Houttuynia cordata Thunb It is good for human health, but it is not suitable for people with cold constitution and weak spleen and stomach. In addition, normal people should not eat or drink water continuously. Long-term drinking will do some harm to your health. In general, it is good to drink once every two days.

The most important thing is that people with allergies should pay attention. Allergic people may cause discomfort if they eat it, and even worse, it will endanger their health.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is rich in nutrition, and contains many minerals such as protein, crude fat, soluble sugar, ash, dietary fiber, carotene, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, copper, zinc and manganese. It has good edible value and is a good wild vegetable for people's health care and disease prevention.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is not our daily main course, and its consumption is limited, and its risk is lower than that of many foods and medicines. However, fresh Houttuynia cordata Thunb is a kind of wild vegetable, which has not been cultivated artificially for a long time and is not suitable for daily consumption. Occasionally, you can soak it in tap water 1 hour, blanch it with boiling water, and then add seasoning.

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Houttuynia cordata Thunb has two effects on human health:

First, it contains houttuynia cordata Thunb (decanoyl acetaldehyde) with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, which can effectively inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and other bacteria.

On the other hand, residents in Hunan and other areas mainly eat fresh Houttuynia cordata Thunb. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, fresh houttuynia cordata is cool. Excessive consumption will cause the body to be too cold, for example, it will lead to the contraction of gastric mucosal capillaries, which in turn will affect the secretion of digestive juices such as pepsin and gastric acid.

Many digestive enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract must be active at a certain temperature to digest food. If you eat too much cold food, it will reduce the activity of various enzymes and lead to a decrease in food absorption rate.

At present, there are many people with kidney deficiency, and cold food is the most harmful to Yang. Chinese medicine believes that the kidney can only be supplemented, not diarrhea. If you eat too much cold food, it will cause kidney deficiency.

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