There are many wild plants with strong vitality in nature. Most of them exist in obscurity and are never paid too much attention by people. In fact, you must not underestimate these inconspicuous wild plants. Many of them can be used as medicine or food, and they have many benefits to the human body. The prickly lettuce is such a plant. It is a perennial herb, which can be used as medicine and food, and has excellent effects. The following is my detailed introduction to its effects and functions. After understanding it, you will definitely look at the prickly lettuce with new eyes. Efficacy and function1. Nutritional value The prickly lettuce is non-toxic and mild in nature. It can be eaten as a wild vegetable. It can provide the human body with carbohydrates, proteins and a variety of trace elements. It can not only speed up the body's metabolism and improve the body's disease resistance, but also cleanse the intestines and detoxify, reducing the occurrence of constipation and enteritis. 2. Medicinal value The whole plant of the prickly lettuce can be used as medicine. It has a mild nature, and its main effects are stopping bleeding, relieving pain and reducing swelling. It is usually used to treat boils in some human bleeding diseases. It can be decocted and taken directly, or it can be crushed and taken orally with juice. Common usage1. Treating vomiting blood due to heart heat The thorn vegetable can treat vomiting blood due to heart heat. When treating, you can grind the leaves and roots of the thorn vegetable together, extract the juice, and take it orally directly, two small bowls each time. In addition, it can also treat bleeding from the seven orifices of human beings. When treating, you can mix the extracted thorn vegetable juice with white wine and take it orally, which can play an excellent hemostatic effect. 2. Treatment of traumatic bleeding The prickly lettuce also has a significant therapeutic effect on human traumatic bleeding. When traumatic bleeding occurs, you can grind fresh prickly lettuce leaves into a paste and apply it to the wound to stop the bleeding quickly. 3. Treat furuncle and swelling Thorny lettuce also has a significant therapeutic effect on carbuncle and malignant swelling. During treatment, you can grind 4 liang of Thorny lettuce, 1 liang of frankincense, and 5 qian of alum into fine powder. Take it twice each time with white wine, then cover yourself with a blanket to sweat. The symptoms will improve after the sweat comes out. |
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