Figs can cure both acne and ulcers.

Not only a snack, figs also have very effective medicinal properties. In Oriental medicine, figs are considered a medicinal herb.

Figs are also known as "vo hoa qua", "thien sinh tu", "anh nhat qua", "van tien qua", "pham tien qua", "nai tuong qua", "mat qua"... According to modern research, figs contain glucose, sucrose, quinic acid, shikimic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, auxin, trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, potassium... and some vitamins such as C.

Initial experimental pharmacological research results show that figs have laxative, blood pressure lowering and cancer prevention effects.

In traditional medicine, figs are sweet, neutral, and have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, moistening the lungs and throat, laxative, anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, and are often used to treat diseases such as enteritis, dysentery, constipation, bleeding hemorrhoids, rectal prolapse, sore throat, cough, lack of milk in postpartum women, boils, ulcers, loss of appetite, rheumatism...

Dosage: Use 30-60g per day, decoct to drink or eat 1-2 small bunches raw. Or use externally by slicing and sticking to acupuncture points or the affected area, boil water to wash or dry, grind into powder, sprinkle or blow on the affected area.

Figs have many medicinal uses. Photo: VOV.

Some specific uses:

- Sore throat:Dry fresh figs, grind into powder and blow a little into the throat, or peel fresh figs, slice, boil to get the water, add rock sugar and simmer over low heat until thick, and take daily.

-Dry cough without phlegm:Use ripe figs, wash, crush, squeeze to get the juice and drink once a day.

- Gastric and duodenal ulcers:Dry and grind figs into powder, drink 2-3 times a day, 6-9g each time with warm water.

- Weak spleen and stomach, or digestive disorders:30g of figs, chopped, slightly burnt, each time take 10g, steep with boiling water in a sealed container, after 20 minutes it is ready to use, add a little rock sugar, drink instead of tea during the day.

- Constipation:Boil 9g of fresh figs and drink daily. Or eat 3-5 ripe figs daily. Or wash 10 fresh figs, cut in half, clean and chop a section of pig's large intestine, stew both until soft, add spices, eat during the day.

- Mothers with low milk supply:120g fresh figs, 500g pig's feet, stew both until very soft, add spices, divide into several servings. This recipe has the effect of replenishing blood and qi, reducing lactation (producing milk), very good for postpartum women with weakness, insufficient blood and qi, no milk or very little milk.

- Arthritis:Stew a sufficient amount of fresh figs with lean pork to eat. Or wash and chop 2-3 fresh figs, then omelet with eggs to eat.

- Boils, ulcers:Dry the ripe figs, grind them into powder and sprinkle them on the wound. For best results, the wound can be soaked in decoction of the fruit or fresh fig leaves beforehand, then dried, sprinkled with powdered medicine and bandaged.

In addition, the sap of the tree trunk or green figs is also used by people to treat acne and breast swelling.

Specific usage: Clean the wound, dry it, apply the sap directly to the affected area, apply it to the red and swollen area, apply it many times a day. To avoid applying it many times, mix the sap with young leaves, crush it and apply it to the painful area. If the pimple has no pus yet, cover it tightly, if the pus has burst, cover it with an open area the size of a corn kernel. When there is pus and you want to remove the tip, crush another onion with the sap and apply it as above, leaving the mouth open.

Fig resin is also used to treat headaches: spread the resin on tissue paper and stick it on both temples. Can be combined with eating young fig leaves or drinking fig resin with a dose of 5 ml mixed in boiled water, let cool and drink before going to bed.

According to Zing