6 types of vegetables that can be used both as soup and medicine to cure diseases

VietNamNet newspaper cited the book Vietnamese Medicinal Plants and Herbs by Professor Do Tat Loi, providing information about hundreds of medicinal plants. Some of them are also familiar vegetables for cooking soup such as Malabar spinach, water spinach, jute, Malabar spinach, amaranth, and chrysanthemum greens.

Malabar spinach

Health & Life Newspaper quoted Dr. Phan Bich Hang - Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Hanoi Medical University, saying that according to Traditional Medicine, Malabar spinach has a sweet taste and cool properties, so it is often used to clear heat, detoxify and cool the body, especially on hot days.

In traditional medicine, the use of Malabar spinach in daily medicines or dishes can help reduce symptoms such as fever, thirst, and feeling hot in the body. In addition, Malabar spinach helps with urination, eliminating toxins from the body through the urinary tract.

With its sweet taste, cool properties, and rich nutrition, Malabar spinach is not only a delicious food but also has many pharmacological effects in traditional medicine.

Malabar spinach contains many important nutrients such as protein, fiber, vitamin C, vitamin K, calcium and iron. In particular, the protein content in Malabar spinach is much higher than other green vegetables, providing essential amino acids for the body. The source of vitamin C in Malabar spinach leaves is even much higher than that of oranges or guavas, so Malabar spinach is known by scientists as a very high source of vitamin C.

Spinach

Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted Dr. Huynh Tan Vu - lecturer of traditional medicine department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy (HCMC) - saying that water spinach has the following chemical composition: 92% water, 3.2% protein, 2.5% glucid, 1% cellulose.

In addition, water spinach also has a very high mineral content, including 100mg% calcium, 37mg% P, 1.4mg% Fe. Vitamins include Carotene, C, B1, PP, B2, and many mucus substances.

According to traditional medicine, water spinach is sweet, slightly cold, has the effect of clearing heat, promoting urination and defecation, and eliminating toxins that enter the body (poisonous mushrooms, poisonous cassava, etc.).

Because it is rich in fiber, water spinach supports digestion and helps reduce problems related to the digestive tract. It is a laxative, good for people with indigestion or constipation. However, this food is not good for digestion if the vegetable is not used hygienically.

Malabar spinach

Health & Life Newspaper quoted Dr. Nguyen Van Tien, National Institute of Nutrition, saying that vegetables such as jute, amaranth, and Malabar spinach have high nutritional value, with consistent levels of carotene, vitamin C (179 - 64 - 52 mg%), iron content (2.8 - 2.5 - 2.1 mg%), rich in minerals, trace minerals, and protein content 3 - 5 times higher than other vegetables (3 - 6 g%).

In addition to the common benefits of jute that many people know such as supporting constipation treatment, helping with bowel movements, diuretic, lactation, cooling and detoxifying, jute also has "secrets". According to Dr. Yen Lam Phuc, Military Medical Academy, jute is in the top of vegetables containing a lot of calcium (ranked 4th among vegetables used for eating), iron (ranked 1st), beta carotene (ranked 4th), vitamin C (ranked 3rd).

Malabar spinach is low in calories and rich in important vitamins and minerals, including vitamins A and C, riboflavin, folate, and iron. Cooked Malabar spinach provides higher levels of these vitamins and minerals.

Apart from culinary uses, jute leaves have also been used for medicinal purposes in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries.

Malabar spinach

Malabar spinach is also known as Malabar spinach, belonging to the Malabar spinach family. This is a climbing, rolling plant originating from tropical countries in Asia and Africa. In Vietnam, this plant grows wild or is planted in hedges for its vegetable use. People pick the stems and leaves of Malabar spinach in the summer and fall.

Malabar spinach contains vitamin A, B3, mucus, and iron. Ancient books record that the vegetable has a cooling, diuretic effect, and can treat constipation in children and women with difficult childbirth. In China, there are places that use Malabar spinach to detoxify.

Spinach

Amaranth has many varieties with different colors such as amaranth, spiny amaranth, red amaranth, belonging to the custard apple family. The plant grows commonly in many provinces, the leaves can be used to cook soup, the leaves and bark are used as medicine. People use the bark to boil and drink to treat irregular menstruation, anemia, the leaves to boil and drink to treat rheumatism, the bark is ground into powder or soaked in wine to treat malaria, and is used as a tonic.

Chrysanthemum greens

Chrysanthemum is also known as chrysanthemum, tan o, dong hao, belonging to the daisy family. The plant is grown everywhere mainly as a vegetable, a small amount is used as medicine (used fresh or dried in the shade). It is believed that the plant originated in Europe and northern Asia.

Chrysanthemum greens contain aromatic essential oils, lots of vitamin B, and an average amount of vitamin C. They can be used in medicine to treat chronic coughs, sore eyes, chronic headaches, and hemoptysis.

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