You can eat. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing blood stasis, relieving swelling, invigorating stomach, relieving pain, and relieving cough. Used for gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute dysentery and cough; Externally used for treating parotitis, mastitis, carbuncle and furuncle, snake bite, burn and scald. Price: 3~ 10000 yuan per plant. However, the sting contains poisonous juice, which easily causes allergic symptoms such as redness, pain and itching after being stabbed. No side effects. Every 100g edible cactus contains about 220g of vitamin A, 0/6mg of vitamin C/kloc-0, 6 g of protein/kloc-0, and 2.7mg of iron, which can generate 25kcal-30kcal of heat. In recent years, many countries began to treat arteriosclerosis, diabetes and obesity with cactus, and achieved good results. It is said that this is mainly because the vitamins contained in cactus can inhibit the absorption of fat and cholesterol and slow down the intake of glucose. Edible cactus is rich in nutrition, contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, and has the functions of lowering blood sugar, blood lipid and blood pressure. The tender stems of edible cactus can be eaten as vegetables, and the fruit is sweet. Old stems can also be processed into health care products and medicines with the functions of reducing blood fat and cholesterol. Cakes, snacks and dishes in Mexico are famous. They are cooked with the flowers of local cactus plants. There are many kinds of cactus plants, all of which have poisonous thorns. If it is planted artificially, it can be bought from the supermarket. It is an edible cactus. It is said that there are 65,438+0,065,438+0 cooking methods for cacti in Mexico, including steaming, frying, boiling and frying, soaking in barbecue, or seasoning and cold salad. Among them, spicy fried cactus, egg fried cactus and cactus salad are the most famous. People eat cactus and its tender stems. They cook with cactus leaves, which are usually peeled, boiled, sliced, oiled and seasoned to make cold dishes. If you do stir-fry, you don't have to cook it, just cut it and cook it.