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What vegetables does Xiaoman have?

Xiaoman has Chinese wolfberry seedlings, bitter gourd, dandelion, bitter bamboo shoots, bitter vegetables, lettuce, wild garlic, eggplant and other vegetables. Xiaoman is one of the 24 solar terms and the second solar term in summer. The arrival of Xiaoman solar term indicates that it has entered the rainy season of heavy precipitation, and then there will often be sustained and large-scale heavy precipitation, which, like rain, Grain Rain, light snow and heavy snow, are solar terms that directly reflect precipitation.

Lycium barbarum seedlings

Lycium barbarum seedlings, also known as Lycium barbarum buds or Lycium barbarum tips, are cool and bitter, and have the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and improving eyesight. They can be fried hot or cold.

bitter gourd

Bitter gourd is a "treasure of summer", which has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. Eating bitter gourd in summer can treat prickly heat and mosquito bites; Can promote diet; Can replenish blood, nourish liver and lower blood sugar; It can also effectively remove fat.

dandelion

It's hard to bear hardships when you are young. Dandelion, also known as old woman, yellow flower, etc. , a kind of nutritious vegetable, mainly contains protein, fat, carotene, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. In summer, young leaves are often used for cold salad and cooking.

Bitter bamboo shoots

Chinese medicine believes that bitter bamboo shoots are sweet, cool but not cold, and have the effects of relieving summer heat and detoxifying, losing weight and fitness, strengthening stomach and promoting digestion. Bitter bamboo shoots are delicious food on the summer table.

Bitter herbs

Bitter vegetables are one of the earliest edible wild vegetables in China. It is a custom to eat bitter vegetables in small quantities. Bitter vegetables are unique in flavor, astringent in bitterness, fragrant in astringency, rich in nutrition, and contain many vitamins needed by human body. It is also a good product for clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing fire and promoting fluid production.

lettuce

Lettuce is also called thousand yuan vegetable and lettuce. Chinese medicine believes that lettuce is cool, bitter and sweet, and enters the gastrointestinal tract. Has diuretic, diaphragmatic, qi regulating, heat clearing and thirst quenching effects.

Wild garlic

Wild garlic is also called kohlrabi and small garlic. It has the functions of regulating qi, broadening chest, activating yang and resolving hard mass. Treat chest pain, heartache and retching.

aubergine

Eggplant is anti-aging. Summer does great harm to the human body. Eggplant contains vitamin E, which can prevent bleeding and resist aging. Eating eggplant regularly can delay human aging.