1. Purslane can cure diabetes

Purslane is also called purslane and longevity vegetable. Generally reddish brown, the leaves are thick and obovate, so they are named because they look like horse teeth. It contains protein, fat, thionine, riboflavin, ascorbic acid and other nutrients. Since it contains a lot of acidic substances, it will feel slightly sour when you eat it.

The medicinal functions of purslane are to clear away heat, detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. Because it is rich in norepinephrine, it can promote the secretion of insulin from the pancreatic islets, regulate the body's sugar metabolism process, reduce blood sugar concentration, and keep blood sugar constant, so it has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes. In addition, it also contains an unsaturated fatty acid called 3-W, which can inhibit the production of cholesterol and triglycerides and has a protective effect on cardiovascular disease. There are many ways to eat it. After blanching, it can be fried, served cold, or stuffed. For example, stir-fry eggs with purslane, steam steamed buns stuffed with purslane, or cook some garlic purslane porridge that can clear away heat and stop diarrhea.

2. Eating mother-in-law is good for the liver

Baba-ding, also called dandelion, has been seen by many people in the wild. Its pollen contains vitamins and linoleic acid, while its branches and leaves contain choline, amino acids and trace elements.

The main functions of Po Po Ding are to clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and diuresis. It has broad-spectrum antibacterial effects, can also stimulate the body's immune function, and achieve choleretic and hepatoprotective effects. After blanching, it can be eaten raw, stir-fried or made into soup, such as jellyfish skin mixed with baba diced, or baba diced stir-fried with shredded pork; it can also be mixed with green tea, licorice, honey, etc. to make a cup of baba diced that can clear away heat, detoxify and reduce swelling. green tea.

3. Bitter vegetables can inhibit leukemia

The scientific name of bitter vegetables is hemp or endive. The stem is yellow-white; the leaves are round-lanceolate, green on the surface and gray-green on the back; the flowers are bright yellow and tongue-shaped. Dried bitter herbs are rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper and other elements.

Bitter cabbage can clear away heat and dampness, reduce swelling and expel pus, remove stasis and detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. The concentrated ethanol extract of bitter vegetable decoction has inhibitory effects on acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia. The more common ways to eat it include minced garlic mixed with bitter vegetables, mixed with bitter vegetables in sauce, and roasted pork liver with bitter vegetables.

4. Bracken has a soothing effect.

Bracken, also known as bracken and faucet, is relatively common among wild vegetables. When the bracken leaves are curled, it means that they are relatively fresh and tender. The leaves will stretch out when they are old.

Eating bracken can clear away heat and smooth the intestines, reduce qi and resolve phlegm, diuresis and calm the nerves. However, it is best to soak dried bracken or salted bracken in water to restore it before eating. Common ways to eat it include stir-fried shredded bracken, braised pork with bracken, and cold bracken.

5. Platycodon can resist ulcers.

Platycodon is also called bright leaf vegetable and monk's hat. It is what the Korean people call Daolaji. It can produce small blue flowers at the ends of its branches. What we usually eat is Platycodon root. It has expectorant, antitussive, analgesic, antipyretic, sedative, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-tumor and antibacterial effects.

6. Eat shepherd's purse to replenish deficiency and strengthen the spleen.

The flowering period of shepherd's purse is from April to June. People can often see dots of white shepherd's purse flowers in the fields. Its main therapeutic effects are cooling blood and stopping bleeding, tonifying deficiency and strengthening the spleen, clearing away heat and diluting water. In spring, pick some young stems and leaves or overwintering buds of shepherd's purse, blanch them and cook them cold, dip them in sauce, make soup, stuffing, stir-fry, or make delicious shepherd's purse porridge.

7. Eat more amaranth in hot weather

The roots of amaranth are generally purple or lavender; there are few branches on the stems with green or lavender stripes; the leaves are eggs. shape.

We usually eat the relatively tender stems and leaves of amaranth, which have the functions of clearing away heat, diuresis, detoxifying, nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness. In addition to stir-frying, cold salad, and soup, amaranth is also commonly used as stuffing. For example, cold amaranth, shredded amaranth chicken, amaranth dumplings, etc.

8. Water celery can lower blood pressure

Water celery is also called water celery and river celery. Its stem is hollow, its leaves are triangular, and its flowers are white. It mainly grows in moist places, such as ponds, rivers and paddy fields.

Water celery has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, moistening the lungs, strengthening the spleen and stomach, digesting food, diuresis, stopping bleeding, lowering blood pressure, anti-hepatitis, anti-arrhythmia, and antibacterial. We often eat pork stir-fried with cress, cress and mutton dumplings, and cress mixed with peanuts.

9. Thorny shoots nourish the kidneys and nourish essence.

Thorny shoots are also called spiny shoots and Liaodong Aralia. They mainly grow in bushes and forest clearings. It is not a herbaceous plant like other wild vegetables, but a woody plant. Its bark is gray and covered with thick and hard thorns; its flowers are light yellowish white; its fruits are berries, spherical and black.

The edible part of the thorn buds, mainly its buds, can replenish qi, activate blood circulation, expel wind, diuresis, relieve pain, tonify kidneys and replenish essence, etc.

10. Small root garlic can prevent arteriosclerosis

Small root garlic is also known as scallion and small root vegetables. Its stems and leaves look like garlic and have the smell of onions and garlic. Its functions are to unblock yang and transform qi, open the chest and dissipate stagnation, promote qi stagnation, treat dysentery, inhibit the increase in peroxide esters in the blood of patients with hyperlipidemia, and prevent atherosclerosis. The main ways to eat it are to mix small garlic with tofu, or make some small garlic and white fungus porridge