What is the difference between garlic scapes and garlic scapes? You will understand after reading this
There is no difference between garlic scapes and garlic scapes; the two are the same thing. In some parts of southern China it is called garlic sprouts, and it includes two parts, the flower stem and the involucre. The scape bract is the involucre at the top of the garlic flower stem, containing an underdeveloped inflorescence. It is one of the vegetables people like to eat. Garlic scapes are widely distributed in our country and are grown in both the north and the south.
1. The effects of garlic scapes
1. Antibacterial effect. Garlic scapes contain allicin, and their antibacterial ability can reach one tenth that of penicillin. They have a good killing effect on pathogenic bacteria and parasites, and can help prevent flu, prevent wound infection and expel worms.
2. Relieving constipation and preventing hemorrhoids. The outer skin of garlic scapes is rich in cellulose, which can stimulate the large intestine to move the bowels and help treat constipation. Eating more garlic scapes can prevent the occurrence of hemorrhoids, reduce the number of hemorrhoid recurrences, and has a certain therapeutic effect on mild to moderate hemorrhoids.
3. Preventing and treating coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, lowering blood lipids and so on. Garlic scapes are rich in vitamin C, which has an obvious effect on lowering blood lipids and preventing coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, and can prevent the formation of blood clots. It can protect the liver, induce the activity of detoxifying enzymes in liver cells, and can block the synthesis of the carcinogen nitrosamine, thereby preventing the occurrence of cancer.
2. Precautions for garlic scapes
1. Garlic scapes are mainly used for stir-frying, or as an ingredient. They should not be cooked too soft, so as to avoid destroying the allicin and reducing the antibacterial effect.
2. People with poor digestion had better eat less garlic scapes; eating too much garlic scapes may affect eyesight; garlic scapes have the effect of protecting the liver, but eating too much instead damages the liver, may cause liver dysfunction, and make liver disease worse.
3. Garlic scapes should not be eaten together with Rehmannia, Polygonum multiflorum, honey or scallions.