country of origin

Alias: Stichopus japonicus (Cynanchum spinosum) plants are native to tropical and subtropical continents of North and South America and some nearby islands, and some of them grow in forests. Most species of succulents are native to South Africa, and only a few are distributed in tropical and subtropical areas of other continents, so South Africa is known as the "treasure house of succulents". According to the origin and ecological environment, the above plants can be divided into three categories: they are native to tropical and subtropical arid areas or desert areas. Under the condition of extremely dry soil and air, it survives with the help of water stored in stems and leaves. Originated in tropical and subtropical alpine arid areas. These areas are short of water, with strong sunshine, strong wind and low temperature. Succulent plants are short, and their leaves are mostly rosette-shaped, or densely covered with wax and fluff, so as to reduce the harm of strong wind and strong light in mountainous areas and reduce excessive transpiration. Native to the tropical rain forest. These species do not grow in soil, but attach themselves to the rocks of tree trunks and shadow valleys. Its ecological habits are close to epiphytic orchids.

Medicinal value

Cactus (fig. 1)

Medicinal method: the whole plant is used as medicine. It can be harvested all year round. Fresh or sliced and dried. Indications: clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing blood stasis and detumescence, invigorating stomach and relieving pain, and relieving cough. Used for gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute dysentery and cough; Externally used for treating parotitis, mastitis, carbuncle and furuncle, snake bite, burn and scald. Price: 3~ 10000 yuan per plant. Tropism of nature: slightly bitter, cool in nature. Usage and dosage: fresh1~ 2; Take a proper amount of fresh products for external use and apply them to the affected area. Precautions: sting contains poisonous juice, which may easily cause allergic symptoms such as redness, pain and itching after being stung. Alias: wind tail, dragon tongue, flat grass, fairy palm, Guanyin thorn. Nature and taste: cold, bitter and astringent. Meridian tropism: entering the heart, lungs and stomach.

Traceability of medical classics

As a medicinal plant, cactus was first seen in Zhao Xuemin's Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty. According to the book, cactus is light in taste and cold in nature. It has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and pain, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, calming the nerves and inducing diuresis, and can be used to treat various internal and external diseases. According to the herbal prescription written by Liu Shan in the Qing Dynasty, cactus tastes bitter and cold, and it is not difficult to cure diarrhea caused by five hemorrhoids. Children with baldness are covered with sesame oil, and insect sores and scabies are washed safely. "Seeking the Grassland" contains: cold, eliminating novelty and washing hemorrhoids. Lu Chuan's materia medica records the functions of diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, expelling pus and promoting granulation, and is used to treat sore, carbuncle, swelling and cough. "Lingnan Materia Medica Collection" records: "Cactus is baked to cure breast carbuncle and initial tuberculosis. "Minnan Folk Herbs" says that applying a proper amount of fresh cactus whole grass to the affected area can completely cure palmar furuncle. " "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" contains: cactus stops diarrhea and treats enteritis and diarrhea. "Mindong Materia Medica" contains: it can eliminate phlegm, relieve intestinal toxicity, strengthen stomach, relieve pain, nourish, relax tendons and activate collaterals, heal sores and stop bleeding. Treat intestinal wind, hemorrhoid, hemorrhage, lung abscess, gastropathy, and traumatic injury. Hunan Pharmacology records that cactus can relieve swelling and pain, promote qi and blood circulation, eliminate dampness and reduce fever, and promote granulation. The Picture Book of Chinese Medicinal Plants records that if the cactus skin is mashed, it can be used to treat fire injury and acute mastitis. Decocting with water can cure dysentery. "Classification of Materia Medica" contains: specializing in treating swelling pain, detumescence toxin and malignant sores. "Guizhou folk prescription drug collection" contains: cactus is a stomach-strengthening and stomach-nourishing agent, which can also replenish spleen, relieve cough and soothe the nerves. Treat heart and stomach gas pain, snake wound edema. "Materia Medica" records that "cactus is non-toxic, soaked in licorice to treat intestinal hemorrhoids and diarrhea. "As can be seen from the data records, cactus has a remarkable effect in treating furuncle and swollen poison. Edible green thorn is one of the vegetables with the highest content of vitamin B2 and soluble fiber. Edible Zanthoxylum bungeanum contains 8 kinds of amino acids and various trace elements necessary for human body, as well as precious components such as Gynura bicolor, Celastrus orbiculatus and hibiscus. It not only has many functions on human body, such as clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach and spleen, clearing away throat and moistening lung, and caring skin, but also has obvious therapeutic effects on liver cancer, diabetes, bronchitis and other diseases. Green thorn is high in potassium, low in sodium and low in sugar, and its sugar content is lower than lettuce and cucumber.

use

Edible value of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb.

People often think that green thorn is only used as an ornamental plant.

Sauté ed lily with cactus

, there is no use. In fact, the fruits of many green thorn plants can not only be eaten raw, but also made into wine or dried. Green thorn has always been a traditional food in the United States, and it is an indispensable characteristic vegetable and fruit in people's daily life. People wash and chop the green thorn and make soup, or bake it on the stove, or make it into cake stuffing, or directly pickle fresh green thorn, and some use green thorn to make wine. In the Mexican market, some tender stems with flaky green thorns can be sold as vegetables. Some wooden trunks with columnar green thorns have been used as building materials by Indians. The flaky stem nodes of Lepidium spinosum can not only be used as livestock feed, but also its viscous juice can be used as a purifying agent to purify water. In some places, some prickly cacti are planted next to the house as barbed fences.

Medical use of Cynanchum auriculatum

There are about 220g of vitamin A, 16mg of vitamin C, 1.6g of protein and 2.7mg of iron per 100g of edible green thorn, which can generate 25kcal-30kcal of heat. In recent years, many countries began to treat arteriosclerosis, diabetes and obesity with green thorn, and achieved good results. It is said that this is mainly because the vitamins contained in pepper can inhibit the absorption of fat and cholesterol and slow down the intake of glucose. Edible green pepper is rich in nutrition, contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, and has the functions of lowering blood sugar, blood lipid and blood pressure. The tender stems of edible green pepper can be eaten as vegetables, and the fruit is sweet. Old stems can also be processed into health care products and medicines with the functions of reducing blood fat and cholesterol. Cakes, snacks and dishes in Mexico are well known. They are cooked with the flowers of local Celosiaceae plants. As a medicine in China, Celastrus orbiculatus was first recorded in Zhao Xuemin's Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty. According to the book, green thorn is light in taste and cold in nature. It has the functions of promoting qi and blood circulation, clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and pain, invigorating spleen and stopping diarrhea, calming the nerves and inducing diuresis. It can be used for internal and external use to treat various diseases. According to Liu Shanshu's book "The Square of Grass and Trees" in Qing Dynasty, it is recorded that green thorns taste bitter and cold, five hemorrhoids are diarrhea, which is hard to cure, and children's baldness is scabbed and sesame oil. "Seeking the Grassland" contains: cold, eliminating novelty and washing hemorrhoids. Lu Chuan's materia medica records the functions of diminishing inflammation, detoxicating, expelling pus and promoting granulation, and is used to treat sore, carbuncle, swelling and cough. "Lingnan Materia Medica Collection" records: "Cactus is baked to cure breast carbuncle and initial tuberculosis. Among the folk herbs in southern Fujian, it is said that a proper amount of fresh whole grass can be used to smash the affected area, which can completely cure the palmar furuncle. " "Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" contains: Green thorn fruit stops diarrhea and treats enteritis and diarrhea. "Mindong Materia Medica" contains: it can eliminate phlegm, relieve intestinal toxicity, strengthen stomach, relieve pain, nourish, relax tendons and activate collaterals, heal sores and stop bleeding. Treat intestinal wind, hemorrhoid, hemorrhage, lung abscess, gastropathy, and traumatic injury. According to Hunan medical records, green thorn gum has the functions of relieving swelling and pain, promoting qi and blood circulation, eliminating dampness and reducing fever, and promoting granulation. The Picture Book of Chinese Medicinal Plants records that prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin prickly skin can be used to treat fire injuries and acute mastitis. Decocting with water can cure dysentery. "Classification of Materia Medica" contains: specializing in treating swelling pain, detumescence toxin and malignant sores. "Guizhou folk prescription drug collection" contains: cactus is a stomach-strengthening and stomach-nourishing agent, which can also replenish spleen, relieve cough and soothe the nerves. Treat heart and stomach gas pain, snake wound edema. It can be seen from the data records that Zanthoxylum bungeanum has a remarkable effect on treating furuncle and swelling. The existing reports are used for adjuvant treatment of nephritis, diabetes, palpitation insomnia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, heart disease, obesity and liver disease, as well as dysentery, asthma, stomachache and intestinal hemorrhoid bleeding.

Beauty function of Stichopus japonicus

Celastrus orbiculatus has good antioxidant effect, scavenging free radicals and delaying aging. It also has remarkable radiation protection effect.

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Edible

Green thorn can be eaten Green thorn can not only clear away heat and toxic materials, dissipate blood stasis and reduce swelling, strengthen stomach and relieve pain, but also relieve cough. It can also be used for gastric and duodenal ulcer, acute dysentery and cough; Topical treatment of parotitis, mastitis, carbuncle and furuncle, snake bite, burns and scalds has special effects. Price: 3~ 10000 yuan per plant. However, the sting contains poisonous juice, which easily causes allergic symptoms such as redness, pain and itching after being stabbed. But there are no side effects. There are about 220 micrograms of vitamin A, 16 milligrams of vitamin C,10.6 grams of protein and 2.7 milligrams of iron per 100g of edible green thorn, which can generate 25 -30 kilocalories. In recent years, many countries began to treat arteriosclerosis, diabetes and obesity with green thorn, and achieved good results! It is said that this is mainly because the vitamins contained in pepper can inhibit the absorption of fat and cholesterol and slow down the intake of glucose. Edible cactus is rich in nutrition, contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, and has the functions of lowering blood sugar, blood lipid and blood pressure. The tender stems of edible Zanthoxylum bungeanum can be eaten as vegetables, and the fruit is sweet. Old stems can also be processed into health care products and medicines with the functions of reducing blood fat and cholesterol. Cakes, snacks and dishes in Mexico are well known. They are cooked with the flowers of local Celosiaceae plants. There are many kinds of Celosidae plants, among which there are stingers. If it is planted artificially, it can be bought from the supermarket, and it is edible. It is said that there are 65,438+0,065,438+0 kinds of green pepper in Mexico, such as steaming, frying, roasting or seasoning cold salad. Among them, spicy fried green pepper, egg fried green pepper and green pepper salad are the most famous. People eat the tender stems of green thorns and cook with the leaves of green thorns. Generally, after peeling the thorns, they cook them, slice them, oil them and add seasonings to make cold dishes. If you do stir-fry, you don't have to cook it, just cut it and cook it.