Pea proverb

Peas in hot pot-jumping around; Don't chew your teeth when eating peas; Mother-in-law has seven peas-it hurts strangely; Crabs with peas-roll, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll; Sprinkle peas on the horns of cows-you can't recruit children; The guy who bites his teeth eats peas-it hurts to turn around; Planting peas in wheat fields-hybridization; Sprinkle peas in the wheat field-hybridization; Donkeys chew peas-it's all about mouth and mouth.

Pea is an annual climbing herb in Leguminosae, with a height of 0.5-2 meters. The whole plant is green, smooth and hairless, covered with powder cream. Leaves with 4-6 leaflets, stipules heart-shaped, with fine teeth at the lower edge. Leaflets ovoid; Flowers solitary or arranged in racemes at leaf axils; Calyx campanulate, lobes lanceolate; Corolla has various colors, which vary from species to species, but most of them are white and purple. Ovary glabrous, style flat. Pods expand into a rectangle; The seeds are round turquoise and turn yellow after drying. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

Originated in China Sea and Central Asia, it is one of the most important cultivated crops in the world. Seeds, tender pods and seedlings are edible; Seeds contain starch and oil, which can be used as medicine, and have the functions of strengthening, diuresis and antidiarrheal; Stem and leaf can cool and relieve summer heat, and can be used as green manure, feed or fuel.

Pea is a kind of nutritious food, especially containing more trace elements such as copper and chromium. Copper is beneficial to hematopoiesis and the development of bones and brain. Chromium is beneficial to the metabolism of sugar and fat and can maintain the normal function of insulin. Choline and methionine contained in peas help prevent arteriosclerosis; Moreover, the vitamin C contained in fresh peas ranks first among all fresh beans. Patients with diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease, the elderly, children and eating peas are all beneficial. The phytohemagglutinin contained in peas is similar to the lectin contained in beans and lentils, which can agglutinate human red blood cells and promote mitosis. It can activate lymphocytes of tumor patients and produce lymphotoxin, which has non-specific damage to many animal cells. Therefore, it has the function of preventing and treating tumors.