White Beet:

Alias: fenugreek, bin lettuce, white fenugreek, white beet, white fenugreek.

Source: The whole herb of the plant Pangong, family Pangongaceae. Harvested in summer and fall when flowering, washed, dried or fresh.

Habitat and distribution:

1. Ecological environment: born in the seaside sand or cultivation.

2, resource distribution: distributed in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Taiwan, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places.

Taste: sweet; slightly pungent; flat

Congestive meridian: lung; liver; large intestine meridian

Functions and Indications: clearing wind-heat, detoxicating and eliminating swellings. Mainly used for wind-heat and red eyes, healing sores and swelling, enteritis, sepsis, tumor.

Use and dosage:

Internally: decoction, 30-45g.

Externally: appropriate amount, pounding compress.

Annexed prescription:

1, treatment of stomach cancer, esophageal cancer, cervical cancer: three taels of apricot, four taels of rhombus stem (fresh grass or rhombus horn with shell), Job's tears - two, and four dollars of horseshoe cassia. Decoction. ("Materia Medica Push Chen")

2, the treatment of eye wind and fire red swelling: white apricot fresh leaves, washed, with a silver needle, fine holes, add a little milk, stewed for half an hour, compresses the eye, the day for three or four times. ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine")

3, the treatment of boils and red swellings: fresh white apricot leaves a grip. Wash, and a small amount of cold rice salt *** mashed paste the affected area, day for two times. And can cure cuts bleeding red and swollen. ("Fujian folk herbal medicine")