What are the effects of leek seeds

Leek is a common vegetable in our daily life. The seeds and leaves of leek have certain medicinal value. The main functions are to nourish the kidney and assist yang, stop sweating and firming the stomach. Leek seeds are the essence of leek, which can play a role in promoting qi and dispersing blood stasis. The effects of warming the liver and kidneys and strengthening yang and consolidating essence are also very obvious. Therefore, you can take some leek seeds according to your needs in daily life.

Treat frequent urination

Take 50 grams of fresh leek, wash and cut into sections. First cook porridge with polished japonica rice. After the porridge is cooked, add leeks, cooked oil, refined salt and MSG and cook until the rice porridge becomes thick. Taking it warm 2 to 3 times a day has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang, consolidating essence and stopping nocturnal emission. It can treat kidney yang deficiency, enuresis and frequent urination.

Traumatic fractures

15 grams of leek, 9 grams each of scallion and ginger, 10 white peppercorns, 30 grams of brown sugar, 5 cassia twigs, and 60 grams of flour, mash them into a cake and apply to the wound. To treat yang deficiency and easy sweating: decoct 60 grams of leek root in water and drink. Traumatic injuries, fatigue, blood, swelling and pain, or continuous bleeding from trauma: mash the leek or its root and apply it to the injured area to relieve fatigue, pain and bleeding.

Yijing

① Leek porridge: 50 grams of fresh leeks, 10 grams of leek seeds (ground into fine powder), 100 grams of polished rice, and a pinch of fine salt. First cook the japonica rice into porridge. When the porridge is almost cooked, add the leek (wash and cut) or leek seed powder and fine salt, and cook for a while. Function: Nourishes the kidney, consolidates semen and stops nocturnal emission, strengthens the spleen and warms the stomach. ② Scrambled eggs with leek: 100 grams of fresh leek, wash and chop, 3 eggs (shelled), mash with chopped leek, stir-fry with vegetable oil and salt until cooked and serve. Function: Warming the middle and nourishing blood, warming the kidneys and warming the waist and knees.

The benefits of leek seeds

Leek seed powder + Cynomorium songaricum powder: used for kidney tonification, frequent urination at night, soreness of waist and knees, etc. Usage: Grind them into powder in a 2:1 ratio and take twice a day, 8-15 grams each time. Leek seed powder + Cynomorium songaricum + Rehmannia root + Cistanche deserticola: used to nourish the kidney, replenish essence and blood, darken hair and strengthen tendons, consolidate essence and stop nocturnal emission, warm the stomach and strengthen the spleen, etc. It can also be taken with wolfberry + astragalus to strengthen the effect. Leek seed powder + yam powder: In addition to the effects of nourishing the kidney, replenishing the kidney essence, it also has the effects of nourishing the lungs and strengthening the spleen. Leek seed powder + wolfberry: used to nourish the kidney and essence, nourish yin and yang, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, consolidate essence and stop nocturnal emission, etc.

Precautions

Although leeks have many benefits to the human body, the more the better. Leeks contain a lot of crude fiber, which is not easy to digest and absorb. Eating too much at one time often causes diarrhea. It is best to control the intake to 100 to 200 grams per meal, not more than 400 grams. In addition, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire (symptoms: irritability, flushed cheekbones, dry mouth and no desire to drink water, red tongue with little coating, night sweats, etc.) and those suffering from sores and eye diseases should avoid eating leeks. It is not suitable for people who don't like spicy food or those who are prone to allergies.