When this grass slipped into the stomach, a miracle happened

Patrinia salsa, locally known as bitter vegetable, is a herb that grows mostly on hillside grasslands and other places. It tastes pungent and bitter, and has a strong foot odor when used in traditional Chinese medicine boiling. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing blood stasis and discharging pus. In addition to being used as medicine, Patrinia salsa is also a wild vegetable. Its tender roots and leaves are edible, making it a plant that can be used as both medicine and food.

Efficacy and function

According to traditional Chinese medicine, Patrinia salsa tastes bitter and is neutral in nature. Enters the liver, stomach and large intestine meridians.

Clears away heat, detoxifies, discharges pus and removes blood stasis. It is used to treat intestinal abscesses, diarrhea, leucorrhea, abdominal pain due to blood stasis after childbirth, red and swollen eyes, carbuncle, scabies and tinea.

"Ben Jing": "It is used to treat sudden heat, fire sores, red qi, scabies, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, and saddle heat."

"Bielu": "It can cure carbuncle, edema, heat accumulation, rheumatism, and postpartum pain."

Clears away heat and detoxifies, removes blood stasis and discharges pus

Used for intestinal carbuncle (acute and chronic appendicitis), often used together with rhubarb, moutan bark, wax gourd seed, peach kernel, etc. Used for lung abscess (lung abscess), often used together with Houttuynia cordata, Phragmites australis, Prunus persica, and Platycodon grandiflorum.

Remove blood stasis and relieve pain

Used for postpartum abdominal pain, often used together with angelica, roasted ginger, chuanxiong, and peach kernel. It is used for blood heat and stasis, heart and abdominal pain, and is often used together with Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, and frankincense.

Sedation

Patrinia scabra has obvious sedative and hypnotic effects, which is more than twice as strong as the classical Western sedative valerian. The active ingredients with sedative and hypnotic effects are mainly volatile oils, patunene and isopatunene. Patrinia saponins also have sedative and hypnotic effects.

Protect liver and promote bile secretion

It can promote the regeneration of liver cells, prevent liver cell degeneration, and has a good effect in protecting the liver and lowering transaminase. The decoction of Huanghua Baijiang can promote bile secretion.

How to eat Patrinia

1. Fresh consumption: Wash the seedlings or tender stems and leaves, blanch them in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, soak them in clean water to remove the bitterness, and serve them cold, dip in sauce, stir-fry or use as stuffing.

2. Sun-dried vegetables: remove impurities from fresh vegetables, wash them, blanch them in boiling water, rinse them with clean water, and then dry them in the sun or in an oven for storage. Soak in hot water before eating, stir-fry or stew.

3. Pickled vegetables: Wash the fresh vegetables, drain the water, arrange them in a layer of salt and vegetables in a jar, mix in relevant seasonings, seal and store, and they can be eaten after about 10 days.

Fried pork liver with radish

Ingredients: 250g of baijiangcai, 150g of pork liver, cooking wine, refined salt, MSG, soy sauce, wet starch, chopped green onion, minced ginger, lard;

practice:

1. Wash the Patrinia scabra, blanch it in boiling water, remove it, wash it to remove the bitterness and cut it into sections;

2. Wash and slice the liver, add cooking wine, salt, MSG, soy sauce and wet starch and mix well;

3. Heat the oil in a pan, add the scallion and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant. Pour in the pork liver and stir-fry until cooked. Add the pickled mustard greens and stir-fry until well-flavored. Remove from the pan and serve.

Efficacy: This dish has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. It is suitable for treating symptoms such as sallow complexion, edema, anemia, dizziness, night blindness, and infantile malnutrition.

Fresh Patrinia odorata can be eaten as wild vegetables, which is very helpful in preventing boils and various skin diseases. Because this product is cold in nature, people with weak spleen and stomach or abdominal pain and diarrhea should eat less or not eat it.