10 good herbs and their effects

10 good herbs and their effects

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Green tea

Green tea is one of the main types of tea in China. Green tea is made from the new leaves or buds of the tea plant, without fermentation, through the process of killing, shaping, drying and so on. It retains the natural substances of fresh leaves and contains tea polyphenols, catechins, chlorophyll, caffeine, amino acids, vitamins and other nutrients. The green color and tea soup more preserve the green flavor of fresh tea, hence the name.

Regular consumption of green tea can prevent cancer, reduce fat and weight loss, smokers can also reduce their nicotine damage.

Main ingredients: Tea leaves, tea buds

Key Nutrients: Tea polyphenols, caffeine

Main edible effects: Refreshing the brain, reducing fat, reducing weight, relieving fatigue, anti-aging

Suitable crowd: Greasy food to eat too much, hypertension, bad urine, fever and thirst

Side effects: Excessive consumption may lead to reduced sleep

Oolong tea
 

Oolong tea is unique to China. It is a kind of tea with excellent quality after picking, withering, shaking, frying, rolling and baking. After tasting the mouth to leave fragrant, sweet aftertaste. The pharmacological effects of oolong tea are mainly manifested in the decomposition of fat, weight loss and bodybuilding. It is called "beauty tea" and "bodybuilding tea" in Japan.

Oolong tea contains more than 450 kinds of organic chemical components and more than 40 kinds of inorganic mineral elements. The organic chemical components and inorganic mineral elements in tea contain many nutritional components and pharmacodynamic components.

Main ingredients:The fresh leaves of the tea tree

Key Nutrients: tea polyphenols, vegetative bases, proteins, amino acids, vitamins, pectinins, organic acids, liPOPolysaccharides, sugars, enzymes, pigments, etc

Main edible effects:Regulate blood lipids, lose weight and refresh your mind

Not for: People with stomach problems

 

Rose petals

Rose petal tea is mild and suitable for both men and women.Rose is a good food of the same origin of medicine and food. Women usually use it to soak water and drink, which has many benefits, especially those who are not in a good mood, pale face or even dysmenorrhea during menstruation, can get certain relief. Roses are rich in vitamins A, C, B, E, K and tannic acid, which can improve endocrine disorders, eliminate fatigue, relieve mood, promote blood circulation, beauty body.

Main ingredients:Rose petal

Key Nutrients: Vitamins A, C, B, E, K and tannic acid

Main edible effects:Calm the mood, improve insomnia; Promote blood circulation; Beauty body

 

Mint

Mint is a kind of aromatic crop with special economic value, which is mostly born next to the river in the mountain wetland.One of the commonly used Chinese traditional medicines, it has both medicinal value and edible value. In daily life, tea can be made with mint leaves to drink, it has the effect of health care.

Main ingredients:Mint leaves

Key Nutrients:Peppermint oil, menthol, rosmarinic acid and other ingredients

Main edible effects:Detoxify,Evacuate cold fever, cool the body

 

Orange peel

Orange peel is the peel of sweet orange of rutaceae. Sweet orange evergreen small trees, cultivated in hilly, low mountain belt and rivers and lakes along the coast, south of the Yangtze River in China are cultivated, many varieties. In winter or early spring, peel off and dried or dried.

Main ingredients:Dried orange peel

Key Nutrients:Volatile oil, Hesperidin, vitamin B, C and other components

Main edible effects:Invigorate the stomach and digest food, clear the intestines and defecate, refresh the mind and reduce phlegm

 

Ginseng

Ginseng is the root of Araliaceae plant Panax ginseng, perennial herb. Stem erect, simple. Born in the deep mountain wet forest.Mainly produced in Jilin,Liaoning,Heilongjiang,China. It is praised as a valuable medicinal plant for nourishing and strengthening at home and abroad.

Main ingredients:Ginseng

Key Nutrients:A variety of saponins, amino acids, volatile oils, sugars and vitamins

Main edible effects:

1. Regulating THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM: GINSENG CAN REGULATE THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF the human body, improve the excite and inhibitory processes of the brain, make them tend to balance, can improve work efficiency, and has the effect of ANTI-fatigue.

2. Improve cardiac function: ginseng can increase myocardial contractility, slow down heart rate, increase cardiac output and coronary blood flow, and improve myocardial ischemia and arrhythmia.

3. Hypoglycemia: ginseng contains ginsenosides and ginseng polysaccharide. Among them, ginsenosides have obvious hypoglycemic effect. Taking ginseng can reduce urine sugar in patients with mild diabetes.

4. Enhance the immune function of the body: ginseng can regulate the immune function of the human body, can be used to improve immunity.

 

Chinese wolfberry(Matrimony vine/Goji berry)

Chinese wolfberry is the fruit of Ningxia wolfberry, and the Ningxia wolfberry is the only variety listed in the 2010 edition of Chinese Pharmacopoeia.Ningxia wolfberry is the largest cultivated area in China, mainly distributed in northwest China. Other common varieties are Chinese wolfberry and its variants. Ningxia Zhongning Lycium barbarum was awarded the agricultural products climate quality category national climate mark.Wolfberry like cold cool climate, cold resistance is very strong. When the temperature is stable through 7℃ or so, seeds can germinate, seedlings can resist the low temperature of -3℃. Spring buds begin to germinate when the temperature is above 6℃ in spring. Lycium barbarum overwintered at -25℃ without freezing damage. Lycium barbarum has developed root system and strong drought resistance ability. It can still grow in arid desert land.

Main ingredients:Chinese wolfberry fruit

Key Nutrients:Protein, amino acids, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, iron, zinc, phosphorus, calcium and other components

Main edible effects:

1. Immune regulation: Lycium barbarum is rich in Lycium barbarum polysaccharide, which is a water-soluble polysaccharide composed of six monosaccharide components, arabinose, glucose, galactose, mannose, xylose and rhamnose. It has physiological activity, can enhance non-specific immune function and improve disease resistance.

2.Regulate blood lipid: wolfberry can effectively reduce the content of triglyceride and cholesterol in hyperlipidemia, has obvious function of lowering blood lipid and regulating lipid metabolism, and has a positive effect on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

 

Lotus leaf

Lotus leaves, lotus family perennial herbs emergent plants. The lotus grows to a height of 150 centimeters and extends laterally to 3 meters. The maximum diameter of the lotus leaf is 60 cm, and the maximum diameter of the lotus is 20 cm. There are many different varieties of lotus, from white, yellow to light red and dark yellow and deep red, and other flowers and so on. Spread throughout the north and south of China.

Main ingredients:Lotus leaf slice

Key Nutrients:A variety of alkaloids and vitamin C, such as linusine, original lotus leaf alkali and lotus leaf alkali, but also contain citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid and other components

Main edible effects:Clear heat, stop bleeding, diuresis and detoxification

 

Red jujube

Red Jujube, a plant of the genus jujube, turns red when ripe. Dried in the sun to make jujube. Red Jujube are a very popular food and medicine in China and Asia. They have a high vitamin content and are known as "natural vitamin pills", which have the effect of nourishing Yin and nourishing Yang. As a tonic, it is known as the "eclipse of three jujube, immortal" said.

Main ingredients:Dried Red Jujube

Key Nutrients:Protein, amino acids, vitamin C,B vitamins, glucose, organic acids, etc

Main edible effects:Enhance immunity and reduce fatigue,Invigorate the spleen and stomach, replenish the blood and calm the mind, nourish the appearance

 

Siraitia grosvenorii

Siraitia grosvenorii,Also known as Alias Lahan fruit, false bitter gourd, light fruit wood turtle, Jin Buchangi, Luohan table, naked turtle Ba, known as the "immortal fruit", its leaves heart-shaped, dioecious, summer flowering, autumn fruit. It is mainly produced in Longjiang Township, Longsheng and Baishou towns of Yongfu County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.It is one of the first pharmaceutic-food dual-use materials approved in China.

Main ingredients:Siraitia grosvenorii fruit

Key Nutrients:Cucurbitane triterpenes, proteins, amino acids, inorganic elements

Main edible effects:Relieve cough and moisturize lungs,Reduce phlegm,Supplement energy

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