Chinese herbal medicine Zizhu Leaf is cool in nature and bitter in taste. It is the dried leaf of the plant Du Hong Hua, which belongs to the Lamiaceae family. So what are the effects and functions of Zizhu Leaf? Let's take a look at the methods of clearing heat and detoxification with Zizhu Leaf!
【Methods of clearing heat and detoxification with Zizhu Leaf】
Zizhu Leaf has the effects of cooling blood, astringing to stop bleeding, dispelling blood stasis, detoxifying, and reducing swelling. It is commonly used for bleeding from the nose, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, bloody stools, uterine bleeding, external bleeding, heat-toxin sores, and burns.
"Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Clinical Practice": This herb is cool in nature but not cold, and it also promotes blood circulation. Therefore, it can stop bleeding without causing blood stasis, promote blood circulation without dissipating, and cool blood without blocking. It is an excellent herb for stopping bleeding and is widely used for internal and external bleeding of various causes.
Zizhu Leaf contains calliterpenone, casticin, apigenin, cosmosiin, and luteolin glucoside.
【Foods for clearing heat and detoxification】
1. Bitter Melon;
Bitter melon is the most common vegetable in our daily life. It is a cooling food, although it has a bitter taste, it is very nutritious. It contains quinine, which has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, and relieving dampness and itching. People who are prone to getting overheated in the summer can eat some bitter melon to reduce heat.
2. Olives;
Here, olives refer to a green fruit similar in size to jujubes, not the pickled olives we usually eat. Olives have the functions of clearing the lungs, generating body fluids, and detoxifying. When people have a sore throat and cough, they can take some green olives to make the throat feel refreshed and achieve the effect of stopping cough.
3. Celery;
Celery is a vegetable that we often eat in our daily lives. It contains an acidic component that can lower blood pressure and has a certain effect on hypertension. Therefore, many hypertensive patients often use celery juice. Moreover, celery, as a green leafy vegetable, itself has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification. People with excessive internal heat can eat more celery in moderation.
