Eat water spinach properly to eliminate toxins

Water spinach contains many vitamins and minerals but eating it incorrectly can cause serious illness.

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According to oriental medicine, water spinach has a sweet, bland taste, cool properties, has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, diuretic, laxative, treating prickly heat, acne... so eating water spinach properly will eliminate toxins.

According to Western medicine, water spinach has many substances such as fiber, protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A and vitamin C, threonine, valine, leucine... These are essential amino acids for the body, good for people who are recovering from illness, have poor appetite, and lack protein. It also helps people prevent and support the treatment of diabetes.

In particular, eating water spinach properly is good for pregnant women because the abundant source of iron in water spinach is very good for people with anemia and pregnant women.

For patients with simple osteoporosis and low blood pressure, eating water spinach is still good because it has high calcium content.

However, to make water spinach healthy, you need to know how to clean and eat it properly.

First of all, like other vegetables, you should wash the water spinach by rinsing each tip under running water.

Soak vegetables in diluted salt water or best of all, wash them, drain them, put them in a bag and store them in the refrigerator for a few days before eating. This way, if there are any chemicals, they will decompose.

According to oriental medicine, people with inflammation, joint pain, gout, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, and high blood pressure should not eat water spinach.

We should not eat raw water spinach or eat it when it is not fully cooked because the eater may have bloating, allergies or stomachache. The reason is that in water spinach there is a large intestinal fluke parasite with the scientific name Fasciolopsis buski, they are found in many aquatic vegetables including water spinach.

When entering the human body, Fasciolopsis buski eggs hatch and develop, causing mild abdominal pain and symptoms of diarrhea, allergies or even chronic diseases of the gallbladder, liver rupture, cirrhosis, liver failure... Therefore, it is best to prevent worm infection by not eating raw water spinach.

In addition, people with open wounds that have not healed should not eat water spinach because it leaves keloids. When being treated for internal or surgical diseases, you should avoid water spinach.

According to Alobacsi.vn