Vietnamnet newspaper cited the Vietnamese medicinal plants and herbs of Professor Do Tat Loi providing many interesting information about the effects of the trees around us.
5 types of vegetables that grow wild or very easy to grow can be used as medicine, note that you need to consult the Oriental medicine doctor before using are sam, pennywort, lettuce, amaranth, wormwood.
Lettuce
Health newspaper Life quoted BSCKII Huynh Tan Vu - Head of the daytime treatment unit, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy said that lettuce trees are also known as fish, lettuce, fish tree, fishing treeFish, fishermen.The scientific name is Houttuynia Cordata.The leaf surnamed Saururaceae.Lettuce is planted or grows in many places.This is a very easy -to -find tree and cheap price.
The chemical composition of lettuce: The whole lettuce contains essential oils.The main ingredient is Aldehyd.In addition, lettuce also contains caprinic acid, laurinaldehyd, benzamid, decanoic acid, lipid and vitamin K ... Lettuce leaves contain β-sitosterol, alcaloid.
Pharmacological effects - Uses of lettuce: Lettuce effect diuretic, clear heat, detoxify, pepper, disinfect.Lettuce is used to treat hemorrhoids, pimples, children on measles, pneumonia or purulent lungs, pinkeye or eye pain due to blue pus, intestinal inflammation, urination, irregular menstruation.Lettuce is also used to treat malaria, snatching in children, toothache.
Lettuce (left) and sam vegetables.
Wormwood
According to Sohu, in traditional Chinese medicine, wormwood leaves are also known as "herbs for women's health".Traditional Chinese medicine thinks that mugwort leaves are a medicine to help regulate menstruation, stop bleeding, warm the part between the body, eliminate colds, and use for women with stagnant welding gas.
Many women have problems such as irregular menstruation and cold limbs, wormwood tea is very helpful for the relief of the above symptoms.In addition, wormwood tea also helps to warm the uterus, thereby helping to improve the reproductive health of women.When wormwood tea adds a little ginger, brown sugar and red apples will be easier to drink, the effect will also be better.
Vegetable
Vietnamnet newspaper quoted pharmacist Ma Thi Trang, researcher of the Vietnam Institute of Indigenous Medicine, said that in the Netherlands, people use sam vegetables to make pickles and salads of vinegar oil.
Chinese people call sam vegetables a longevity.Meanwhile, sam vegetables are wild vegetables in Vietnam, few people eat.This vegetable is used by many people in the broth to raise cattle.
Sam vegetables are grass, smooth branches, very familiar in many rural areas.Previously, sam vegetables were considered wild vegetables, vegetables to save hunger in rare seasons of vegetables.However, today, the vegetable foods are so much so this vegetable is not noticed.In fact, sam vegetables contain many precious substances, good for health.
Many modern studies show that sam vegetables have many biological activity such as flavonoids, cooumarin, monnoterrpene glycoside, phennolic compound.Sam vegetables also contain lots of fatty acids such as omega-3, vitamins, minerals and some healthy compounds.
Flavonoid is the most composition of sam vegetables concentrated in leaves and stems.This is an effective antioxidant and anti -inflammatory substance.Modern studies have shown that flavonoids help prevent and control cancer, protect the cardiovascular system, promote the immune system that operates against the risk of special infections for immunodeficiency.Flavonoid is also good for women in menopause, reducing hot and uncomfortable for them.
Sam vegetables also own some good minerals such as phosphorus, iron, manganese, calcium, copper ... in roots, stems, leaves.The leaves of sam are still rich in selenium, magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin C.
Pennywort
Health & Life newspaper quoted physician Tran Dang Tai, saying that growing pennywort everywhere in Vietnam and tropical countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Indonesiaxya, India.In some countries, people pay attention to cheeks to find the effect of healing leprosy and tuberculosis.
There are currently no studies to tell about how much pennywort drinking and how long to drink for health are harmful to health.
Also according to traditional medicine experts, a certain medicine is good, it should not be used too much.If abused, pennywort can harm the liver, kidneys and blood cells.Therefore should only be used in moderate amounts.Date used 30 to 40g fresh, crushed to drink drinking water or excellent drink.
Pennywort is also known as Tuyet Tuyet Thao, Phanok (Vientian), Rachiek Kranh (Cambodia).Scientific name Centella Asiatica (L.) URB., (Hydrocotyle Asiatica L. Trisanthus Cochinchinensis Lour
Rice amaranth
Health & Life newspaper quoted Dr. Hoang Xuan Dai as saying that amaranth, also known as amaranthus spinosus (amaranthus spinosus) grows wild in abandoned places.
Business amaranth or spikes rich in medicinal properties should be used as medicine;The used part is roots, stems and leaves.People harvest roots throughout the year, wash thoroughly, cut into thin slices and dry.Leaves and young stems are eaten like green vegetables.
Chemical composition (According to Hooper): water 52.10% (fresh), fat 2.21% (dry), Alblumenoids 19.43% (dry), glucid 38.35% (dry), Food fiber 19, 19,82% (Dry), ash 20.20% (dry), Azote 3.11% (dry), acid phosphoric 1.13% (dry), silicate 1.90% (dry).
Eastern medicine thinks that amaranth has a pale sweet taste, coldness;Has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic, except low, stop description.Often used to treat edema, kidney disease, dysentery and menstrual medicine.The plants on the ground are used as a drug to treat burns, apply pimples.The leaves are sputum and are used to treat coughs and respiratory diseases.The seeds are used to apply, tape injury.
Above are 5 kinds of vegetables that are well used by physicians as medicine.If you want to use these vegetables as medicine or long -term use, you need to consult the doctor before use.