[K-Food] Garlic Chives, an All Round Food that is effective for "7 Effects + Men's Stamina"

Garlic chives are a representative stamina food and play a role in helping blood circulatuon smoothly, @feat Kimchi

And Garlic chives are known to not only help blood circulation, but also facilitate metabolism and enhance stamina. Garlic chives contain a large amount of allicin, which helps digestion and strengthens the intestines.

Garlic chives in Korean

Garlic chives have been known since ancient times as a food with excellent efficacy in restoring men's energy. As a nutritious food, it is an edible plant forbidden in Buddhism because it interferes with the practice. Garlic chives are such a precious vegetable that there is a saying that they do not even replace ginseng and antlers. Now let's take a look at the benefits, origins, history, and related information of spring-season Garlic chives.

Garlic chives are native to Eastern Asia and northeast China

It has been used for various purposes such as ancestral rites, medicine, and food from a long time ago in Korea, China, and Japan. Garlic chives is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Garlic chives, and is grown all year round.

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In China around 1000 BC, there is an ancient document called Sijing of the Western Zhou period that says it was used for ancestral rites, there is also a record that Garlic chives were produced in the New Year, and in the 6th century Wei, jin, North and South dynasty, the agricultural techniques have already recorded Garlic chives as a vegetable. There is. In Korea, it is believed that it was introduced during the Three Kingdoms period, but it is presumed that Garlic chives were already popularly cultivated, as the records show that it can be found in the Hyangyak Gugeum (1236 AD) compiled during the Goryeo Dynasty. In Japan, there are records in the 1st century literature. As such, Garlic chives were mainly used in East Asia.

Learn more about Garlic chives

Garlic chives are native to eastern Asia, and there are still native areas in northeastern China. Cultivation is mainly cultivated in Korea, China, Japan, Nepal, Thailand and the Philippines. 

For food, it is a crop mainly eaten in Korea, China, and Japan. Garlic chives are dark germinating plants (those that germinate well in the dark and are inhibited by sunlight). Green leaves grow thin and elongated, and the leaves are cut and harvested to be used as vegetables. Harvesting is possible from spring to autumn, with spring being the seasonal crop. When the flowers bloom, they lose their aroma and taste.

Garlic chives are slightly warm in nature and have a sour, spicy and astringent taste. Garlic chives are foods rich in vitamins A and C. Most of the carbohydrates contained in garlic chives are monosaccharides of glucose and fructose. Odor is a unique sulfur compound, which is a food with a unique flavor. Garlic chives have a tonic effect similar to garlic. Now let's take a look at the benefits of it.

What are the benefits of Garlic chives?

1. To warm the body

When the weather gets colder, inflammation increases, and it is easy to be exposed to respiratory diseases due to the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors. It is said that if the body temperature is lowered by 1 degree, the immunity will decrease by 30%, and if the body temperature is raised by 1 degree, the immunity will increase 5 times. Garlic chives warm the body and improve blood circulation, helping you get through the winter without any problems.

2. Good for blood circulation

Garlic chives have the effect of improving blood circulation by helping to relieve blood stasis and smooth blood circulation as it has the property of warming the body. In particular, when your shoulder is stiff or your back hurts, or when the color of the mouth turns purple due to blood stasis and stains appear on the face, it is helpful to consume Garlic chives. You can make Garlic chives juice and consume it or make porridge with brown rice and consume it continuously.

3. Good for the liver

Garlic chives are rich in calcium, iron, vitamins C and E, and have the effect of making the liver strong. In addition, regular consumption of garlic chives warms the back and knees and protects the small and large intestines.

4. Good for women

Garlic chives help blood circulation and boost metabolism

It has the effect of increasing menstrual volume in women, relieving menstrual pain, and improving cold constitution.

5. Good for your back

Garlic chives with warm properties are also rich in vitamins.

Garlic chives warms the knees and lower back, helps blood circulation, and drains old blood from our body, which is said to be helpful in the treatment of chronic herniated discs.

6. Anti-Cell Aging

Prevention of cell aging Allyl sulfide and beta-carotene act as antioxidants to prevent cell aging and mutation, so it is effective in preventing cancer. is also beneficial.

7. Prevention of edema

If you pour frequently, it is good to enjoy Garlic chives. Garlic chives are rich in potassium and can prevent edema because they release sodium, which causes edema.

8. Stronger men's stamina

Garlic chives have strong Yang energy and contain allyl sulfide, which is called a natural stamina agent, which relieves fatigue and increases vitality, helping men to improve their sexual function. It also contains beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant, which is effective in inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells.

How to eat? Kimchi

A good Garlic chives is said to be short and soft. It is good if the green light is deep and shiny. Be sure to choose ones that are fresh and the stems are not too large or too thick. Garlic chives with flower buds do not taste good.

In <Donguibogam>, it is mainly used in Korean food to the extent that there is a phrase ‘it is always good to make Kimchi and eat it’.

It is said that people who have a lot of physical strength can make and drink Garlic chives juice or soup to be effective. If you stir-fry Garlic chives with shrimp, beef, pork, chicken, fish, tofu, mushrooms, etc., it becomes a delicious food.

However, there are a few things to keep in mind before eating. Because it has a spicy taste, people with gastroenteritis or allergies should not eat too much. As Garlic chives has the property of warming the body, it does not fit well with people with a lot of heat.