The leaves of potatoes are edible and have a definite medicinal price. Compared with potato tuber (potato), potato leaves have no nutrition, and the nutrients are all outside the potato.

When cooking potato leaves, it is best to use leaves with tender tips, first heat them in boiling water, then scoop them up and drain them before frying. However, it can be used as medicine, for example, it can be used to treat stomachache, tuberculosis, carbuncle, eczema and scald. It is a traditional Chinese medicine for invigorating the stomach and a drug for detoxifying and detumescence.