Patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis can't eat, patients with excessive internal heat can't eat, and patients with body cold can't eat. In particular, it is most inappropriate for women who come to menstruation to eat shepherd's purse, and pregnant women can't eat shepherd's purse. Shepherd's purse is not easy to digest, and it is easy to cause abdominal distension, indigestion and constipation in infants.

Shepherd's purse has high medicinal value, and the whole herb is used as medicine, which has the effects of improving eyesight, cooling, relieving fever, diuresis and treating dysentery. Its flowers and seeds can stop bleeding and treat hematuria, nephritis, hypertension, hemoptysis, dysentery, measles, dizziness and eye pain. Shepherd's purse seeds contain 20%-30% oil, which can be used to make soap or paint.

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Choose shepherd's purse without flowers: When choosing shepherd's purse, be sure to choose shepherd's purse without flowers. Shepherd's purse without flowers is fresher and tastes better, because the quality of shepherd's purse on the market is good or bad, so we should pay attention to selection. Because shepherd's purse has medicinal value, and the medicinal value in the root is the highest, so don't remove its root when eating shepherd's purse.

Avoid eating directly without blanching: shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable. Although unique, it is rich in oxalic acid, which can be removed by blanching shepherd's purse.

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