芽菜是利用豆类、萝卜、苜蓿等种子或其它营养贮存器官贮藏的养分,在黑暗或弱光条件下长成的幼嫩芽苗。我国培育芽菜历史悠远。最早记载见《神农大草经)“大豆黄卷、味甘平。主湿痹、筋挛、膝痛。”南北朝的《名医别录》:“黄土豆为蘖,芽生五寸,便干之,名为黄卷。用之熬过。服时所须。”可见古代豆芽已作药用,今天芽菜的保健功能越来越被人们所关注。如香椿芽中含有维生素E和性激素样物质,有壮阳、滋阴作用,对不孕者有较好治疗作用;萝卜芽中的苦味、辣味物质有健胃消食,增进食欲,祛痰消积,利尿止泻的作用;荞麦芽中含有丰富的芦丁,对人体血管 Sprout is the use of beans, radish, alfalfa and other seeds or other nutrient storage organ storage of nutrients, in dark or weak light conditions grow into young buds. Sprout cultivation in our country has a long history. The earliest record, see “Shennongdaogujing” “soybeans Huang Juan, sweet flat .Main wet paralysis, tendons and spasms, knee pain.” Northern and Southern Dynasties “doctors do not record”: “yellow potato tiller, sprouting five inches, then Dried, named Huang Juan. With the boil. Service time required. ”Visible ancient bean sprouts have been medicinal, sprouts health care functions today more and more people are concerned about. Such as Toon sprouts contain vitamin E and sex hormone-like substances, aphrodisiac, nourishing effect of infertility have a better therapeutic effect; radish buds in the bitter, spicy substances have stomach digestion, increase appetite, phlegm consumer product , Diuretic diarrhea; buckwheat contains rutin rich in human blood vessels