Malabar spinach, a summer cooling vegetable

In addition to being used in daily meals, Malabar spinach is also used in some medicinal remedies such as: constipation, frequent urination, hemostasis...

Malabar spinach is a plant in the family Basellaceae. The young shoots of Malabar spinach are often used to make soup to cool the stomach and have laxative properties. The juice from the fruit is used to treat sore eyes. The chemical composition of Malabar spinach contains vitamin A3, vitamin B3, saponin, mucus and iron.

The earliest recorded medicinal effects of Malabar spinach were in the book Danh y biet luc by Dao Hoang Canh (456 - 536) as follows: "Chử hoat trung, tan nhiet" (clears the digestive tract, cools the body). In ancient times, Malabar spinach was not used as a vegetable. Only later, when modern research showed that the nutritional composition of Malabar spinach is also very rich, did people begin to use it as a vegetable.

According to Oriental medicine:Malabar spinach has a sweet and sour taste, is cold, non-toxic, and affects the 5 meridians of the Heart, Liver, Spleen, Large Intestine, and Small Intestine. It has the effect of clearing heat, activating the intestines, cooling blood, and detoxifying. It is used to treat constipation, bloody stools, urinary incontinence, painful urination, dribbling urination, dysentery, rash, boils, etc. Therefore, Eastern medicine believes that Malabar spinach is cold, suitable for the summer. Both Eastern and Western medicine confirm that this vegetable has a laxative effect. Studies also show that it helps eliminate fat, good for people with high blood fat and sugar...

Malabar spinach

Here are some ways to use Malabar spinach to treat diseases:

Cooling and detoxifying:with many ways such as soup cooked with squash, jute, crab... Helps skin to be fresh and rosy: Boiled Malabar spinach with dipping sauce or mixed with roasted black sesame powder. Or use Malabar spinach to cook soup with yellow catfish, eat once a week.

Treat constipation: Eating Malabar spinach every day is very good for bowel movements. If you are constipated, you can use the following remedy: Take 500g of Malabar spinach, add fish sauce, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, cook into a soup and eat every day. Use for a few days and your bowel movements will be smooth.

Treatment of painful urination: Pick Malabar spinach leaves early in the morning, wipe them clean, pound them in a mortar, squeeze out the juice, add a little boiled water to cool, add a few grains of salt and drink. Use the pulp to apply to the lower abdomen (bladder area) and it will be cured after just a few times.

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). This is very effective.

Treatment of bloating:50g Malabar spinach, 50g jute, 1 taro (peeled and chopped) cook soup and eat for a few days. Or use the following 4 vegetables in equal amounts to cook soup: Malabar spinach, jute, taro, pennywort.

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, quickly recover their health and have rosy skin and silky black hair.

Cooling, detoxifying, curing constipation: 500g Malabar spinach, add fish sauce, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, cook into soup to eat with rice every day. Use for a few days and your bowel movements will be smooth, no more constipation.

Helps skin to be fresh and rosy:Malabar spinach leaves also have skin care effects. Eating Malabar spinach helps blood circulation, laxatives help smooth and youthful skin. Or to nourish the skin, smooth wrinkles on the face, prevent roughness, you can take a few young Malabar spinach leaves, pound to get the juice, add a few grains of salt, apply evenly on the face a few times before going to bed.

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. 1-2 times a week. When seeing results, add a handful of soybeans, 2 handfuls of peanuts. This dish helps women recover after giving birth and makes the skin rosy, hair black and silky. People with stomach pain, heartburn also eat well.

Treating wounds and joint pain: the juice from Malabar spinach can help heal burns quickly; stewing Malabar spinach with pig's feet and adding a little wine to eat every day will help treat joint pain.

Cure erectile dysfunction: Malabar spinach, Malabar spinach, pennywort, chicken or duck offal, cooked into hot soup to eat will effectively treat erectile dysfunction in men.

Cure nocturnal emission: Malabar spinach, soybeans, peanuts, each a handful, cooked with 1 - 2kg of pork bones (marrow bones are better). Simmer the pork bones in a pressure cooker, then add the peanuts, finally add Malabar spinach and cook for another 10 minutes. Eat hot, drink hot water after eating.

Cure spermatorrhea: In case of premature ejaculation and after intercourse, you often feel tired, weak, pale, take a handful of Malabar spinach, a handful of red amaranth, cook with a pair of testicles (keep the fat and shell intact), eat hot. After eating, drink hot ginger tea. Before going to bed, eat 1 spoon of roasted black sesame seeds, chew thoroughly and swallow, then drink 1 cup of rice wine.

Note: Malabar spinach is cool, so be careful with people who often have cold stomach and diarrhea. To reduce the coldness, cook thoroughly or combine with other foods of animal origin./.

According to VOV.online