Do you know how to eat spiny horn buds? What is the efficacy and function of the spiny horn bud?

The spiny horn sprout is called spiny cabbage, which is an herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family.

Its function is to cool the blood and stop bleeding, as well as reduce the fire and remove the fire. If you have a cold, you can use the thorn bud to soak in water as tea to drink, which can effectively remove the evil fire in the body, and at the same time has the effect of lowering blood pressure. There are many prickly wild vegetables, such as nettle (nettle), which is famous for stinging people, but nettle can be eaten as a wild vegetable, and very little is known about it.

Unlike biting grass nettles, some prickly wild vegetables only have thorns, but they do not produce itchy acids like nettles. For example, there is a wild vegetable called a spiny sprout that farmers call a spiny sprout that has many thorns.

1. Information about the spiny horn bud.

In fact, this kind of spiny horn bud belongs to the genus Thistle of the Asteraceae family, and is called spiny cabbage and large thistle. It was discovered that almost all plants with buds and vegetables in their names were wild vegetables, and the sprouts were one of them. Found on hillsides, heathlands and fields, the spiny horn bud is also easily recognizable, and it lives up to its name, with saw-like pins and needles on the edges of its leaves, just like the edges of the leaves of the osmanthus of the family Cinnamomum sylvestris.

When I was a child, I liked to pick the leaves of the osmanthus tree and the buds of the thorn horn to play around and cut people.

2. It can be eaten as a wild vegetable.

Pigs and cattle are not afraid of needles on the leaves of the prickly horn buds, it is a common pigweed and cattle grass, the catalpa cut the pigweed when accidentally cut the hand, so pick a piece of its leaf and crush it until the juice comes out, and apply it to the wound to stop the bleeding. In addition, the spiny horn sprout is an edible wild vegetable, so you should dig it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a bit prickly to dig it up and eat it when it is old.

1. Make wild vegetables to eat. As a wild vegetable, spiny horn sprouts can be eaten raw and cold like folded ear roots, or they can be blanched and then chilled, or they can be chopped into minced pieces like toon sprouts and scrambled eggs.

2. Make vegetable tofu. Soak the soybeans for a day in advance, drain them, mash them, and cook them in a large pot with the spiny horn sprouts, which is fragrant.

3. Make a nest head. The spiny cabbage can also be made into a nest head with cornmeal, wash and chop the spiny cabbage, form a ball with the cornmeal, and then knead it into a nest and steam it.

There are many ways to eat spiny horn buds, which can be drunk by boiling water directly, which can lower blood pressure, and also has the effect of cooling blood, and can also dispel wind and relieve pain, and is also good for arthritis.

It needs to be soaked together with other compatible herbs for half an hour, and then decocted together, which has the effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation and dissipating stasis, can control blood pressure, and has the effect of lowering fire.

1. Stop bleeding by cooling blood. In rural areas, when the hands and feet are punctured or cut, they will pick a few pieces of thorn buds and crush them to make a sticky shape, and then apply them to the wound to stop bleeding.

2. It can stop nosebleeds. Many people often have nosebleeds due to frequent nose picking, or because of rhinitis allergies and other reasons, at this time, you can use the young leaves of the thorn buds to crush and stuff them into the nostrils to stop the nosebleeds. Ling Tsai.

3. It can reduce the fire. The taste of thorn buds is bitter and cool, and it has the effect of reducing fire and removing fire. If you catch a cold, you can use the thorn buds to soak in water as tea, which can effectively remove the evil fire in the body and restore the body.

At the same time, the spiny horn bud also has the effect of lowering blood pressure, and patients with high blood pressure often use the spiny horn bud to soak in water, which can effectively control blood pressure, and regular drinking can also prolong life.

1. Relieve fatigue: The root bark of the thorny shoots contains a large amount of saponins, and this substance can act on the central nervous system of the human body, so as to relax the nerves and relieve fatigue.

2. Nourishing qi and blood: The prickly sprouts are flat and sweet, with the effect of nourishing qi and blood, suitable for pregnant women, which can improve the body's immunity and promote the growth and development of the fetus. Common foods that nourish qi and blood: red dates, shiitake mushrooms, chestnuts, yams, beef, cinnamon fish, etc.

3. Tonifying the kidney and strengthening the essence: Because the root bark of the thorny shoots can be used as medicine, the total saponins contained in it are about 3 times that of the total saponins of ginseng roots, so it has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the essence. Common foods that nourish the kidney and strengthen essence: dried scallops, sea bass, black sesame, wolfberry, walnuts, Polygonum multiflori, etc.

5. Prepare an appropriate amount of thorn sprouts, tender tofu, minced ginger, chopped green onion, miso, sesame oil, first put the thorny sprouts into lightly salted water to soak, and then rinse them clean, cut the tofu into pieces and spare the chain filial piety, pour 1 tablespoon of miso into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of cold water and mix thoroughly, pour water into the pot, add minced ginger and boil the pants, then put the thorny sprouts and cook for about 2-3 minutes, put the tofu cubes, then pour in the miso seasoning and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, and finally sprinkle some chopped green onions, drop a few drops of sesame oil and eat.

6. Suitable for the general population.

People who are forbidden to laugh and laugh: people who have no special contraindications.

Not suitable for eating together: There are no special contraindications for eating together.

1. Every 100 grams of fresh thorny shoots contain protein grams, fat grams, sugar grams and rich vitamins, carotene, phosphorus, calcium, zinc, magnesium and other minerals, most of these substances are nutrients that the human body needs to ingest every day, and proper eating is very helpful for human nutrition supplementation.

2. The main ingredient of thorn sprouts is similar to that of wood soap, and oleanolic acid in the composition has anti-inflammatory, sedative, diuretic, cardiotonic, immune and other effects, especially for jaundice and hepatitis.

3. The amino acid content in the thorny shoots is higher, and the varieties are rich, and its root bark has the effects of strengthening muscles and bones, dispelling wind and dehumidifying, replenishing qi and soothing the nerves, etc., and is mostly used for neurasthenia, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, hepatitis and other diseases.

As a perennial deciduous small tree plant, the composition of 4 spiny shoots contains rich cellulose components, which is conducive to improving intestinal strength, accelerating the formation and discharge of feces, so as to play a role in moistening the intestines and laxative, and can prevent constipation to a certain extent.