What are the effects and functions of prickly lettuce?

Many people may not pay much attention to the efficacy and effects of thorny vegetables, but in fact, as a herbal medicine, it actually has many medicinal values. It can be used to treat hypertension and acute infectious hepatitis. It is also a good treatment for vomiting blood, blood in the stool, and menorrhagia caused by blood heat.

1. Prickly lettuce is actually a very common grass in the wild, and some people usually don’t notice it. It has certain therapeutic effects on hypertension and acute infectious hepatitis.

2. After mashing it, it can be applied externally to treat bleeding caused by external reasons such as sores and tumors.

3. It can constrict blood vessels and shorten blood clotting time. It has inhibitory effects on Pneumococcus, hemolytic Streptococcus, diphtheria Corynebacterium, Typhoid Fever, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus, etc.

4. The fresh root has a strong effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is used for epistaxis, hematemesis, bloody stool caused by blood heat, or premature menstruation and menorrhagia caused by blood heat.

5. In addition, it can promote bile secretion and lower blood cholesterol.

6. Nutritional value

Every 100 grams of tender stems and leaves of prickly lettuce contains 4.8 grams of protein, 1.1 grams of fat, 5 grams of carbohydrates, 216 milligrams of calcium, 93 milligrams of phosphorus, 10.2 milligrams of iron, 7.35 milligrams of carotene, 0.39 milligrams of vitamin B2, and 47 milligrams of vitamin C.