What are the uses of cacti What are the uses of cacti?

The cactus is a treasure trove of uses, and its young stems can be eaten as vegetables and processed into more than 50 kinds of cactus dishes. The stems of cactus can be processed into tablets, capsules, beverages and other health foods. According to the research results of the Institute of Medicinal Plants of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, cactus is rich in minerals, protein, cellulose and calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C and vitamin B, which can help eliminate excess cholesterol in the human body, reduce blood sugar, reduce blood lipids and blood pressure.

Planting edible cacti has low production cost, no pesticides and chemical fertilizers, no pollution, and belongs to green organic food.

Clear away heat and detoxify, disperse stasis and reduce swelling, strengthen the stomach and relieve pain, and suppress cough. It is used for gastric and duodenal ulcers, acute dysentery, cough; External use for the treatment of mumps, mastitis, carbuncles, swelling and poison, snake bites, burns.

Circulate qi and blood, clear away heat and detoxify. Treat heart and stomach pain, lumps, dysentery, hemorrhoids, cough, sore throat, pulmonary carbuncles, cradle carbuncles, boils, soup burns, snake wounds.

Materia Medica":"Eliminate the ruffians at the beginning and wash the hemorrhoids. "

Classification of Herbal Sex:"It specializes in treating gas pain, reducing swelling, poison and sores. "

Guizhou Folk Prescription Collection:"It is a nourishing and strong agent for the stomach, and can also tonify the spleen, suppress cough, and calm the nerves. Treat heart and stomach pain, snake wounds, edema. "

Compilation of Commonly Used Folk Herbal Medicines:"It is an antipyretic sedative. Treat sore throat, treat boils and burns, and treat mental disorders. External use for the treatment of children's acute convulsions. "

Lu Chuan Materia Medica:"Anti-inflammatory and detoxifying, draining pus and muscle. It is mainly used for the treatment of sores and boils, cough. "

Illustrated Guide to Chinese Medicinal Plants:"Rinded skin can be applied to burns, acute mastitis, and to treat the foot callus. Decoction can cure dysentery. "

Hunan Drug Chronicle:"Reduce swelling and relieve pain, promote qi and blood, dispel dampness and reduce fever, and build muscle. "

Mindong Materia Medica:"It can remove stasis, detoxify, strengthen the stomach, relieve pain, nourish, relax tendons and activate the nerves, heal injuries and stop bleeding. Treatment of intestinal hemorrhoids, leakage of blood, pulmonary carbuncles, stomach pain, bruises. "

Guangxi Chinese Herbal Medicine":"Antidiarrheal. Treatment of enteritis and diarrhea. "

What are the benefits of cactus?

1. Watching:It grows mainly in deserts and other water-scarce areas, so its appearance is very different from other plants, but this does not affect people's appreciation of it.

2. Feed:In the desert, camels feed on it, getting nutrients and water from its stems and leaves, so cacti can be used not only for ornamentation, but also as fodder for herbivores such as cattle and sheep.

3. Edible:In some parts of China, cacti are eaten as a vegetable or snack. However, at that time, the edible cactus variety, this edible cactus, had delicate flesh, sweet taste, and full juice, and could be used as a daily snack and stir-fried as a vegetable.

The habits of the cactus

Cacti grow in barren and hot desert areas, where there is less water, but this does not affect its growth. Therefore, in daily maintenance, there will be no problem if you do not water for a long time. However, its drought-tolerant characteristics also lead to a more waterlogging resistance, too much water flooding the roots will cause the plant to rot, so it must not be watered more.

Cacti actually bear fruit, but usually once every four years.

Cactus Uses:

1. Indoor greening, cactus breathing is mostly carried out at night when it is cooler and wet. When you breathe, you inhale carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

2. For the master of absorbing dust, place a cactus indoors, especially hydroponic cacti because hydroponic cacti are cleaner and more environmentally friendly, which can play a role in purifying the environment.

3. Water storage function, the surface of the cactus has a layer of wax, and the leaves have also evolved into needle-shaped, which reduces the external surface area, thereby reducing water transpiration.

4. For other purposes, cactus contains toxic alkali, which can act on the central nervous system after eating, causing people to produce various illusions.

Cactus, also known as cactus, Guanyin palm.

Medicinal uses.

Cacti have many uses and contribute a lot to medicine, and the whole plant is used as medicine (except for thorns). It can be harvested in all seasons. Use fresh or slice to dry.

It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, relaxing tendons and activating the nerves, dispersing stasis and reducing swelling, detoxifying the intestines, cooling blood and relieving pain, moistening the intestines and stopping bleeding, strengthening the stomach and relieving pain, and relieving cough. It is used for gastric and duodenal ulcers, hemorrhoids, acute dysentery, cough; External use for the treatment of mumps, mastitis, carbuncles, external hemorrhoids, snake bites, burns.

Vegetables to eat. As a vegetable, it is also a kind of use of cactus, cactus has always been a traditional food in the Americas, is an indispensable characteristic vegetable and fruit in people's daily life, people wash and chop cactus and cook it in soup, or bake it on the stove, or make it into a pie filling, or directly pickle the fresh cactus, and some use cactus to make wine (tequila). Edible cactus is one of the vegetables known to contain the highest levels of vitamin B2 and soluble fiber, and cacti are high in potassium, sodium, and sugar, and lower in sugar than lettuce and cucumber.

Green indoors. The simplest use of cacti is indoor green, known as the "oxygen bar" at night, and cactus breathing is mostly carried out at night when it is cooler and wetter. When you breathe, you inhale carbon dioxide and release oxygen. Don't underestimate the cactus as a master of dust absorption, people are still masters of dust absorption!

In Antimony, placing a cactus indoors, especially a hydroponic cactus (because hydroprickly cacti are cleaner and more environmentally friendly), can play a role in purifying the environment.

Other uses. The use of cactus is also in many aspects such as beauty and water storage, cut the cactus with a knife and apply its juice on the face, and wash it with water after 15 minutes, which has the effect of whitening and hydrating; The surface of the cactus has a waxy layer, and the leaves have also evolved into needle-like, reducing the outer surface area and thus reducing water transpiration; Cactus contains toxic alkali, which can act on the central nervous system after eating, causing people to produce various illusions, and is an important plant for Peruvian local rituals to get in touch with the world of gods from the first to the seventh centuries AD.