of fresh cattail and mash it with boiling water, daily 1 dose.
5. Suitable for bleeding in stool: wash and mash watercress in proper amount, take half a bowl of juice and brown sugar in proper amount.