In Chinese medicine, leek has a very loud name called "aphrodisiac grass", and some people call it "intestinal grass". Not only that, leeks have many names. Leek has high nutritional value, contains all kinds of primitive nutrition needed by human body, and also contains volatile propylene sulfide, so it is spicy and has the effect of promoting appetite.
In addition to cooking, leek has good medicinal value. Its root tastes pungent, enters the liver meridian, warms the middle, promotes the circulation of qi and removes blood stasis, leaves taste sweet and salty, and is warm in nature, enters the stomach, liver and kidney meridian, warms the middle, promotes the circulation of qi and removes blood stasis. Leek has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, regulating qi, warming kidney and strengthening yang. Leek juice can inhibit Shigella dysenteriae, Typhoid Bacillus, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Leek seeds tonify the liver and life, and cure frequent urination and enuresis." People often use leeks to treat weakness, tuberculosis, night sweats, hiccups and nausea, postpartum blood sickness of women, water-spitting knife wounds, neurogenic and allergic dermatitis, neonatal scleroderma and so on. Although leeks have many benefits, they also have many taboos:
Fragrant and edible: honey, milk, spinach, beef and other foods can not be eaten with leeks at the same time.
Leek+wine = gastrointestinal disease Leek+honey = diarrhea
Leek+spinach = diarrhea.
Leek+beef = fever and internal heat
Leek+milk = affects calcium absorption.
Taboo:
Leek is hot, and it is easy to get angry if you eat too much, so it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and fire.
It is not suitable for people with stomach deficiency and heat and indigestion.
In summer, leeks are aging and have a lot of crude fiber, which is not easy to be digested and absorbed by people's stomach. In addition, gastrointestinal peristalsis in summer can cause gastrointestinal discomfort or diarrhea, and it is not advisable to eat more in hot weather in summer.
In addition, although leek is full of vitality, excessive consumption will lead to kidney failure and tears in eyes. So don't eat it every day.
Cooked leeks cannot be eaten overnight.