Alfalfa Side Effects

Friends who don’t know alfalfa don’t understand its functions and effects. Alfalfa is a legume plant. It is not common in life, so many people only know about alfalfa in terms of its morphology. Because there are very few people who eat it, it is difficult to understand what benefits alfalfa can really bring to people. These require us to have an in-depth understanding of alfalfa as a plant and conduct analysis.

After grinding the alfalfa plant into powder, it can have unexpected effects. Green alfalfa has pharmacological effects. Let us now understand how alfalfa can help the human body and what diseases it can treat. And whether there are any side effects.

Cough and Asthma

Modern pharmacology has discovered that alfalfa contains substances such as alfalfain and alfalfaphenol, which have antitussive and antiasthmatic effects and have certain therapeutic effects on bronchial diseases.

Blood supplement and hemostasis

Alfalfa contains a large amount of iron, so it can be used as a supplementary food for treating anemia. The vitamin B12 contained in alfalfa can treat pernicious anemia. In addition, alfalfa also contains vitamin K, which has a hemostatic effect. It is often used by the public to treat stomach, hemorrhoids, and intestinal bleeding.

Detoxification

Alfalfa contains crude fiber, which can promote large intestine peristalsis, help the excretion of stool and toxins, and prevent constipation and colon cancer.

Combined Effect

The alfalfa contained in alfalfa can inhibit intestinal contraction, increase the content of thyroxine in the blood, prevent the oxidation of adrenaline, and have mild estrogen-like and anti-cancer effects; the soy flavonoids and alfalfa phenol contained in alfalfa both have estrogenic biological activity.

From the above effects of alfalfa, we can see that it is of great help to the human body, and no side effects have been found so far. The pharmacological effects of alfalfa can improve human bronchial symptoms, making it a very useful plant for the human body.