Nutritional analysis of cactus and how to make cactus

Cactus has now become a popular food. It is environmentally friendly and has the effect of weight loss. Let’s learn about it.

Other names: Fengwei?, Dragon Tongue, Pinglv Grass, Old Crow Tongue, Fairy Palm, Overlord, Guanyin Palm, Guanyin Thorn

Usage tips: For internal use: decoct in water, 1-2 liang for fresh ones; grind into powder or soak in wine. For external use: pound and apply or grind into powder for application. 30-50 grams per day, too much will cause diarrhea.

Cactus knowledge introduction:

This product is the root and stem of the cactus plant of the Cactaceae family. It is a cactus shrub, 1 to 3 meters high. The lower part of the stem is slightly woody and nearly cylindrical, and the upper part is fleshy, flat, green, and has nodes; each node is ovate to rectangular, 15 to 30 cm long, shiny, and scattered with many tubercles, each small tuber is densely covered with yellow-brown curly soft hairs and has favorable thorns. The leaves are fleshy and small, lanceolate, with a pointed tip, purple-red, and a green base. They grow under the thorn bundle of each small tuber and fall off early. The flowers are yellow, 7 to 8 cm in diameter, solitary or clustered at the top edge of the flattened stem; there are many stamens, arranged in several rounds, with 2 anthers; there is 1 pistil, the style is white, cylindrical, usually hollow, and the stigma is 6-lobed. The berries are fleshy, ovate, 5 to 7 cm long, purple-red, and covered with fine hard hairs; there are many seeds. It is wild or cultivated. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places. The green cactus of the same genus is also used as medicine. The edible cactus has a better palatability. If it is cut into thin strips, it is green and transparent, fragrant and refreshing, and has many health benefits.

Cactus Nutritional Analysis:

It contains 18 kinds of amino acids and a variety of trace elements needed by the human body, as well as precious ingredients such as angelica sinensis, horn fairy, and jade hibiscus. It not only has many functions for the human body such as clearing away heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach and spleen, clearing the throat and moistening the lungs, and nourishing the skin, but also has obvious therapeutic effects on liver cancer, diabetes, bronchitis and other diseases.

Cactus is suitable for people:

1. It is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and obese people.

2. People with weak spleen and stomach should eat less, and those with cold and deficiency should avoid using it.

Cactus therapeutic effects:

This herb is bitter and cool in nature. It enters the heart, lung and stomach meridians. It has the effects of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat heart and stomach qi pain, lumps, dysentery, hemorrhoids, cough, sore throat, lung abscess, breast abscess, furuncle, burns caused by hot water or fire, and snake bites.

Cactus practice instructions:

1. Before processing, peel the skin and thorns and soak them in light salt water for 15-20 minutes, or rinse them with clean water after blanching to remove the bitterness.

2. Wild and ornamental cacti contain a certain amount of toxins and anesthetics and should not be eaten casually.

3. This product should not be used with iron tools. If the juice enters the eyes, it will cause blindness.

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