What does vinegar do? Tell me in detail.

Vinegar has a certain bactericidal and bacteriostatic ability. It can completely inhibit the propagation of vinegar, such as Bacillus, Micrococcus (the most common and widely distributed food spoilage bacteria), Pseudomonas fluorescens, Streptococcus G (the low-temperature spoilage bacteria of dairy products, fish shells and other foods), Staphylococcus aureus (one of the most important bacteria of bacterial food poisoning), Salmonella typhimurium and pathogenic Escherichia coli (an important intestinal infectious bacteria). The concentration of acetic acid is 122 mg/L, which can completely kill dissolved staphylococci, Gram-bacilli, Shigella sonnei and paravibrio within half a minute. For pathogenic Escherichia coli, it only takes half a minute to kill it all. As the saying goes, "the disease enters from the mouth", many infectious germs enter the human body through the mouth, and vinegar is like a loyal guardian, so handle this first pass well.

Research by the Institute of Epidemiology of China Academy of Medical Sciences also shows that vinegar can kill all respiratory therapeutic microorganisms such as Streptococcus A, Staphylococcus carinii, Pneumococcus, Staphylococcus albus and influenza virus except a few Streptococcus A colonies within 30 minutes after indoor fumigation. Experiments also show that vinegar can kill diphtheria, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, measles and Gillis virus.

For Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Trichophyton and other bacteria and fungi, vinegar can also have strong killing ability. Vinegar is widely used in clinical and traditional Chinese medicine remedies to prevent and treat various diseases in surgery and dermatology, and has achieved good results.

Second, prevent and treat colds.

In the factory where vinegar is fermented, workers seldom catch a cold. Even after working for more than 20 years, they have never caught a cold. Scholars believe that this strange phenomenon has a lot to do with their long-term exposure to vinegar. As we know, there are many viruses that can cause colds. There are more than 100 kinds of light rhinovirus, and cold viruses are easy to mutate. So it is difficult to find an effective drug to deal with so many pathogens.

In recent years, researchers in the Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine have been inspired by a large number of literature studies, and believe that the virus that causes colds has no cell membrane, and the change of pH value easily affects its growth. Furthermore, the growth of cold virus mainly depends on the catalysis of internal systems such as ribonuclease, which is controlled by pH, temperature and trace metal ions.

The results show that the workers in the acetic acid factory will not catch a cold because of long-term exposure to vinegar. The concentration of acetic acid in the air added by the acetic acid factory makes it difficult for the cold virus to survive, so the workers in the vinegar factory are not easy to catch a cold. Therefore, in daily life, in case of a cold epidemic, you may wish to fumigate with vinegar. The method is to take proper amount of vinegar (2 ml ~ 10 ml per cubic meter), dilute it with water twice as much as1~, and fumigate it with slow fire.

Third, strengthen the stomach and prevent diarrhea and dysentery.

Since ancient times, vinegar has been thought to increase appetite and promote digestion. This point has been recorded in many medical documents of past dynasties in China, such as Compendium of Materia Medica written by Chen Zangqi in the Tang Dynasty, and Recipe of Interest written by Wang Shixiong in the Qing Dynasty, all of which say that vinegar can "stimulate appetite and promote digestion". Moreover, there is also "vinegar tea" for treating indigestion in China. This is enough to show that vinegar is a drink that can help digestion. The effect of vinegar on the digestive system is mainly to promote the secretion of gastric juice. In our daily life, whenever we think of salted plum or sour food, saliva will be produced in our mouth, which will cause stomach peristalsis and appetite. This is because the volatile substances and amino acids in vinegar can stimulate the nerve center of the human brain and make the digestive organs secrete a lot of digestive juice, thus enhancing the digestive function. Saliva contains amylase which can digest starch. If saliva and gastric juice secretion increase, it will not only increase appetite, but also promote food digestion. It shows that adding some enzymes to cooking and adding some enzymes to cold dishes is conducive to promoting appetite and helping digestion.

Vinegar can also prevent and treat diarrhea and dysentery. Diarrhea and dysentery are caused by eating food contaminated by bacteria by mistake in daily life. People often treat them by drinking vinegar. This has a long history in China, such as taking "ginger and garlic vinegar" to treat diarrhea, and burning bricks, then spraying vinegar on hot bricks, or sprinkling vinegar on towels to cover hot bricks and sitting on them while it is hot to treat diarrhea. In fact, the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery with vinegar has long been recorded in ancient Chinese medical books. For example, Roche Medical Mirror said: vinegar can cure "intestinal sliding diarrhea"; In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is recorded that the treatment of cholera vomiting and diarrhea is decocted with salt and vinegar, while in Yan Jisheng Fang, the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery is all medicine vinegar paste stomach pills. In recent years, it is often reported that vinegar is used to treat diarrhea and dysentery, and excellent results have been achieved. There are many ways to treat diarrhea and dysentery with vinegar. For example, 10g black tea or scented tea, brewed with boiling water, and then added with a little vinegar once a day, can astringe the intestines and stop diarrhea.

Fourth, lower cholesterol.

Cholesterol is a nutrient that constitutes human cells. Most of them are synthesized by the human body itself, and some of them are ingested through diet. A healthy adult's total cholesterol is about 50-80 grams. Under normal circumstances, the amount of cholesterol synthesized by the human body can be automatically adjusted. Some middle-aged people, due to the imbalance of endocrine and blood lipid metabolism, have disordered automatic regulation function, and the increased blood cholesterol will gradually deposit on the blood vessel wall, narrowing the blood vessel lumen, destroying the fibers of the blood vessel wall, causing connective tissue proliferation, thus making the blood vessel hypertrophy and sclerosis. This happens in the coronary artery and is called coronary heart disease; If it occurs in the cerebral artery, it is called cerebral arteriosclerosis. In addition, the increase of cholesterol is the main reason for the formation of gallstones. Therefore, to avoid high cholesterol, besides paying attention to diet, long-term consumption of vinegar is an effective way to lower cholesterol.

Fifth, lower blood pressure

Hypertension is a common disease that seriously threatens human health, and it is an important factor that causes heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage. About120,000 people die of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases every year in the world. The main cause of hypertension is the accumulation of excessive sodium in human body. In recent years, Japanese scholars have done an experiment. They selected nine people and ate five vinegar-soaked soybeans at 3 pm every day for three months, during which their blood pressure was measured once a week and once a month. As a result, their blood pressure obviously tends to be normal. In China, vinegar soaked peanuts have long been used to prevent and treat hypertension. Pick half a bowl full of peanuts with clothes, pour in first-class vinegar until it is full, soak for 7 days, and take 10 capsules in the morning and evening from the eighth day, which can reduce hypertension. Vinegar can reduce hypertension because it contains vitamin C and nicotinic acid, which can dilate blood vessels, promote the excretion of cholesterol and enhance the elasticity and permeability of blood vessels. In addition, vinegar can also enhance renal function and have diuretic effect, through which sodium is discharged, which indirectly causes blood pressure reduction. Therefore, patients with hypertension can eat less salt and be jealous; Insist on being jealous every day, or soak soybeans, peanuts or vinegar eggs in vinegar, which can prevent and treat hypertension.

Six, the prevention and treatment of liver disease

The liver is the largest digestive gland in human body, which plays an important role in substances such as sugar, lipid, protein, vitamins and hormones, and has the functions of secreting bile, detoxifying and phagocytizing bacteria. Once the liver is ill, the digestive function and nutrient metabolism of the body will inevitably be affected. In recent years, it has been found that vinegar can protect the liver, promote the secretion of digestive juice and increase the appetite of patients with liver diseases. Vinegar is rich in amino acids, acetic acid, lactic acid, malic acid, succinic acid, vitamins and other nutrients needed by the liver. After eating vinegar, its nutrients are fully absorbed and transformed. The transformed protein can repair the damage of liver tissue, improve the detoxification function of liver and promote metabolism. Vinegar itself can also kill hepatitis virus, thus preventing and treating liver diseases.

Treating liver disease with vinegar has been circulating among the people for a long time, and there are also records of treating jaundice with vinegar in Chinese medicine books. For example, it is said in Compendium of Materia Medica that vinegar can "disperse blood stasis, treat jaundice and yellow liver" and is also considered as "appetizing and nourishing liver". Common vinegar and brown sugar are used to treat liver disease.

Seven, the treatment of diabetes

Diabetes mellitus is called "diabetes" and "three diseases" in Chinese medicine, which is caused by the metabolic disorder of sugar, protein, fat, water and electrolyte due to the insufficient secretion of human insulin. It is characterized by hyperglycemia, positive urine glucose, abnormal glucose tolerance and abnormal insulin release. Patients often show polydipsia, polyphagia, polyuria, fatigue and emaciation. Vinegar can treat diabetes, which is a new discovery of scholars at home and abroad in recent years. Taking vinegar for a long time can lower blood sugar and enhance physical fitness. The method of steaming chicken with vinegar to treat diabetes has been circulating among the people, and the effect is obvious. In Japan, 17 diabetic patients were tested to drink vinegar eggs for more than 1 month. The results showed that 1 1 diabetic patients' blood sugar and urine sugar decreased after drinking for 2 ~ 3 weeks. The reason why vinegar eggs can treat diabetes is that their nutrition is almost complete food. Eating vinegar-melted eggshells (calcium acetate) together with protein and egg yolk can not only absorb calcium, but also add the function of vinegar itself, and all kinds of factors are combined to have several times the effect. At present, our factory has developed and produced a variety of health vinegar, which has a certain hypoglycemic effect on diabetic patients and can be used as a health drink for diabetic patients.

Eight, anti-cancer effect

Does vinegar really have anti-cancer effect? The trace elements in vinegar and its main and auxiliary raw materials were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry in Chengdu Branch of China Academy of Sciences and China University of Science and Technology, and analyzed. It is proved that the bactericidal effect of vinegar itself can directly resist infectious viruses, thus making it difficult for cancer and fungi to grow, and can also offset the carcinogenic effect of aflatoxin. Vinegar contains an enzyme that can inhibit the synergistic carcinogenesis and cancer promotion of cadmium and fungi; Raw materials such as bran and well water used for vinegar are rich in copper and low in cadmium. The chemical composition and biological function of the special medicated leaven made of more than 60 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines make trace elements such as copper, zinc, manganese, molybdenum and cobalt highly enriched, thus having the function of inhibiting cancer. It can be speculated that the workers in the vinegar factory have not had cancer patients for a long time because of their long-term exposure to these anti-cancer substances. Recently, someone in Japan analyzed two kinds of anti-tumor active substances in vinegar made from rice by cooking and fermentation. They injected this anti-tumor substance into six mice with tumors implanted in the abdominal cavity. Results the tumors of two mice disappeared, and the life span of the other four mice was 4 ~ 5 times longer than that of mice without anti-tumor substances.

Nine, the role of weight loss

Soaking soybeans in vinegar to treat constipation has been a folk prescription in China since ancient times. Recently, scientists have analyzed that vinegar beans have other fitness functions. In fact, vinegar itself can lower blood fat, blood pressure and lose weight. Because the amino acids contained in vinegar can not only promote the transformation of excess fat into body consumption, but also make the intake of sugar and protein metabolize smoothly, so it has a good weight loss effect. If you use vinegar beans to lose weight, you can increase its effect. Vinegar beans can also prevent arteriosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis. This is because unsaturated fatty acids in beans can lower cholesterol. The production method of vinegar beans is: wash and dry soybeans, fry them in a casserole, then put them in an empty bottle, accounting for about 1/3 of the bottle, cover them with vinegar, let them cool, and eat them after 1 week. If you don't like sour food, you can add honey or brown sugar. It is advisable to eat 1 spoon of vinegar beans every day. You can stop eating if you have diarrhea. If you don't feel sick, you can continue to eat.

Ten, beauty, delay aging

With the increase of age, lipid peroxide (also known as human rust) in the human body will continue to increase, leading to the failure of cell function to function normally. When there is too much lipid peroxide in the body, it will combine with substances in the body to produce toxic peroxide substances. If this phenomenon appears on the skin, it will reduce the metabolic ability of the skin, easily cause waste to accumulate on the surface of the skin, form senile plaques, weaken the tension or elasticity of the skin, increase the wrinkles of the skin and become slack; However, if the function of sebaceous glands and sweat glands that secrete oil decreases, the skin will lose its moisturizing ingredients and age ahead of time. Therefore, taking vinegar for a long time can not only make skin pigmentation, but also delay aging. In addition, the compounds in vinegar, such as acetic acid, lactic acid, amino acids, glycerol, aldehydes, etc., have a mild stimulating effect on human skin, which can dilate blood vessels, increase blood circulation and make skin smooth. In the folk, eggs are soaked in vinegar, coated with egg white or eaten to treat chloasma, psoriasis, neurodermatitis and other skin diseases. This shows that long-term consumption of vinegar has the functions of beauty and delaying aging.

XI. Hangover

It's common knowledge to use vinegar to relieve alcoholism. This has long been recorded in the medical literature. For example, Wang Shixiong said in the Diet Spectrum of Interesting Life that vinegar can "sober up and help digestion". Japanese data also say that vinegar can avoid drunkenness and gaffes. Excessive drinking will increase the depth of alcohol in the blood. The higher the concentration, the heavier the drunkenness. Generally speaking, when the alcohol content in 100 ml blood reaches 50 ~ 100 mg, it will reach a slightly drunk state. After exceeding the limit, the degree of drunkenness will increase with the increase of alcohol concentration. According to some data, the alcohol concentration in blood will be different when drinking vinegar alone and at the same time. In other words, if you drink vinegar at the same time, you can reduce the alcohol concentration in the blood, thus alleviating or delaying the emergence of drunkenness.

As we know, vinegar contains many ingredients, which cooperate with each other to make vinegar a natural "hangover-relieving". Vinegar can resist and relieve the inhibition of alcohol, increase the secretion of gastric juice, dilate blood vessels, promote blood circulation, improve the metabolic capacity of the liver, increase renal function, accelerate diuresis and promote the rapid excretion of alcohol.