What are the medicinal values ​​of thorny vegetables?

In life, as long as we observe a little, we can find that advertisements for the treatment of hypertension are being broadcast in many streets and alleys as well as on television and other media. This shows that many middle-aged and elderly people are now troubled by high blood pressure. How to scientifically and effectively lower blood pressure is what they are concerned about. In fact, prickly lettuce has a unique effect in lowering high blood pressure. So what are the medicinal values ​​of prickly lettuce?

The original name of thistle is small thistle, which is a perennial herb belonging to the Asteraceae family.

It is sweet, cool and non-toxic.

Ingredients: Thistle contains volatile oils, bioalkalis, resins, inulin, and cyanogenic glycosides. The whole plant of thistle contains bioalkali and saponins.

Pharmacology: The water extract, ethanol-water extract and ethanol extract of Great Thistle were tested on anesthetized animals such as dogs, cats and rabbits, and were proven to have a blood pressure lowering effect. The same experiment on thistle proved that it has a more significant and lasting blood pressure lowering effect.

Functions: Thistle has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving inflammation, stopping bleeding, restoring liver function and promoting liver cell regeneration. It is suitable for acute febrile inflammatory bleeding, jaundice, hepatitis, hot stranguria, hematuria, etc.

The large spiny vegetable is a biennial herb. The stem is erect, 80 to 100 cm high, with longitudinal stripes and green thin wings. The stem and thin wings are densely covered with thorns. The leaves are alternate, deeply pinnately lobed, with thorns on the edges of the lobes. The front of the leaves is green and slightly hairy, and the back initially has spider-like hairs, which gradually become hairless. The upper leaves gradually become smaller. There are 2 to 3 capitulum inflorescences, growing at the top of branches or solitary in leaf axils. The inflorescence stalk is short, with thorns and spider-like hairs. The involucre is bell-shaped, the bracts are multi-layered, the flowers are tube-shaped, and purple-red. Achenes are oblong, light brown, with longitudinal stripes and white pappus. The flowering period is from July to August, and the fruiting period is from August to September. Generally, young seedlings, leaves and stem tips are collected and eaten when the seedlings just emerge from the soil in April and May; the whole grass is harvested when the flowers are in bloom in summer and autumn. The roots are dug up in spring and autumn and used fresh or dried for medicinal purposes.

【Effects and functions】

Every 100 grams of young leaves of giant spinach contains 1.8g of protein, 1.4g of fat, 4g of carbohydrates, 1.4g of crude fiber, 3.05mg of carotene, 0.32mg of vitamin B2, and 31mg of vitamin C.

Through the detailed explanation in the above paragraphs, I believe that the majority of middle-aged and elderly people should have their own understanding of the medicinal value of prickly lettuce! Of course, I would also like to explain that in order to successfully maintain our blood pressure, first of all, we should not be too eager for quick success. As long as we can carry out long-term conditioning through some scientific food supplements and a good attitude, I believe that high blood pressure will stay away from us.