This family belongs to the whole root grass of spinach in Chenopodiaceae.

Also known as spinach, red root vegetables, Persian grass, parrot vegetables.

Cold, sweet, pungent and non-toxic; Human gastrointestinal meridians.

Efficacy: It is mainly used for nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, benefiting five internal organs, dredging blood vessels, quenching thirst, moistening intestines, nourishing yin, calming liver and helping digestion. Indications: hypertension, headache, dizziness, red eye due to wind and fire, diabetes, constipation and other diseases.

Every 100g nutrient contains 9 1.8g water, 2.4g protein, 0.5g fat, 3. 1g carbohydrate, 0.7g crude fiber, 1.5g ash, 3.87mg carotene and 0.04mg vitamin B1.

food therapy

1. Promote defecation and prevent hemorrhoids Spinach contains a lot of crude plant fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, facilitate defecation, promote pancreatic secretion and help digestion. Can be used for treating hemorrhoid, chronic pancreatitis, constipation, anal fissure, etc.

2. Promote growth and enhance disease resistance. Carotene contained in spinach is converted into vitamin A in human body, which can maintain normal vision and the health of epithelial cells, increase the ability to prevent infectious diseases and promote the growth and development of children.

3. Ensure nutrition and improve health. Spinach is rich in carotene, vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus, as well as a certain amount of iron, vitamin E, rutaecarpine, coenzyme q 10 and other beneficial components, which can supply a variety of nutrients to human body. Containing iron, it has a good auxiliary treatment effect on iron deficiency anemia.

4. Promote human metabolism and delay aging. Spinach contains fluorophenol, 6- hydroxymethyl rosewood and trace elements, which can promote human metabolism and improve health. Eating more spinach can reduce the risk of stroke.

5. Clean skin and fight aging. Spinach extract can promote the proliferation of cultured cells, not only anti-aging, but also enhance youthful vitality. In our country, people mash spinach to get juice, wash their faces several times a week and use it continuously for a period of time, which can clean skin pores, reduce wrinkles and spots and keep skin smooth.

Healthy diet

1. Jinling spinach soup Dendrobium. 20g of Poria cocos, 2g of Adenophora adenophora12g, 400g of spinach, 800ml of vegetarian soup (boiled with bean sprouts), and appropriate amount of onion and ginger. Decocting Dendrobium, Poria and Adenophora adenophora in water, and taking 200 ml of juice; Wash spinach, cut into 4cm segments, cut onion segments, and pat ginger slices loose. Scoop up spinach in a hurry; Put the wok on the fire, add peanut oil and heat it, stir-fry the ginger and pick out the ginger; Stir in salt, pour in liquid medicine and vegetarian soup, boil and pour in spinach, and cook the soup with seasoning essence. This dish is made of spinach with sweet nourishing medicine, which is beneficial to the stomach, nourishing yin, strengthening the spleen and helping food. For people with gastrointestinal dryness and heat, yin deficiency and fluid deficiency, and loss of appetite, it has a certain dietotherapy effect.

2. 50 grams of spinach porridge, 50 grams of jujube, and 0/00 grams of japonica rice/kloc. Wash japonica rice and jujube and add water to cook porridge. When cooked, add spinach and bring to a boil. This porridge is rich in nutrition, has the effects of invigorating spleen and qi, nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency, and is often used to treat iron deficiency anemia, once a day 1 time, and taken every day.

3. Spinach mixed with lotus root slices 200 grams of spinach and fresh lotus root. Select tender spinach, wash it and blanch it in boiling water; Fresh lotus root peeled and sliced, boiled in water; Add salt, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate to the above two materials and mix well. This dish has the effects of clearing away liver heat and improving eyesight, and is suitable for blurred vision, dizziness and limb tremor caused by liver blood deficiency.

4. Spinach and sheep liver soup 50 grams of fresh spinach and sheep liver each. Wash the spinach, cut it into sections and slice the sheep liver; Add about 750 ml of water to the pot, bring the lamb liver to a boil, slightly boil the spinach, add appropriate amount of salt, sesame oil and monosodium glutamate, and roll. Eat lamb liver, spinach and soup. This soup has the effect of nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, and is suitable for blurred vision and dry eyes.

5. Spinach and pig blood soup 500 grams of fresh spinach and cooked pig blood, and appropriate amount of ginger and onion. Wash fresh spinach and cut into sections, and cut pig blood into strips; Set the pot on fire, put lard and onion. Stir-fry ginger, pour pig's blood and stir-fry, cook cooking wine, stir-fry until the water is dry, add broth, salt, pepper and spinach, boil and put in a soup basin. This soup has the functions of nourishing blood, stopping bleeding, astringing yin and moistening dryness, and is suitable for blood deficiency, intestinal dryness, anemia and bleeding.

Precautions: Oxalic acid and calcium salt contained in spinach can combine to form calcium oxalate crystals, which makes the urine color of patients with nephritis turbid, cast and salt crystals increase, and it is not suitable for patients with nephritis and kidney calculi.

Excerpts from literary works

Dietotherapy Materia Medica: "Benefiting the five internal organs, clearing the intestines and stomach heat, and relieving alcoholism. Eat Stan's best food. "

Compendium of Materia Medica: "Open the chest along the pulse, reduce qi and moderate, quench thirst and moisten dryness."

"Life Taste Diet Spectrum": "Spinach is suitable for patients with open chest and stomach, moistening dryness and promoting blood circulation, poor stool and hemorrhoids."

"Luchuan Materia Medica": "Human blood divides, produces blood, promotes blood circulation, stops bleeding and removes blood stasis."

Cultural appreciation.

Dongpo, Su Song. Spinach: "The cold in the north is not over yet. Snow is as tough as armor. I don't know that I am rich in winter vegetables, and the frost leaves are even colder. "

Historical legend: The Book of the New Tang Dynasty Biography of the Western Regions records that "in the twentieth year of Nipolo (AD 647), he sent envoys to offer sacrifices, stew and mud onions." That is, spinach was introduced into China from Nepal. "

Folklore: According to legend, the Qing emperor had a delicious meal in the people's home when he was traveling incognito to the south. After returning to the palace, the emperor asked the chef to do the same thing. This dish is called "White Jade Board with Gold, Red Mouth and Green Ying Ge", which is actually a good name for spinach tofu.

Don Yao Hui: "During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Boluo presented spinach, which was red and blue, like thistle. When cooking with fire, it can improve the taste. The name of fangyinshi is Persian grass. " Its roots are red, so it is commonly known as red-rooted vegetables.

It is well-known dietary knowledge that gout patients should strictly control the intake of purine in their diet. However, many reports list spinach as a forbidden area because of its high purine content. What is the position of spinach in the list of purine content in vegetables?

Every 100g spinach contains 25 ~ 150mg of purine, which is a food with moderate purine content, but not the highest. Moreover, purine is soluble in water. If boiled in water before cooking, about 50% ~ 90% will be dissolved in water and removed. As long as the consumption is well controlled, about 80 ~100g per meal is beneficial and harmless.

Besides gout, there are many diseases that blacklist spinach, especially nephritis and kidney calculi. The most publicized thing in spinach is its oxalic acid content. In fact, oxalic acid is not a patent of spinach. People eat green vegetables, chocolate, pecans, oranges, sour plums and so on. , all contain oxalic acid.

Oxalic acid does combine with calcium to form calcium oxalate, but the product is usually excreted with feces. As long as you drink plenty of water, the daily consumption is more than 2000 ml. Keep your stool unobstructed and keep the habit of defecating 1 time or 1 time every day, so you don't have to worry. Moreover, the amount of spinach eaten by the general public is not large, and this food with high oxalic acid is just a side dish. So, don't worry about rocks. If you are still worried, you can eat more alkaline foods, such as kelp, vegetables and fruits, while eating spinach to promote the dissolution and discharge of calcium oxalate and prevent stones.

Studies have shown that oxalic acid in spinach will affect the absorption of calcium by human body. In fact, as long as the nutrition is reasonable and the diet is balanced, the daily intake of calcium should be 800 ~ 1000 mg. Adequate calcium intake, even if combined with oxalic acid, can meet the human body's demand for calcium.

While eating spinach, oxalic acid will be further diluted and metabolized in the body as long as you keep enough drinking water or eat alkaline food properly. Try to avoid eating a lot of foods rich in oxalate at the same time, such as almonds, nuts, cocoa, rhubarb, tea, etc., to avoid too much oxalate.

In addition, spinach contains a lot of plant crude fiber, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, facilitate defecation, promote pancreatic secretion and help digestion. Can be used for treating hemorrhoid, chronic pancreatitis, constipation, anal fissure, etc.

Eat spinach in moderation. Do not stay away from spinach. Gout patients can eat spinach.