Shepherd's purse has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and detoxicating, lowering blood pressure and improving eyesight, and is mainly used for treating dysentery, edema, gonorrhea, chyluria, hematemesis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, menorrhagia, red eyes and swelling and pain.
(1) capsaicin, an effective hemostatic component, can shorten bleeding and clotting time; It also contains aromatic muxi, which can reduce capillary permeability and treat capillary hemorrhage.
(2) Lowering blood lipid and lowering blood pressure Shepherd's purse contains acetylcholine, sitosterol and quaternary ammonium compounds, which can not only reduce the contents of cholesterol and triglycerides in blood and liver, but also lower blood pressure.
(3) Anti-inflammatory and anti-virus Hesperidin contained in shepherd's purse can be anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial, can enhance the content of vitamin C in the body, and can also be anti-virus, anti-frostbite, and inhibit the aldehyde reductase of the eye lens, which is effective for diabetic cataract patients. [delicious food]
(4) Dithiophene thioketone contained in anti-cancer shepherd's purse has anti-cancer effect; It is also rich in vitamin C, which can prevent nitrate and nitrite from being converted into carcinogenic nitrosamines in the digestive tract and prevent gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.
(5) Promoting fecal excretion Shepherd's purse contains a lot of crude fiber, which can enhance the peristalsis of large intestine and promote fecal excretion after eating, thus enhancing metabolism and helping to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, intestinal cancer and hemorrhoids.
(6) Mingmu shepherd's purse is rich in carotene, which is equivalent to carrot. Carotene is provitamin A, which is a good food for treating dry eye and night blindness.