Speaking of Abrus cantoniensis, many people may not know it. However, there is no doubt about the efficacy and function of Abrus cantoniensis. Abrus cantonensis is a popular folk herb, which plays an important role in our daily life. Here's a brief introduction to the efficacy and function of Abrus cantoniensis. I hope you like it.

Basic introduction of Abrus cantoniensis

Chinese herbal medicine Abrus cantonensis, also known as Red Hen Grass, Shimen Threshold Grass, Yellow Herbivorous Animals, Fine Ye Long Scale Grass, Rhubarb Grass, etc. It is the dried whole grass of Acacia Guangzhou belonging to Acacia Leguminosae. It can be excavated, removed and dried all year round. The roots of this product are mostly conical, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, branched, with different lengths and diameters of 0.5 ~1.5 cm; The surface is grayish brown, rough, with fine longitudinal lines, extremely fine branches and roots, partially broken or left with residues; It's hard. Stems are tufted, 50 ~ 100 cm long, about 0.2cm in diameter, gray-brown to purple-brown, slender branchlets, sparsely pubescent. Pinnate compound leaves alternate, with 8 ~ 1 1 pairs of leaflets, mostly deciduous, oblong, 0.8 ~ 1.2 cm long, truncated at the apex, spikelets, and hairy on the lower surface. The gas is slightly fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, soothing the liver and removing blood stasis.

Efficacy and function of Abrus cantoniensis

1, protecting liver

Abrus cantonensis can reduce the damage to the liver. Abrus cantonensis is mainly used to treat icteric hepatitis, dysuria, epigastric pain, rheumatic joint pain, blood stasis swelling and pain, traumatic injury and breast abscess. At the same time, it is rich in crude glycoside, which has obvious protective effect on liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride, and has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, removing blood stasis and relieving pain.

2. Prevention of liver cirrhosis

Abrus cantonensis can effectively prevent liver cirrhosis. Abrus cantonensis can relieve cirrhosis ascites, decompensated cirrhosis after hepatitis, common ascites, liver palm, spider nevus, albumin, globulin ratio inversion and other diseases.

3. Improve people's endurance.

Abrus cantoniensis can effectively improve human endurance. In the experiment of mice, first give them some Abrus cantoniensis. Later, it was found that Abrus cantoniensis can enhance the swimming endurance of mice, and Abrus cantoniensis root decoction can significantly enhance the swimming endurance of mice.

4. Promote gastrointestinal function

Abrus cantonensis can improve the digestive ability of the stomach and promote the normal operation of the stomach function. Rabbit's stomach reaction is sensitive. Through rabbit experiments, it can be found that the effect on intestinal smooth muscle can significantly enhance the contraction amplitude of isolated ileum in normal rabbits, and gastric perfusion or intramuscular injection can also slightly increase intestinal tension and peristalsis in anesthetized rabbits.

5. Enhance immunity

The effects of Abrus cantonensis and Abrus cantonensis on immune function of mice were observed by phagocytosis of chicken red blood cells by macrophages, weight of immune organs of mice and hemolysin spectrophotometry. Results Abrus cantoniensis and Abrus cantoniensis could significantly reduce the level of serum hemolysin in mice. The phagocytic function of macrophages was significantly enhanced, and the spleen weight of young and adult mice was significantly increased. But it has no obvious effect on thymus weight.

6. Scavenging hydroxyl radicals

Taking the total flavonoids in the experimental extract as samples, the scavenging effect of different volumes of samples on hydroxyl radical OH was determined under the condition of constant volume of 50ml. Results: The total flavonoids extract of Abrus cantoniensis had a certain scavenging effect on hydroxyl radical OH produced by Fenton system, and the scavenging ability was enhanced with the increase of the concentration of total flavonoids extract of Abrus cantoniensis.

Edible method of Abrus cantoniensis

1. Braised old duck with coix seed, chicken bone grass and poria cocos

Ingredients: half an old duck, 50g of coix seed, 20g of Abrus cantoniensis, 50g of Poria cocos 15g, 50g of mung bean, 250g of wax gourd and proper amount of water.

Exercise:

1. After cleaning Coicis Semen and mung beans, soak them in clear water in advance 1 hour.

2. Wash Poria cocos with clear water to remove floating ash on the surface.

3. Wash and chop the duck, remove the duck tip and use it after flying.

4. After washing Abrus cantoniensis, soak it in clear water 15 minutes.

5. After boiling enough water in the casserole, put all the materials except wax gourd. Slow fire 1 hour for 40 minutes, then take out the wax gourd.

6. Boil the wax gourd for 10 minute, remove the salt and continue cooking for 10 minute.

Recipe tip:

1. Duck meat is sweet and is the first choice for meat in summer. Mung bean detoxification, coix seed, abrus cantonensis and poria cocos all have the function of eliminating dampness.

Please don't peel the winter melon when cooking it. Wax gourd peel has good effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling.

3. Add enough water at a time, don't add water in the middle. If water is added, it must be hot water.

4. Finally, reducing salt is beneficial to the dissolution of protein.

5. Eczema must be avoided. No spicy food, no seafood, no alcohol.

6. The second soup can't be drunk during the female physiological period.

2. Stewed chicken bone grass with pork.

Ingredients: pork 1 strip, Abrus cantoniensis 30g, 2 candied dates.

Exercise:

1. Cut off the white fat in the middle of the pig, clean it and cut it into small pieces.

2. Cut Abrus cantoniensis into small pieces, remove and wash for several times, and wash away the dust; Put all the pork belly, Abrus cantonensis and candied dates into a soup pot, add 5-6 bowls of clear water, bring to a boil with strong fire, and turn to slow fire 1.5 hours.

3. Finally, add salt to taste.

3. Chicken bone soup

Ingredients: Abrus cantoniensis, chicken and salt.

Exercise:

1. Wash Abrus cantoniensis and soak for 20 minutes.

2. Cut the chicken into small pieces, blanch it in boiling water, remove it and wash it.

3. Put Abrus cantoniensis and chicken nuggets into a casserole, add a proper amount of water, first boil with strong fire, then change to slow fire, and cook for 1 hour.

4. Take out Abrus cantoniensis and add some salt to taste.