River spinach clears the meridians and reduces inflammation.

River bone is a popular vegetable used as food, spice and medicine. Here are some ways to use river bone to prevent and treat diseases.

River leaf

It has a spicy, aromatic taste and warm properties. It has the effect of eliminating fishy odors, digesting food, eliminating phlegm, eliminating blood stasis, promoting urination, treating colds and coughs, sore throats, thrush, stuffy nose, headaches, and stomachaches.

River bone essential oil has a spicy, warm taste, so it has the effect of reducing cold evil and clearing the meridians. When the weather changes and the internal organs are not secretive and the protective qi is not stable, cold evil invades and causes illness. The lungs are located high up, govern respiration, and open at the nose.

River bones are not only a spice in many dishes, but also a medicine to cure many diseases.

Evil spirits first enter the lungs, causing lung diseases such as runny nose, sneezing, and coughing up phlegm. Steaming the leaves of the Chinese skullcap plant helps expel evil spirits and clear the meridians. Here are some of the medicinal uses of Chinese skullcap plant.

Treatment of rheumatism: remove the head and tail of the snake, peel off the skin. Remove all the internal organs, take the meat, mince it with coriander and perilla leaves, roll it into balls, wrap it in betel leaves and grill. This dish should be eaten hot with other herbs.

In salad: river bones remove fishy smell and help digestion, it also prevents allergies.

Grilled mussels: mince mussel meat with pork, wrap in perilla leaves. Grilling perilla leaves removes fishy smell, aids digestion, prevents allergies and improves sexual decline.

Digestive, blood circulation, blood stasis removal

Beef wrapped in river bones: grilled on the stove makes the river bone essential oil smoke and at the same time removes the greasy smell of beef fat.

Cure colds and coughs: cook soup with thick-leafed perilla and river bones, add pork to strengthen the body and eliminate evil, add pig lungs to cool the lungs and cure coughs.

Cure mouth ulcers, sore throat, tonsillitis, hoarseness: hold bone broth in mouth.

Eating perilla leaves regularly helps reduce high blood fat.

River Bone Seeds

Dissolve blood stasis and stop bleeding in traumatic bruising: boil the seeds and drink many times to dissolve bruises.

Numbness and pain in limbs: numbness and loss of sensation in fingertips and toes, cold hands and feet: drink decoction of Chinese skullcap seeds. 15-20g per day.

Treat inflammation and sore throat: boil bone seeds, steam, gargle and drink.

To circulate blood and stay young: Drink the infusion (or diluted decoction) regularly.

Note: Do not use for a long time because it has side effects such as dryness, constipation.../.

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