Bitter vegetables have roots. Usually people will directly remove the roots of bitter vegetables, just the upper part. But in fact, the role of Sophora alopecuroides root should not be underestimated. So, can you eat the bitter vegetable root? What is the efficacy and function of bitter vegetable root?

Can bitter vegetable roots be eaten?

Tender can be washed with dipping sauce or boiled (bitter). You can't eat the old ones.

1, the root of Sophora alopecuroides is the root of a dicotyledonous plant in Compositae, and its plant morphology is "Sophora alopecuroides", which has the function of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding.

2. Annual or biennial herbs. Roots are conical, erect and straight, with many fibrous fibrous fibrous roots. The stem is erect, solitary, 40- 150 cm high, with longitudinal edges or stripes, unbranched or with short corymbose or racemose branches on the upper part, all the stem branches are smooth and hairless, or the upper inflorescence branches and peduncles are covered with head-shaped glandular hairs.

Dietotherapy recipes for bitter vegetables

The way to cook bitter vegetables is to take dry bitter vegetables 15g from Rongshu, add water 1000ml, and cook them together in a pot (it is best not to use an iron pot, other pots can be used). After the water is boiled, turn off the heat and cook for 3-5 minutes. Take 50ml- 100ml of soup after cooking. Be sure to add brown sugar before drinking. Cholecystitis can be cured in about one month, gastritis, hypertension, cerebral thrombosis and heart disease can be cured in about two months.

Efficacy and function of Sophora alopecuroides root

1. It is often combined with Caulis Sargentodoxae, Coicis Semen, Semen Persicae, Cortex Moutan, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei in clinic to treat intestinal carbuncle (acute appendicitis). It is compatible with Herba Houttuyniae, Radix Platycodi, Coicis Semen, Semen Benincasae, Rhizoma Phragmitis, etc. It can be used for treating lung abscess.

2. This product is compatible with Flos Lonicerae and Fructus Forsythiae, and can be used for treating sores, carbuncle and swelling. At the same time, fresh herbs are mashed and applied externally.

3, with safflower, hawthorn and other drugs to treat postpartum blood stasis, abdominal tingling and other symptoms.

4. It is used together with Houttuynia cordata, Platycodon grandiflorum, Coicis Semen, Semen Benincasae and Rhizoma Phragmitis to treat lung abscess;

5, with dandelion and honeysuckle, used to treat acute conjunctivitis and conjunctival congestion and swelling; Treatment of acute icteric hepatitis with Herba Artemisiae Scopariae and Fructus Gardeniae.

6, used for intestinal carbuncle, lung carbuncle, sore carbuncle. This taste is pungent, it can disperse knots, and cold can dissipate heat. Clinically, it is often combined with Caulis Sargentodoxae, Coicis Semen, Semen Persicae, Cortex Moutan, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Flos Lonicerae and Fructus Forsythiae. Treat sores, carbuncle and swelling, and mash them with fresh herbs for external application.

7. Used for chest and abdominal pain and postpartum abdominal pain caused by stagnation of excess heat. Patrinia scabiosaefolia also has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It can be used in combination with Carthamus tinctorius and Crataegus pinnatifida for treating postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain.