What are the medicinal uses of green onions?

English: shallots

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryotic domain

Field: the field of plants

Phylum: Angiosperm phylum

Class: monocotyledonous plants class

Objective: Liliaceae.

Family: Liliaceae

Genus: Allium

Type: onion

Green onion (scientific name) is a very common condiment or vegetable in China, and it is also a kind of meat dish and herb with cylindrical leaves, hollow middle and cyan. China people are used to chopping ginger before cooking, frying it in an oil pan until golden brown, and then frying other vegetables in the pan. Also, when making clear soup noodles, sprinkle chopped green onion on the cooked noodles.

Perennial herbs of Allium in Liliaceae. Leaf sheaths and leaves are used for food. The main cultivated variety in China is Welsh onion. The leaves are tubular, hollow, green, sharp, and the leaf sheath is cylindrical, which is fused into a pseudostem. The color is white, commonly known as scallion. The stem is short and disc-shaped, and string roots are densely distributed around the stem disc. The umbel is spherical and located in the involucre. These flowers are white. There are two varieties of scallion and scallion (scallion). It can also be divided into three types according to the false stems and heights: long white onion (Chinese parasol onion), medium white onion (chicken leg onion) and short white onion (called onion). Extremely cold-tolerant, it can be protected from freezing injury at-10℃, and it can also overwinter in northeast China. The optimum growth temperature is 20 ~ 25℃. The root system is weak and the root hairs are few. Suitable fertile sandy loam. Common diseases include purple spot, downy mildew, soft rot and rust; Pests include onion maggots and thrips.

25 ~ 70 cm high. Bulbs are cylindrical, solitary or clustered, with a thickness of 65438 0 ~ 2cm, white peel, membranous and complete, leaves are cylindrical and hollow, with a thickness of 0.5 ~ 2cm, scapes are cylindrical and hollow, extracted from leaves, with a length of 30 ~ 5 ~ 7mm, and total bracts are membranous and 2-lobed, and umbels are nearly spherical and hollow. Seeds hexagonal, black. The flowering and fruiting period is from February to July.

Garlic, or fire onion and chives, are two kinds of onions grown in southern China.

Onion contains volatile sulfide, has a special spicy taste, and is an important deodorizer and seasoning. Green onions are sweet and crisp. In Chinese medicine, onion has the functions of sterilization, lactation, diuresis, sweating and sleeping.

Supplementary Chinese explanation:

Onion #c is not # c

Interpretation 1 Herbs with spicy stems and leaves are common vegetables or condiments. 2 turquoise: lush | lush.

Lush vegetation: lush.

Lush # c3ngcu verdant: the mountains are lush.

After the autumn rain, the lush bamboo forest looks particularly fresh, as if it had been washed.

Lush: Lush trees.

The hillside is covered with lush pine forests.

= = = = = = = = = = = = More information about this word = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

onion

(voice. From the sound of death. Original meaning: onion, a vegetable)

One of the plants with cylindrical hollow leaves.

Onion variety

Onions can be divided into four types: ordinary onions, split onions, Hu onions and Lou onions.

Common green onion: many varieties, good quality and large planting area. According to the length of onion, there are long onion and short onion. Scallion has a strong spicy taste. The famous varieties are Liaoning Gaiping Scallion, Beijing Gaojiaobai and Shaanxi hua county Valley Scallion. Short onion, white onion, short and thick, famous varieties are Shandong Zhangqiu chicken leg onion, Hebei opposite leaf onion and so on.

Distribution of scallion: thick leaves, pure white scallion, light spicy taste and good quality.

Floor onion: white, sweet, short onion leaves and poor quality.

Onion: mostly cultivated in the south, soft and tasteless, mainly eating onion leaves.

According to the length of growth time, there are other varieties of green onions in the north, such as pig excrement beans, pig excrement beans, green onions, improved green onions, green onions, old onions and so on.

Pig excrement bean (also known as yellow onion): it is a small old onion with roots and grows in the greenhouse pool. The leaves are golden, the stems are white, and the taste is fresh and tender.

Diyangjiao onion: it is not mature enough in the first year, and it will be listed in the spring of the second year. The stems are white, the leaves are green and thick, and they are very spicy when eaten raw.

Onion: Its roots are white, its stems are green, its leaves are green, it is sweet when eaten raw, and it will be on the market in April.

Improved onion: It is cultivated by transplanting shallots in late autumn. When green onions are on the market, improved green onions will be on the market to make up for the shortage. The improved onion has spicy taste, small stem, long leaves and dark green leaves.

Ditch onion: thick and white stems, old and inedible leaves.

Onion: This is an old onion, which entered the market after the first frost. Generally, this kind of onion is densely planted and can grow with little or no soil.

Old onion: the growth period is long and the tree is strong. The best old onion is drumstick onion. Its roots are thick and gradually taper upward. It is shaped like a drumstick and has a solid white porcelain skin. It will not be hollow when stored in winter, and it has a strong fragrance. After the first frost every year, it should be used as seasoning for the market.

Refers to the root of onion, with dani in its mouth. -"Yutai Ancient Poems and New Poems Dedicated to Jiao Zhongqing's Wife"

turquoise

Onion c is not C.

(1) herbs. Cylindrical and hollow leaves are common vegetables and seasonings.

(2) cyan: ~ green, ~ emerald.

The vegetation is lush and the appearance is lush.

Lush vegetation: In spring, the earth is everywhere.

Lush.

Stems of green onions.

The lightest blue among scallions.

Onion chuāng 1. See "Onion Spirit".

This family and genus are bulbs of Allium in Liliaceae.

Alias Polygonum hydropiper, deer fetus, Laibo, four-season onion, and grass, onion and onion.

The taste is warm and warm, and it tastes Xin Ping; Enter the lung and stomach meridians.

Indications: sweating to relieve exterior syndrome, dispelling cold and activating yang, detoxifying and dispersing coagulation. Indications: slight cold due to wind-cold, carbuncle, swelling and sore, dysentery, weak pulse, abdominal pain due to cold coagulation, and dysuria.

Every 100g nutrient contains 90g of water, 2.5g of protein, 0.3g of fat, 5.4g of carbohydrates, 54mg of calcium, 6 1mg of phosphorus, 2.2mg of iron, 0.46mg of carotene and 0/5mg of vitamins. In addition, it also contains protopectin, water-soluble pectin, thiamine, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, allicin and other ingredients.

food therapy

1. antipyretic and expectorant: effective components such as onion volatile oil can stimulate sweat glands and achieve the effect of sweating and heat dissipation; Scallion oil stimulates the upper respiratory tract and is easy to expectorate.

2. Promote digestion and absorption: Onions also stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, which can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite.

3. Antibacterial and antiviral: Allicin contained in onion has obvious antibacterial and antiviral effects, especially for Shigella dysenteriae and dermatophytes.

4. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Pectin contained in shallots can obviously reduce the occurrence of colon cancer and has anti-cancer effect. Allicin in onion can also inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Eat onions in time.

Because of the relationship between the air layer and the soil, onions planted in the first month of the lunar calendar are no longer just spices, but special supplements. Can help the recovery of body function. People with anemia, low blood pressure and fear of cold should eat more green onions in the first month, which can fully supplement calories. People who are prone to eye fatigue, bleeding, insomnia and neurasthenia can only eat onions in the first month. After the first month, onions will eliminate nutrients in the body because of their strong irritation, so the probability of such people eating onions is only 1 time in 1 year. We should seize the best opportunity to eat onions.

Healthy diet

1. onion soup 30g, fermented soybean 10g, 3 slices of ginger, and 30ml of yellow wine. Add 500 ml of onion, lobster sauce and ginger to water and fry until cooked, then boil rice wine once or twice. This soup has the effect of dispelling cold, regulating qi and regulating middle warmer, and is suitable for exogenous wind-cold, aversion to cold, fever, headache, stuffy nose and cough.

2. Onion jujube soup 20 jujubes and 7 onions. Wash the red dates, soak them in clear water, put them in a pot, add some water and boil them with slow fire. After about 20 minutes, add the washed scallion and continue to fry with slow fire 10 minutes. When taking, eat dates and drink soup twice a day. The soup has the effects of invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, dispelling cold and activating yang, and can be used for adjuvant treatment of heart-qi weakness, chest distress, insomnia, dreaminess, amnesia and other diseases.

3. Stew 50 grams of trotters with onion, 4 trotters, and appropriate amount of salt. Plucking pig's trotters, cleaning, and cutting with a knife; Cut the onion into sections, put it with the pig's trotters, add a little salt, boil it with strong fire first, and then stew it with slow fire until it is cooked. This dish has the effects of enriching blood, reducing swelling and promoting lactation. Is suitable for asthenia due to blood deficiency, limb pain, edema, swelling and pain, and postpartum hypogalactia.

4. Scallion-roasted sea cucumber 120g onion, 200g water-soaked sea cucumber, 250ml clear soup, 2 Chinese cabbage, proper amount of cooking wine and wet corn flour. Wash the sea cucumber first and blanch it with boiling water; Parching onion segments with cooked lard to obtain onion oil; Add clear soup, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, salt, cooking wine and other seasonings to sea cucumber, pour wet corn flour on sea cucumber and cabbage, and pour scallion oil. This dish has the effects of nourishing lung and kidney, benefiting essence and strengthening yang. It is suitable for dry cough and hemoptysis caused by lung yang deficiency, impotence and nocturnal emission, aplastic anemia and diabetes caused by kidney yang deficiency.

5. Onion porridge Onion 10g, 50g of japonica rice, and appropriate amount of sugar. Cook the japonica rice first, and then put the chopped green onion and sugar in it when the rice is cooked. The porridge has the effects of relieving exterior syndrome, dispelling cold, regulating stomach and invigorating middle energizer. It is suitable for common cold, headache, stuffy nose, body heat and anhidrosis, facial edema, dyspepsia and carbuncle.

6. There are 20 onions and 20 dates in the soup of green onions and red dates. Wash onion and cut into sections, wash jujube and cut into half; Boil them in water, and add appropriate amount of sugar before cooking. This soup has the effect of regulating stomach and calming nerves, and can be used for the adjuvant treatment of insomnia, physical weakness, anorexia and dyspepsia caused by neurasthenia.

Precautions should not be taken orally with honey; It is not suitable for people who are overworked and sweaty.

Selected document

Shennong's Herbal Classic: "Treat typhoid fever, hyperhidrosis, stroke and swollen face."

"Records of Famous Doctors": "Main typhoid headache."

Japanese Herbal Medicine: "Treating heart and abdominal pain."

Compendium of Materia Medica: "In addition to rheumatism, body pain, paralysis, worm accumulation and heartache, stop adult yang loss, toxic abdominal pain, children's dish bowel fishing, women's pregnancy drowning, lactation, breast abscess, tinnitus, dog injury and earthworm poison." '

Materia Medica Rehabilitation: "Sweat and relax muscles, dredge upper and lower Yang Qi, Zhongjing Baitong decoction and Tongmai Sini decoction, and dredge pulse and return to yang. It is especially necessary to use it if the blush is positive. "

Cultural appreciation

Folklore: According to legend, after Shennong tried a hundred herbs to find out the onion, it was used as a condiment for daily meals. All kinds of dishes should be mixed with shallots, so shallots have the nickname of "harmony with grass"

In Hepu, Guangxi and other places, the dietary custom of "being smart when eating onions" is popular. It is said that every year on the evening of June 16th of the lunar calendar, the family will bring onions from the garden to their children, so that the children will be "smart" after eating them.

Anecdotal medical news: In ancient times, a member suffered from claustrophobia, urinary drip obstruction and abdominal distension, which was very uncomfortable. Seeing a doctor to take medicine will make you vomit, and the family is ready for the funeral. Suddenly, I heard the drums. A charlatan happened to pass by here, so I invited him home. After four consultations, the doctor said, "Bring the onion, wash it, insert it into the urethra and help the patient urinate." . Then take medicine to recuperate. I am overjoyed, so I give you a big thank you.

Folk proverb: "The more leek dipped in sauce, the stronger the taste."

Common diseases of onion:

Purple spots on onions

Pathogenic characteristics:

Purple spot is also called black spot and ring spot. The disease mainly harms leaves and pedicels. The lesion is oval to spindle-shaped, usually large, purple-brown, and there are obvious concentric wheel marks on the surface of the spot. When the humidity is high, the lesion grows into dark brown to dark gray mold. When the diseased spots merge with each other and spread around the leaves or pedicels, the whole leaves turn yellow, die or fold back.

Law of occurrence:

Pathogens overwinter in the host body or in the soil with diseased residues by mycelium, and seeds can also carry bacteria. Conidia spread with airflow and invade directly from wounds, stomata or epidermis to cause disease.

Prevention and control methods:

(1) rotation is implemented in severely ill areas.

(2) Selecting disease-resistant varieties according to local conditions.

(3) Disinfect the seeds before sowing and soak them in warm water of 40-50 degrees for 65438+/-0.5 hours.

(4) Strengthen fertilizer and water management.

(5) Spraying drugs as early as possible to prevent diseases, with 70% day care solution 1000 times, Bordeaux solution or 70% mancozeb solution 1000 times alternately spraying, first dense and then sparse.

Onion wilt

Pathogenic characteristics:

It mainly harms leaves and pedicels, and green onions and chives can be harmed. At the beginning of the disease, the affected area showed blue-white spots, and after expansion, it showed gray-white spots, which made the leaves wither from top to bottom and "dry tail" appeared in the field. When the humidity is high, sparse white mold appears in the affected area, and when the weather is dry, white mold disappears. When the inner wall of the long conical leaf is cut, white mycelium can be seen, which is different from the physiological "dry tail" of onion.

Law of occurrence:

The pathogen overwinters in the body with mycelium, oospores and chlamydospores. Generally, in rainy weather or low-lying planting areas with poor drainage, the disease is easy to occur through rain splashing and irrigation water spreading and invading from stomata.

Prevention and control methods:

(1) Select varieties with strong disease resistance.

(2) Tillage with high ridge and deep ditch, ditch and drain, and reduce soil moisture in time after rain.

(3) Spraying foliar fertilizer timely and appropriately.

(4) According to the weather changes, spraying can be carried out in time, and 25% bunker bacteria 1000 times solution or 25% metalaxyl manganese-zinc 600 times solution can be sprayed 2-3 times, every 7- 10 days/kloc-0 times. Cooking-related editors introduce the raw materials of this paragraph.

Allium fistulosum belongs to Liliaceae, which is the stem and leaf of perennial herb Allium fistulosum. The upper part is blue onion leaves, and the lower part is white onion white.

Originally from Siberia, China has a long history of cultivation and is widely distributed, with Shandong, Hebei, Henan and other provinces as important producing areas. Green onions are cold-resistant and heat-resistant, and have strong adaptability, and can be listed all year round. Common green onions, native to China, are spread all over the country. The leaves are round and hollow, and the base of the leaf sheath is folded into a "false stem". When you are young, you can eat both leaves and onions.

According to the length of scallion, it is divided into two types. Onion plants are tall, white and sweet, and cultivated in the north.

Onions are essential things in daily kitchens, mainly used in the north. It can not only be used as a condiment, but also prevent and treat epidemics, and it can be described as a good plant medicine.

Green onions are mostly used for frying and frying; South China produces more onions, which is a common seasoning, also called chives, and is usually eaten raw or mixed with cold dishes.

Nutritional analysis

The main nutritional components of onion are protein, sugar, provitamin A (mainly contained in onion leaves), dietary fiber and minerals such as phosphorus, iron and magnesium.

1. Like onions and green onions, raw onions contain diallyl sulfide. Diallyl sulfide can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and help to increase appetite. At the same time, when ingested with foods with high vitamin B 1, the starch and sugar contained in vitamin B 1 will become heat, thus improving the function of restoring fatigue.

2. Onion leaves contain more vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium than onion white. Onion contains a considerable amount of vitamin C, which can relax small blood vessels, promote blood circulation, help prevent dizziness caused by hypertension, keep the brain flexible and prevent Alzheimer's Harmo's disease.

People who often eat onions, even if they are fat and fat, their cholesterol will not rise and their physique will be strong. Onion contains trace element selenium, which can reduce the content of nitrite in gastric juice and play a certain role in preventing gastric cancer and various cancers.

4. Onion contains volatile oil and capsaicin with pungent smell, which can dispel the peculiar smell in greasy and heavy dishes such as fishy smell, produce special aroma, and have strong bactericidal effect, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice and stimulate appetite. When the volatile capsaicin is excreted through sweat glands, respiratory tract and urinary system, it can also slightly stimulate the secretion of related glands, thus playing the role of sweating, expectorant and diuretic. It is one of the traditional Chinese medicines for treating colds.

5. Onion also has the functions of lowering blood fat, blood pressure and blood sugar. If eaten with mushrooms, it can promote blood circulation.

Related population

The general population can eat it.

1. Mental workers are more suitable;

2. People suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, especially peptic ulcer, should not eat more; In addition, onions have a strong stimulating effect on sweat glands, and people with bromhidrosis should be careful to eat them in summer; People who are physically weak and sweaty should also avoid eating; Eating too many onions can also damage your eyesight.

manufacture order

1. Eating onions every day is good for your health. Onions can be eaten raw or cold as a side dish. As a seasoning, it is often used in dishes and soups with peculiar smell such as meat, fishy smell and mutton, and also plays a role in improving the taste and fragrance of dishes and soups without peculiar smell.

2. According to the different ingredients, it can be cut into onion segments and mixed with chopped green onion, which should not be fried or fried for too long.

Onion leaves should not be easily discarded because they are rich in provitamin A. ..

4. The diallyl sulfide contained in onion is volatile, and it will lose its effect if soaked in water or boiled for too long.

5. After adding the sauce and turning off the fire, sprinkle with chopped green onion to make the fragrance more delicious and give full play to the role of diallyl sulfide.

6. Onions should be eaten with foods with high vitamin B 1 content. Because it has the function of eliminating peculiar smell, dishes with fishy smell, such as pork or mutton, must be seasoned with onions.

food therapy

Onions are spicy and warm;

It can activate yang, promote blood circulation, expel parasites and detoxify, and relieve exterior syndrome by sweating;

Indications: slight cold due to wind-cold, carbuncle, swelling and sore, dysentery, weak pulse, abdominal pain due to cold coagulation, and dysuria.

It has a good curative effect on common cold, wind chill, headache, abdominal pain due to yin cold, insect resistance and dysentery.

The nutritional components of green onion per100g are as follows

Calorie (30.00 kcal), vitamin B6 (0. 1 1 mg), protein (1.70g), fat (0.30g), pantothenic acid (0.40mg), carbohydrate (6.50g), folic acid (6.5g). Vitamin A (10.00 μ g), vitamin K (7.00 μ g), carotene (60.00 μ g), thiamine (0.03 mg), riboflavin (0.05 mg), nicotinic acid (0.50 mg) and vitamin C (17.00 mg). Phosphorus (38.00 mg), potassium (144.00 mg), sodium (4.80 mg), magnesium (19.00 mg), iron (0.70 mg), zinc (0.40 mg), selenium (0.67 μ g) and copper (0.67 μ g).

The main nutritional components of onion are protein, sugar, provitamin A (mainly contained in onion leaves), dietary fiber and minerals such as phosphorus, iron and magnesium.

1. Like onions and green onions, raw onions contain diallyl sulfide. Diallyl sulfide can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and help to increase appetite. At the same time, when ingested with foods with high vitamin B 1, the starch and sugar contained in vitamin B 1 will become heat, thus improving the function of restoring fatigue.

2. Onion leaves contain more vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium than onion white. Onion contains a considerable amount of vitamin C, which can relax small blood vessels, promote blood circulation, help prevent dizziness caused by hypertension, keep the brain flexible and prevent Alzheimer's Harmo's disease.

People who often eat onions, even if they are fat and fat, their cholesterol will not rise and their physique will be strong. Onion contains trace element selenium, which can reduce the content of nitrite in gastric juice and play a certain role in preventing gastric cancer and various cancers.

4. Onion contains volatile oil and capsaicin with pungent smell, which can dispel the peculiar smell in greasy and heavy dishes such as fishy smell, produce special aroma, and have strong bactericidal effect, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice and stimulate appetite. When the volatile capsaicin is excreted through sweat glands, respiratory tract and urinary system, it can also slightly stimulate the secretion of related glands, thus playing the role of sweating, expectorant and diuretic. It is one of the traditional Chinese medicines for treating colds.

5. Onion also has the functions of lowering blood fat, blood pressure and blood sugar. If eaten with mushrooms, it can promote blood circulation.

Green onions are suitable for people:

The general population can eat it.

(1. Mental workers are more suitable;

(2) People suffering from gastrointestinal diseases, especially peptic ulcer, should not eat more; In addition, onions have a strong stimulating effect on sweat glands, and people with bromhidrosis should be careful to eat them in summer; People who are physically weak and sweaty should also avoid eating; Eating too many onions can also damage your eyesight.

6. Eating onions can prolong life.

It has been said in China since ancient times that eating onions can prolong life.

The whole grass or bulb of Liliaceae herb Allium fistulosum has therapeutic value. Also known as Polygonum hydropiper, Chinese cabbage, four-season onion and green onion. There are also varieties such as leek, fire onion and green onion, and leek is used as medicine. The bulb used as medicine is called onion. It is cultivated all over China, and it is mostly harvested in winter and spring, and the fibrous roots are removed and washed.

[medicinal properties] pungent, slightly warm. It can be published, and it can clear yang and detoxify.

[References] Contains volatile oil, the main components of which are allicin, diallyl sulfide and calcium oxalate. In addition, it also contains vitamin B 1, B2, C, nicotinic acid, carotene, fat, polysaccharide, calcium, magnesium, iron and other components.

Its volatile oil has inhibitory effect on diphtheria, tuberculosis, dysentery, staphylococcus and streptococcus; The filtrate obtained by grinding can kill Trichomonas vaginalis.

【 Usage 】 Used for common cold, aversion to cold, fever, anhidrosis and headache; Yin cold abdominal pain, obstruction of defecation, insect resistance; Dysentery, etc.

[Usage] Decoct soup, cook porridge and make seasoning.

【 Precautions 】 Weakness is easy to sweat, and people with body odor should not eat it. Eating too much will make you dizzy and blurred vision, but you can recover naturally after stopping using it. Decocting time should not be too long.

[attachment]

1, chopped green onion porridge: 20 onion roots, 60g japonica rice. Boil porridge with water and take it while it is hot.

Originated from "Ji Sheng Mi Jing". This recipe takes scallion, pungent and warm, sweating to relieve exterior syndrome, and rice porridge to benefit stomach qi and help medicine. Used for mild cold without sweating. Or the symptoms are not obvious at the beginning of a cold.

2. Onion and black bean soup: onion 15g, light black bean 30g. Cook soup and get hot clothes.

Originated from "stuffing elbows and backs". Scallion and lobster sauce can relieve exterior syndrome by sweating. The purpose is the same as before.

3. Boil the scallion with wine: chopped scallion 15g, cut into pieces, use a rice wine 1 teacup, boil it, and take it three times. Stir-fry the onion and scald it with cloth under the navel.

A dangerous prescription from Hua Tuo. This recipe can warm yang, and boiling wine can enhance the drug effect. Used for abdominal pain due to yin cold, sudden stop, cold limbs, cyanosis of lips and scrotum contraction.

4, onion juice sesame oil: onion 30g, mashed to get juice, blended with sesame oil (or soybean oil), taken orally (for children). Twice a day. After taking it, you can see slight nausea or vomiting, and your stool may become thinner.

From the experience of Ruizhutang. Used for abdominal pain caused by insect accumulation. Modern medicine has a good effect on acute abdominal pain caused by ascaris lumbricoides and intestinal obstruction caused by ascaris lumbricoides in children.

5, onion porridge: onion 25g, onion 15g (finely cut), japonica rice 60g. Add water to cook porridge and eat it on an empty stomach.

Medical Heart Mirror cooks porridge with scallion and rice to treat red and white diarrhea. The effect of Allium macrostemon on diarrhea is similar to that of onion, and the combined effect is more reliable. Used for dysentery or diarrhea.

6, onion saliva: onion 120g, mashed to get juice, take 2~3 questions each time. You can also add a proper amount of brown sugar, dissolve it in boiling water and mix well.

Originated from "A Thousand Daughters Must Be Prescribed". This prescription can not only ventilate and promote blood circulation, but also detoxify, so the original prescription is used for "the beginning of breast carbuncle", which means "it will disperse after taking it"