Eggplant Nature and Flavor Meridians

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, each kind of food has different properties and meridians, so the therapeutic effects of each kind of food are different. Eggplant is a relatively soft and sticky vegetable, so children and the elderly can eat more eggplant. In fact, women should eat more eggplant because it has anti-aging effects. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, what are the properties and meridians of eggplant?

The efficacy and function of eggplant

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

[entry into meridians] spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians.

[Effects] Disperses blood stasis, reduces swelling and relieves pain, treats cold and heat, dispels wind and dredges the meridians, and stops bleeding.

1. Anti-aging: Eggplant contains vitamin E, which has the function of preventing bleeding and anti-aging. Eating eggplant regularly can prevent the increase of cholesterol level in the blood, which has positive significance in delaying human aging.

2. It can promote the synthesis of proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, improve oxygen supply, improve blood flow, prevent thrombosis, and enhance immunity. It is especially effective in improving sexual ability for men. In addition, this ingredient is often used in medicine to lower cholesterol in the body.

3. Eggplant has the effects of clearing heat, activating blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Taking steamed eggplant every day can effectively treat internal hemorrhoid bleeding in the long run, and it also has a certain effect on relieving constipation. Medical research also shows that eating eggplant regularly has a certain therapeutic effect on diseases such as chronic gastritis, nephritis edema, etc.

4. Protect cardiovascular system and ascorbic acid: Eggplant is rich in vitamin P, which can enhance the adhesion between human cells, enhance the elasticity of capillaries, reduce the fragility and permeability of capillaries, prevent micro-vessel rupture and bleeding, and maintain normal cardiovascular function. In addition, eggplant can prevent and treat scurvy and promote wound healing.

5. Prevention and treatment of gastric cancer: Eggplant contains solanine, which can inhibit the proliferation of digestive system tumors and is effective in preventing and treating gastric cancer. In addition, eggplant also has the effect of clearing away cancer fever.

6. To treat frostbite: Take two or three eggplant vines (with roots) from the field in winter and boil them in water. After the water boils, cook it for another 20 minutes. Use this water to soak and wash the frostbite affected areas. At the same time, use the eggplant vines to scrub the affected areas. Two to three times will cure the disease.

7. Reduces high blood lipids and high blood pressure: Choose dark long strips, cut into segments or strips, mix with sesame paste and soy sauce, and take it at dinner time to effectively reduce and heal high blood lipids.

Eggplant dietary taboos

1. Since eggplant is a cold vegetable, pregnant women with indigestion, diarrhea, weak spleen and stomach, and loose stools should not eat too much eggplant.

2. Pregnant women should also choose fresh eggplants. It is best not to choose old eggplants, especially old eggplants after autumn, which contain more solanine, which is harmful to the human body and should not be eaten too much.

3. Avoid eating with crab meat. Eggplant and crab meat are both cold foods. Eating them together will often make the stomach feel uncomfortable, and in severe cases can cause diarrhea. People with weak spleen and stomach should avoid eating them.

4. Eggplant is cold in nature. People who are prone to prickly heat and boils can eat more of it, but people with weak spleen and stomach and asthma should not eat too much of it.

Other uses of eggplant

1. Boil 90 grams of eggplant stalks in water and take it 2 to 3 times a day to treat cough and asthma.

2. Take 30 to 60 grams of raw white eggplant, remove the residue after boiling, add appropriate amount of honey, and take it twice a day to cure chronic cough.

3. 25 grams of white eggplant root, 15 grams of stephania root, and 15 grams of bone grass, decocted in water and taken orally, can cure rheumatic joint pain.

4. Burn the eggplant stems in a brazier. Make a trumpet-shaped tube with paper. Use the large mouth to cover the smoke from the burning eggplant stems, and point the small mouth at the patient's nameless swollen and painful area. Let the smoke from the burning eggplant stems in the brazier be able to smoke the affected area. Do this 3 to 4 times a day. The affected area will heal if it has not yet formed pus, and it will shrink easily if it has already formed pus.

5. Boil eggplant roots in water and use it to fumigate the affected area while it is still hot to treat frostbite.

6. Cut a raw eggplant and rub it on the affected area to treat centipede bites and bee stings.