High blood pressure has always troubled the daily life of middle-aged and elderly people. There are various methods to lower blood pressure. Seizing the tail of spring, eating shepherd's purse, it is said that the elderly eating it has the effect of lowering blood pressure. What's good for breakfast? How about making shepherd's purse wonton? It is fresh and delicious, with the fusion of shepherd's purse and meat flavor, it is a nutritious and delicious dish that cannot be missed in spring. Let's learn together with the editor!
[Nutritious Breakfast Wonton with Shepherd's Purse for Lowering Blood Pressure]
Main ingredients: 250g pork filling, 200g shepherd's purse
Additional ingredients: wonton wrappers, scallions, ginger, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, salt, seaweed, dried shrimp, cilantro, sesame oil, pepper
Steps:
1. Clean the shepherd's purse.
2. Boil a pot of water and blanch the cleaned shepherd's purse in boiling water for a few seconds.
3. Quickly remove it and soak it in cold water to cool down, then squeeze out the water.
4. Chop the shepherd's purse and set aside.
5. Add a little cooking wine, pepper, soy sauce, sugar, salt, chopped scallions and ginger to the pork filling, mix well.
6. Add the chopped shepherd's purse to the mixture.
7. Mix well to make the filling.
8. Use store-bought wonton wrappers this time.
9. Place a suitable amount of filling in the middle of the wonton wrapper.
10. Fold it in half.
11. Dampen the edges with a little water and stick them together to form a large wonton shape as shown in the picture.
12. Boil water in a pot and cook the wontons.
13. Cook until done.
14. In a bowl, add soy sauce, sesame oil, dried shrimp, seaweed, pepper according to your preference to make the soup base.
15. Pour in the soup from cooking the wontons.
16. Serve the cooked shepherd's purse wontons and sprinkle with cilantro according to your liking.
The Effects of Shepherd's Purse
1. Prevents cancer
Shepherd's purse is rich in vitamin C, which can prevent nitrites and nitrosamines from turning into carcinogenic substances in the digestive tract, and can prevent gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.
2. Promotes gastrointestinal motility
Shepherd's purse contains a large amount of dietary fiber, which can enhance intestinal motility, promote excretion, improve metabolism, and help prevent and treat hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, colon cancer, and hemorrhoids.
3. Relieves night blindness
Shepherd's purse contains abundant carotene, which is a good food for treating dry eye disease and night blindness because carotene is the precursor of vitamin A.
4. Anticoagulant
Shepherd's purse contains shepherd's purse acid, which is an effective hemostatic component that can shorten bleeding and coagulation time.
5. Lowers blood pressure
Shepherd's purse contains acetylcholine, sitosterol, and quaternary ammonium compounds, which can not only reduce the content of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood and liver, but also lower blood pressure.
What are the taboos of eating shepherd's purse?
1. First of all, choose shepherd's purse without flowers, which is more tender and delicious. The quality of shepherd's purse sold in bundles in the market is poor. The medicinal value of the root of shepherd's purse is the highest, so it should not be removed when making dietary therapy.
2. Shepherd's purse should not be cooked for a long time, as it will destroy its nutritional components and cause it to turn yellow.
3. People with loose stools should be cautious in eating shepherd's purse as it can promote bowel movements.
4. People with weak and cold constitutions should not eat shepherd's purse.
