when it comes to black sesame, everyone is quite familiar with it. Black sesame is very helpful for hair and hair. It's right to eat more black sesame at ordinary times. And poria we do not know so much about this, so what is the efficacy of black sesame Poria? Black sesame tuckahoe's several major health functions to understand.
Black sesame has the functions of nourishing the liver and kidney, nourishing the five internal organs, benefiting the essence and blood, moistening the intestines and dryness, and is regarded as a nourishing saint. Black sesame has health care effect. On the one hand, it is rich in high-quality protein and minerals, on the other hand, it is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, and precious sesamin and melanin.
1. Calcium supplement
There are many calcium supplement products in the market. Although the advertisement says that the absorption rate is much higher, the actual effect may be far from each other. From a scientific point of view, the best way to supplement calcium is food. It's easy for people to think of milk and eggs to improve food calcium supplement. However, the calcium content of black sesame is much higher than that of the first two. The calcium content of black sesame is close to 800 mg per 100 grams, while the calcium content of milk is only about 200 mg per 100 grams. Therefore, black sesame is the best calcium supplement.
2. Lowering blood pressure
There are many causes of hypertension, one of which is the high salt diet. Nutrition experts recommend that each person should eat no more than 6 grams of salt per day, but in real life, most people can't do it. Therefore, it is very important to recommend high potassium diet, because one of the main functions of potassium intake is to promote the elimination of sodium. The content of potassium in black sesame is rich. The content of potassium in black sesame is high, while the content of sodium is much less. The ratio of potassium to sodium is close to 40:1, which is very important for controlling blood pressure and maintaining heart health.
3. Hair tonic
Modern research has proved that the decrease of melanin secreted by melanocytes in hair follicles is the main cause of white hair, and the decrease of tyrosinase is one of the pathological mechanisms. It has been found that the water extract of black sesame can promote the expression of tyrosinase, and the synthesis of melanin can be increased, so the white hair can become black again.
4. Skin care
At present, it is considered that reducing the production of free radicals, eliminating the metabolites of aging and improving the activity of antioxidant enzymes are the effective methods to delay skin aging. Black sesame is rich in natural vitamin E, which is the highest content in plant food. Vitamin E is a good antioxidant. Proper supplement of vitamin E can play a role in skin and beauty. In addition, sesame is one of the four major oil crops. The oil content of black sesame is mostly unsaturated fatty acids, and linoleic acid accounts for about half of each. Linoleic acid is an ideal skin beauty agent, because when the human body lacks linoleic acid, it is also easy to cause skin dryness, scale hypertrophy, growth retardation and cholesterol deposition in blood vessels and other symptoms. Therefore, linoleic acid is also known as "muscarinic acid".
5. Improve fertility
Black sesame is rich in vitamin E, and vitamin E not only has a good antioxidant effect, but also has a good role in promoting the human body's fertility. For men, it can increase the number of sperm production, sperm vitality, and for women, it can increase the concentration of estrogen, so it is also called "tocopherol". Black sesame is also rich in magnesium, which is very important for men, because magnesium can improve the vitality of sperm, enhance the fertility of men, so it is also known as men's' health care element '.
In addition, black sesame can also reduce blood lipid, resist arteriosclerosis, inhibit bacteria and antisepsis, moisten intestines and relieve constipation, protect liver, eliminate free radicals, resist aging, resist cancer and reduce blood sugar.
6. Black sesame has skin care and beauty. Black sesame can keep skin soft, delicate and smooth. In people with habitual constipation, toxins in the intestine can damage the liver and cause rough skin. Black sesame can smooth intestines to treat constipation, and has the function of moistening skin. People who use diet to lose weight will have dry and rough skin due to their insufficient intake of nutrition.
7. Black sesame can lose weight and build up the body. Black sesame contains substances like yolk, choline and inositol to prevent the body from getting fat. Therefore, if you eat more sesame, you will not get fat. At the same time of diet and weight loss, rough skin can be improved if black sesame is used.
8. Black sesame can resist aging. It contains 21.9g protein, 61.7g fat, 564mg calcium, 368mg phosphorus and 50mg iron. It also contains sesamin, arachidonic acid, sesame phenol, oleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, sterol, lecithin, vitamin A, B, D, e and other nutrients. Because black sesame is rich in nutrition, it plays a great role in delaying aging and beauty.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, Poria cocos has a sweet and light taste, which enters the heart, lung and spleen channels. It has the functions of moistening and diuresis, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and calming the heart and mind.
Poria cocos can be used for the treatment of dysuria, edema, fullness, phlegm, cough, nausea, aversion, diarrhea, spermatorrhea, drenching, palpitation, forgetfulness and other diseases. Poria cocos, which is different from other traditional Chinese medicine, can benefit water directly, is achieved by strengthening the function of spleen and lung. Lingguizhugan decoction, Sijunzi Decoction and Shiling decoction are commonly used prescriptions with Poria cocos compatibility.
1. Poria cocos is used for urination, adverse edema and other diseases. It can promote water and dampness, but it has gentle property and can promote water without hurting vital qi. It is an important medicine for promoting water and dampness. All the symptoms of dysuria and stagnation of water dampness can be used in combination with cold dampness, heat dampness or accumulation of spleen deficiency and dampness. If it is partial to cold and dampness, it can be compatible with cassia twigs, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc.; if it is partial to heat and dampness, it can be compatible with Polyporus umbellatus, Alisma orientalis, etc.; if it belongs to spleen deficiency, it can be compatible with dangshen, Huangqi, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc.; if it belongs to deficiency and cold, it can also be compatible with Aconite and Atractylodes macrocephala.
2. Poria cocos can not only strengthen the spleen, but also infiltrate the dampness. For the diarrhea and hypodermia caused by the abnormal movement of spleen deficiency, the application of Poria cocos has the effect of giving consideration to both the specimen and the specimen. It is often compatible with dangshen, Baizhu, yam and so on. It can be used as an adjuvant for invigorating lung and spleen and treating qi deficiency.
3. It is used for phlegm, cough, phlegm and dampness entering the collaterals. Poria cocos can not only promote water and dampness, but also has the effect of invigorating the spleen. It has the therapeutic effect on the syndrome of spleen deficiency, which can not transport water and dampness, and stop gathering and produce phlegm. It can be used with Pinellia, tangerine peel, cassia twig and Atractylodes macrocephala. It can be used with Pinellia ternate and Fructus aurantii.
4. For palpitation, insomnia and other diseases, Poria cocos can nourish the heart and calm the nerves, so it can be used for restlessness, palpitation, insomnia and other diseases, often compatible with ginseng, Yuanzhi, Suanzaoren and other diseases.
5. The cancer of esophagus cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, nasopharynx cancer, tongue cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, ulcerative melanoma and so on, which are often treated in anticancer clinic, belong to the patients with spleen deficiency and dampness, phlegm retention and dampness heat stagnation.
How to eat Poria cocos:
（1） Appetizer soup. 15 g Poria cocos, 12 g yam, 30 g malt, 1 fresh duck gizzard and 1 dry duck gizzard, boiled soup and drink. Treat children with dyspepsia without thinking about diet.
（2） Porridge of tuckahoe and job's tears. Tuckahoe, job's tears each 25g, orange peel 5g, japonica rice amount, porridge. The treatment of spleen deficiency diarrhea in children is not good for urination.
（3） Tuckahoe and job's tears cake. Tuckahoe, job's tears, white flour 30 grams each, sugar amount, grind into fine powder and evenly press into cake, steam. Suitable for children to eat, with the effect of spleen and stomach.
（4） Poria cocos, orange peel and ginger juice tea. Tuckahoe 25g, tangerine peel 5g, pan fried in water, add 10 drops of ginger juice when drinking. It has the effect of invigorating the spleen and stomach, and can be used to treat pregnancy vomiting.