How much is cilantro per jin now? A detailed explanation of its edible benefits and effects
Cilantro is a flavoring vegetable we are very familiar with, with a rich fragrance, it can enhance the aroma of the main dish, and can also be used in cold dressed dishes, and it is now cultivated in most areas of our country. So, how much is cilantro per jin now? What are its edible benefits and effects?
1. How much is cilantro per jin now?
In 2019, the current price of cilantro ranges from 1.5 to 10 yuan/jin, with relatively large price differences among different regions. Below, the editor has compiled the recent prices of cilantro in some regions across the country, as follows:
Jingxi Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province: 4 yuan/jin; Meitong Food Wholesale Market, Shi Quan Shi Mei Group, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia: 3 yuan/jin; Xinyangguang Wholesale Market, Xianyang, Shaanxi: 6 yuan/jin; Tonghui Agricultural Products Wholesale Market, Miquan, Xinjiang: 1.5 yuan/jin; Hongqi Agricultural Trade Wholesale Market, Xiqing District, Tianjin: 4 yuan/jin; Shaoxing Vegetable and Fruit Wholesale Trading Center, Zhejiang: 5 yuan/jin; Yangquan Vegetable, Fruit and Melon Wholesale Market, Shanxi latest wholesale: 3 yuan/jin; Gaoshui Vegetable Wholesale Market, Mianyang City, Sichuan: 9 yuan/jin; Fuding Min-Zhe Border Agricultural Trade Center Market, Fujian: 10 yuan/jin; Ganlusi Vegetable Wholesale Market, Changde, Hunan: 7.8 yuan/jin.
Note: The above prices were compiled from the internet and serve only as reference prices.
2. What are the edible benefits and effects of cilantro?
(1) Treating measles
Boil whole cilantro together with Arnebia euchroma and water chestnut in water, then filter the liquid and take it, which can accelerate the eruption of measles and pox; boil cilantro in water, then use the hot steam for fumigation and then use the water to wash the hands and feet, which can treat failure of measles to erupt or incomplete eruption; add perilla and scallion white to cilantro, boil in water, then add a little sugar to make cilantro, perilla and scallion white soup, which can help promote the eruption of measles.
(2) Treating stomach cold
Soak cilantro in wine for three days, then remove the leaves and drink the wine, which can quickly produce a stomach-warming effect, and long-term drinking can also make stomach cold disappear.
(3) Appetizing and awakening the spleen
The special fragrance of cilantro can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and stimulate a person's appetite. Boil cilantro seeds with dried tangerine peel, Medicated Leaven and ginger in water and take it, or cook cilantro with orange peel, ginger and japonica rice into cilantro congee, which can treat indigestion and loss of appetite; grind cilantro seeds into powder and swallow with boiled water, which can treat chest and diaphragm fullness and stuffiness; pound fresh cilantro into juice, add sugarcane juice and take it warm, which can treat vomiting and nausea.
(4) Lowering blood pressure
Boil fresh cilantro with kudzu root in water and take it, which has an auxiliary therapeutic effect on treating high blood pressure.
(5) Treating swollen and painful hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse
Boil cilantro into a decoction and use it to fumigate and wash the affected area, which can treat swollen and painful hemorrhoids and rectal prolapse.
(6) Treating common cold
Boil cilantro with rock sugar in water and drink it for three days, and the symptoms of common cold can disappear. This is especially suitable for pregnant women who cannot take medicine or injections.
(7) Strengthening yang
Promotes sperm vitality and improves fertility; taken together with mutton or dog meat, it can stimulate sexual desire.
Overall, the overall price of cilantro in southern China is higher than in northern China. In addition, cilantro also has dietary contraindications. Those with incomplete measles eruption caused by excess heat toxin rather than external wind-cold should avoid eating it; after measles in children has already erupted, it should not be eaten; people with qi deficiency and weak constitution and those suffering from cancer, chronic skin diseases, eye diseases, and gastric and duodenal ulcers should also not eat too much.