Lettuce is Compositae, an annual or two-year-old herbaceous plant, native to the Mediterranean coast, about the beginning of the seventh century, introduced into the country through Western Asia, widely cultivated throughout. There are two kinds of lettuce stems and leaves, the former are cultivated in various places, and the latter is cultivated in the south. It is one of the important vegetables in spring and autumn and winter.
Nutrition analysis
1. Open up profits, eliminate product under gas:
Lettuce taste fresh and slightly bitter, can stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes, increase appetite. Its milky serum enhances the secretion of gastric juices, digestive glands, and bile, thereby promoting the function of various digestive organs. It is particularly beneficial to patients with weakened digestive function, decreased acidity in the digestive tract, and constipation.
2, diuretic through milk:
The potassium content of lettuce is much higher than that of sodium, which is beneficial to the balance of water and electrolyte in the body and promotes the secretion of urine and milk. Has a certain therapeutic effect on people with hypertension, edema, and heart disease
3, strong body, anti-cancer anti-cancer:
Lettuce contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, has a role in regulating the function of the nervous system, and its contained organic content is rich in the body can absorb iron, is very beneficial to patients with iron deficiency anemia. The hot water extract of lettuce has a high inhibitory effect on some cancer cells, so it can also be used to prevent cancer and cancer.
4, wide bowel purge:
Lettuce contains a lot of plant cellulose, can promote intestinal peristalsis, facilitate the digestive tract, help the stool excretion, can be used to treat various constipation.