Malabar spinach cures night sweats and constipation in children.
Not only a common dish, Malabar spinach also has the effect of curing allergies, thrush in infants, bedwetting in children...
According to Oriental medicine, Malabar spinach leaves have a sweet, nutty taste and cool properties. The roots are slightly bitter. Both the leaves and roots have the effect of cooling the blood, activating blood circulation, diuretic, and detoxifying.
Malabar spinach leaves treat measles, coughs, pneumonia, high fever, painful urination, and detoxification. The roots also have diuretic, blood-clearing, and uterine-stimulating effects. When used as medicine, plants that have lived for 2 years or more are usually chosen.
According to research, 100g of Malabar spinach contains up to 0.08g of fat, 9g of sugar, 503mg of potassium, 15.7mg of iron, 13.5mg of manganese, 0.45mg of copper, 85mg of vitamin C, 0.033mg of B1, 0.88mg of B2... In addition, Malabar spinach is rich in protein, so it is recommended to replace animal protein to limit calcium metabolism disorders that cause osteoporosis and kidney stones. With the above ingredients, Malabar spinach is recommended for people who want to lose weight and people with high blood pressure.
Malabar spinach - a medicinal herb that cures thrush, bedwetting in children...
Malabar spinach is a healthy and nutritious vegetable. Not only is it a common dish, Malabar spinach also has the effect of treating allergies, thrush in infants, treating night sweats, bedwetting in children... Here are some remedies using Malabar spinach:
- For bedwetting in children: Wash 40g of fresh Malabar spinach, crush it, then add a little cooled boiled water to the crushed Malabar spinach, stir well, let it settle and filter the water to drink. The filtered water is divided into two doses to drink, each dose about 10 minutes apart.
- Night sweats, constipation in children: take 30g of Malabar spinach, 30g of squash, 1 pig's testicle and cook soup for children to eat. This is not only a delicious, nutritious soup that has medicinal effects, but it is also a medicine that stimulates appetite for children with poor appetite. In particular, Malabar spinach soup cooked with lean pork or raw ham... is not only good for children but also very good for adults because it is a tonic, helping to improve health for people who have just recovered from illness, the elderly or women after giving birth. Especially for women about to give birth, eating Malabar spinach soup every day will help strengthen the muscles, making childbirth easier.
- Treating thrush: take 10g of fresh leaves, wash, crush and squeeze out the juice, soak in a soft, clean gauze, and apply on the child's tongue (thrush), gums, and palate. Apply gently until the thrush is gone.
- Red, painful, uncomfortable eyes: 50g Malabar spinach leaves, 30g Chinese clematis root, 30g mulberry leaves, 30g bamboo leaves, 30g pennywort, 10g lemon leaves. Use all fresh, boil to concentrate, strain and drink the water several times a day.
- Swollen and painful feet: crush Malabar spinach leaves, add diluted salt water, then apply to swollen and painful feet.
According to Health & Life - NT
