"Seeking the Original of Materia Medica" contains: cold, eliminating the new, and washing hemorrhoids. Luchuan Materia Medica records the functions of diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, expelling pus and promoting granulation, and is used to treat sores, carbuncle, swelling and cough. "Lingnan Herb Collection Record" records: "Cactus is baked and ironed to treat tuberculosis at the beginning of breast carbuncle. In Minnan Folk Herbs, it is said that a proper amount of fresh whole cactus grass should be applied to the affected area to cure palmar furuncle thoroughly. "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" contains: cactus stops diarrhea and treats enteritis and diarrhea. "Mindong Materia Medica" contains: it can remove phlegm, relieve intestinal toxicity, strengthen stomach, relieve pain, nourish, relax tendons and activate collaterals, heal wounds and stop bleeding. Treat intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, bleeding, lung carbuncle, gastropathy and traumatic injury.
Hunan Pharmacology records that cactus can relieve swelling and pain, promote qi and blood circulation, eliminate dampness, reduce fever and promote granulation. The Picture Book of Medicinal Plants in China records that if the cactus skin is mashed, it can be used to treat fire injury and acute mastitis. Decocting water can cure dysentery. Classified Herbs contains: specializing in treating gas pain, detumescence toxin and malignant sores. "Guizhou folk prescription and medicine collection" contains: cactus is a stomach-strengthening and nourishing agent, which can also replenish spleen, relieve cough and soothe the nerves. Treat heart and stomach gas pain, snake injury and edema. It can be seen from the data records that cactus has a remarkable effect on treating furuncle and swollen poison. The existing reports are used for the adjuvant treatment of nephritis, diabetes, palpitation and insomnia's disease, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, obesity and liver diseases besides dysentery, asthma, stomachache and intestinal hemorrhoid bleeding.
Cactus can purify the air. Cactus can also be used to treat stomach and duodenal ulcer, acute dysentery, cough and other symptoms. Many countries use cactus to treat arteriosclerosis, diabetes and obesity, and have achieved good results! This is because the vitamins contained in cactus can inhibit the absorption of fat and cholesterol and slow down the intake of glucose.
The vitamins and minerals contained in cactus have the effects of lowering blood sugar, blood lipid and blood pressure. From this point of view, cactus not only has high medicinal value, but also its nutritional value can not be ignored.
In addition, the tender stems of edible cactus can be eaten as vegetables, and the fruit is a sweet fruit. The old stems can also be processed into health care products and medicines with the functions of removing blood fat and lowering cholesterol. Flowers, on the other hand, are used to make various cakes, snacks and dishes, which shows that cactus is full of treasures.
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Opuntia stricta (haw.) haw. var. dillenii (ker-gavl.) Benson is a kind of cactus. Alias fairy palm, Guanyin palm, overlord, fire palm, etc., are cactus plants. Cactus is a tufted succulent shrub with broad obovate, obovate oval or nearly round upper branches. Flowers radial, receptacle obovate; Most of the seeds are oblate, with slightly irregular edges, hairless and yellowish brown. Cactus likes strong light, is resistant to heat, drought and barren, and has tenacious vitality. The suitable temperature for growth is 20-30℃. It is mainly distributed in the arid areas of tropical and subtropical areas such as the southern and southeastern coastal areas of the United States, the West Indies, Bermuda and northern South America, southern China and Southeast Asia.
There are many kinds of cactus. There are 70- 1 10 genera and more than 2,000 species in the world, which can be divided into: round fan cactus, segment cactus, crab claw cactus (crab orchid), leaf forest cactus and spherical cactus. Often growing in dry environment such as desert, it is called "desert hero flower" and is a kind of succulent plant.