The efficacy and function of pigweed

The name "Cleaver" does not sound like a plant, but rather like a nickname we give to our pets. The growth area of ​​​​Cleaver is concentrated in the mountains and fields. It will bloom small white flowers. It is somewhat related to vines because Cleaver also has many branches, leaves and vines. Therefore, when we see Cleaver, it must be in large clusters. What are the effects and functions of pigweed?

The leaves are papery or nearly membranous, arranged in whorls of 6-8, rarely 4-5, ribbon-oblanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, 1-5.5 cm long, 1-7 mm wide, with a needle-like convex tip at the apex, gradually narrowing at the base, often with closely attached spiny hairs on both sides, often wilt-like, often curled when dry, 1-veined, nearly sessile.

Cymes axillary or terminal, few to many flowers, small flowers, 4-flowered, with slender pedicels; calyx hooked hairs, calyx rim nearly truncate; corolla yellow-green or white, rotate, lobes oblong, less than 1 mm long, arranged in valvate; ovary hairy, style 2-lobed to the middle, stigma capitate.

The fruit is dry, with 1 or 2 nearly spherical mericarps, up to 5.5 mm in diameter, swollen, densely covered with hooked hairs, and a straight pedicel up to 2.5 cm long and relatively thick, each with 1 flat-convex seed. The flowering period is from March to July, and the fruiting period is from April to November. This wild plant can be used as medicine and is a Chinese medicinal material with good effects. If you want to know more about it, you can read about the effects and functions of Polygonum multiflorum.

The efficacy and function of pigweed

1. Pigweed is a traditional Chinese medicine with multiple functions. It has diuretic, heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. It is often used in life to treat appendicitis, urinary tract infections, edema, dysmenorrhea and other diseases.

2. Pigweed has the effect of treating bruises and lowering human blood pressure. It is a health care medicine for people with hypertension. In addition, it also has a good preventive effect on colds and various cancers.

3. In addition to being eaten directly after boiling in water, pigweed can also be used as an external medicine directly on the affected area. The amount used is fifty to one hundred grams. People can crush the pigweed into powder and apply it directly to the affected area.

Specific usage of pigweed

1. The method of eating pork cholera to treat uterine cancer and breast cancer is to add 30 grams of dried pork cholera, appropriate amount of brown sugar and water, and boil them together. Take the boiled juice in three to six times and drink it all in one day. If it is fresh pigweed, you can make 150 grams of the herb into a juice and directly add brown sugar to mix well before drinking.

2. To treat appendicitis, you can boil 150 grams of pork cholera in water and then eat it. If you use it to treat edema and urinary problems, it is best to boil 30 grams of pork cholera and 30 grams of plantain in water and then eat them.