What are the medicinal values ​​of pitaya?

Dragon fruit is a tropical fruit with many protruding scales on its surface. The flesh is red or white, and contains a large amount of black granular substances. When ripe, it tastes sweet, crisp and tender, and has a very high nutritional value. Usually, people eat dragon fruit to detoxify and strengthen their bodies, and also to prevent and treat some common diseases. The following is a detailed introduction to its efficacy and medicinal value, which you can focus on.

The efficacy and function of pitaya

1. Detoxification and stomach protection

Pitaya is a tropical fruit that contains a large amount of plant albumin. This substance is very active and can combine with heavy metals accumulated in the human body after entering the human body, allowing them to be quickly excreted from the body and reducing the damage of heavy metals to the human body. In addition to detoxification, pitaya can also protect the human stomach wall and prevent irritants from damaging the gastric mucosa.

2. Prevent stroke

Eating more dragon fruit on a regular basis can also prevent stroke, because pitaya contains a large amount of anthocyanins, which can not only soften blood vessels, but also promote blood circulation and increase blood vessel permeability. They can prevent blood from clotting into clots, and have a good preventive effect on stroke and thrombosis which are common in middle-aged and elderly people.

Medicinal value of dragon fruit

1. Treat constipation

Pitaya not only has excellent edible effects, but also has particularly high medicinal value. People usually eat pitaya not only to prevent high blood pressure and stroke, it can also be used to treat human constipation. It is slightly cold in nature, can nourish yin and moisten dryness, and can also cleanse the intestines and detoxify. When people usually have dry intestines and constipation, they can directly use pitaya to treat it. After taking an appropriate amount of pitaya, the symptoms of dry intestines and constipation can be significantly alleviated.

2. Treat arthritis

After being used as medicine, pitaya can also be used to treat human arthritis, especially because its peel contains a large amount of anthocyanins, which can eliminate joint inflammation and increase the flexibility of human joints. Arthritis patients can wash the peel of pitaya and boil it in water to drink, or they can squeeze it into juice and drink it, which can quickly improve the pain and swelling caused by arthritis.