What is lettuce?

What is lettuce?

Lettuce is usually a seasonal vegetable in April. It is also called Qianjincai, lettuce, stone lettuce, green bamboo shoots, and bamboo shoots. It is an annual or biennial herb in the Asteraceae family. Lettuce is sold in the market all year round. Its main producing areas are Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Taiwan and other places.

What does lettuce look like

The entire stem of lettuce is upright, its upper part is conical, all the stems and branches are white, the leaves at the base and the lower stems are large, undivided, oblanceolate, elliptical or elliptical-oblanceolate, the leaves at the base are arrow-shaped and embrace the stem, and the leaves are hairless on both sides.

Lettuce

1. Cold salad

Peel the lettuce with a planer, grate it into shreds with a grater, add 5 grams of salt, mix well and marinate for about half an hour. Squeeze the marinated lettuce thoroughly, add scallion oil, half a teaspoon of salt and sugar and mix well. If you don't have scallion oil, you can use sesame oil or olive oil.

2. Stir-fried lettuce with meat

Slice the pork, add a little salt, chicken powder, white pepper powder, and a little cooking wine, mix well and marinate for later use; cut the carrots, lettuce and garlic into slices; heat the oil in a pan, add the carrots and garlic slices and stir-fry until fragrant, stir-fry the carrots briefly, then add the meat slices and stir-fry until 80% cooked, add the lettuce slices, add a little Maggi soy sauce to enhance the flavor, a little salt, stir well and fry until cooked.

The efficacy and function of lettuce

1. Lowering blood pressure: Lettuce is a high-potassium, low-sodium vegetable. Every 100 grams of lettuce contains 212 mg of potassium and 36.5 mg of sodium. Potassium is an essential element for maintaining human life. It can dilate arteries, reduce peripheral vascular resistance, promote urinary sodium excretion, reduce cardiovascular burden, and reduce the thickening of arterial walls in patients with hypertension, thereby achieving the purpose of lowering blood pressure.
2. Diuretic and lactogenic lettuce is rich in potassium ions, which is 27 times the content of sodium salt. It is beneficial to the body's water and electrolyte balance and promotes urination. Lettuce contains more niacin, which can increase milk secretion and is an important member of the diet of pregnant women.