Onions can be eaten in a variety of ways and can be matched with a variety of ingredients. They can be used to make soup, stew, salad, bread, cake, souffle and other foods, and can also be used to bake, fry, smoke, steam, fry and eat raw. The medicinal value of onion is increasingly favored by the food industry, and the development of onion tends to be diversified. At present, there are health biscuits made of onion juice, functional drinks containing onion extract, onion dry red wine and so on.
/Onions have many functions/
Chinese medicine believes that onion is warm, pungent and sweet, and has the functions of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, detoxifying and resolving phlegm, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. Can be used for treating chest distress, excessive expectoration, and dysuria. Modern medical research has found that onion has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, gastric cancer and other diseases. It should be noted that although onions are good, they are pungent and warm, and those with excessive stomach fire should not eat more.
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Onions can stimulate appetite.
We all know that onions are spicy and will make your nose choke, especially when you cut onions, your eyes will be so spicy that you will cry. Modern research has found that allicin contained in onions can stimulate people's taste buds, thus promoting appetite. Proper consumption of onion can effectively promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve digestion ability, and improve anorexia caused by atrophic gastritis, insufficient gastric motility and dyspepsia. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the reason for poor appetite stems from stagnation of yin qi, which leads to the loss of gastrointestinal balance and health. Onions are pungent, pungent and can be opened, which can promote the decline of stomach qi and naturally open the appetite.
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Onions can prevent cancer.
Modern research has found that onion contains a lot of selenium, which is an antioxidant, which can stimulate human immune response, thus inhibiting the division and growth of cancer cells, killing cancer cells and reducing the toxicity of carcinogens. In addition, quercetin in onion can inhibit the activity of cancer-causing cells and prevent the growth of cancer cells. According to a survey, compared with people who don't eat onions, people who often eat onions are less likely to suffer from gastric cancer by 25%, and the death rate caused by gastric cancer is reduced by 30%. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, onion tastes pungent and warm, pungent and turbid, and warm and yang. Eating onions regularly can promote the spread of Yang Qi, enhance the function of qi, and promote the transport and transformation of spleen. Dietary metabolites will not accumulate, and tumors will certainly not form.
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Onions can cure colds.
Onion is pungent and warm, which can enlighten hair, dispel evil and dispel cold. If you accidentally catch a cold, have a runny nose, sneeze, have a headache and feel pain, you can eat some onions to improve it. Modern medicine believes that onion contains propylene sulfide, which belongs to oily volatiles and can effectively resist influenza germs and kill some influenza viruses. Practice has proved that chewing raw onions can prevent colds.
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Onions can beautify.
Some substances contained in onion can promote the absorption of oxygen in blood by human epidermal cells, thus enhancing the ability to repair damaged cells and keeping skin smooth and ruddy. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, the so-called beautiful face is the expression of smooth blood. Onions can communicate the yang, the yang is clear, the qi and blood are smooth, and the complexion is rosy, which is of course beautiful.
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Onions can resist aging.
Onion contains many substances that can fight against free radicals, which is beneficial to delaying human aging. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the so-called aging is yang deficiency and yin stagnation. Yang deficiency leads to the decline of qi activity, stagnation of yin and turbidity, decline of viscera function, deficiency of qi and blood, and many diseases. Onions can raise yang and warm yang, which can promote gasification, make the body cloudy and turbid, and naturally prevent aging. In addition, onions can also induce diuresis and reduce swelling. The unique spicy taste of onion has bactericidal effect. A crystalline substance extracted from the pungent juice of onion can kill Staphylococcus aureus and diphtheria, and can be used for preventing and treating dysentery and other diseases.
/onion small folk prescription/
1. Treatment of boils and ulcers: Mash onions and apply them locally.
2. Damping: Take 65,438+000g of sorghum rice and 65,438+000g of coix seed, soak them in cold water for 4 hours, and then slowly cook porridge. When the rice is rotten, add 100g chopped pumpkin and onion and cook until cooked. Help yourself.
3. Cure a cold: ① Take 500ml of Coca-Cola, add100g of onion (shredded), 50g of ginger (shredded) and a little brown sugar. Bring the fire to a boil, and turn to low heat for another 5 minutes. Eat it while it's hot and make it sweat slightly. This rule of law is often cured several times at the beginning of a cold. Pay attention to the effect of sweating after taking it. (2) onion 100g, ginger 50g, wash and chop, add 600ml of water, cook for about 5 minutes, and add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Drink while it is hot, cover the quilt and sweat slightly. Treating the early wind-cold cold can be cured quickly. ③ Chop the onion, put it in a glass and inhale the smell of onion through your nose. 3 minutes each time, every half hour 1 time. Suitable for colds, stuffy nose, sneezing, runny nose, dry throat, headache and dizziness.
4. Prevention of "three highs": Take onion the size of a fist, peel it, cut it into small pieces, soak it in 500ml red wine, and seal it in the shade for 7 days. Please feel free to drink. It is effective for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes.
5. Treatment of chronic gastritis: Wash and mash 200 grams of onion, add appropriate amount of brown sugar, mix well, and steam in a bowl. It can be eaten with meals in the morning, noon and evening for 7 consecutive days. This prescription is suitable for stomach cold syndrome, manifested as epigastric pain, loss of appetite, indigestion and so on.
6. Treatment of constipation: 200 grams of onion is peeled and cut into filaments, mixed with 50 grams of sesame oil and added with a little salt. After pickling for half an hour, eat it as a cold dish. You can also process onions into juice and drink 30 ml before each meal. Can be used for treating gastritis, enteritis, hemorrhoid, constipation, etc.
7. Treatment of bacillary dysentery: Peel 1 onion, wash and juice, add 150g vinegar, and boil. Drink and take it at will for many times respectively. Daily 1 dose, getting worse and worse.
Author: Dong Hongtao (TCM)