The efficacy and function of yellow sprout cabbage

Many people are not very clear about yellow sprout cabbage, so when choosing yellow sprout cabbage, you need to understand it so that you can feel at ease when eating it, which is beneficial for disease treatment.

[Other names] Yellow sprouts (from "Xianchun Lin'an Records"), yellow dwarf vegetable, flower cross vegetable (from "Jie'an Manbi"), Chinese cabbage, heading cabbage (from "Guangzhou Flora").

[Source] It is the leaf head of the cabbage , a plant of the cruciferous family.

[Original form] Biennial herb, up to 1 meter tall. The basal leaves are obovate-oblong to broadly obovate, 30 to 60 cm long, thin and multi-veined, with wavy edges and only indistinct teeth; the midrib is broad, light-colored, and extends downward; the petiole is white, with broad, thin wings with notches on the edge; the heart leaves are mostly densely wrapped into cylindrical or elliptical leaf balls; the base of the stem leaves embraces the stem or has petioles. Inflorescence: raceme; 4 sepals; 4 petals, yellow; 6 stamens; pistil composed of 2 carpels, ovary superior, stigma capitate. The siliques are short and strong, 3 to 6 cm long. The seeds are also brown to dark brown. Flowering period: spring and summer.

[Habitat distribution] It is cultivated in Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places. There are many cultivated varieties, the main ones include Shandong Chinese cabbage, Zhejiang yellow sprouts and several others.

[Chemical composition] Every 100 grams contains 1.4 grams of protein, 0.1 grams of fat, 3 grams of sugar, 0.5 grams of crude fiber, 0.7 grams of ash, 32 milligrams of calcium, 42 milligrams of phosphorus, 0.4 milligrams of iron, 0.11 milligrams of carotene, 0.02 milligrams of thiamine, 0.04 milligrams of riboflavin, 0.3 milligrams of niacin, and 24 milligrams of vitamin C.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, neutral.

【Function】 Nourishes the stomach and promotes urination

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica"

Having said so much, we can see that Chinese cabbage has many uses. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.