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The " seeds" for healthy Tet holidays

Update: 10/11/2014

Seeds such as melon seeds, pumpkin seeds ... not just food but also fun oral prevention and treatment of many diseases contains many nutrients you.
  Tet on the table every family usually covers the kind confectionery and nuts: melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, pistachio, cashew nuts, lotus seeds ... The seeds of this long considered fun food mouth. But in fact, they have contributed in important nutrients for health for prevention and treatment of many diseases because they contain a lot of nutrients you.

Pumpkin seeds
According to Oriental medicine pumpkin seeds (corn, barbarians ...) sweetness, average non-toxic properties. Functional central air, gas utility, intestinal antiseptic. Prevention and treatment of postpartum milk shortage; Postpartum women swollen limbs, diabetes; Whooping cough (cypress date - October 9 days); Cure intestinal worms.

According to modern medicine: Pumpkin seeds also has sedative lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol and blood sugar, anti-inflammatory prostatitis, urinary tract infections, weak positive cure sexual dysfunction. There is documentary pumpkin seeds contain argynin by stimulating the production of endogenous NO should have a positive effect girdle.

melon seeds
Watermelon seeds are also very high in potassium should have nutritional value, and prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, hypertension.

In folk have experienced back pain by soaking liquor watermelon seeds (shelled) at 10 days, then dried powdered to drink 2-3 times a day, each about 12g.

Cure dysentery - peeled watermelon seeds dried powdered drink 12-16g each. Day 2 times.

chestnut
  Scientific name: Pistacia L. Anacardiaceae. According to the Food and Drug Administration USA, it reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (eat about 40g / day). According to the research findings of the University Pennylvania (US) pistachio reduces bad cholesterol and increases the antioxidant.

Sunflower Seeds
Nutritional value of sunflower seeds is relatively high. Especially vitamin E, potassium sunflower taller than the banana.

Linoleic acid composition in sunflower seeds is effective against thrombus formation. Probably due to inhibition of platelet adhesion.

Eating sunflower seeds have anti-aging benefits of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, cancer, anemia. Sunflower seeds regulate the metabolism of brain cells, improve brain cell function, anti-aging cretinism. Evening eating sunflower seeds will promote secretion of digestive juices, against stasis, as a sedative, calming sleep, treating neurasthenia. Date of eating a handful of sunflower seeds can meet the needs of vitamin E necessary.

According to Oriental medicine sunflower seeds sweet, calculate average, non-toxic. Negative status effects, additional damage, security interest, sedation, just dysentery, diagnostic lenses. Use cure mental frustrations, neurasthenia, loss of appetite, headaches can be debilitating, go bloody dysentery, measles does not grow.

cashews
Nutritionally it is very rich. These micronutrients have antioxidant effects, aging, cancer, cardiovascular disease ... Due contain unsaturated fatty acids should cashews in food dish stock therapist high cholesterol atherosclerosis, cardiac embolism prevention of stroke ... Cashews may help hair and nails grow strong.

Vitamin B1 less sesame cashews and peanuts should only be used in cases of fatigue. Vitamin A is found in nuts, is a typical antioxidants, profit making peach skin hair needs. For women cashew milk helped many to breastfeeding mothers. Because zinc, cashews and sexual enhancement male sexual hormone composition, avoiding prostate hypertrophy. Cashew help better absorption of nutrients in the digestive system and physical development of children and the elderly ...

Cashews have 35-46% oil; 5.25% protein; Vitamin B1, B2, B3 5 times the vitamin C-rich citrus fruits, rich in potassium.

According to Oriental medicine complementary nut spleen, functioning schools. Nut oil for food, laxatives, only cholera, foot-massaging anti-inflammatory treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, make nutritious food.

Lotus seeds (lotus seeds ceiling)
Lotus seeds are used in all kinds of traditional cuisine and considered an important drug of Oriental Medicine (humiliation), especially in the treatment of diseases of the heart, spleen and kidney. Cure neurasthenia and physical, sexual pathology (cellular, satellite operations) Repair loose stool, turbid urine, vaginal discharge more. After Tet, if preservation is not good runny advantage to eating cooked lotus tea in the evening to sleep ...
 

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