Is snakeberry edible?

Snakeberry is edible and has high medicinal value. In today's life, snakeberry is often used as medicine because it has good effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving blood stasis, as well as astringing and stopping bleeding. At the same time, it can effectively help fight tumors and improve the body's immune ability. It is now commonly used to treat tumor diseases, hepatitis, leukopenia and other diseases.

You can eat it, but you can’t eat too much. And it is said that it has no taste and is not very delicious.

Snakeberry has high medicinal value. The whole plant can be used for medicinal purposes. It is sweet, bitter, cold, poisonous, and enters the lung, liver, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and dispersing blood stasis, astringing and stopping bleeding. It can be used to treat febrile convulsions, sore throat, carbuncle swelling and pain, snake and insect bites, etc. In recent years, researchers have discovered that snakeberry has significant anti-tumor activity. The pharmacological effects of snakeberry show that it has a broad-spectrum anti-tumor effect, obvious immune-promoting effect, antibacterial effect, effect on the cardiovascular system, strong antioxidant effect and inhibitory effect on the central nervous system. It is commonly used clinically to treat various tumor diseases, hepatitis, leukopenia, etc., and has little toxic side effects.

So, is the aggregate fruit of snakeberry also poisonous? According to Compendium of Materia Medica, "the popular saying that eating it can kill people is not true, it only makes you drool"; and Illustrated Catalogue of Plant Names and Realities records that "although it is a berry, it is only for birds, sparrows, and ants." This shows that the fruit of snakeberry is not suitable for normal consumption, but if consumed in small amounts, it will not be fatal as people have said.

From the above content, we can know that snakeberry is edible, and its medicinal value has been better understood. Then, if the body is affected by these diseases, you can reasonably use snakeberry to help yourself with auxiliary treatment and solve the problem. It can also inhibit bacteria and fight tumors.