Chive Juice
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Traditionally Used For
| Anti–Cancer | Anti–Inflammatory |
| Blood Pressure | Digestion |
| Hypertension | Rheumatoid Arthritis |
A Good Source Of
| Vitamin C | Beta–Carotene | Vitamin E |
| Folic Acid |
Freshness Test
Chives can be easily grown in most gardens or container pots. You can also buy chives in grocery stores. It's not hard to determine if the chives are fresh or not. If the chives are wilted, it's not fresh. Of course if you are getting the chives from your garden, then it will always be fresh.
Chives are a spring plant and are best in May and June. Chives will produce a really nice pinkish type of flower but it is best to pick the leaves before they flower. Chives are naturally cylindrical and hollow inside.
If you are growing your own chives and the leaves flower before you pick them, you can always cut back the leaves to about 5 cm and the leaves will re–grow.
Important
Chives has a powerful taste and so I would suggest juicing only a very small amount. Remember, chives are actually part of the garlic family.
General
I remember reading, many years ago now, in a herbal remedy book how chives contain trace amounts of arsenic. While excess amounts of arsenic is toxic the trace amounts, which the body needs for good health, was said to help improve digestion.
Chives are easy to grow indoors or outside. They can survive in almost any type of condition. Even a person who is horrible at gardening can grow chives.
As a side note, it is said that growing chives next to a rose bush helps to naturally deter aphids that would naturally be attracted to the rose bush. The reason is that chives are said to produce an odor that aphids do not like.
Chinese Herbal Information
Properties:
Energy: warm
5 Elements: metal
5 Flavors: spicy
General Information:
Nothing to report.
Cautions & Suggestions:
Nothing to report.
Benefits:
| Chest Pains | Liver |
| Kidneys | Nosebleeds |
| Stomach | Upset Stomach |
Picture of Chives
Chives — Nutritional Analysis
| Nutrient | Units | Value per 100 grams |
| Proximates | ||
| Water | g |
90.65 |
| Energy | kcal |
30 |
| Energy | kJ |
126 |
| Protein | g |
3.27 |
| Total lipid (fat) | g |
0.73 |
| Ash | g |
1.00 |
| Carbohydrate, by difference | g |
4.35 |
| Fiber, total dietary | g |
2.5 |
| Sugars, total | g |
1.85 |
| Minerals | ||
| Calcium, Ca | mg |
92 |
| Iron, Fe | mg |
1.60 |
| Magnesium, Mg | mg |
42 |
| Phosphorus, P | mg |
58 |
| Potassium, K | mg |
296 |
| Sodium, Na | mg |
3 |
| Zinc, Zn | mg |
0.56 |
| Copper, Cu | mg |
0.157 |
| Manganese, Mn | mg |
0.373 |
| Selenium, Se | mcg |
0.9 |
| Vitamins | ||
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid | mg |
58.1 |
| Thiamin | mg |
0.078 |
| Riboflavin | mg |
0.115 |
| Niacin | mg |
0.647 |
| Pantothenic acid | mg |
0.324 |
| Vitamin B-6 | mg |
0.138 |
| Folate, total | mcg |
105 |
| Folic acid | mcg |
0 |
| Folate, food | mcg |
105 |
| Folate, DFE | mcg_DFE |
105 |
| Choline, total | mg |
5.2 |
| Vitamin B-12 | mcg |
0.00 |
| Vitamin B-12, added | mcg |
0.00 |
| Vitamin A, RAE | mcg_RAE |
218 |
| Retinol | mcg |
0 |
| Carotene, beta | mcg |
2612 |
| Carotene, alpha | mcg |
0 |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | mcg |
0 |
| Vitamin A, IU | IU |
4353 |
| Lycopene | mcg |
0 |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | mcg |
323 |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | mg |
0.21 |
| Vitamin E, added | mg |
0.00 |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | mcg |
212.7 |
| Lipids | ||
| Fatty acids, total saturated | g |
0.146 |
| 4:0 | g |
0.000 |
| 6:0 | g |
0.000 |
| 8:0 | g |
0.000 |
| 10:0 | g |
0.000 |
| 12:0 | g |
0.000 |
| 14:0 | g |
0.034 |
| 16:0 | g |
0.103 |
| 18:0 | g |
0.009 |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | g |
0.095 |
| 16:1 undifferentiated | g |
0.000 |
| 18:1 undifferentiated | g |
0.095 |
| 20:1 | g |
0.000 |
| 22:1 undifferentiated | g |
0.000 |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | g |
0.267 |
| 18:2 undifferentiated | g |
0.252 |
| 18:3 undifferentiated | g |
0.015 |
| 18:4 | g |
0.000 |
| 20:4 undifferentiated | g |
0.000 |
| 20:5 n-3 | g |
0.000 |
| 22:5 n-3 | g |
0.000 |
| 22:6 n-3 | g |
0.000 |
| Cholesterol | mg |
0 |
| Phytosterols | mg |
9 |
| Amino acids | ||
| Tryptophan | g |
0.037 |
| Threonine | g |
0.128 |
| Isoleucine | g |
0.139 |
| Leucine | g |
0.195 |
| Lysine | g |
0.163 |
| Methionine | g |
0.036 |
| Phenylalanine | g |
0.105 |
| Tyrosine | g |
0.095 |
| Valine | g |
0.145 |
| Arginine | g |
0.237 |
| Histidine | g |
0.057 |
| Alanine | g |
0.148 |
| Aspartic acid | g |
0.303 |
| Glutamic acid | g |
0.677 |
| Glycine | g |
0.162 |
| Proline | g |
0.216 |
| Serine | g |
0.148 |
| Other | ||
| Alcohol, ethyl | g |
0.0 |
| Caffeine | mg |
0 |
| Theobromine | mg |
0 |
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