Lettuce contains abundant nutrients, with more fiber and vitamin C than Chinese cabbage, and has the effect of eliminating excess fat. In addition to being eaten raw or stir-fried plain, lettuce can also be stir-fried with minced garlic, oyster sauce, tofu, and mushrooms. Different pairings result in different functions of lettuce.
Plain Stir-fried Lettuce: Possesses the inherent functions of lettuce itself, such as pain relief and sedation, lowering cholesterol, helping to treat neurasthenia, diuresis, promoting blood circulation, and antiviral effects.
Minced Garlic Lettuce: In addition to the functions of plain stir-fried lettuce, it also has the effects of sterilization, reducing inflammation, and lowering blood sugar, and can even nourish the brain. Lettuce is rich in vitamins and has functions such as preventing gum bleeding and vitamin C deficiency. Garlic has the functions of detoxification, promoting circulation, and strengthening the stomach, and has certain therapeutic effects for symptoms such as epigastric and abdominal cold pain, dysentery, diarrhea, pulmonary tuberculosis, whooping cough, colds, and malaria. However, patients with eye diseases such as glaucoma and cataract should not consume it frequently, as "long-term consumption of garlic damages the liver and eyes."
Oyster Sauce Lettuce: Oyster sauce is not an oil, but the remaining soup from cooking oysters (also known as oysters). This soup is filtered and concentrated to become oyster sauce. It is a flavorful condiment containing a variety of nutrients. Therefore, in addition to functions such as lowering blood lipids, blood pressure, and blood sugar, promoting intellectual development, and anti-aging, oyster sauce lettuce can also promote diuresis, blood circulation, and have antiviral effects, and prevent and treat heart and liver diseases.