Houttuynia cordata Thunb It's a vegetable that grows by a wet stream. This is an edible grass. Many people will feel bad when they hear this name. Indeed, many people don't like its taste, but the medicinal value of Houttuynia cordata Thunb is relatively high. Many people often make tea with houttuynia cordata Thunb. Can children eat? Can children drink houttuynia cordata tea?

1. Can Houttuynia cordata be given to children?

Children can eat houttuynia cordata.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is cold and bitter, belonging to lung meridian, and can clear away heat and detoxify. Children with internal heat and wind-heat colds can eat houttuynia cordata in moderation to relieve discomfort.

2. What are the benefits of eating Houttuynia cordata Thunb?

(1) clearing away heat and toxic materials

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is good at clearing away lung heat, and is often combined with Astragalus membranaceus, Fritillaria thunbergii, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and other traditional Chinese medicines to treat phlegm-heat cough and asthma.

(2) diuresis

Houttuynia cordata Thunb has a good diuretic effect, which can dilate capillaries, increase blood flow and urine secretion, thus achieving diuretic effect.

(3) improve immunity

Houttuynia cordata Thunb also has the function of improving immunity. Houttuynia cordata Thunb decoction can obviously promote the phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by human peripheral blood leukocytes in vitro.

(4) Anti-inflammatory effect

Flavonoids such as quercetin, quercitrin and isoquercitrin contained in Houttuynia cordata Thunb. It also has a significant anti-inflammatory effect and can significantly inhibit the overactivity of capillaries in the early stage of inflammation.

3, children should pay attention to eating houttuynia cordata.

1, children's physique is relatively weak, so when taking houttuynia cordata for children, we should pay attention to the dosage, and don't eat too much. Eating too much may cause certain damage to the kidneys, and asthma may occur.

2. Houttuynia cordata Thunb is slightly toxic. When cooking houttuynia cordata, be careful not to cook it for too long, so as not to affect the health of children.

4. Who is unfit to eat?

1, deficiency-cold constitution, furuncle belongs to yin cold, and people without swelling and pain should not eat houttuynia cordata.

2. Because Houttuynia cordata is a cold food, pregnant women and middle-aged and elderly people are too weak to eat Houttuynia cordata.

5. Side effects of Houttuynia cordata Thunb.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb It is a favorite food for both medicine and food. After eating, it has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. At the same time, it also has certain curative effect on edema, gonorrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle swelling, hemorrhoids, proctoptosis, eczema and so on. Most people can eat it. Although houttuynia cordata has so many effects, it should be avoided because of its cold nature, deficiency-cold constitution and no redness and heat pain.

Houttuynia cordata should not be eaten more. It is recorded in Bielu that "eating too much makes people asthma", so the amount of Houttuynia cordata should be controlled. It is also worth noting that Houttuynia cordata has a strong fishy smell after the entrance, so people who don't like the fishy smell should pay attention.