Wonderful uses of Malabar spinach
Malabar spinach has many uses such as: treating sexual problems in men, smoothing skin for women and especially reducing fat and cholesterol.
Malabar spinach is a popular vegetable, used to prepare daily meals. Malabar spinach soup is an ideal dish to cool down. Not only is it a common vegetable, in folk medicine, Malabar spinach also has medicinal properties.
According to oriental medicine, Malabar spinach has a cold, sour taste, dissipates heat, reduces blood loss, is diuretic, detoxifies, beautifies the skin, and effectively treats prickly heat and pimples... very suitable for the hot season. According to studies, Malabar spinach contains a very valuable pectin mucus to prevent and treat many diseases, making Malabar spinach have a laxative effect, eliminates fat and prevents obesity, suitable for people with high blood fat and sugar. The effect of eliminating damp heat helps people working outdoors in the hot sun maintain their health, preventing diseases such as fatigue, thirst, and restlessness.
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Writing an article published in the Health and Life newspaper, Dr. Pho Thuan Phuong said: Malabar spinach also has the names Malabar spinach, Tam tai (Tue Tinh), Chinese names are Lac Quy, Dang Quy, Dang Nhi Thai, Chung Quy, Yen Chi Thai, Dang Thai, can cure a series of "bedroom" diseases in men or has the effect of stimulating the fetus to make childbirth easier.
Some ways to use Malabar spinach to treat "bedroom" diseases in men:
Strengthening "weak physiology": Malabar spinach, Malabar spinach, pennywort. A handful of each, a set of chicken or duck giblets, enough for an adult to eat for 1 meal. Cook into soup, snack or eat with rice. Eat several times a week. If taken with rice wine, the effect is even greater.
Cure spermatorrhea: Malabar spinach, soybeans, peanuts. Cook a handful of each with 1-2kg of pork bones (bone marrow is better). Cook the pork bones thoroughly in a pressure cooker, then add peanuts, finally add Malabar spinach and cook for another 10 minutes. You can add ground pepper, soy sauce, fish sauce. Eat hot, drink hot water after eating.
Cure premature ejaculation: In case of premature ejaculation and after intercourse, often feel tired, weak, pale. Cook 1 handful of Malabar spinach, 1 handful of purple amaranth with a pair of ovals with the fat layer and shell intact (do not peel), add spices. Eat hot. After eating, drink hot ginger tea to increase effectiveness. Before going to bed, eat 1 spoon of black sesame (roasted), chew thoroughly and swallow. After that, drink 1 cup of rice wine for even greater effectiveness.
Cooling, detoxifying, curing constipation
A very simple remedy using Malabar spinach is to take a handful of Malabar spinach leaves, wash them, crush them, squeeze out the juice, add a little boiled water and let it cool, and drink it at once. After a few times of drinking, you will have an easier bowel movement. Or take 500 grams of Malabar spinach, add fish sauce, salt, and soy sauce, and cook it into a soup to eat with rice every day. Use it for a few days and your bowel movements will be smooth and you will no longer be constipated.
Beautiful, rosy skin
Malabar spinach leaves also have skin care effects. Eating Malabar spinach helps blood circulation, laxatives help smooth and youthful skin. Take young Malabar spinach leaves at the tip of the branch, crush to get the juice, add a little salt, apply several times and then wash clean. Do this every night before going to bed.
Increase milk for postpartum mothers
Women who have little milk after giving birth should eat Malabar spinach to produce more milk. Malabar spinach contains vitamins A3, B3, saponin, mucus and iron, so it is good for pregnant women. A dish made from Malabar spinach with black chicken and black beans, stewed and eaten hot, will help mothers produce more milk, recover quickly, and have rosy skin and silky black hair.
Treatment of hemorrhoids
If you have mild hemorrhoids, you can use Malabar spinach as follows: take a handful of Malabar spinach leaves, wash them, crush them with a few grains of salt and apply them to the swollen hemorrhoids. At the same time, cook Malabar spinach soup and eat it with crucian carp (eat both the water and the flesh) which is very effective.
Cure vaginal discharge, weakness
1 black chicken, 1 handful of Malabar spinach leaves, 1 handful of black beans, simmer until soft, eat hot with both the water and the solids. Eat 1-2 times a week. When you see results, add a handful of soybeans and 2 handfuls of peanuts. Also good for people with stomach pain and heartburn.
Reduce fat, cholesterol
The mucilage of Malabar spinach has the effect of absorbing cholesterol, both endogenous and exogenous cholesterol are retained in the intestine. Because cholesterol is blocked, fat in food cannot penetrate the intestinal membrane, cholesterol will be excreted in the stool. Therefore, eating Malabar spinach helps eliminate fat, good for people with high blood fat and sugar.
Sunstroke
Crush Malabar spinach leaves and apply to the temples and forehead. Then wrap with cloth to keep the position, let the patient sleep and wake up to recover.
Note: Malabar spinach has a cold nature, so people who often have cold stomachs or diarrhea should be careful when using it. To reduce the cold nature, you should cook Malabar spinach thoroughly or cook Malabar spinach with foods of animal origin./.
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