The efficacy and function of bitter eggplant

We can often see bitter eggplant in our daily life, so how should we eat bitter eggplant? What good effects does it have on our body? Let's take a look.

[Source] It is the fruit of the Solanaceae plant that has a thousand-year-old lingering core . Harvest in autumn when the fruits are ripe.

[Original form] The heart will not rot for a thousand years (Illustrated Record of Plant Names and Realities)

【Habitat distribution】Grows on roadsides and mountain grasslands. It is distributed in most parts of the country.

[Chemical composition] The unripe fruit contains a variety of steroidal alkaloids, including α-, β-, γ1-, γ2- and δ-solanine, australonal, australonal, shuyangquanine, tomato enamine, australonal, etc. The main components are tomato enamine or chondrine, while when the fruit begins to mature, solanine is the main component. The total amount of these bioalkalis increases as the fruit grows, then begins to decrease when the fruit begins to turn red and mature, and almost disappears completely when ripe. β-Solanine has an anti-mouse sarcoma-180 effect. Secondly, the contents of tigasaponin and yamogenin in immature and mature fruits are basically the same. The mature fruits contain pigments such as 3,4-dehydrotomato-aldehyde-16, tomato xanthin and leucanthin.

[Pharmacological action] For the pharmacological action of the alkaloids contained in Solanum nigrum, please refer to the entries on "Solanum nigrum" and "Solanum gracile".

【Functions and indications】 "Pharmacology of Chinese medicine": "It is a diuretic, a neuralgia medicine and an anti-edema medicine."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Pharmacology of Chinese Medicine".

Knowing the effects and functions of bitter eggplant, for most friends, if you feel you need it, you might as well eat some of it in your daily life. I believe it will effectively improve your condition. However, in order to ensure the effect after consumption, please be sure to consume it according to the requirements and avoid some bad living habits so that you can get the expected effect.