Side Effects of Purslane

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Introduction of Purslane

Purslane is an annual herbaceous plant of the Portulacaceae family. It is thick and juicy, hairless, and 10 to 30 cm tall. It grows in sunny places such as roadsides in fields and garden ruins. It is distributed throughout the country. This species is a medicinal and edible plant. The whole plant is used for medicinal purposes, and has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling, anti-inflammatory, quenching thirst, and diuresis; the seeds improve eyesight. Modern research shows that Purslane also contains rich SL3 fatty acids and vitamin A-like substances: SL3 fatty acids are necessary for the formation of cell membranes, especially brain cell membranes and eye cell membranes; vitamin A-like substances can maintain the normal function of epithelial tissues such as skin, cornea and conjunctiva, participate in the synthesis of rhodopsin, enhance the photosensitivity of the retina, and also participate in many oxidation processes in the body. In addition, Purslane can also be used as veterinary medicine and pesticides; tender stems and leaves can be used as vegetables, etc.

Side effects of purslane

Purslane is a cold food ingredient, so before eating it, you must understand some of its side effects.

Toxic side effects

Purslane can be eaten. In clinical application, the decoction has no obvious toxicity when taken orally. When the injection dosage is large, it may cause nausea.

Doctors Discuss Medicine

"Purslane is pungent and cold, and can cool blood and dissipate heat, so it is used to treat lumps, carbuncles, furuncles, white baldness and thirty-six kinds of wind-related ulcers. If it is crushed and applied, the swelling will be dispersed and the furuncles will be removed. If it is squeezed and taken as juice, the bad things will be eliminated. It can be used internally and externally. It is pungent and cold, so it can remove cold and heat and relieve constipation. It is bitter and can kill insects, and cold can remove heat, so it can kill all insects, remove inch white spots and quench thirst. It is pungent and cold and can disperse the heat of the lungs, so it can treat blindness and cataracts." ("Compendium of Materia Medica")

"It can disperse blood and reduce swelling, promote bowel movement and relieve miscarriage, detoxify and relieve stranguria, and treat postpartum sweating." (Compendium of Materia Medica)

"It cures blindness and cataracts, helps with bowel movements, removes cold and heat, kills all kinds of worms, quenches thirst, and breaks up tumors and carbuncles. It can also be burned to ashes, mixed with vinegar residue from many years, and first moxibustioned on the swelling to seal it, and the root will come out. Crush it raw and squeeze out the juice to drink, it should help with excretion of bad things and remove white worms."

At the beginning, you must eat purslane in small amounts, and gradually get used to it before you can eat more. You can only add white sugar, not brown sugar, because brown sugar is warm in nature, which goes against the direction of treatment.

Purslane consumption taboos

At the beginning, you must eat a small amount of purslane. You can eat more after you get used to it. You can only add white sugar, not brown sugar. Because brown sugar is warm in nature, it goes against the direction of treatment. Purslane is a cold product. People with weak spleen and stomach, diarrhea and pregnant women should not eat it. It should not be eaten with pepper, powder and turtle shell. Toxic side effects: Purslane can be eaten. In clinical application, the decoction has no obvious toxicity when taken orally. When the injection dosage is large, it can cause nausea.

Three types of people should avoid eating purslane

1. People who have diarrhea caused by cold in the abdomen, if it is just general diarrhea caused by cold, do not eat it by mistake

2. Pregnant women should not eat purslane. Purslane is slippery and can help induce miscarriage.

3. If you are taking traditional Chinese medicine and there is turtle shell in the prescription, please be aware that purslane and turtle shell are incompatible and should not be taken together.

Although Purslane has many side effects, don’t be scared by its side effects and be afraid to eat it. In fact, it still has many edible values.