The medicinal value of shepherd's purse

The medicinal value of shepherd's purse
Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse sweet, cool, liver, spleen, lung, with heat to stop bleeding, Liver eyesight, diuretic swelling effect. "Compendium of Materia Medica" that: shepherd's purse and liver. Roots, leaves burning ash, treatment disease effect is obvious.
Shepherd's purse, also known as wild vegetables, wild cabbage, cabbage, chicken cabbage, nursing grass, for the cruciferous plants shepherd's purse with roots of the whole plant, grow in the field, roadside and garden, all over the country are cultivated. Shepherd's purse's medicinal value is also very high, folk "spring shepherd's purse", "March 3, shepherd's purse".

Shepherd's purse leaves tender root fertilizer, there are attractive unique fragrance, is a unique flavor of traditional vegetables. Shepherd's purse is rich in vitamins. Vitamin B is more than carrot, vitamin B is more than radish, cabbage and most of the fruit; vitamin C content is far better than citrus, second only to dried chili and cauliflower; vitamin D is also more than all kinds of vegetables. Each 500 grams of shepherd's purse also contains 25.2 grams of protein, carotene 12.8 mg, 2 grams of fat, calcium 2.1 grams, 0.4 grams of phosphorus, iron 31 mg, and a lot of crude fiber, more than 10 kinds of essential amino acids.

Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse sweet, cool, liver, spleen, lung, with heat to stop bleeding, Liver eyesight, diuretic swelling effect. "Compendium of Materia Medica" that: shepherd's purse and liver. Roots, leaves burning ash, treatment disease effect is obvious. Modern research shows that: shepherd's purse extract for the treatment of hypertension, its efficacy is better than rutin, and non-toxic. Shepherd's purse contains capsaicin, can be used for retinal hemorrhage, gum bleeding, internal bleeding, postpartum uterine bleeding, menorrhagia, hemoptysis, bleeding, blood in the stool, hematuria, gastrointestinal ulcer bleeding and so on Bleeding.