Chinese herbal medicine Da Chao Cai is the whole plant or seeds of the leguminous plant Da Chao Cai. It has the effects of nourishing the kidneys, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding, and relieving cough. What are the methods of Da Chao Cai to promote bowel movements?
[Promoting Bowel Movements with Da Chao Cai]
Da Chao Cai is good for promoting bowel movements when used in cooking or boiled into soup. Pregnant women should use it with caution.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Da Chao Cai has the effects of nourishing the kidneys, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding, and relieving cough. It is commonly used for kidney deficiency with back pain, nocturnal emission, jaundice, edema, malaria, epistaxis, palpitations, excessive cough with phlegm, irregular menstruation, and ulceration.
1. "Ben Cao Shi Yi" (Supplement to the Materia Medica): "Regulates the middle, promotes bowel movements."
2. "Hai Yao Ben Cao" (Materia Medica of Marine Drugs): "Mainly promotes the urinary system, reduces swelling, moisturizes the large intestine."
3. "Pin Hui Jing Yao" (Essence of Compiled Medicine): "Tonifies qi, moistens the skin, clears the mind, strengthens the will."
[Dietary Taboos of Da Chao Cai]
The young leaves of Da Chao Cai are rich in nutrients. After blanching, they can be stir-fried directly after removing the hair. They can also be rubbed into dry Da Chao Cai. When consumed, soak it in warm water and stir-fry it with meat. It is delicious and nutritious. It can also be pickled or candied.
Da Chao Cai has no side effects and can be eaten with confidence, but the quantity should be controlled and consumed in moderation.
Fresh Da Chao Cai is cold, and those with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it excessively. Pregnant women should use it with caution.
The seeds contain toxic substances that can paralyze the central nervous system of animals, similar to grass pea.
[Dietary Effects of Da Chao Cai]
Da Chao Cai has the effects of moistening the lungs and regulating qi, nourishing deficiency and relaxing collaterals, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, promoting blood circulation and eliminating stasis, and clearing heat and detoxifying.
It is used to treat hematemesis, bloody dysentery, functional uterine bleeding, nocturnal emission, jaundice, edema, malaria, epistaxis, palpitations, nocturnal emission, and irregular menstruation.
The root and stem of Da Chao Cai can be used as medicine to reduce fever, promote diuresis, and treat abdominal pain.
