What is the medicinal value of swallowtail palm

There are many nourishing foods in life, which have many benefits to human health. Their functions and effects are also reflected in many aspects. The swallowtail palm is one of them that has attracted much attention. Swallow's palm can not only be used as medicine, but also can be eaten. It plays a good role in preventing and treating some diseases. It can be said that it is of great help to people. So what is the medicinal value of Swallow's palm?

Medicinal value

In the 1990s, researchers from Peking University were the first to discover that natural Swallow's Palm has a significant effect in lowering blood sugar. The polysaccharides, spatholic acid, flavonoids and saponins in the bird's eye palm have obvious effects on human health. The polysaccharide components in the bird's palm have been proven to have a significant protective effect on pancreatic beta cells. Spathic acid has a significant lipid-lowering effect. Flavonoids have the effect of dilating blood vessels and coronary arteries, and improving glucose metabolism. Saponins are rich in hydroxyl groups, which can eliminate free radicals, and have the effects of improving immunity, resisting hypoxia, and resisting fatigue.

Some tribes in Africa and the San people use swallowtail palm as a food. They grind and cook the roots and trunks of the bird's nest palm and make them into a paste to drink. The leaves can also be used for medicinal purposes. Add some Crassula leaves when boiling milk and drink it to treat diarrhea. It is said that adding some spatholobi leaves to boiled milk and drinking it can treat diarrhea. The leaves of spatholobi can also be used to treat epilepsy, corns, etc.

Some people say that the juice of the bird's nest palm is poisonous. If young children accidentally ingest the juice, it will cause redness, swelling, pain, and blistering of the skin. If it accidentally splashes into the eyes, it may cause blindness. This statement is a misunderstanding, and a large amount of foreign data shows that no poisonous records have been found. The swallowtail plant is also called fleshy evergreen. Perhaps some people confuse it with the evergreen of the genus Dieffenbachia. Because the evergreen contains toxic enzymes, the juice of its stems and leaves is highly irritating to the skin. If infants and young children accidentally bite it, it can cause throat edema and even vocal cord paralysis and loss of voice. This led to the misunderstanding that the plant is toxic.

The above article gives a clear introduction to the medicinal value of Swallow's Palm, and I believe everyone has a clear idea of ​​it. In daily life, we need to master more dietary therapy methods that are beneficial to human health, so that we can continuously improve our health and keep people away from the invasion and harm of diseases.