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Wild Vegetables-Shepherd's purse

BY Berton Gladstone 2020-06-12

   Speaking of shepherd''s purse, it is also the rooted whole grass of cruciferous plants. It has the anti-oxidation ability of cruciferous plants. It eats fresh and has the health care effect in the season of high yield. Shepherd''s purse, also known as Hu Shengcao, Shepherd''s purse, Qincai, Chili, is currently cultivated in all parts of the country except for wild. There are records in traditional medical books such as: "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Mingmu Yiwei"; "Different Records of Famous Doctors": "Sweet, warm, non-toxic. Hegan Qi, and Hezhong are top grades"; "Daily Materia Medica": "Lianggan Mingmu". It is also in the spring when the liver is raised, and the shepherd''s purse is in season.

   Shepherd''s purse has a sweet taste and contains oxalic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, fumaric acid, protein, fat, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and various vitamins. . So shepherd''s purse can cool the liver and stop bleeding, reduce blood pressure, and promote dampness and dripping. It is often used in dysentery, edema, gonorrhea, vomiting blood, blood in the stool, and pain in the eyes.

  In order not to affect the absorption of calcium, it is advisable to blanch water to remove oxalic acid before consumption. At the same time, choose tender leaves and edible ones, preferably those with small stems and leaves. The whole grass is dried and the flowers and leaves can be used as medicine. According to reports, shepherd''s purse decoction has the effect of preventing measles, as well as the effect of lowering blood pressure.

  Therapeutic side: Homemade cold blood hemostatic fresh shepherd''s purse juice, washed with fresh shepherd''s purse juice 250ml, drink slowly. It is suitable for coughing up blood, vomiting blood, blood in stool, blood jumping.

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