The whole herb is used as medicine, which has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, sterilizing and diminishing inflammation, lowering blood pressure, quenching thirst and diuresis. It can also help treat diabetes, prevent and treat heart disease, delay aging and resist cancer. (Pregnant women with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not be eaten) Horse teeth are cold ingredients. People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat more, especially pregnant women. Horse tooth juice has the effect of abortion, if it is dry, it will be slightly better.
Portulaca oleracea can be eaten with a variety of traditional Chinese medicines, such as dandelion, which can improve diseases such as urinary system infection, cystitis and internal hemorrhoids. However, the combination of purslane and other Chinese herbal medicines should be carried out under the guidance of pharmacists, and it is not allowed to operate without authorization. Portulaca oleracea contains a large number of effective anti-aging components such as vitamin E, vitamin C, carotene and glutathione, which can improve the body's antioxidant capacity and reduce the serum malondialdehyde content, and has an important anti-aging effect.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Portulaca oleracea can disperse blood and reduce swelling, strengthen tendons and prevent miscarriage, detoxify and relieve numbness". Modern medicine shows that it has obvious antibacterial effect on Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhi, so it has the reputation of "natural antibiotics". It can be used to treat erysipelas and female leukorrhagia with the efficacy of clearing away heat and reducing swelling. It can be used to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases such as blood pressure and atherosclerosis by inhibiting cholesterol with special fatty acids.