What are the effects of leek and ginger juice?

Leek and ginger are two condiments with relatively strong flavors, but now many people will use leeks and ginger to make juice. The effect of leek and ginger juice is to strengthen yang and kidney, regulate qi and blood, because leek can enhance digestion function, promote appetite, soothe the liver and regulate qi, and ginger can also promote appetite, reduce temperature and refresh the mind, regulate fatigue, insomnia, and anorexia. Therefore, leek and ginger are similar, and it is okay to make juice together.

The efficacy and function of leek

It tastes sweet and spicy, is warm in nature and non-toxic. It is a stimulant tonic with stomachic, refreshing and warming effects. The juice of the roots and leaves has the effect of anti-inflammatory, hemostatic and analgesic. It is suitable for liver and kidney yin deficiency, night sweats, enuresis, frequent urination, impotence, yang hyperactivity, spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, choking, nausea, dysentery, abdominal pain, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, menstrual leakage, leucorrhea, as well as bruises, hematemesis, epistaxis, etc. It is often used in medicine to replenish kidney yang deficiency and loose sperm gate. It is the most commonly used food therapy for common diseases after sexual intercourse between men and women.

1. Nourishes the kidneys and strengthens yang

Chives are warm in nature and spicy in taste, but have no aphrodisiac properties.

2. Nourishes the liver and stomach

Chives contain special ingredients such as volatile essential oils and sulfides, which emit a unique spicy smell, which helps to regulate liver qi, increase appetite and enhance digestive function.

3. Regulate Qi and Blood

The pungent 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, and chest pain.

4. Lubricates the intestines and promotes bowel movements

Chives contain a large amount of vitamins and crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal motility, treat constipation, and prevent colon cancer. Therefore, leek leaves are called "intestinal cleansing grass."

Although leeks have many benefits to the human body, the more the better. "Compendium of Materia Medica" once recorded: "Eating too much leek will make you dizzy and your eyes dark, especially after drinking."

Effects of Ginger

1. Cool down, refresh and increase appetite :

Because ginger contains gingerol, shogaol, phellandrene, citral and aromatic oily volatile oils; as well as gingerol, resin, starch and fiber. Therefore, ginger has the effects of excitement, sweating, cooling down, and refreshing in hot seasons; it can relieve symptoms such as fatigue, weakness, anorexia, insomnia, abdominal distension, and abdominal pain; ginger also has the effect of strengthening the stomach and increasing appetite. The summer climate is hot, and the secretion of saliva and gastric juice will decrease, thus affecting people's appetite. If you eat a few slices of ginger while eating, it will increase appetite; ginger also has the effect of relieving or relieving stomach problems. The pain, vomiting, heartburn, hunger, etc. caused by gastritis and gastroduodenal ulcers can be quickly eliminated by drinking 50 grams of ginger decoction in water.

2. Antibacterial disease prevention and treatment of enteritis :

Scientists from the United States and Denmark have confirmed through experiments that dried ginger powder can relieve symptoms of motion sickness such as headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, with an effectiveness rate of about 90%, and the efficacy can last for more than 4 hours. People use eating ginger to prevent motion sickness and seasickness. Some people use ginger slices to stick on the Neiguan acupoint, which has a significant anti-motion sickness effect.

In midsummer, bacteria grow and reproduce abnormally actively, which can easily contaminate food and cause acute gastroenteritis. At this time, eating some ginger or adding dried ginger to tea and drinking it with boiling water can play a preventive and therapeutic role. Scientists have discovered through research that ginger can play the role of certain antibiotics, especially against Salmonella. Ginger can also kill oral and intestinal pathogens. Gargling with ginger water to treat bad breath and periodontitis has significant results.