How much do you know about detoxifying vegetables for autumn?

What vegetables are good to eat in the fall? After autumn begins, a large number of fruits and vegetables start to ripen and enter our shopping baskets. What kind of vegetables should we choose to eat that are suitable for this season? When you choose the right vegetables for autumn, you can effectively detoxify, boost the activity of immune cells, and eliminate harmful substances from the body. So, what are the detoxifying vegetables for autumn?

Steamed Loofah with Garlic Paste

Detoxifying Soldiers—Everyday Vegetables

Among the vegetables we commonly eat, there are no lack of detoxification heroes. For example, tomatoes are sweet, sour, and slightly cool in nature; they can clear heat and detoxify, promote the production of body fluids to quench thirst, and cool the blood to invigorate circulation. Winter melon is sweet, bland, and slightly cool in nature, with significant effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting urination to reduce swelling, and resolving phlegm to quench thirst. Loofah is sweet, neutral, and cool in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat, cooling the blood, detoxifying, and invigorating blood circulation. Cucumbers and bamboo shoots can clear heat and promote urination. Celery can clear heat and promote urination, cool the blood to clear liver heat, and has the effect of lowering blood pressure. Carrots can bind with heavy metal mercury and excrete it from the body. Garlic can lower the concentration of lead in the body. Mushrooms can cleanse the blood. Sweet potatoes, taro, and potatoes have the effect of cleansing the intestines.

Detoxifying Gentlemen—Bitter Melon, Bitter Tea

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Generally speaking, bitter-tasting foods have a slightly bitter taste with a sweet aftertaste, and they have detoxifying functions and can clear heat. Bitter melon has the effects of relieving summer heat, washing away internal heat, and improving vision and detoxifying. After analyzing the components of bitter melon, scientists discovered that it contains a protein with significant anti-cancer physiological activity. This protein can stimulate the body's immune system's defense function, increase the activity of immune cells, and eliminate harmful substances in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that tea is sweet and bitter in taste, and slightly cool in nature, and can alleviate various toxins. Tea contains a rich active substance called tea polyphenol, which has a detoxifying effect. As a natural antioxidant, tea polyphenol can scavenge reactive oxygen free radicals; it can precipitate or reduce heavy metal ions and serve as an antidote for alkaloid poisoning. In addition, tea polyphenol can improve the body's antioxidant capacity, lower blood lipids, alleviate the hypercoagulable state of blood, enhance cell elasticity, prevent thrombus formation, and relieve or delay the onset of atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.

Detoxifying Quartet—Wood Ear Fungus, Pork Blood, Mung Beans, Honey

Cold-dressed Wood Ear Fungus

These are the most effective and cheapest detoxifying foods. Because wood ear fungus grows in shady and humid environments, traditional Chinese medicine believes it has the effects of replenishing qi and invigorating blood, cooling the blood and moistening, and can eliminate heat toxins from the blood. In addition, wood ear fungus and pork blood have a strong lubricating effect on the intestines, and regular consumption can carry most of the toxins out of the body. Mung beans are sweet and cool in nature, and have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting urination, and relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. Raw honey is cool in nature and can clear heat, while cooked honey is warm in nature and can tonify the middle qi. It has a sweet and mild taste and functions such as moistening the intestines, detoxifying, and relieving pain. In Indian folklore, honey is regarded as a "good medicine that brings happiness and maintains youth."

Detoxifying Messenger—Kelp

Kelp contains a substance called fucoidan, which can absorb cholesterol from the blood and excrete it, keeping the cholesterol level in the blood normal. A slightly sweet white powder on the surface of kelp is mannitol, which has great medical value. It has a good diuretic effect and can be used to treat renal failure, drug poisoning, edema, etc.