Nutritional value of bitter vegetable

In spring, many people in rural areas like to go to the wild to find wild vegetables to eat. Among them is a wild vegetable called bitter vegetable, which can not only be used for daily consumption, but can also be used as medicine. It is very effective in clearing heat and toxins from the human body. If bitter herbs are used as medicine, they can treat many different diseases, such as enteritis, conjunctivitis, and postpartum abdominal pain.

It is precisely because of these different effects of bitter herbs that more and more people now want to eat this wild plant, hoping that it can help themselves supplement the nutrients needed by the body and at the same time regulate their bodies. So, what are the nutritional values ​​of bitter vegetables?

Every 100 grams of young dandelion seedlings contains 2.8 grams of protein, 0.6 grams of fat, 5.4 grams of crude fiber, 4.6 grams of carbohydrates, 540 micrograms of carotene, 0.09 milligrams of vitamin B1, 0.11 milligrams of vitamin B2, 0.6 milligrams of vitamin PP, 19 milligrams of vitamin C, 2.93 milligrams of vitamin E, 180 milligrams of potassium, 66 milligrams of calcium, 9.4 milligrams of iron, 0.86 milligrams of zinc, 41 milligrams of phosphorus, and 17 kinds of amino acids, among which arginine, histidine, and glutamic acid have the highest content, accounting for 43% of the total amino acids.

(1) Prevent and treat anemia, relieve heat and maintain health. Dandelion is rich in carotene, vitamin C, potassium salt, calcium salt, etc., which have a good effect on preventing and treating anemia, maintaining normal physiological activities of the human body, promoting growth and development, and relieving heat and health care.

(2) Clears away heat, detoxifies, kills bacteria and reduces inflammation. Dandelion contains ingredients such as taraxasterol and choline, which have a strong bactericidal effect on resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic Streptococcus. It also has a certain killing effect on Pneumococcus, meningococcus, diphtheria Corynebacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella dysentery, etc. Therefore, it has a certain therapeutic effect on jaundice hepatitis, pharyngitis, bacterial dysentery, colds and fever, chronic tracheitis, tonsillitis, etc.

The above are all analyses of the nutritional value of bitter herbs. It can be seen that it is not only rich in nutrients, but also has many pharmacological effects. There are even many legends that bitter herbs have certain effects in preventing cancer, especially for the prevention of cervical cancer and rectal cancer, it has a relatively obvious effect.