Malabar spinach and its unexpected effects
Malabar spinach is not only a nutritious vegetable with high protein content, but this vegetable also has many medicinal properties.
According to the book Medicinal plants and animals in Vietnam, Malabar spinach has many medicinal effects such as: cooling, treating heatstroke causing cough and asthma, treating constipation, losing weight, supporting the treatment of diabetes or treating nosebleeds...
This book also states that in India, Malabar spinach is considered a multivitamin vegetable. Decoction of Malabar spinach roots cures fever, and crushed fresh leaves and roots are applied externally to treat nasal ulcers.
Malabar spinach is especially rich in nutrients and protein. It contains many vitamins, potassium, calcium, magnesium, B1, B2, B6. Therefore, Malabar spinach is especially good for the elderly and children.
The effects of Malabar spinach are widely used in folk medicine, and today Malabar spinach is mostly used in Oriental medicine to treat a number of diseases.
According to Dr. Nguyen Khoa Nguyen, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine, if using Malabar spinach to treat diseases, people usually use Malabar spinach that is over 2 years old, using the leaves and roots. Malabar spinach is used to treat a number of diseases such as:
- Treating thrush in children: 4 - 10g fresh Malabar spinach leaves, pound and squeeze to get the juice, soak in cotton or gauze and apply on the tongue, gums and palate. After 2 days the child will be able to breastfeed.
- Cure retained placenta: 40g fresh Malabar spinach leaves, wash, crush, add boiled water to cool, filter to get 100ml divided into 2 doses, drink 15 minutes apart. After about 10 - 15 minutes, the remaining placenta will be expelled.
According to VnMedia - nt
