The efficacy, function and medicinal value of prickly lettuce

Every spring, when the weather warms up, a lot of wild vegetables grow in nature. The prickly lettuce is one of these wild vegetables. It has green leaves and a fresh taste. It can be eaten cold or fried. It can also be used as medicine after being harvested and dried. However, because this plant is so common, people don't pay much attention to it. Many people don't know its efficacy and medicinal value. Today, the editor will introduce it to you.

Efficacy and function

1. Edible effects and functions

Spiny amaranth is a nutritious wild vegetable. Protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus and other substances are the most important nutrients in this vegetable. In addition, it also contains magnesium, carotene, vitamins and other nutrients. People usually eat spicy amaranth to meet the body's needs for a variety of different nutrients, promote body metabolism, cleanse the intestines and detoxify, and prevent diseases.

2. Medicinal effects and functions

The whole plant of Prickly lettuce can be used as medicine. It contains many natural medicinal ingredients such as choline, catechol, saponins, alkaloids, volatile oils, etc. Hemostasis, clearing away heat and detoxification, and diuresis are its most important medicinal effects. It can be used to treat human vomiting blood, bloody stools, hematuria and other bleeding diseases. The hemostatic effect is particularly obvious.

Medicinal value

1. Anti-inflammatory and sterilizing

Anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects are the best manifestations of the medicinal value of prickly lettuce. It has obvious inhibitory and elimination effects on pneumococcus, typhoid bacillus, dysentery bacillus, and Staphylococcus aureus in the human body. It can be used to treat many common diseases such as human enteritis, pneumonia, and tracheitis, and can quickly improve the condition.

2. Reduce swelling and relieve pain

Reducing swelling, relieving pain, clearing away heat and detoxifying are also the medicinal values ​​of prickly lettuce. When people have external sores, boils and swelling and pain, they can grind fresh prickly lettuce into a paste and apply it directly externally. Changing the dressing twice a day can quickly reduce or completely eliminate the symptoms of swelling and pain.