Vegetables are one of the essential foods in human’s daily diet, which are rich in vitamins and trace elements. In China’s ancient medical books on the medicinal value of vegetables has been recorded, China’s oldest surviving formula book “fifty-two disease formula” has a record of vegetable drugs, Ming Dynasty medical doctor Li Shizhen in the “Compendium of Materia Medica” contains 105 kinds of vegetable drugs, which can be seen the medicinal value of vegetables. Here to introduce you to several common vegetables of modern research and medicinal value. 1, cabbage, also known as yellow teeth, in China has more than six thousand years of cultivation history, is one of the important vegetables in the south and north of China. It is rich in nutrition, containing 100 mg of VC per 500 grams, rich in molybdenum, indole-3-methanol, can prevent breast cancer. Chinese folk use cabbage with sugar decoction to treat whooping cough. Cabbage pounded juice is rubbed on the affected area to treat lacquer sores. Cabbage root with cilantro root, onion root decoction taken internally to treat wind-cold colds. 2, leeks, also known as flat vegetables, the starting Yang grass. Rich in carotene, protein, sulfide, has the role of lowering blood lipids, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Summer consumption of leeks can play a role in eliminating food and stagnation, in addition to the accumulation of spleen. It can be taken in winter to warm the kidneys and strengthen the yang. A decoction of leek can be used externally to treat neurodermatitis; pounded externally to treat urticaria; pounded to extract juice and taken 10-20ml each time to treat bleeding disorders such as blood in stool, blood in urine and nosebleeds. In addition, leek seeds have the effect of tonifying the kidneys, benefiting the liver and strengthening the yang, solidifying the lower jiao. 3, fennel Contains protein, fat and volatile oil. The whole plant can be eaten, the fruit can be used as medicine, it has the effect of warming the kidney and dispersing cold, and stomach and Qi. Fennel seeds 10-15 grams of powdered punch, can be used to treat embedded small intestinal hernia; fennel stems and leaves half a catty of oil and salt seasoned soup can be used to treat dizziness and congestion, mouth saliva, can also treat rheumatic joint pain. 4, celery, also known as medicine celery, parsley. Native to Europe, divided into this celery, celery two. Its protein, calcium, iron, vitamin content is higher than the general vegetarian dishes, the leaves are more nutritious than the stems. Celery is rich in a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which have the ability to reduce capillary permeability, protect increase blood tubular resistance, strengthen the role of vitamin C and antihypertensive effect. It lowers blood cholesterol and has a calming effect. It is a good health care vegetable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease. Drink 40ml of fresh juice three times a day to treat hypertension and high cholesterol. Take juice with brown sugar to treat blood in stool. Mash the juice with vinegar for internal use and rub the affected area to treat mumps. 5.Cilantro, also known as coriander, is rich in protein and vitamin B. It is aromatic and strengthens the spleen. Decoction of water to treat measles impermeable, water decoction fumigation treatment prolapse, coriander seeds research powder per serving 10 grams of punch to treat the chest and diaphragm distension. 6, radish, also known as lycopodium, divided into white skin, green skin, red skin and other different varieties, can be eaten raw, but also cooked, but also pickled. Its VC content is 10 times that of pears containing enzymes and VC together, and contains interferon inducer, with anti-viral, anti-cancer effects, to raw food is better. Migraine, raw radish pounding juice, the juice will be poured into the nostrils, left pain poured right, right pain poured left, this method has special effects. Radish juice infusion can also treat gas poisoning coma. 7, potatoes, also known as potatoes, more comprehensive nutrition, rich in crude fiber, laxative and prevent the role of cholesterol, modern research has proved that potatoes for good weight loss food, and can treat loss of appetite, fatigue and stomach ulcers. Mash to take the juice in the morning on an empty stomach to treat stomach fever, panic water; fresh juice to treat burns. 8, winter melon contains a variety of vitamins and niacin, protein. The skin and seeds can be used as medicine, with water, heat, swelling effect. Winter melon skin decoction for hives, melon flesh juice for fish poisoning. 9, lotus root is rich in nutrients, although born in water, but warm, with anti-aging, remove brown spots, light body and life health effects. Fresh lotus root juice can treat thirst, urinary tract infections, nosebleeds, boiled food can treat breast milk. 10, asparagus is known as the “king of vegetables”. High vitamin content, can lower blood pressure, prevent neuralgia and cancer, treatment of dermatitis, acute and chronic hepatitis, nicotine poisoning. Onion, rich in vitamins, calcium and phosphorus minerals, is used for vitamin deficiency, treating non-dysentery enteritis, and lowering blood sugar. Chopped into a cloth bag on the pillow, before going to bed, sniffing, has a sedative hypnotic effect. 11, carrots, called “golden bamboo shoot”, is rich in more than 20 kinds of carotenoids, fried in oil and eaten, can be converted into vitamin A in the body, improve the body’s immunity, and indirectly destroy cancer cells. Carrots can replenish the middle qi, stomach and food, strengthen the Yang, the five organs, the treatment of indigestion, dysentery, cough, night blindness has a better effect, so it is known as “Oriental small ginseng”.