5 types of vegetables that grow everywhere and are used as medicine by traditional medicine practitioners
These wild vegetables can grow anywhere, are very cheap but are familiar herbs in traditional medicine.
5 types of wild vegetables or very easy to grow can be used as medicine. Note that you need to consult a doctor of Oriental medicine before using them: purslane, pennywort, fish mint, amaranth, and mugwort.
Fish mint
According to the Health and Life Newspaper, Dr. Huynh Tan Vu - Head of the Day Treatment Unit, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, said that fish mint is also known as fish mint, fish mint, fish mint, fish mint, and fish mint. The scientific name is Houttuynia cordata. The family of Saururaceae. Fish mint is grown or grows naturally in many places. This plant is easy to find and cheap.
Chemical composition of fish mint: The whole fish mint plant contains essential oils. The main component is aldehyde. In addition, fish mint also contains caprinic acid, laurinaldehyde, benzamide, decanoic acid, lipids and vitamin K... Fish mint leaves contain β-sitosterol, alkaloids.
Pharmacological effects - uses of fish mint: Fish mint has diuretic, cooling, detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic effects. Fish mint is used to treat hemorrhoids, boils, measles in children, pneumonia or purulent lung, pink eye or eye pain caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, enteritis, urinary retention, irregular menstruation. Fish mint is also used to treat malaria, convulsions in children, toothache.
Mugwort
According to Sohu, in traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort leaves are also known as “herbs for women’s health”. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mugwort leaves are a medicine that helps regulate menstruation, stop bleeding, warm the middle of the body, eliminate colds, and are used for women with stagnant cold air.
Many women have problems such as irregular menstruation and cold hands and feet, drinking mugwort tea is very helpful in relieving the above symptoms. In addition, mugwort tea also helps warm the uterus, thereby helping to improve women's reproductive health. When mugwort tea is added with a little ginger, brown sugar and red dates, it will be easier to drink and the effect will also be better.
Purslane
Vietnamnet newspaper quoted pharmacist Ma Thi Trang, researcher at the Vietnam Institute of Traditional Medicine, saying that in the Netherlands, people use purslane to make pickles and salads mixed with oil and vinegar.
The Chinese call purslane the longevity vegetable. Meanwhile, purslane is a wild vegetable in Vietnam, rarely eaten. This vegetable is used by people in many regions of the country to feed livestock.
Purslane is a type of grass with smooth, thick branches, very familiar in many rural areas. In the past, purslane was considered a wild vegetable, a famine-relief vegetable in the seasons when vegetables were scarce. However, nowadays, there are many green vegetables, so this vegetable is not noticed. In fact, purslane contains many valuable substances, good for health.
Many modern studies show that purslane has many biological activities such as Flavonoid, Coumarin, Monoterrpene Glycoside, Phennolic compounds. Purslane also contains many fatty acids such as omega-3, vitamins, minerals and some compounds that are good for health.
Flavonoids are the most abundant component of purslane, concentrated in the leaves and stems. This is a substance with effective antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Modern studies have shown that flavonoids help prevent and fight cancer, protect the cardiovascular system, and promote the immune system to fight the risk of infection, especially in immunocompromised subjects. Flavonoids are also good for women in menopause, reducing hot flashes and discomfort for them.
Purslane also possesses some good minerals such as phosphorus, iron, manganese, calcium, copper... in the roots, stems, and leaves. Purslane leaves are also rich in selenium, magnesium, vitamin A, and vitamin C.
Gotu kola
Health & Life Newspaper quoted Traditional Medicine Practitioner Tran Dang Tai as saying that gotu kola grows wild everywhere in Vietnam and tropical countries such as Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, and India. In some countries, people pay attention to researching gotu kola to find its effects in treating leprosy and tuberculosis.
There is currently no research showing how much pennywort to drink and for how long it should be consumed before it is harmful to health.
According to traditional medicine experts, no matter how good a medicine is, you should not use too much. If abused, pennywort can harm the liver, kidneys and blood cells. Therefore, it should only be used in moderation. Use 30 to 40g fresh per day, crushed and squeezed to get the juice to drink or boiled to drink.
Gotu kola is also known as tich tuyet thao, phanok (Vientian), rachiek kranh (Cambodia). Scientific name: Centella asiatica (L.) Urb., (Hydrocotyle asiatica L. Trisanthus cochinchinensis Lour.) Belongs to the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae).
Amaranth
Health & Life Newspaper quoted Doctor Hoang Xuan Dai as saying that amaranth, also known as spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus), grows wild in abandoned lands.
Amaranth or spiny amaranth is rich in medicinal properties and is used as medicine; the parts used are the roots, stems and leaves. People harvest the roots throughout the year, wash them thoroughly, cut them into thin slices and dry them. The leaves and young stems are eaten as green vegetables.
Chemical composition (according to Hooper): water 52.10% (fresh), fat 2.21% (dry), alblumenoids 19.43% (dry), glucid 38.35% (dry), dietary fiber 19.82% (dry), ash 20.20% (dry), Azote 3.11% (dry), phosphoric acid 1.13% (dry), silicates 1.90% (dry).
Oriental medicine believes that Amaranth has a sweet and bland taste, slightly cold properties; has the effect of clearing heat, diuresis, eliminating dampness, stopping diarrhea. It is often used to treat edema, kidney disease, dysentery and as a menstrual regulator. The above-ground part of the plant is used as a medicine to treat burns and to reduce inflammation of boils. The leaves have expectorant properties and are used to treat coughs and respiratory diseases. The seeds are used to apply and bandage injuries.
Above are 5 types of vegetables that grow everywhere and are used by traditional medicine practitioners as medicine. If you want to use these vegetables as medicine or use them for a long time, you should consult your doctor before using them./.
