However, from a medical point of view, Yu Xingchao has certain medicinal value and can effectively treat headache, fever, cough and lung diseases. Houttuynia cordata Thunb can be used as a food supplement in Chinese herbal medicine.
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Why Houttuynia cordata? A "harmful grass"? How to eat houttuynia cordata often? Make it clear in an article
It has been recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that the fish of Houttuynia cordata has a unique taste, although crisp, but the fishy smell is too strong to accept. So some places will call it smelly food. Traditional Chinese medicine has proved that Houttuynia cordata can effectively clear the blockage by walking the lung meridian, especially for the following two diseases.
-Clearing away heat and toxic materials
Houttuynia cordata can clear away heat and detoxify. In fact, after grinding it into mud, it can be cooked and eaten, or it can be applied externally. It has a strong repair effect on lung function injury. In the southern region, many people often use it to boil water to relieve cough, clear the sound and relieve sore throat.
-Clearing heat and purging fire
Houttuynia cordata Thunb can be taken together with other medicinal materials, such as Semen Cassiae and Scutellariae Radix. , can effectively relieve stomach heat, stomachache, abdominal distension, lung heat, etc., and help the human body to purge fire and clear heat.
In recent years, the south has gradually entered the north, and Houttuynia cordata is also controversial. Many people think it is a harmful grass. The main reasons for saying this are as follows:
First, the fishy smell of Houttuynia cordata Thunb is really heavy, so in the process of taking it, nausea and vomiting may occur, even accompanied by bad breath or oral odor, which will affect normal communication.
Second: Houttuynia cordata contains special aristolochic acid, which will cause certain damage to human kidney, especially if it is taken for a long time, which may cause kidney damage and even cause chronic renal failure.
Third: For the elderly, children or pregnant women at home, the intake of Houttuynia cordata should be restricted, because this kind of food is cold and may have an impact on health.
Fourth, Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Extract and make houttuynia cordata Thunb. Injection, but many people had some adverse reactions after contact, and were later announced to suspend the approval and use of injection.
It doesn't contain as much aristolochic acid as expected. Although it will cause cancer to the body, there are some good substances in the whole Aristolochia family. Amide is the main carcinogen in Aristolochia, however, other components in Aristolochia family, such as allbllfll, can be digested and metabolized by human body.
Meanwhile, we need to pay attention to one thing. You can't put the blame on Houttuynia cordata because it is easy to cause kidney disease. After all, other factors are also easy to cause some chronic diseases of human body, including genes or acquired living environment.
Therefore, in comparison, it is not accurate to directly call Houttuynia cordata Thunb. as a result, the state's attitude towards Houttuynia cordata Thunb is neutral. Everyone can eat or not eat according to his own taste, and he does not object to people eating, nor does he advocate people eating more.