Speaking of walnuts, many people can still recall the scene of eating walnuts to "replenish the brain" before exams as children. In fact, small walnuts can not only strengthen the brain and maintain beauty, but the latest research also found that eating walnuts regularly can lower cholesterol and protect the cardiovascular system. Walnut, formerly known as walnut and peach, is native to southeastern Europe and western and southern Asia. Walnut kernel is rich in nutrition, which is not only an ideal nourishing product, but also a "healthy friend" of dietotherapy. Walnut is mainly rich in fat, which contains linoleic acid glyceride, linolenic acid glyceride and oleic acid glyceride, which is beneficial to reduce the increase of cholesterol in blood and has a health care effect on patients with arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Chinese medicine has called walnuts "longevity fruit" since ancient times, and holds that walnuts can tonify the kidney and brain, tonify the middle energizer, and nourish the skin and blacken the hair. Walnuts are most suitable for mental workers, especially white-collar women, because these people often use their brains too much and consume sad blood. Eating walnuts regularly can replenish the brain, improve brain circulation and enhance brain power. At the same time, it also has the effect of blackening hair and moistening skin. Because "the hair is bleeding" and the blood is black, walnuts are rich in vitamins, which can improve the physiological activity of the skin, so they are the best beauty products for women. According to the research of modern nutrition, clean walnut kernel, after removing about 50% waste such as shell, contains 63% linoleic acid and 16.4% linolenic acid, and is rich in protein, phosphorus, calcium, vitamins and a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, which can enhance the elasticity of cerebral vessels, promote the vitality of nerve cells and improve the physiological function of the brain. The function and eating method of walnuts can nourish the brain. Walnut kernels can be pounded into "walnut paste" with rock sugar and hidden in porcelain jars. Take two spoonfuls at a time and rinse with boiling water. When washing, a layer of white liquid will float in the cup. This is "walnut milk", delicious and delicious. If you eat the "walnut porridge" boiled with walnut kernel powder for a long time, it can nourish the skin and make people white and tender, especially suitable for the elderly. Vitamin E contained in anti-aging walnut kernel can protect cells from oxidative damage by free radicals, which is recognized as an anti-aging substance in the medical field. Therefore, walnuts are called "Long live the son" and "longevity fruit". Yixin walnut has a variety of unsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce cholesterol content. Therefore, eating stone walnuts is good for people's hearts. Treating insomnia Regular consumption of walnut kernel has therapeutic effect on insomnia caused by kidney deficiency. The administration method is to mash 5 walnuts and 30g sugar, add 50ml yellow wine into the pot, and decoct with slow fire for 30min, once a day 1 dose, and take it twice. Anti-constipation method: 1. Stir-fry and grind walnut kernels, and take 20g every night before going to bed. 2. Divide walnut kernels, pine nuts and arborvitae kernels equally, and make pills (namely, Sanren pills) with honey. Each capsule weighs 9 grams, 2-3 capsules each time, twice a day. 3. 6 grams of walnut kernels, mashed into mud, mixed with appropriate amount of honey to make a paste, and served in warm water three times a day. Juglans regia with antitussive and antiasthmatic effects can resist histamine-induced bronchial smooth muscle spasm and relieve cough. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Hong Maiyun: Wheat has phlegm disease. Take three walnuts and three slices of ginger, chew them when lying flat, sip the soup two or three times, and then chew the peach kernel and ginger before, that is, lie flat until phlegm stops coughing. " Foreign nutritionists who treat arthritis have found that it is beneficial for arthritis patients to take walnuts, which is consistent with the Chinese medicine saying that walnuts are good for treating low back and leg pain and aching bones and muscles. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the mechanism of walnut in treating arthritis is due to its function of tonifying kidney and strengthening tendons, which is related to its rich vitamin B6. Playing walnuts also keeps healthy the "four famous walnuts" played by Beijingers: the lion's head, the heart of a chicken, the prince's hat and the official hat, which are basically named according to the shape of walnuts. Playing with walnuts can not only promote blood circulation, but also stimulate many acupoints on palms and fingers with its wrinkles and corners, thus dredging meridians, eliminating diseases, prolonging life and making it less prone to cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and cerebral thrombosis. Drummers and guitarists in pear orchards also like to pinch pecans to keep their fingers flexible. There are also skills in pinching walnuts. The best kneading method is to use walnut as a plaything and knead it gently back and forth between the five fingers to activate the blood vessels of the fingers. Walnuts must be played by themselves to pinch jade. In terms of color, the darker the walnut, the better. The more you rub it, the more you feel, and you can slowly penetrate the sense of qi and blood on your hand into its "body". Squeezing walnuts can make you take your time, play while playing, and change your color unconsciously. After a long time, you may be able to figure out the natural patterns hidden in the walnut grain. A pair of walnuts in my father's hand are playing with the pattern of lion's head and dragon. At present, the society is quietly rising to play with walnuts, which is no longer the patent of the elderly. Many working girl also take pinching a pair of Kun walnuts by hand as a fashion, and some rich people also play with walnuts. They think that having a pair of good walnuts in their hands is much more tasteful than wearing a big diamond ring. Not only from China, but also from abroad, including Japan and South Korea, there are more and more people playing walnuts. After all, hickory is a wild plant, with fewer and fewer rare varieties, but more and more people are playing with walnuts, and the price increase is the general trend, so its collection value is self-evident. Wentu/Gao Chen Tips for Eating Walnuts Although the fat contained in walnut kernels is unsaturated fatty acid, which is beneficial to removing cholesterol, the fat itself is high in calories. If you eat too much and can't make full use of it, it will be stored as cholesterol by the human body, and the result is counterproductive. Generally speaking, the daily weight of walnuts should be about 40 grams, which is equivalent to about four or five walnuts. At the same time, we should appropriately reduce the intake of other fats to avoid excessive calorie intake. In Chinese medicine, walnuts are very angry and contain a lot of oil. Eating too much will make people get angry and get sick. People who get angry and have diarrhea should not eat it. Walnut kernel has the function of relaxing bowels, but boiled water in walnut shell can treat diarrhea. Walnut kernel contains tannic acid, which can be combined with iron and calcium to reduce the drug effect. Drink less strong tea when eating walnuts. Some people like to peel off the thin brown skin on the surface of walnut kernel, which will lose some nutrients, so don't peel off this skin.
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