Gray Gray Vegetable is a kind of wild vegetable with a long history. As a wild vegetable, Gray Gray Vegetable has good nutritional value and has the function of clearing heat and dampness. However, it also has side effects, so it should not be used indiscriminately!
Medical Effects of Gray Gray Vegetable
(1) In addition to providing food, Gray Gray Vegetable also has medicinal effects. It has a cool nature and a sweet and bitter taste, and has the medicinal effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, reducing blood pressure, relieving pain, killing parasites, dispelling dampness, and detoxification;
It can be used for the treatment of ulcers, swelling and toxins, scabies or eczema, and pruritus.
(2) The whole plant of Gray Gray Vegetable can be used as medicine, which has the medicinal effects of stopping diarrhea and relieving itching, and has good therapeutic effects on dysentery and diarrhea.
Boiling Gray Gray Vegetable and wild chrysanthemum flowers for external washing can also treat skin wet toxins, itching all over the body, and other symptoms.
(3) As a wild vegetable for health, Gray Gray Vegetable can also supplement calcium, prevent anemia, and promote the growth and development of children.
The unique substances in Gray Gray Vegetable, such as volatile oils and alkaloids, also have the effects of killing gastrointestinal parasites and eliminating bad breath.
Side Effects of Gray Gray Vegetable
Although Gray Gray Vegetable is good, there are also contraindications to its use.
For example, the "Yi Lin Zuan Yao" warns: "Sweet red gray has a slight toxicity."
It can cause photosensitive dermatitis in patients who eat Gray Gray Vegetable.
Because it is a photosensitive vegetable, it is best to arrange for dinner consumption, and people who are usually sensitive to light should be cautious in eating.
Friendly reminder: Gray Gray Vegetable should be washed multiple times before consumption, and then blanched with boiling water to ensure safety.
