番杏又称新西兰菠菜、洋菠菜、夏菠菜,为番杏科番杏属,原产澳大利亚、东南亚及智利。营养丰富,还含有抗菌素物质——番杏素。番杏全株可入药,具有清热解毒、祛风消肿、凉血利尿的功效,还可预防癌症、肠炎、败血病。取其嫩茎尖、嫩叶做菜,可炒食或沸水焯后凉拌、做汤,还可煮做番杏粥。 Fan apricot, also known as New Zealand spinach, spinach, summer spinach for the apricot Branch of apricot genus, native to Australia, Southeast Asia and Chile. Nutritious, but also contain antibiotic substances - apricot hormone. All apricot apricot can be used as medicine, with detoxification, expelling wind swelling, diuretic effect of cooling blood, but also to prevent cancer, enteritis, septicemia. Take the tip of tender stems, tender leaves cook, fried or boiling water boiled salad, soup, cook apricot porridge can also be done.