The effect of Mashan

Masihan should be a dialect term, referring to purslane. Purslane is not a rare thing. It can even be said that Purslane is very common. As long as there are vegetables planted, there will be a lot of Purslane growing in the vegetable garden. Because of this, Purslane is eaten as a weed in rural areas and is not considered food. Purslane itself has traditional Chinese medicinal effects, so what are its effects?

Purslane is an annual herb with no hair on the entire plant. The stem is prostrate, spreading on the ground, and the branches are light green or dark red. The leaves are alternate, flat, thick, horse-tooth-shaped, dark green above, light green or dark red below; the petioles are short and thick. The flowers are sessile and bloom at noon; the bracts are leaf-like; the sepals are green and helmet-shaped; the petals are yellow and obovate; the stamens and anthers are yellow; and the ovary is glabrous. The capsule is ovoid; the seeds are small, obliquely spherical, dark brown and shiny. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from June to September.

It is produced in both northern and southern China. It likes fertile soil, is drought-resistant and water-resistant, has strong vitality, grows in vegetable gardens, farmlands, and roadsides, and is a common weed in the fields. Widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. The whole plant can be used for medicinal purposes, and has the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing swelling, relieving inflammation, quenching thirst, and being a diuretic; the seeds can improve eyesight; it can also be used as veterinary medicine and pesticide; the tender stems and leaves can be used as vegetables, which are sour and are also very good feed.

Purslane can be eaten raw or cooked, and the soft stems can be cooked like spinach.

Medicinal

[Brown medicine] Zong Xinduo: The whole herb can treat dizziness and blurred vision. "Yunnan Medicine Records". Zong Xinduo: The whole plant is used externally for dizziness and blurred vision. "Yunnan Province Chronicles". Zong Xinduo: The whole herb is used to treat dizziness and blurred vision.

[Dai medicine] Pabaling (Western Dai), Yaxima, Yaxima (De Dai): The whole plant is used to treat lung heat, cough, and dysentery (Yunnan Medicine Record). Pabanliang: The whole plant is used for lung heat, cough, and dysentery (Yunnan Province Chronicles). Pa Banliang: Treats palpitations, headaches, lung diseases, and knife wounds (Dai Medicine). Pabanliang: The whole plant can treat palpitations, headaches, tuberculosis, knife wounds, sprains, and bone and tendon setting. It continues the "Dai Medicine Records". Ya Xi Ma: The whole plant is mainly used to treat lung heat and cough.

[Hani medicine] Bu Ze: The above-ground part is used to treat dysentery, diarrhea, and hematuria (Yunnan Medicine Record). Buzulugu tea: The whole plant is used for diarrhea, dysentery, and hematuria (Yunnan Province Chronicles). Bu Ze, Lu Bi Gu Cha: The whole plant is mainly used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, and hematuria.

[Beijing Medicine] Zhaotan: The whole herb is used to treat dysentery.

[Morning medicine] Portulaca oleracea: The whole herb is used to clear away heat and detoxify, quench thirst, kill insects, and is used for dysentery, various swellings and malignant ulcers, wounds, and fistulas. "Morning medicine records" Dejipu: The whole plant is mainly used to treat dysentery, swellings, ulcers, wounds, and internal fistulas.