Let's take a look at the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. The first point is that Houttuynia cordata can clear away heat and detoxify, especially for symptoms such as dryness and heat. The second point is that Houttuynia cordata can also discharge pus, and oral Houttuynia cordata can also relieve the symptoms of chest tightness. The third point is that Houttuynia cordata can also promote diuresis and relieve stranguria. The fourth point is that Houttuynia cordata is very good, and there should be safe antibiotics, which can clear away heat, diminish inflammation and resist virus. Therefore, it can relieve some wind-heat colds, pneumonia and cough. The fifth point is that Houttuynia cordata can also improve human immunity. The nutritional value of Houttuynia cordata Thunb is what our body needs, so we can take some in our daily diet, but many people may not know how to eat Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
If you eat houttuynia cordata as a dish. You can fry Houttuynia cordata with Chili. This can remove the fishy smell of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. In addition, you can also soak Houttuynia cordata in water to drink. This practice is simple and convenient, so don't drink Houttuynia cordata overnight. It should be noted that people with weak spleen and stomach should eat less houttuynia cordata.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb Also known as broken ears. What does it do? What are the benefits of eating it?
Houttuynia cordata Thunb. is a kind of edible and medicinal potherb. I believe many people will be familiar with it. This dish is also called tick dish in our hometown. Many people won't eat it because of its special smell.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb It was first recognized as a wild vegetable, and then the demand in the market increased day by day, and a large number of artificial cultivation appeared, and the price was also very considerable.
Houttuynia cordata is cool. It can clear away heat and toxic materials, promote diuresis and reduce swelling. Houttuynia cordata Thunb contains volatile oil, which has antibacterial, analgesic, hemostatic and antitussive effects, so it is widely used in medicine, including Houttuynia cordata Thunb injection and sugar-coated tablets.
Houttuynia cordata can clear away heat. People like to eat it as a cold salad, mixed with pepper, salt and soy sauce, and eaten with coriander. Fragrant and crisp, very delicious. But in loose stool, people with chronic enteritis and stomach deficiency cold are not easy to eat.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb It can also be fried with meat and cooked with pig heart, which can moisten the lungs and nourish the heart, but it is not too crisp and noodle-like. However, it should be noted that Houttuynia cordata is not easy to be eaten well for a long time. After all, this dish is cold, so eat more to avoid diarrhea.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb Besides eating, it can also be used for external use, such as carbuncle, furuncle, swollen poison, snake bite, etc., and can be mashed with fresh products for external use. Houttuynia cordata Thunb The whole plant is edible. In my hometown, all wild seasons can be picked.
It mainly grows in ditches, ridges, wasteland and damp shade, with white flowers in summer and autumn. Houttuynia cordata in the picture was dug in the wasteland on the third day of New Year's Eve. In spring, the perennial roots buried in the ground have just sprouted, opening its "good food generation".
Houttuynia cordata Thunb It is a good herbal medicine, which can clear away lung heat, detoxify and induce diuresis. I remember that a few years ago, if I had a bad cold and went to the hospital for infusion, the doctor prescribed Houttuynia cordata, but later I didn't know why it disappeared. Houttuynia cordata Thunb is also a delicious food, which is very popular among people in southwest China. People in my hometown especially like to eat houttuynia cordata. Its taste is heavy, but people just like its heavy and astringent taste. In early spring, we pick its leaves and mix them with pickled sauerkraut to make appetizing cold salad. In summer, when the leaves of Houttuynia cordata grow old, people will dig its long roots to make cold dishes. When making, we need to add sour pepper, minced garlic, coriander, soy sauce and hot oil, which becomes another delicious cold salad, super appetizing. Of course, it may be made differently in different places. As for the benefits of eating it, I never thought about it, just to satisfy my taste buds.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb Also known as broken ears. What's the role? What are the benefits of eating it?
Houttuynia cordata Thunb has different names in different places, such as broken ear root, cut ear root, pig nose arch and so on. In my hometown, it is called dog urine grass, tick vegetable and so on. Because of its unique and unpleasant smell. Although its name is ugly, it is a good food and medicine for the people. Both medicine and food are good for health.
People who can smell Houttuynia cordata say it is fragrant, appetizing and refreshing, while people who can't smell it say it stinks, and they want to vomit when they smell it. It can be said that some people love others and hate them.
But for Hua Yaomei, there is a special affection and preference for Houttuynia cordata, because Houttuynia cordata can be seen everywhere in the mountainous countryside where Hua Yaomei was born, whether it is rice fields, ditches, vegetable fields or gullies. Houttuynia cordata has been with us for three meals a day for as long as I can remember.
At that time, my grandfather always said that Houttuynia cordata was both a good dish and a good medicine. When I see fresh houttuynia cordata on weekdays, I will pinch it back, make it into fresh cold salad or soup, and dry it to make tea.
At that time, our local houttuynia cordata. It is wild, and its roots are very small. We usually only eat young leaves and tips. What we remember most is that there are no snacks to eat during the day. We carried a big copper basin and pinched a pot of houttuynia cordata. With young leaves and tips, we wash it by the well, and sometimes we rub the older leaves to squeeze out water.
Go home and grab a handful of fermented milk from the pickle jar and mix it evenly, then grab a cold rice in one hand and a handful of houttuynia cordata in the other. Delicious and memorable!
Later, when I grew up, I realized that Houttuynia cordata Thunb, from snacks to big houttuynia cordata Thunb, turned out to be the trump card of natural anti-inflammatory drugs, which has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and dehumidification, reducing swelling and treating sores, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion.
No wonder when I was a child, my grandfather often told us to eat fresh or soak in water. He also used Houttuynia cordata Thunb to juice people's noses, saying that it can treat allergic pneumonia and sinusitis caused by lung heat.
Speaking of which, I thought of my mother-in-law. She is most opposed to eating houttuynia cordata at home, saying that she can't smell the foul smell. Later, she was hospitalized for chronic bronchitis caused by a cold and fever. I didn't expect to inject Houttuynia cordata injection. At that time, she asked the doctor strangely, can Houttuynia cordata still cure diseases?
The doctor said, yes, and it is a good medicine. This is a plant antibiotic. It can treat pharyngitis, pneumonia, urethritis, vaginitis and nephritis, as well as inflammation and herpes on the skin surface. You can also eat more houttuynia cordata when you go home. It has antibacterial, antiviral, immune enhancing and diuretic effects.
Later, after being hospitalized, her mother-in-law listened to the doctor and bought a handful of houttuynia cordata roots to go home. She won't eat it raw She simply cleaned and cooked chicken and ribs to eat. Strangely, the cooked Houttuynia cordata Thunb has no such fishy smell, and it is easy to boil, fragrant and sweet, so it has no taste.
At present, in our local area, Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Besides wild plants, many people grow them. It is said that the output value and economic benefits are good. Today, our family ate Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Have you eaten yet?
Mother Yang tells you something about Houttuynia cordata ... Mother Yang likes Houttuynia cordata, especially cold salad and hot pot.
First of all, Houttuynia cordata is also called broken ear root. In Sichuan, it is called pig's ass and pig's nose arch. Yang's mother often encourages Yang's mother to eat more Houttuynia cordata (all delicious things say to eat more)-the reason why her mother encourages eating more is: it is good for women and clear the fire! So does Houttuynia cordata really have a fire-clearing effect on women? Mother Yang thinks there is, but don't use it for hot pot like mother Yang.
Secondly, according to encyclopedia records, the curative effect of Houttuynia cordata Thunb is mainly clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence. Treat pneumonia, lung abscess, dysentery, malaria, edema, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle, hemorrhoid, proctoptosis, eczema, alopecia and scabies.
Anti-inflammatory effect: Houttuynia cordata does have certain antibacterial effect, but it is useless after heating.
At the same time, in recent years, some people are still controversial about Houttuynia cordata Thunb, saying that aristolochic acid contained in Houttuynia cordata Thunb is carcinogenic, which will lead to kidney diseases and kidney cancer. Subsequently, the US Food and Drug Administration also came forward to refute rumors.
In short, just like durian and coriander, people who love eating like it very much, and people who don't like eating won't touch it at all. This is Houttuynia cordata Thunb.
I saw this broken ear root in the clinic yesterday, and then I went to investigate it.
The scientific name of purple sweet potato is purple sweet potato, also known as pig nostril vegetable, houttuynia cordata and green leaf vegetable, which is a delicious wild vegetable.
But because of its unique smell (foul smell), many people like to eat it, and many people refuse it.
It can be used for cold salad, stew, hot pot, steaming and frying, and can be eaten from root to leaf.
The smell of wild plants is stronger and tastes better than that of cultivated plants. But the root system will be older, so the wild ones usually only eat some leaves and bring a little root system. (Personal experience, finding broken ears from a small mountain is often digging ridges. )
When I was a child, my mother told us that eating this can clear away heat and detoxify, induce diuresis and so on, but we can't eat more because it is a little toxic.
But the following are all from the network:
Suitable for people with lung infection, including lung abscess, lobar pneumonia, lung abscess, tuberculosis, acute bronchitis, cough, shortness of breath, yellow pus and excessive phlegm, or blood in sputum; Suitable for people with jaundice and fever, including acute cholecystitis; Is suitable for women suffering from endometritis, cervicitis, adnexitis, leucorrhea with foul smell and acute mastitis; It is suitable for people with acute purulent diseases, such as cellulitis, otitis media, carbuncle, furuncle and erysipelas. It has obvious inhibitory effect on influenza and pneumococcus, and also has medical functions such as diuresis, detoxification, heat clearing, analgesia, cough relieving, wind expelling, qi smoothing and stomach strengthening. It also has therapeutic effects on urinary tract diseases, gastropathy, various suppurative diseases, and uterine tumors. It can also be used as a catalyst for poisoning first aid, and can be used for external treatment of scabies, eczema, hemorrhoids, etc.
Therefore, the root of broken ears is often used for important purposes, and it will be found in Chinese medicine shops all over the country. Don't believe me, go find it.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb , also known as broken ear root, is a common Chinese herbal vegetable in rural areas, which can be used as medicine, food and tea. The medicine has the effects of clearing away heat, reducing swelling and diminishing inflammation, and can be used for drying tea, removing fragrance, removing pathogenic fire and removing toxic substances.
The main therapeutic effects of Houttuynia cordata Thunb are clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence. Treat pneumonia, lung abscess, dysentery, malaria, edema, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle, hemorrhoid, proctoptosis, eczema, alopecia and scabies.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb It is a herb included in China Pharmacopoeia. This herb comes from the dry aerial parts of Saururaceae. In summer, stems and leaves are lush, and flowers are cut for a long time, and impurities are removed and dried.
Characteristics of medicinal materials: the stem is oblate and twisted, with a length of 20 ~ 35 cm and a diameter of 0.2 ~ 20 ~ 35 cm; The surface is brown, with several longitudinal edges and obvious nodes, and there are residual fibrous roots on the lower nodes; Fragile and easily broken. Leaves alternate, the leaves are folded and shrunk, and after flattening, they are heart-shaped, 3 ~ 5 cm long and 3 ~ 4.5 cm wide; Apex acuminate, entire; The upper surface is dark yellow-green to dark brown, and the lower surface is grayish green or grayish brown; The petiole is slender, and the base is combined with stipules to form a sheath. Spike terminal, yellow-brown. It smells fishy when rubbed, which is what Chongqing people call the ears.
Houttuynia cordata is pungent in taste and cold in nature, and belongs to lung meridian. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and treating sores, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, clearing away heat and stopping dysentery, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and can be used for treating lung abscess, sores, hemorrhoids, hematochezia, toxic heat, damp pathogen and spleen and stomach heat accumulation caused by disease heat. Modern pharmacological experiments show that this product has antibacterial, antiviral, immune enhancing and diuretic effects. So, is the news that Houttuynia cordata causes cancer reliable? I collected the opinions of experts from Xi 'an Dian Wei Snack Training Center. Let's have a look.
It is rumored on the Internet that Houttuynia cordata Thunb may induce kidney disease and cause cancer, because it contains aristolochialactam. In fact, this question was answered at the 20 16 China Food Rumor Forum, and the China Food Rumor Alliance said that the "carcinogenic theory" was not prudent. The content of aristolochiamide in Houttuynia cordata Thunb is limited, and aristolochic lactam is the main metabolite of aristolochic acid in the body. Although aristolochic acid is listed as a carcinogen of 1 by the International Center for Research on Cancer, they are not the same.
The old Chinese doctor said that Houttuynia cordata has certain antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. Houttuynia cordata Thunb contains houttuynin (decanoyl acetaldehyde) with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, which can effectively inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria, and these bacteria are the chief culprit of fever, cough and sore throat.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb is also a healthy diet: cold Houttuynia cordata Thunb, steamed chicken with Houttuynia cordata Thunb, fried eggs with Houttuynia cordata Thunb, fried pork with Houttuynia cordata Thunb, fried pork with Houttuynia cordata Thunb, soup with Houttuynia cordata Thunb and fried bacon with Houttuynia cordata Thunb. In a word, Houttuynia cordata is a common condiment in southern China, and its leaves can also be eaten. In India, Southeast Asia, especially Thailand, the tender leaves of Houttuynia cordata Thunb are a common cold salad seasoning.
Efficacy and function of houttuynia cordata Thunb.
1. Improve the body's immunity
Houttuynia cordata Thunb can enhance the phagocytosis of leukocytes and increase the level of serum properdin. In the treatment of chronic bronchitis, the synthetic Houttuynia cordata Thunb can significantly improve the phagocytosis of white blood cells to Staphylococcus albus and serum properdin.
2. Antiviral agents
Houttuynia cordata Thunb, as a plant antibiotic, the most rare thing is that its medicinal properties can reach the upper, middle and lower triple energizer of human body. From pharyngitis and pneumonia to urethritis, vaginitis and nephritis, as well as inflammation and herpes on the skin can be treated.
3. The role of diuresis
Perfusion of toad kidney or frog web with houttuynia cordata extract can dilate capillaries, increase blood flow and urine secretion, thus having diuretic effect.
4. Antitumor effect
The inhibitory effect of new houttuynia cordata on Ehrlich ascites carcinoma may be related to the increase of cAMP level in cancer cells. The results showed that the total number of cancer cells, the division index of cancer cells and the amount of ascites were significantly reduced by intraperitoneal injection of different doses of new houttuynia cordata at different times, but the level of cAMP in cancer cells increased. Besides being effective for gastric cancer, it also has a certain therapeutic effect on advanced lung cancer, choriocarcinoma, malignant mole and rectal cancer.
5. Anti-inflammatory effect
Houttuynia cordata decoction has significant anti-inflammatory effect on formaldehyde-induced foot swelling in rats, and can also significantly inhibit the thermal denaturation of human γ globulin in the presence of Cu++. Houttuynia cordata Thunb can significantly inhibit the ear swelling and skin capillary permeability of mice caused by croton oil and xylene, and also significantly inhibit the dye exudation of abdominal capillary caused by HCA.
Although houttuynia cordata has the above five benefits, fresh houttuynia cordata is a wild vegetable, which has not been cultivated artificially for a long time and is not suitable for daily consumption. When occasionally eaten, it can be soaked in tap water 1 hour, and it is very safe to blanch with boiling water and then mix with seasoning. Houttuynia cordata mixed with cold dishes tastes good and is a good food and medicine. It is a very popular alternative food in the south, but it is not people's daily staple food. So eat in moderation and pay attention to whether you are suitable for eating.
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Houttuynia cordata is pungent in taste and cold in nature, and belongs to lung meridian. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and treating sores, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, clearing away heat and stopping dysentery, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and can be used for treating lung abscess, sores, hemorrhoids, hematochezia, toxic heat, damp pathogen and spleen and stomach heat accumulation caused by disease heat. Modern pharmacological experiments show that this product has antibacterial, antiviral, immune enhancing and diuretic effects.
As a necessary dish in Guizhou, Sichuan and other places, it is deeply loved by local people, but as people in other places, it is difficult to accept this taste.
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