In most parts of our country, there is such a kind of wild vegetable. Because its five colors of Julia, stem red, flower yellow, root white, seed black, green, red, yellow, white and black correspond to wood, fire, earth, gold and water in the five elements respectively, the ancients thought that it had all the five elements and gathered the essence of the five elements, so it was also called Wuxing grass. Does it sound tall? In fact, it also has a grounded name-purslane.

Portulaca oleracea L. is a kind of edible and medicinal potherb. Sour taste, cold nature, large intestine and liver meridian. It has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, eliminating dampness, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and has a good effect on treating toxic dysentery and damp-heat dysentery. Generally, large doses are effective when used alone. Because it can clear away heat, cool blood and stop bleeding, it can also be used to treat hematochezia and hemorrhoid bleeding caused by intestinal damp-heat. Usage: fresh purslane can be mashed and applied externally, or dried decoction can be washed externally; In addition, because Portulaca oleracea has a strong heat-clearing and detoxicating effect, fresh Portulaca oleracea can be mashed for external application or oral administration for boils and local redness and pain.

Portulaca oleracea, also known as longevity vegetable, should be known to all people who have lived in the countryside. When weeding crops, be sure to take them to the field, throw them away after weeding, and other weeds will not be used. Why? Because other weeds died in the sun as soon as they were hoed, but purslane didn't. If you stay where you are after hoeing, it will slowly take root and sprout in a few days. If it happens to rain the next day, it will flourish as long as it is moistened. Because of its tenacious vitality, it is called longevity dish.

But many people think it has the effect of prolonging life, so it is called longevity dish. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao's "Thousands of Gold Fangyao" and Meng Meng's "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" both claimed that it could prolong life. Modern research has also confirmed that Portulaca oleracea extract has good antioxidant and anti-aging effects. At the same time, it has antiallergic effect, and can effectively reduce blood lipid and improve blood sugar level.

The medicinal and edible aspects of purslane were mentioned earlier. Portulaca oleracea can be used as cold salad, porridge and stir-fried dishes. In ancient books, such as Shi Jian Ben Cao and Sheng Ji Zong Lu, there are medicinal diet prescriptions such as purslane soup and purslane porridge, which are used to treat dysentery and abdominal pain. When I was a child, every summer and autumn, purslane salad was often used as a dish or made into steamed buns at home.

Now is the season when purslane grows vigorously, and the fields are everywhere. You can take your family to dig on weekends, get close to nature and have a diet. If you don't want to travel, it is also sold in the vegetable market now, and the price is not expensive. People in damp heat constitution or people with hemorrhoids and hematochezia should act quickly.

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