Wild vegetables are as nutritious as their own vegetables. Some wild vegetables in the field also have medicinal value. Portulaca oleracea is one of the most common wild vegetables. Portulaca oleracea is found all over the country. Portulaca oleracea likes fertile soil and is drought-tolerant or waterlogging-tolerant. Most of them grow on the edge of fields or in weeds. Portulaca oleracea can be used as food and Chinese herbal medicine. Portulaca oleracea can clear away heat and toxic materials and reduce swelling.
Analysis of Portulaca oleracea in traditional Chinese medicine, sex: sour, cold. Purslane function indications: clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. It can be used for treating dysentery, purulent blood, heat stranguria, blood stranguria, leukorrhagia, carbuncle, swelling and scar. Portulaca oleracea can also be used for diarrhea and dysentery caused by damp-heat. It is often used with Coptidis Rhizoma and Radix Aucklandiae. Oral or external application of mashed juice can treat carbuncle swelling. It also has hemostatic effect, such as uterine bleeding and hematochezia. Usage and dosage for treating metrorrhagia and hematochezia: oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 5 yuan (fresh 2 ~ 4 Liang); Or pound juice to drink. External use: pounding, burning ash, grinding into powder, blending or decocting, and washing. "Herbal Classic" Portulaca oleracea: "Spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, people with slippery intestines should not use it; Bait soup must not be mixed with turtle shell. "
According to scientific research, Portulaca oleracea contains omega-3 fatty acids, which is the first of all kinds of green plants. Omega-3 fatty acids can inhibit human serum cholesterol and triglycerides, inhibit platelet aggregation in vivo, and prevent coronary artery spasm and thrombosis, thus effectively preventing coronary heart disease and cancer.