Gac: delicious food, precious medicine

Gac is a very precious plant that nature has given to humans. Gac fruit pulp is used to cook sticky rice, other parts such as seeds, roots, leaves, and gac vines are all valuable medicinal herbs.

Gac fruit rice: sweet taste, neutral nature. Effects: nourishes the spleen and stomach, nourishes blood and qi, benefits the liver and kidneys, brightens the eyes... Treats weakness, weak eyes, blurred eyes, pregnant women, malnourished children, weak liver function. Use in the form of ripe fruit cooked in sticky rice, pressed for gac oil, young fruit cooked in soup, stir-fried. In particular, gac pulp contains a lot of vitamins A and E - substances that play a role in preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases, dementia, weak eyes, blurred eyes.

Gac seeds(wood miết tử): sweet taste, warm properties, slightly toxic. Effective in clearing blood stasis, eliminating boils, reducing phlegm, and quickly healing swollen and painful areas. Soaked in vinegar and applied to treat mumps, boils, goiter, lymph nodes, phlegm, and hard, painful blood clots. Soaked in wine and applied to treat blood stasis injuries, bruises, swelling, and pain.

Gac root(wood root): bitter taste, cool properties. Anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, anti-swelling, pain relieving effects. How to use: soak in wine or decoct to drink twice a day, each time decoct 12-14g, to treat muscle and joint pain.

Gac leaves(mộc miết diệp): fresh crushed and applied externally to treat swelling and pain, young leaves used as vegetables, cooked in soup or stir-fried, has cooling and laxative effects.

Parts of the gac tree such as rice, roots, stems, leaves and seeds are all used as medicine.

Here are some ways to use gac to treat diseases:

Cure jaundice(People who drink too much alcohol will have jaundice (yellow skin), dark yellow urine, and fatigue): Grind 2-3 gac seeds with rice vinegar and drink 3 times a day/30ml if urination is smooth, very effective.

Cure for chilblains(long-term swelling and pain in both legs): sliced ​​gac seed mixed with roasted rice bran, pressed to remove oil, crushed 40g, cinnamon powder 20g, each time use 8g mixed with white wine and water, drink several times a day to sweat.

Treatment of gas worms(painful testicles): grind 30g or more of gac seed with vinegar and apply several times a day.

Cure hemorrhoids(hemorrhoids are too painful and swollen): crush 2-3 gac seeds, mix with water, steam and wash, and apply the concentrated liquid several times a day.

Cure for syphilis (many swollen and painful lymph nodes in the neck): squeeze out the oil from 2 gac seeds, mix with egg whites, steam until cooked, eat after meals, use for 15 days as a very good treatment.

Cure for Pomegranate Poisoning(painful swollen lymph nodes in the neck): grind 7-9 gac seeds into powder, mix with rice vinegar and apply many times.

Treatment of mumps:40g gac seed kernel, red beans, 40g rhubarb. Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and mix with sesame oil and apply several times a day.

Cure swollen, painful, bleeding gums(teeth and gums are often inflamed, swollen, painful and bleeding): crush gac seeds, mix with water, gargle for about 30 minutes then spit it out.

Note: Gac seed kernel is poisonous, mainly used for external application, not for people with weakness or blood stasis. Do not use for people without experience. If taken orally, use about 2-4g (1-2 kernels).

According to SK & DS