Medicinal Value and Efficacy of Potatoes What are the medicinal properties and effects of potatoes

1. Potatoes are sweet, flat and slightly cool, and enter the spleen, stomach and large intestine; It has the effects of regulating the stomach, strengthening the spleen and dampness, detoxifying and reducing inflammation, widening the intestines, lowering blood sugar and lipids, invigorating blood and reducing swelling, invigorating qi and strengthening the body, beauty and anti-aging. It is mainly used for the treatment of stomach fire and toothache, spleen deficiency and low intake, dry stool, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia and other diseases; It can also assist indigestion, habitual constipation, fatigue, chronic stomach pain, joint pain, eczema and other symptoms.

2. The effect of potatoes can widen the intestines, nourish the stomach and supplement nutrition, and are rich in starch and inorganic salt vitamins. Potatoes are suitable for patients with low protein, patients with weak spleen and stomach and diabetes are not suitable for potatoes, pregnant and lactating women, eat more potatoes to supplement their own nutrition. Patients with liver and kidney insufficiency should use potatoes with caution.

Patients with chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, and heart disease can eat more potatoes to make their bodies healthier.

1. Inhibition of certain enzymes: the endogenous ATPase inhibitory protein isolated from the mitochondria of potato tubers, its inhibitory effect on F1-ATPase requires the presence of Mg2+-ATP. The IC50 for the isolated yeast species F1 was 140 g (inhibitor) mg(F1).

This inhibitor also has a strong ATPase inhibitory effect on the isolated yeast F1.

2. The average gastric emptying time of potatoes and rice is 71 minutes and 86 minutes. Because the glycemic index is inversely correlated with the time it takes for the stomach to empty, rice is more suitable for diabetics than potatoes. Experiments in rats have shown that solanine injection in potatoes can raise blood sugar, and - - adrenergic receptor blockade can inhibit this effect.

In the plant lectin test, potato can be used as a specific marker for thyroid tumor in rats.

1. Supplement nutrition and can be used as staple food. Potatoes are rich in vitamins, calcium, potassium and other trace elements, and are easy to digest and absorb, rich in nutrients. It can supply a large amount of heat to the human body, and people only rely on potatoes and whole milk to maintain life and health, and potatoes have long become the second staple food in European and American countries, especially North America.

2. Nourish the stomach, strengthen the spleen and promote dampness. Potatoes contain a lot of starch, protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, etc., which can promote the digestive function of the spleen and stomach.

3. Wide bowel laxative. Potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which can widen the intestines, help the body excrete metabolic toxins in time, prevent constipation, and prevent the occurrence of intestinal diseases.

4. Lowering blood sugar and lipids, beautifying and nourishing the skin. Potatoes can provide the body with a large amount of mucus protein with special protective effects. It can promote the lubrication of the digestive tract, respiratory tract, joint cavity and serous cavity, prevent the fatty deposition of cardiovascular and systemic systems, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, and help prevent the occurrence of atherosclerosis.

At the same time, potatoes are an alkaline vegetable, which is conducive to the acid-base balance in the body, neutralizes the acids produced after metabolism in the body, so as to have a certain beauty and anti-aging effect.

5. Water dilution and swelling. The potassium contained in potatoes can replace sodium in the body and excrete sodium from the body, which is beneficial for patients with hypertension and nephritis edema**.

1. Supplement nutrition, potatoes are rich in vitamins and calcium, potassium and other trace elements, easy to digest and absorb, rich in nutrition, and can supply a lot of heat to the human body.

2. Nourishing the stomach, potatoes contain a lot of starch and protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, etc., which can promote the digestive function of the spleen and stomach.

3. Wide intestinal laxative, potatoes contain a lot of dietary fiber, which can widen the intestines, help defecation, prevent constipation, and prevent the occurrence of intestinal diseases.

4. To prevent arteriosclerosis, potatoes can supply the human body with a large amount of mucus protein with special protective effects. Mucus protein can keep the digestive tract, respiratory tract and joint cavity lubricated, prevent cardiovascular fat deposition, maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, and help prevent the occurrence of atherosclerosis.

5. The potassium contained in potatoes can replace the sodium in the body, and at the same time the sodium can be excreted from the body, which is beneficial to patients with hypertension and nephritis edema.

6. People with weak spleen and stomach should eat less potatoes, potato starch content is higher, diabetes should not eat, and people who are allergic to potatoes should not eat.