“Spring Panacea”: Garland Chrysanthemum is Good from Heart to Brain
The vegetable that is the "Emperor's dish"
This vegetable is common in markets during the winter-spring season: garland chrysanthemum (shungiku). The price of garland chrysanthemum is quite cheap, so few people know that this vegetable was once known as the "Emperor's dish" because it was only grown to be offered to the emperor to enjoy, while commoners rarely got to eat it.
Bundles of lush green vegetables, with fresh leaves and tender, soft stems looking plump and tender, evoke the image of spring at first glance. Speaking of this vegetable, some people love it very much; its unique, fresh aroma is a sure sign that spring has arrived.
Garland chrysanthemum is rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, carotene, iron, calcium, and other nutrients, helping to boost immunity and promote calcium absorption. This vegetable also has good effects on women's beauty and supplements blood and calcium for women.
Garland chrysanthemum is so good that in ancient times it was called the "Emperor's dish" because it was often served in the royal court.
During the Tang Dynasty, the physician Sun Simiao highly valued garland chrysanthemum. He believed that this vegetable has a sweet, pungent taste, a cooling nature, and is non-toxic. It is extremely good for the internal organs, including: promoting blood circulation, nourishing the heart, moisturizing the lungs, eliminating phlegm, and calming the mind.
Eating garland chrysanthemum can help you sleep well, nourish the liver, improve eyesight, cleanse the lungs, reduce constipation, lower blood pressure, protect the brain, nourish the heart, purify the blood...
Among these, vitamin K is essential for promoting blood clotting and bone health, and can also help maintain normal liver function. Therefore, garland chrysanthemum can be said to be an extremely good vegetable for internal organs.
Garland chrysanthemum is good for health
Treating persistent cough with garland chrysanthemum: Prepare 100-150g of garland chrysanthemum and 200g of pork lung cut into pieces. Use the ingredients to cook soup, eat both the solid parts and broth with your meal, and consume it for 3-4 days as one course of treatment.
Stabilizing blood pressure: When suffering from high blood pressure, in addition to taking prescribed medication, the patient's meals should also adhere to the principle of using less seasoning, less fat... and should add garland chrysanthemum to their meals because it is rich in amino acids, essential oils... which have the effect of clearing the mind and stabilizing blood sugar.
In addition, you can juice garland chrysanthemum, drinking 50ml daily in both morning and evening. Suitable for people with high blood pressure accompanied by headaches and heaviness in the head.
Treating chronic headache: Take some mature garland chrysanthemum—plants with flowers are even more valuable—keep the roots intact and boil them to get water; use about 30g of this boiled liquid each day.
In addition, warm garland chrysanthemum leaves over heat and apply them as a compress to the top of the head and both temples in the evening before going to bed (or whenever you feel a headache).
Garland chrysanthemum is so good that in ancient times it was called the "Emperor's dish" because it was often served in the royal court.
Stabilizing blood sugar: Prepare 60g of garland chrysanthemum, 1 set of pork spleen, and 3 chicken eggs. Wash the pork spleen thoroughly, slice, and cook thoroughly (without adding salt), crack in 3 chicken eggs, then add the garland chrysanthemum. Cook thoroughly, eat and drink the broth.
Some delicious, easy-to-prepare soups made from garland chrysanthemum include: Tender young garland chrysanthemum stir-fried with garlic into a delicious dish; Garland chrysanthemum soup with climbing perch; Garland chrysanthemum soup with beef; Garland chrysanthemum soup with tomatoes; Garland chrysanthemum soup with minced meat…
Notes:
Garland chrysanthemum has a cooling nature, so it should be avoided by people with diarrhea, weak and cold constitution, and cold stomach. This is a vegetable that easily gets contaminated with worm eggs, so it needs to be cooked thoroughly before eating.
Garland chrysanthemum is very rich in nutrients such as vitamin K, protein, carotene, and various amino acids...
Garland chrysanthemum takes effect quite slowly, so you need to consume it continuously for 3-10 days to achieve the expected results.
In any case where the condition is severe, you should visit a doctor for advice on effective treatment methods; do not abuse garland chrysanthemum and neglect other medical treatments.
When choosing this vegetable, don't just look at the greenness of the leaves. Good garland chrysanthemum should have wide-spreading leaves and a bright color. Most importantly, the stems must be tender; if you can easily break them with your fingers, they are tender. If they are too tough to snap, they are old and will taste like grass when cooked.