Cold leek knots

Leek has the effects of nourishing the kidney, promoting qi, dispersing blood stasis and detoxifying. It has certain therapeutic effects on people suffering from kidney deficiency, impotence and nausea. In addition, if you have hemorrhoids or bruises, you can also eat more leeks. However, since leeks contain a large amount of crude fiber, which is difficult to digest, eating too much can easily cause diarrhea. There are many ways to eat leeks. They can be used as fillings for pasta, stir-fried with eggs or seafood, or eaten cold.

1. Method 1

Ingredients: 200g leeks, 2 cloves of garlic, 2 red peppers, and appropriate amounts of salt, sugar, soy sauce, chicken essence, and sesame oil.

practice:

1. Wash the leeks, blanch them with boiling water, and tie them into small knots with cold boiled water.

2. Chop the garlic into garlic paste and cut the red pepper into small slices.

3. Mix salt, sugar, soy sauce, chicken essence, sesame oil, mashed garlic and chili flakes and pour evenly on the leek knots.

2. Method 2

Ingredients: a handful of leeks, two cloves of garlic, two red peppers, salt, sugar, soy sauce, chicken essence, and sesame oil.

practice:

1. Wash the leeks, blanch them with boiling water, and tie them into small knots with cold boiled water.

2. Chop the garlic into garlic paste and cut the red pepper into small slices.

3. Mix salt, sugar, soy sauce, chicken essence, sesame oil, mashed garlic and chili flakes and pour evenly on the leek knots.

3. The efficacy of leek

1. Nourishing the kidney and warming the yang: Leek is warm in nature and spicy in taste, but it does not have any aphrodisiac ingredients.

2. Nourishes the liver and strengthens the stomach: Contains special ingredients such as volatile essential oils and sulfides, which emit a unique spicy aroma, help regulate liver qi, increase appetite, and enhance digestive function.

3. Promote qi and regulate blood: The spicy smell of leek has the effect of dispersing blood stasis, activating blood circulation, promoting qi and removing stagnation. It is suitable for symptoms such as bruises, nausea, enteritis, vomiting blood, chest pain, etc.

4. Lubricates the intestines and promotes bowel movements: Contains a large amount of vitamins and crude fiber, can enhance gastrointestinal motility, treat constipation, and prevent colon cancer.

4. Leek Diet Recipe

1. Treat chest pain, acute pain in the heart like a needle prick, inability to bend or stretch, spontaneous sweating or pain in the back, which may lead to death if not treated: 5 pounds of raw leek or root (washed), mash into juice. After taking a small amount, the patient will vomit the bad blood in the chest. (Meng Shen Fang)

2. To treat yang deficiency and kidney coldness, impotence, or cold pain in the waist and knees, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emission: 8 liang of leek and 2 liang of walnut meat (peeled). Fry it with sesame oil and eat it daily for one month. (The Authentic Prescriptions)

3. To treat nausea: 2 taels of leek juice and one cup of milk. Add half a liang of ginger juice and mix well. Take warm. (Danxi's Heart Method)

4. To treat sudden swelling in the throat and inability to eat: take a handful of leeks, mash and boil them into a thin layer, and cook them when they are cold. (Qianjin Fang)